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Petone Railway Workshops engine erecting shop, locomotive construction shed, in 1910.
Date: 1910
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0403-1/2-G
Description: Locomotives in the construction shed at the Petone railway workshop. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1910. Original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album Vol 110, p 85) Inscriptions: Album page - Engine Erecting Shop. Petone Shops. 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Wellington buildings
Date: January - June 2010
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000540
Description: Photographs of Wellington, Petone, Lower Hutt and Greytown buildings, taken January to May 2010 by Dylan Owen Quantity: 39 digital photograph(s).
Lower Hutt
Date: 18 May 1963
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-60238-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Mural inside the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial in Petone
Date: [ca 1940]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: 1/2-100850-G
Description: Mural inside the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial in Petone, photographed circa 1940. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company, Petone
Date: 1924
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-048301-G
Description: Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company in Petone, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Looks over a stone wall towards a factory building with a brick chimney. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - No 322 Box 127 W W Mills Petone Wgtn 1924 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Steam locomotive "J" 118 at the Petone Railway Workshops. The side of the cab. 1924
Date: 1924
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1701-1/2-G
Description: View of the side of the cab of steam locomotive "J" 118 (2-6-0 type) at the Petone Railway Workshops. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under Box 78. Loco J118. Petone shops. 1924. Side of cab.) "J" 118 was built by Neilson (maker's no. 2463/79), went into service in July 1880, and was written off in December 1932. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Children playing in a paddling pool, Petone Esplanade
Date: [ca 15 November 1961]
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1961/3840
Description: Children playing in a paddling pool at Petone Esplanade, taken ca 15 November 1961 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 5.7 x 5.7 cm Finding Aids: Print available in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations files at EP-Petone to 1969 (12/2).
Railway foundry, Lower Hutt
Date: [ca 1939]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-6388-66
Description: Locomotive construction at the railway foundry, Lower Hutt (probably Petone), circa 1929, photographed by Robson & Boyer. Unidentified men pour molten metal into moulds. Inscriptions: Verso - Railway workshops Lower Hutt; Filling the moulds with molten metal in Foundry Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 20.4 cm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :So[uth] Eastern Bay. Road to Wellington. N. Zd. 1846.
Date: 1846
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: A-024-021
Description: A track at the edge of a cliff, with water and hills beyond, probably where the Hutt Road meets Petone foreshore. Formerly identified wrongly as located at Eastbourne Other Titles - Petone Road For identification of location compare William Mein Smith's watercolour "South Eastern Bay, Petoni Road, March 1852" (A-034-005), showing the view looking in the opposite direction towards Wellington. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 135 x 210 mm
Workers at the Gear Meat Company, Petone
Date: ca 1900
From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I
Reference: 1/2-090508-F
Description: Workers at the Gear Meat Company, Petone, photographed circa 1900. Shows 18 men, many wearing sacking tunics and bound sacking footwear, standing outside a door to the works. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Letter from Te Honiana Puni to McLean and George Grey (with translation)
Date: 12 Oct 1852
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0676E-01
Description: Letter regarding land and local issues and includes contemporary translation and explanation of context by McLean Quantity: 1 piece (7 pages on 2 leaves).
View of Petone from the Wainuiomata hill
Date: Ca 1910
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: PA1-q-103-079-01
Description: View looking west from the Wainuiomata hill, showing Hutt Park race track in the foreground, the Hutt River, and Petone in the background, taken ca 1910 by Albert Percy Godber (1875-1949). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.8 x 15.5 cm, mounted on album page
Interior of the machine shop at the Petone Railway Workshops, 1924
Date: 1924
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1699-1/2-G
Description: Interior view of the machine shop at the Petone Railway Workshops. The photographer, Albert Percy Godber, is standing by a lathe on the left; a second man is unidentified. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under Box 78. Machine shop. Petone shops. 1924. A P Godber by lathe on left.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Unidentified veteran soldiers talking together after the Anzac Day dawn parade, Petone
Date: 25 Apr 1956
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1956/0916-F
Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm
Wd class steam locomotive, NZR 323, in the erecting shop at Petone Railway Workshops.
Date: Between 1901 and 1902
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0727-1/2-G
Description: "Wd" Class steam locomotive, NZR 323, 2-6-4T type in the erecting shop awaiting the tanks. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops, ca 1901 or 1902. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ready for the tanks. (Baldwin Locos.) "Wd" 323 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no. 18550/01), went into service in May 1901, and was written of in June 1933. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Petone railway workshops from Korokoro
Date: ca 1906
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0169-1/2-G
Description: Petone railway workshops ca 1906, photographed from Korokoro by A P Godber. The Hutt Road runs behind the workshops, with Petone foreshore and Wellington Harbour in background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Two firemen standing beside the engine at the Petone Fire Station.
Date: 1912
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0624-1/2-G
Description: Interior view of the Petone Fire Station, showing a fire engine (partially out of view) with two firemen standing beside. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1912. Photographs taken at the same time are found in Godber album Vol 107, p 5-6, from which this is dated. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Petone and Gracefield, Lower Hutt
Date: 7 Mar 1969
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-68388-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Gear Meat Company buildings, Petone
Date: 1881
From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs
Reference: 1/2-080047-F
Description: Gear Meat Company buildings, Petone. Photograph taken in 1881 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on original item. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Overlooking Petone
Date: 1947
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955
Reference: PAColl-5800-58
Description: Looking south west over Petone in 1947. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Inscriptions: Verso - stamped in ink : W Hall Raine Photographer. 63 Willis St, Wellington. Phone [43?]-802 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).