Places

Date: ca 1869

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: PA1-o-244-08

Description: Looking north along Queen Street, Masterton, circa 1869. Buildings, including houses, line both sides of the street. A row of trees is in the background. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Filed in pocket on inside front cover of album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 13.6 x 20.8 cm

Date: 1870 - 1880

By: Pharazyn, Frances Mary, 1847-1927; Smith, Russell Wordsworth, 1913-1983; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-062-023

Description: View through a gap in native bush in the foreground to houses and a church, with bush on the far side of the settlement. A small stream and a bridge can also be seen. Date of 1870s sugggested, since the artist's marriage in 1870 gave her Masterton connections. Described in McArthur's catalogue as View of Masterton but wrongly ascribed to Charles Johnston Pharazyn, husband of the artist. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - F. M. P. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 300 x 483 mm Provenance: Previously from the estate of Russell Smith, Te Hau, Masterton; previously in the collection of Ken Webster, London.

Date: 1882

From: [Stowe, Jane], 1838?-1931 :[Sketchbook of Rio de Janeiro, Wairarapa and Wellington. 1882?]

Reference: E-633-036/037

Description: Shows a view of fields and groups of houses and farm sheds, with snowy hills in the background. There are sheep in the field at the right. Other Titles - September Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour on double page spread 168 x 494 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.

Date: 26 Sep 1887

From: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931 :Negatives of Wairarapa and Taranaki

Reference: 1/2-011707

Description: A crowd of people outside the tobacconists store run by R Farmer in Masterton, 26 September 1887, the day of the general election. The group includes a row of boys and some unidentified Maori. Above, three male effigies are attached to the upper wall of the shop. These represent the three candidates for the seat. They are George Beetham (the dandy), who was the winner of the election, R E Hawkins (the pirate), and A W Hogg (the pig). The photograph was taken by Albert Edward Winzenberg, from the verandah of the Club Hotel. (The effigies were later auctioned). Source of descriptive information - Date from Wairarapa Daily Times, 27 September 1887, Page 2, as advised by Library client, and accessed from Papers Past: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=WDT18870927.2.7&e=--- ----10--1----0-- Photograph formerly wrongly identified as 22 July 1884 from file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 8 September 1881

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA1-q-131-14-2

Description: A photograph taken by Thomas E Price of a lithograph made by Edward Wyllie depicting a seated man, with a ballot box for a head and with a mug of beer before him, carrying a banner with election results. Two men are seated on his arm and three more, with photographs of the heads of (from the top) T E Price, G Dixon and W Wilton pasted in. Collage made in the 1880s. In the original caption the banner reads: Price 231, G Dixon 210, Wilton 200, Corbett, 100, Gapper 10. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 105 x 133 mm (copy of lithograph with pen & ink annotations, and photographic faces added) mounted on album page Processing information: Record updated 2 November 2023 with name of lithograph maker.

Date: 10 February 1878

By: Rangiora & Districts Early Record Society

Reference: PAColl-4627

Description: Photograph of the opening of the first Baptist Church at Masterton, taken 10 February 1878 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom centre - The first Baptist Church erected in the Province of Wellington, on the Upper Plain Masterton, Wairarapa, and opened for Public Worship by Mr W E Ivory on Lord's Day Feb 10th 1878 C Wilton, J Matthews, W Compton, T Wilton, G E Chamberlain, Nun Wilton, John Kilmister, Subscribers Job Wilton, Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 17.8 x 23.1 cm, on mount 23.5 x 36.2 cm

Date: 1866

From: Masterton Historical Society :Photographs of early Masterton

Reference: PAColl-7329-02

Description: Group photographs of the Masterton Militia, 1866. Back row from left includes - R Renall (no.1). Buglar Bentley (no.3). Michael Dixon (no.4). David Dixon (no.7). James Wrigley (no.8). G C Bennington (no.12). J McGregor (no.14). G Dixon (no.16). W Day (no.19). Front row from left - Edwin Feist (no.3). L McGregor (no.4). C Bennington (no 5). H Cole (no.8). Tankersley (no.11). Anktell (no.12). Munroe (no.14). Matthews (no.18). L Evans (no.19). Also included are - Chamberlain. Richard Woodham Crayne. R Hare. Tavenor. M McKenzie. J Valentine Smith. W Woodroofe. Captain - Walter Perry. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1866. Negative held by the Masterton Historical Society. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.1 x 10.8 cm

Date: [189-?]

From: de Raadt, Mary :Mounted photographs, cartes de visite and cabinet cards

Reference: PAColl-1314-60

Description: Group portrait of the members of the Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade, taken in front of the fire station ca 1890s by an unknown photographer. A decorated horse-drawn fire engine stands behind the group at the right. Among the group are F H Parker (foreman), M O'Meara, W Dixon, W Marsh, C H Payne (secretary), W Greathead, J Hanley, D E Smith and A Capon. Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade, 18..[incomplete]; Mount recto - beneath image - ...F H Parker, Foreman; M O'Meara; W Dixon; W Marsh; C H Payne, Secretary; W Greathead; J Hanley; D E Smith; A Capon, W A Bir...[incomplete] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 23.5 x 28.8 cm (with losses), on mount 29.2 x 31.6 cm (with losses)

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: 1/2-002902-G

Description: A shop front in Masterton displaying saws, a mangle, a range and other household applicances with a woman standing outside it leaning on a pram. Next to it is the timber yard of C E Daniell with one of the firm's carts leaving. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [1897?]

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: 1/2-011686b-F

Description: Other - This is a copy, made by the Alexander Turnbull Library, of a print from a discarded 10x12 negative Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1889

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1889-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Inscriptions: Recto - top right - (In pencil): [28 June, 1889] Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on poster 545 x 358 mm.

Date: possibly between 1862-1896

Reference: 1/2-111229-F

Description: Scene in Masterton showing a flour mill, possibly between 1862-1896. Photographer unidentified. This may be the mill owned by A W Renall which was Wairarapa's first flour mill, built between 1859 and 1862 and burnt down in 1896. (Compare this image with 1/2-050034: 43. Masterton. Streets. Renall. ca 1880's, a watercolour of A W Renall's Mill by William Henry Bowry) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1875

By: Vallance, Philip Hales, active 1986-1995

Reference: 1/2-144722-F

Description: Assemblage of photographs, showing Brentwood, the Vallance family home at Upper Plains, Masterton, at centre; Charles Augustus Vallance at lower right; and a woman who is probably his wife Catherine. Photograph of Brentwood taken 1875 by an unknown photographer. 1/2-144722 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: 1890

From: Hill, Mabel 1872-1956 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-514-027

Description: Unfinished sketch with a track passing round a corner to the left, treetrunks in a field to the right and hills in the distance Compare her watercolour at E-514-025 showing a very similar view in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 132 x 182 mm.

Date: [ca 1868-1898]

From: Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PAColl-5744-19

Description: Street in Masterton, showing the Theatre Royal on the right and a sign on the left advertising `Board - Residence. P Christensen'. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers between 1868 and 1898. Other Titles - 3414 - Masterton - Wairarapa Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3414 - Masterton - Wairarapa Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1875 - 1900

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1330

Description: May be the same person as in PA2-1332 (Mrs Page) but taken much earlier. Handwriting on back of both photographs familiar and in same pen Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1899

By: Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939; Daniell, Trevor Hamilton, 1912-1988

Reference: Plans-84-0053

Description: Shows upstairs plan, ground plan and side and front elevations for a four-bedroom, two-storied villa Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - In pencil: Donaldson; Recto - bottom right - C E Daniell Masterton, 6/11/99 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream wove paper, 525 x 492 mm

Date: [ca. 1870s-1880s]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

By: Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PA2-1334

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified Maori woman, wearing a traditional cloak, a hei-tiki (neck pendant), a ribbon ear ornament, and two feathers in her hair Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 9.6 x 6.1 cm on mount 10.3 x 6.3 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa

Reference: 1/2-089110-F

Description: Shows the Castlepoint Coach standing outside Elin's Hotel (i.e. Club Hotel), Masterton, ca 1880s. Those identified are George Bennison (driver) and T P Lett (proprietor of the coach service). Graham's store is in the background. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890

From: Hill, Mabel 1872-1956 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-514-025

Description: Unfinished sketch with a track passing round a corner to the left, deciduous (or underpainted) trees, possibly an orchard, to the right and hills in the distance Compare her sketch at E-514-027 showing a very similar view in pencil and titled Masterton 10. 11. 90 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page of sketchbook, 132 x 182 mm.