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Hill, Mabel 1872-1956 :[Landscape with road through autumn trees. Masterton? 1890?]

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.

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Castlepoint Coach outside Elkin's Hotel (Club Hotel), Masterton

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).

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Decorative arch for Queen Victoria's [Diamond ?] Jubilee on a street in Masterton, Wair...

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

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Bowry, William Henry :[The Mill, Queen Street, Masterton] W Bowry - [188-?]

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Bowry, William Henry, active 1880s; Smith, Russell Wordsworth, 1913-1983

Reference: A-049-013

Description: Subject: First Wairarapa flour mill, built by A W Renall between 1859 and 1862, destroyed by fire 1896; powered by water from Waipoua Stream. See: Thornton, G. New Zealand's industrial heritage, p. 33 (q725.4) The four-storey flour mill building was built by Alfred William Renall (1813-1902) on the banks of the Makoura Stream in Queen St in 1858. After standing for 38 years it burnt down in Sep 1896. see Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5425, 2 September 1896, Page 3 at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT18960902.2.21 . Photographic views of the flour mill may be depicted at 1/2-111229-F and PAColl-3953. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 258 mm Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Te Hau, Masterton Processing information: Record updated 2 November 2023 to correct location of mill from Renall Street to Queen Street.

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Masterton flour mill

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

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Hill, Mabel 1872-1956 :Masterton. 10. 11. [18]90

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.

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Street in Masterton, includes the Theatre Royal

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).

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Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade

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)

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Daniell, Charles Edward :[Residence of Mr Donaldson, Wairarapa?] 6.11.[18]99.

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

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Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1868-1906 :[Old St Matthews Church and hall, Masterton]. 1890.

Date: 1890

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-126-008

Description: Shows wooden church with high roofed aisle, clerestory windows, flanked by side aisles. [West?] entrance door is under wooden spire. To the right is the wooden church hall. Both are seen behind wooden fence beyond road in foreground. At left a man on horseback rides along road towards left distance. A man and woman with parasol stand in left foregrround, and a woman and child stand outside the church fence on the opposite side of the road. See earlier correspondence about the disposal of this painting. AT 10/14, 22 December 1994. Inscription below painting (valid 1990s?): A C. Aubrey ink & watercolour study of the first St Matthew's Church and hall situated in the church acre, corner of Church and Dixon Streets, Masterton, at the turn of the 20th century. The church was demolished about 1914, but the hall was shifted to the present site, & is used by youth groups, behind the present parish hall, Church Street, Masterton. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - C. Aubrey /90 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 382 x 595 mm.

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Decorative arch for Queen Victoria's [Diamond ?] Jubilee on a street in Masterton, Wair...

Date: [1897?]

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: 1/2-011686-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

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[Stowe, Jane], 1838?-1931 :Masterton Station. [1882?]

Date: 1880 - 1890

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

Reference: E-633-033

Description: Shows a view along a railway line towards a small station in a rural setting. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and sepia wash on page 168 x 247 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Mary Watt, Wellington, through the family of the artist, in 2004.

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Minnis, J F (Masterton) fl 1880s :Portrait of unidentified man

Date: [1896-1898]

By: Minnis, John Egbert, 1875-1934

Reference: PA3-0164

Description: Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - J E Minnis late T. E. Price Masterton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Record updated to correct date of photography to dates from which photographer J E Minnis operated in Masterton.

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