Places

Date: [ca 1923]

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

Reference: 1/2-046520-G

Description: Part 1 of a 3 part panorama looking over the township of Taumarunui, circa 1923. Shows the railway yards in the foregound. Also shows an sign advertising the business of Frederick Fanthorpe. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1920s

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

Reference: 1/2-046519-F

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama of Taumarunui, circa 1920s, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Part 1 is at 1/2-046518 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - 18 Taumarunui Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1900 - 1920

From: Bathgate, Alexander William, 1881-1961 :Collection of photographic prints, negatives and lantern slides

Reference: PAColl-3001-01

Description: Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [192-]

By: Lynskey, Molly E, active 1920-1950

Reference: MSX-8129

Description: Volume is a handwritten and bound history of Taumarunui written in Indian ink, which includes illustrations in oils and ink, and a panorama photograph of Taumarunui town taken by S C Smith. Text covers the period 1850-1925 and includes the early history of local Maori; settler Alexander Bell and his wife Katarina; Taumarunui railway and the development of the first township. Source of title - Transcribed from item Mary (Molly) Ellen Lynskey, infant teacher in Wellington 1920's-1950's. Volume was created as part of a teacher training course Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph with illustrations and photograph Provenance: Donor, Anne Tuffin, niece of Molly Lynskey. Three ink sketches and an oil drawing. Includes sketches of Taumarunui in 1901 and a Maori dwelling in the King Country (no date). The oil drawing depicts Mount Ngauruhoe.

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: [191-?]

By: Thames Valley Newspapers Ltd; Allen, C J, active 1915; Cameron, D D, active 1915; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-4692

Description: Postcards of the bridge over the Whanganui river at Taumarunui, Mount Ruapehu, Waikato Hospital and nurses' home, Hamilton public library and courthouse, Military Camp at Trentham, HMS New Zealand, Matangi Hall, Palmerston North, and a bowling green in Cambridge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1919-1921

From: Webster, E Norman, fl 1918-1922 :Photographs of New Zealand, 1920-1922

By: Webster, E Norman, active 1918-1922

Reference: PAColl-9534-3

Description: General views of Wanganui, and a trip on the Whanganui River to Pipiriki and Jerusalem. Three photographs of Whanganui River boats including SS Ohura. Rotorua and thermal areas. Included are - Government Bath House and grounds. Whakarewarewa. Waimangu. Wairakei. Tikitere Springs. Lake Rotomahana. Lake Tarawera. Taumuranui. Palmerston North. 34 postcards the subjects of which include - Trains on Rimutaka Incline. North bound mail train leaving Wellington. Trams in Lambton Quay, Wellington. Views of Wellington. Views of christchurch. Views of Nelson. Views of Invercargill. Views of the sounds. Views of the Whanganui River. Views of Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu. Views of Dunedin. Some prints in this collection have notes on the back in a consistant, neat handwriting. In three cases these are signed E N Webster, who advises that he arrived in Wellington 5 February 1918, and left 15 June 1922. During this period, as well as photographing Wellington and district, he travelled on holiday to New Zealand cities and tourist destinations. The photographs were taken between 1919 and 1921 judging from the prints that have dates. His second name was Norman, and this is the name he used to sign letters on postcards sent from Christchurch in 1919 to his mother, and a friend called May. There is also a note attached to an illustration of Ben Lomond in the collection on which he signs himself Norman Webster. Information on postcards indicate that he came from Australia, and in 1916 lived at Nambour, Queensland. Quantity: 90 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1921 - 1922

From: Valuation New Zealand: Land settlement plans for parts of the Waikato Region especially King Country, Kawhia and Otorohanga areas

By: Valuation New Zealand; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Auckland District Office; New Zealand. Printing and Stationery Department

Reference: MapColl-832.17gbbd/1921-/Acc.35360

Description: Cadastral maps of rural lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers. The larger map is of Sections 1 to 9, some numbers having been added in pencil, of Block 3 of the Piopiotea Survey District, adjacent to Ohira South and including the Mangarautawhiri and Pungapunga Streams and a small loop of the Wanganui River. This base map has numbered sections, including acreages, which have been outlined and include owners' names and dates handwritten in each section. The second map is of Section 15, Block XII of the Pirongia Survey District and has 'For this section see Waitomo drawer' handwritten across it. Both of these maps have been struck through with a scribbled line. The Pirongia on the reverse is outlined in red while the Piopiotea map is coloured in red. The larger of the base maps is a plan of sections in the Piopiotea survey district of the West Taupo County. Auckland land district No. 1407. The smaller map is of a section in the Pirongia survey district in Waitomo County. Schedules of this second class land are referred to in a key. The vegetation is described, tramways are included and a small part of the Wanganui River, Mangarautawhiri and Pungapunga Streams are named. Includes several references to worked out bush and timber milling and includes the printed name of Ellis & Burnard Ltd. Instructions to applicants and a caution follow the with the printed name of H.M. Skeet, Commissioner of Crown Lands. A statement on the left side of the map verso reads 'Lands for sale or lease to discharged soldiers, 1421 acres'. Includes the application date of 23rd. January 1922 at the District Lands and Survey Office, Auckland. The map of Pirongia on the reverse is outlined in red while the Piopiotea map is coloured in, in red. A map, inset on the bottom right, is a locality plan of the area from the Hauraki Gulf to New Plymouth and Taumarunui. Both locations are indicated with arrows on the map on the reverse. Printed names listed in the Pirongia Survey District are: J. Cannons, N.J. Shakespear. Handwritten names in the Piopiotea Survey District are: J.J. Pendray, W.E. Fifield, J.O. Gough, Wm. Marshall, J. Burnard, H.A. Cunningham, J. Palmer, M.D. Real, A.E. Phelan, E. Donaher, G.Hampton, W. Egan. Inset: Pirongia and Piopiotea locality plan. Scale [1:2 027 520] Base map: Pirongia Survey District ; Piopiotea Survey District. Series, Auckland Land District No. 1407. [Wellington, N.Z.], Marcus F. Marks, Govt. Printer, [1921] Title written in blue pencil along bottom edge and subtitle adapted by cataloguer from that of the base map. Quantity: 4 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on card, linen backed, coloured, scales vary, 31.7 x 37.3 cm. and smaller, on sheet 64.4 x 75 cm. Provenance: Donated by Valuation New Zealand, February 1991

Date: 1879, 1922-1926

By: McWilliams family

Reference: MS-Papers-8107

Description: Letters written to their family while sailing to New Zealand, signed variously by Nell, Mac, Manny and Pixie on SS `Ruapehu' in 1922, then from Auckland and Taumarunui. Includes notes on the family in England by donor and copy of birth certificate of William McWilliams (1879)) Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopies)

Date: 1899 - 1920

From: Maori Purposes Fund Board : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0189-B069

Description: Contains notes about a court case, including verbatim question and answer proceedings; also includes miscellaneous diary type entries, and some waiata Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1915 - 1920

From: Anastasiou, Spiros :Photograph albums associated with the Evans Family

Reference: PA1-q-565

Description: Tourist postcards of New Zealand towns and scenic localities especially of Nelson. There are also novelty greeting cards and Christmas post cards Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: ca 1920s

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

Reference: 1/2-046518-F

Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama of Taumarunui, circa 1920s, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Part 2 is at 1/2-046519 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - 18 Taumarunui Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1922

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-097

Description: Photo of several white pine trees photographed in 1922 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Class 5. Bush Scene. "Forest Giants".; Verso - centre - The last of a large forest of white-pine trees on the road from Stratford to Taumaranui. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.2 x 5.8 cm

Date: [circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000865-G

Description: Hakiaha Street, Taumarunui, circa 1910s with the business premises of J E Long & Co., merchants, centre right, and the Taumarunui Railway Station visible behind a fence centre left. Photograph taken by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Hakiaha St. Taumarunui 2940.D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1923]

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

Reference: 1/2-046521-G

Description: Part 2 of a 3 part panorama looking over the township of Taumarunui, circa 1923. Shows railway yards in the foreground. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1923

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

Reference: 1/2-045861-G

Description: Looking down over Taumarunui in 1923. Shows the engineering frm of Collett & Son on the right, and a sign advertising Railway Mallett's Stores. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001294-G

Description: Overlooking the township of Manunui, circa 1910s. The Whanganui River is in the foreground, with Taumarunui just visible in the centre left distance. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Manunui & Taumarunui in distance [No.] 2758.D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [Circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000798-G

Description: View over Taumarunui. Photograph taken by William A Price circa 1910s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Taumaranui [i.e. Taumarunui]. [No.] 2560.D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1910s-1920s]

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-16

Description: Milling line at Echo Valley near the Wanganui River Bridge, Taumarunui, showing a bush scene with an Aveling Porter locomotive, a steam log hauler, and logs in the foreground. Photograph taken between 1910s-1920s. Photographer unidentified. Other - Note on back of print reads: "Hauler-Loco E & B Mangapehi" "Milling line Echo Valley near Wanganui River Bridge Taumarunui [?] and M T Bridge. Aveling Porter Loco." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.7 cm

Date: [circa 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000861-G

Description: The Ongarue Bridge over the Ongarue River at Taumarunui. Taken by William A Price circa 1910s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Ongarue Bridge. Taumarunui. [No.] 2933.D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative