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Newtown, Wellington

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039503-G

Description: View looking south-west over Newtown, Wellington, from vicinity of Connaught Terrace. Houses in the vicinity of Whaui, Moffit and Liardet Streets, Vogeltown, are in the foreground. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Other - Centre of 3 part panorama with LJD-25-05 and LJD-25-07 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Tent outside Government House, Newtown, Wellington, a temporary dining room for many gu...

Date: [ca 17 Nov 1986]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1986/5797-F

Description: Tent outside Government House, Newtown, Wellington, a temporary dining room pitched by the army, for the many guests staying with the Governor General and his wife, Sir and Lady Reeves, over the weekend. Photographs taken circa 17 November 1986, by Evening Post staff photographer Phil Reid. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Calvary Hospital under construction

Date: 1929

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-1329-1/2-G

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Zoo, Wellington

Date: 1918

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: 1/4-023190-G

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

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Newtown Bowling Club, Clubs, Newtown, Wellington

Date: 1912

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-045421-G

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

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Newtown School :Historical calendar 2005.

Date: 2004 - 2005

From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]

By: Newtown School (Newtown, Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-2005-01

Description: Calendar with 12 openings, showing scenes in Newtown: South Wellington Fire Station 1922, St James Presbyterian Church 1910, Newtown Park Easter Carnival 1913, Nattrass Churn Company on Adelaide Road 1911-1914, General Hospital 1885, cnr Hall & Hanson Streets 1893, Constable Street 1910, Public Library in Riddiford Street 1905, Ewart Hospital and Coromandel Street 1909, Newtown School 1912, Tram tracks in Riddiford Street ca 1910, Caledonian Hotel 1910, the old Newtown School. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s) calendar (plus duplicate). Physical Description: Photolithographs on calendar, 210 x 295 mm.

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Wellington Zoo

Reference: 1/2-036187-F

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

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Haughton, Son & Mair, architects :Occupational therapy building, Wellington Hospital, f...

Date: 1954

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-322

Description: Shows floor plans, sections and elevations. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and pen on tissue, 470 x 730 mm.

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[Photographer unknown] :5th Contingent camped at Newtown Park, Wellington

Date: 1900

Reference: PAColl-D-0708

Description: Birds eye view of the 5th Contingent's camp at Newtown Park taken looking north. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Fifth Contingent Welln Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 410 x 570 mm on card

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Firth, Colin, 1908-1994 :Miss Greta Firth. Alterations to kitchen at No 20 Roy Street, ...

Date: 1978

From: Firth, Cedric Harold, 1908-1994 :[Architectural plans for privately-owned Wellington buildings. ca 1960-1982]

Reference: Plans-96-008-103

Description: Job No 689. Drawing No 1 - Floor plans, locality plan, interior elevations, details and sections Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 570 x 757 mm

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Swan, John Sydney 1874-1936 :Convent of Mercy, Newtown. Altar table. 25.10.[19]04.

Date: 1904

From: Swan, John Sydney 1874-1936 :[Architectural plans and drawings, Wellington. 1903-1910].

By: Convent of Mercy (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Plans-96-016-007

Description: Shows decorative detail on side panel, and section through centre. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - John S. Swan / No. 2649A Date 25.10.04 /Del. V.W. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour, on tracing paper, 250 x 514 mm. Transfers: Transferred from Manuscripts & Archives on 18 November 1986. Came to the Library as part of Accession 73-105 (MS Papers 109, later identified as MS Group 5)..

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Inferno Disco :Disco news. NZ's biggest disco - The Inferno opens with packed houses. [...

Date: 1978

Reference: Eph-C-DANCE-Social-1978-01

Description: A brochure or advertising newspaper issued to announce the opening (the previous week) of the Inferno Disco at the corner of Riddiford and Constable Street in Newtown. Reports on the DJ Malcolm Shipley assisted by Pete Bell. The brochure contains photographs of the opening, comments upon the influence of the film "Saturday night fever" and "Grease" both starring John Travolta, reviews two recent films and several film soundtracks. The disco was open evenings Wednesday - Sunday and on Saturday afternoons. There is also an advertisement for Studio 76 and tutor Sharon Vanesse whose students danced at the opening of the Inferno. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on newsprint 8-page brochure, each page 420 x 297 mm.

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Haughton & McKeon, architects :Proposed orthopaedic casu[a]lty block, Wellington Hospit...

Date: 1950

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm); Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-289

Description: Shows floor plans, section and elevation. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo print with pencil hand-colouring, 520 x 790 mm.

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Calvary Newtown Hospital, Wellington

Date: 1929

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-1332-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-1329 to 1342 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Building site at Wellington Public Hospital, Newtown, Wellington, with Ward 20 behind

Date: 20 Aug 1974

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/6113-F

Description: Building site at Wellington Public Hospital, Newtown, Wellington, with Ward 20, for orthapedic patients, behind. Photographs taken circa 20 August 1974 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Ward 20 was evacuated on the 19th of August because heavy rain on the excavations may have reduced foundation support. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, fl 1980 :Camp of the Second Contingent for the South African Wa...

Date: [1900]

By: Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, active 1980-1981

Reference: PAColl-D-0056

Description: Military camp at Newtown Park, Wellington for soldiers of the 2nd Contingent to the South African War. Taken by an unidentified photographer, January 1900. View taken from a hillside looking down over the camp and towards houses on the opposite hillside. In the foreground are rows of tents and tethered horses. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Second Contingent, Welln. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 43 x 58 cm

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Scenic views, family, friends, and colleagues

Date: ca 1880s-1999

From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6884-3

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery sent to Douglas Lilburn by friends and family members. The members of the Order of New Zealand photographed in 1988. Views of Ascot Street, Thorndon, Wellington, which include Lilburn's house, and photographs of a building in Newtown, Wellington. Quantity: 63 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 colour original photographic print(s).

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The Newtown Festival, Wellington, and dancers at the Hawke's Bay Summer School

Date: 1982-[1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5845

Description: Photographs taken of people at the Newtown Festival, Wellington, 1982. Dancers at the Hawke's Bay Summer School. Quantity: 19 colour original transparency/ies.

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Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :Cricket hoon bin urged ; This cage kindly donated by the We...

Date: 1993

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 16 December 1992 - 11 January 1993

Reference: H-068-007

Description: Shows an enormous monkey cage overlooking Athletic Park, in which men are climbing a tree trunk and swinging like monkeys. The floor of the cage is littered with beer cans and a policeman is admonishing a boy poking a banana through the bars of the cage. A cricket match is in progress in the park. Refers to the loutish behaviour of cricket fans at a recent match. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

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Images of the Wellington based musical group, Simple Image

Date: 1968

From: Clothier, Barry, 1940-2017: Photographs of musical groups in Wellington

Reference: PAColl-7031-2-30

Description: Images of the Wellington based musical group, Simple Image, taken at the Wellington Zoo. Photographed by Barry Clothier in 1968 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) contact print comprising 8 images. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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