Places

Date: 1870s - 1880s

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-059

Description: Album of views of New Zealand and Europe. The New Zealand views were mostly taken by James Bragge, during the 1870s and 1880s, and were chiefly of the Wellington Region. One loose photograph inserted in the album shows the laying of the foundation stone at Scots College, Wellington, by Mr. Aitken, in April 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, 37.5 x 29.2 mm

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 8 November 1994

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

By: Giblin, Ross, active 1980s-2000s

Reference: EP/1994/3399-F

Description: The Firth Centre just north of Melling Railway station flooded out by the Hutt River. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Ross Giblin on the 8th of November 1994. Quantity: 4 colour original negative(s) 35mm negative strips comprising 11 images.. Physical Description: Dye couple film negatives, 35mm

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-034-a

Description: Two images on one sheet. The upper reproduction is a view looking along the river with the fort beside the bridge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 240 x 157 mm on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1852 - 1848 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Park, Robert, 1812-1870

Reference: E-455-f-053

Description: E-455-f-053-1 = Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, from remembrance, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; E-455-f-053-2 = Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, from remembrance, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure; E-455-f-053-3 to 6 = [Hickson & Co]; [Colonial Hospital]; [Ordnance Store] and [Fitzherbert's Store], 4 lithographs cut from a single sheet, the illustration to: An account of the earthquakes in New Zealand (Sydney, Printed by D. Wall, 1848 - Pam 1848); These lithographs are thought to be after drawings by Robert Park. E-455-f-053-7 = Notes on the geology of New Zealand, especially in reference to the Province of Wellington, by Chas Forbes, late of H. M. S. Acheron, p. 84-89. Pearse has included on page 54 of his album a second copy of the lithographs showing the 1848 earthquake damage. (E-455-f-054). The copy on page 54 is intact and in one piece. The copies on page 53 have been cut into three separate sections Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm; Four hand-coloured lithographs cut from a single sheet measuring 210 x 130 mm; printed text.

Date: 1847

From: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :Five early views of the Hutt and Wairarapa. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board, 1972.

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust

Reference: C-028-034

Description: Two images on one sheet. The upper reproduction is a view looking along the river with the fort beside the bridge. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 240 x 157 mm on sheet 330 x 510 mm

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Smyth, active 1847

Reference: A-434-029

Description: Page includes a view of Te Aro from Kelburn looking east to Mount Victoria; and a view of the Hutt River, with the wooden picket fence of a pa at the far right. The text notes that the Te Aro view contains merchants' stores, Manners Street ("a rather wide thoroughfare"), Mount Victoria. "The sketch is taken from Wellington Terrace, opposite Captain Sharpe's house". The upper image was published as an engraving in Brees, S C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand (London, 1847). 'Te Aro Flat, Wellington from near Captain Sharpe's residence', middle section of panorama plate, back of volume. The lower image is from an unknown original by Brees Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engravings and letterpress on page, 403 x 282 mm

Date: 1855 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

Reference: E-455-f-053-1

Description: Ground opened near Hutt Bridge, drawn by the artist later, showing slips and rifts near the Hutt River; Mr Biggs' House, Hutt, showing a house with two fissures in the ground, one extending into the house's structure Other Titles - Colonial building styles Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash drawings, each 92 x 174 mm on sheet measuring 184 x 174 mm;