Places

Date: ca 1917, ca 1965

By: Robinson, Ina Margaret, 1915-2006; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-3674

Description: Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards, stapled together).

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: [192-?], 1939

By: Goldie, George Neilson Tregilgas, 1903-1979

Reference: PAColl-0128

Description: Photographs of: Wellington streets and car parking taken in 1939; Titahi Bay taken circa 1920s; and Frying Pan Flat taken at an unidentified date. Photgrapher(s) unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1908-1910

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1226

Description: There are three main groups of images in this album. The first is about a climb up Mount Tarawera in September 1908. It includes views of the craters and the rift resulting from the eruption, and views over the surrounding countryside from the summit including lakes Tarawera and Rotomahana. The party also did some sailing in a launch on the lakes before moving on to the Waimangu thermal area and Wakarewarewa. The second group feature railway viaducts being constructed on the main trunk line in May 1908. Those depicted are the Makatote Viaduct, the Hapuawhenua Viaduct, and the Taonui Viaduct. There are two photographs of the road bridge over the Makatote River, and two photographs of the party picnicing in the bush by the river. The third group relates to climbing Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe over Easter 1909, and again over Easter 1910. There are views of Ngauruhoe erupting, the Mangaehuehu Glacier on Mount Ruapehu, the Crater Lake, the Ohinepango Spring, the party on both mountains, and a view Of Paretetaitonga Peak on Mount Ruapenu. Other images are photographic postcards one of which shows a group of Ohakune Boy Scouts on Mount Ruapehu (this group also includes four women). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1909-1920]

By: Sachse, K H (Mr), active 1972; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0863

Description: Postcards of "The Flower Pots" - boiling mud in Rotorua, Waimangu basin and Frying Pan Flat, Gibraltar Rock, Waimangu blow hole and general view of Waimangu taken by R G Marsh; Wellington harbour from Tinakori Hill by Tanner Bros; two of Oamaru Gardens; the Trooper's Memorial, Oamaru; three girls and a dog on Nile Street, Nelson (taken by F N Jones); a house next to Hooper's Inlet, Otago Peninsula; a view of Queenstown from across Lake Wakatipu; Rainbow Mountain (Maungakaramea); Bowen Peak above Queenstown; two views of the Poleford Bridge over the Matai River in Nelson; Greymouth as seen from Cobden; and a view looking down Otira Gorge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 10 - 13 March 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8787

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides includes a view of Lake Okataina with Mount Tarawera; the Waimangu thermal area including Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock, a small terrace, and the buried village at Te Wairoa; the Huka Falls; the hydro dam and village at Atiamuri; the dam lake at Maraetai; Karapiro dam; and Mount Pirongia. Slides on this sheet are numbered 377-407 with gaps for those removed for lectures on New Zealand. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 381-382, 386-389, 391, 405) showing Gibraltar Rock at Waimangu, steaming cliffs at Lake Rotomahana, Mount Tarawera, launch on Lake Tarawera and the buried village at Te Wairoa. These were taken as part of a representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Kiwi Colour Slides; Dominion Museum (N.Z.)

Reference: PA12-8809

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. This sheet shows aspects of the thermal areas at Whakarewarewa and Waimangu, and scenes of Maori life. These include a group using a hot pool for cooking, a group of poi dancers, women weaving flax, a Maori carver at work with a group of tourists watching, a Maori warrior at the gate of a pa, and a group of women and children wearing a variety of Maori cloaks. The next set are from the Tarawera area, and include views of the Frying Pan Lake, Gibraltar Rock; three images copied from publications, one showing the White Terraces, and two showing the effects of the Tarawera eruption in 1886; a launch for hire on Lake Tarawera; and the entrance to the buried village at Te Wairoa. The last two views show the beach near Gisborne looking south, and looking down over Gisborne township from a hill. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: ca 1870s-ca 1910

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, James, -1880; Cottier, Charles Percy, -1950; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Ross & Sons (Firm); New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PAColl-0195

Description: Tourist photographs of the major scenic places in New Zealand Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 container(s) 214 photoprints. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1917

Reference: PAColl-7241

Description: Ten photographs of the eruption of Frying Pan Flat, Waimangu near the site of the by then extinct Waimangu Geyser. They include two photographs of the ruined accommodation house on the site and a group of tourists including two babies outside it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-003001 to 003010 Quantity: 10 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: ca 1917

By: Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PA1-o-1188

Description: Album of 12 postcards by R G Marsh of Rotorua, showing the Waimangu eruption of 1 April 1917, the accommodation house before and after the eruption, the hot lake at Waimangu, Frying Pan Flat before and after the eruption, Lake Rotomahana, Guide McCormick, and general views of the thermal district. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, 9 x 15 cm

Date: 1923

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-253

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).