Places

Date: 1929

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Rotorua and district] [ca 1929]

Reference: A-227-085

Description: Shows gardens with a lake feature and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 210 x 290 mm

Date: [Between 1930 and 1941]

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

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-207

Description: Album of photographs (mainly landscapes) taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1930 and 1941. The album is divided into sections (not in chronological order), many relating to camping holidays with an unidentified companion. Areas covered included a Christmas holiday trip in 1937 to the East Coast and thermal regions around Tikitere and Waimangu, the Morere nikau forest, Mount Maunganui beach, Hongi's track, the buried village at Te Wairoa, and Rotorua. A North Auckland trip in December 1938 included camping as far north as Paihia, Russell and Waitangi, the Waitangi Falls, the Waipoua Kauri Forest and Trounson's Kauri Park, also Auckland, the Kaingaroa Plains and Waiouru Valley. Areas of erosion were noted, and mangrove swamps. An Anniversary Day trip (22-23 January 1939) took Salmon to the Putangirua Pinnacles in the Wairarapa; and in September 1941 he went to the Hawke's Bay area. In 1945 he went on a North Island Expedition working on malaria control, with ?Bissett, and William John Phillipps. February 20-27 1939 was a trip across the Napier-Taupo Road, and included a number of images of the silt and desolation caused by a great flood in the Esk Valley in 1938. In 1936 Salmon went on a geological trip to the Rotorua area, and at Orakei Korako he was particularly interested in "sinter formations" (thermal deposits of silica, of which the Pink and White Terraces were examples). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 25 cm

Date: ca1907

Reference: PAColl-7426

Description: Views of the Government Bath House at Rotorua, and the white terrace and entrance to Geyser Land, Wakarewarewa. One of the photographs is by G Archer. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) one of which has been hand coloured.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [187-?, 1911-1940s]

By: Birks, Lawrence, 1874-1924

Reference: PAColl-0890

Description: Two photographs of thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, one showing the Maori village in the background; people watching the Ngauruhoe eruption of 1926; looking over the thermal area at Waimangu; the crater of Wahanga in 1911 with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance taken by L Birks; men watching the volcano on White Island; the grounds of the Sanatorium at Rotorua; a crowd watching the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-173

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Government Tourist Gardens and Bath House at Rotorua; pataka at Whakarewarewa; tourists at Whakarewarewa (including couple being welcomed to the village & showing their Volkswagen car in foreground); Lake Rotorua; Lake Rotoma; Lake Rotoehu; Hongis Track Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1922

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-7081-78

Description: The entrance hall of the Bath House at Rotorua showing the ornate wooden staircase and a number of statues. Photographer was Radcliffe. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Rotorua Xmas 1922 Dear Mr McDonnell My sisters wish to send with me their hope you will have a "Merry Xmas & Happy New Year". We read with interest your paper and are so glad you are able to influence so many of the noble Maori race. Kia ora Yours faithfully Eleanor J White. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Provenance unknown. May relate to PAColl-4950.

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

By: Johnston, I F H (Mr), active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-6334

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes. Includes views of women on the swing bridge over the Catlins River ca 1900; swans on Catlins Lake; Mt Ngauruhoe erupting; the main street in Milton; Gore Railway Station; the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line; the New Zealand rugby football team which toured Great Britain in 1905; the botanic gardens in Dunedin; a view over Mount Eden, Auckland showing the Maori fortifications and the firm of C Lynch Cash Grocers in the foreground; a two storey house boat or ferry at Ohura; Moffat's and Kolberg's homesteads in Pounawea; a re-touched view of the track through Pounawea; a souvenir of Port Molyneux showing Millionaire's Corner, Ka Ka Point and Kororo Creek; the Blue Bath, Rotorua; Princes Street, Dunedin showing a tram and Jacobs Tobacconist on the corner; Lower High Street, Dunedin with the premises of Charles W White & Co on the right; families out on St Clair Beach; two boys having a race in the rockery of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin; North Island Main Trunk Railways at Ohakune; the Presbyterian church in Palmerston with the Clark Sunday School hall next to it; fell engine pulling a train up the Rimutaka Incline; Guide Eileen at Whakarewarewa; and Smith Bros general store at Owaka with their delivery cart outside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints also at PAColl-5800-36 and PAColl-6001-18 Quantity: 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mr I F H Johnston, Clutha, 1971

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1581-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across beds of standard roses, other flower beds and croquet lawns to the Rotorua Bath House on the left. There are people playing croquet and other sports on the right. Established trees on the far right and in the background to the right of the Bath House. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1583, Pan-1584, Pan-1590 Source of descriptive information - Date from other images taken by Moore in his own numerical sequence (RPM-00--) which were taken in 1923 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Govt. Bath Buildings (Rotorua New Zealand) No. 70; Marginal notes on tape - Bath House. Rotorua Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.0 cm

Date: 1924-1925, 1928

From: Johnston, Phyllis, 1904-1998: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1895

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Phyllis Johnston. Contain images taken during visit to South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and a North Island road trip. Compiler of albums, and photographer(s), are unidentified. Album is extensively captioned. - Images of Dunedin area are taken during a holiday to the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition in 1924-1925. Photographs of sights include a bus trip to Waipori via Outram (including the Waipori River and power station), St Clair Beach (including the Baths and Tomahawk), waves at Ocean Beach, Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Portobello, Harbour Ferry, Octagon and Cathedral, Dunedin Train Station, Stewart Street Cable Car, Otago University Clock Tower, Otago Boys High, Evansdale river scenes, and North East Valley. Exhibition photos show the Exhibition Buildings, the grand court water feature, 'Maori House', and Amusement Park 'The Three Castles' (including the entrance and the 'Ye Old Mill River Caves' roller coaster and 'Giant's Mouth' rides). - Album also covers a January 1928 North Island road trip in a Model T Ford, departing from Levin. Camping grounds, camping sites, the preparation of meals and washing up, car with camping awning erected and camping gear packed on side, picnics, and tourist sites are featured. The route travelled, as suggested by the order of the images, is via Hastings, Napier, Taupo and lake area, Wairakei thermal area, Rotorua and Ohinemutu and lake area (including Rotoiti, Tarawera, and Rotomahana), Hamilton, Auckland (including Titirangi, Henderson, and Devonport), Waitomo, New Plymouth, and Inglewood. Notable sights and activities photographed include: Hastings Garden entrance with Maori carvings; Taurangakuma River; Mohaka River; Lake Taupo scenes from boat tour; Huka Falls; Aratiatia Rapids; various thermal sights including the Opal Pool and Eagles Nest Geyser at Wairakei; Whakarewarewa thermal area with model pa, tour group, and children diving for pennies; Boiling Lake and other sights in Waimangu Valley; Rotorua Sanatorium including Bath House and entrance to Government Gardens; Okere Falls; Hinemoana's Bath; fish at Fairy Spring; hunting for oysters, Titirangi; Albert Park, Auckland; polar bears at Auckland Zoo; tourist series of Waitomo Caves; Mokau bridge; Pukekura Park and Paritutu Rock, New Plymouth; and an unidentified house and tennis match. - Album contains portraits of two children called Joyce and Beverley. Joyce is also photographed at the South Seas Exhibition with a woman identified only as 'B.G.K' [Miss B G Kirk?]. The North Island Road trip images include numerous image of three unidentified women; this series also includes a family portrait of the Bailey Family beside a car. - Loose prints show Whitianga (Mercury Bay and Buffalo Beach), an unidentified group by pool of fish [Fairy Spring, Rotorua?], a print with two images (Ball Hut and Lake Pukaki), and an unidentified city scape [Dunedin?]. Source of information - for identifying BGK as Miss B G Kirk see album caption in album reference number PA1-o-1896 Arrangement: Loose prints have been collated and put in an acid free folder at the front of the album. The original pages in which they were interleaved bear no known relationship to the images. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather album with pastoral scene of hay rickets and cottage tooled on the leather, 15 x 22 cm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1586-F

Description: Panoramic view of a driveway leading left and right. The Bath House is on the far left with a rose bed in the lawn in front of the building. Variety of mature trees in manicured lawns. Row of pansies with herbaceous border behind on the right. A man and a woman are walking on the drive on the right with the arched entrance gateway behind them. A memorial statue is visible in the centre of the image behind a circular bed of flowers and shrubs. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1583, Pan-1584, Pan-1590 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Bathhouse & grounds. Rotorua. 1923. No. 73 [Printed in capitals]; Photographer's title on negative - Bath House & grounds. Rotorua. [Handwritten in cursor script]; Marginal notes on tape - 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 102.8 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1099-F

Description: Panoramic view of crowds attending the unveiling by the Duke of York (later King George V) of the Te Arawa Memorial in the Government Gardens of the Rotorua Bath House in 1927. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1100 Source of descriptive information - from Pan-1100 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 9 9 9 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 117.8 cm

Date: 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1100-F

Description: Panoramic view of crowds attending the unveiling by the Duke of York (later King George V) of the Te Arawa Memorial in the Government Gardens of the Rotorua Bath House in 1927. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1099 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation]; Photographer's title on negative - H.R.H. The Duke of York unveiling Maoris memorial, Rotorua, New Zealand. 28.2.27 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.9 cm

Date: [ca 1940-1952]

By: Moore & Thompson (Firm); Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Photo News Ltd; Webb, Steffano Francis Pavlovich, 1880-1967

Reference: PAColl-0501

Description: Photographs of the interior of the Master Printers' Association printing shop on Lambton Quay prior to demolition showing the presses (five duplicate prints); four photographs (two duplicate) of a window display for Children's Book Week; three photographs (two duplicate) of the interior of a book shop showing displays and stationery; group photograph of conference delegates of the New Zealand Master Printers' Federation in Christchurch and other delegate photographs, one in front of the Blue Bath, Rotorua, probably of the same organisation; and two photographs with a covering letter from B J Ball (NZ) Ltd of the Wellington Master Printers and Allied Trades stand at the Wellington Industrial Exhibition in 1952. Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1929

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Rotorua and district] [ca 1929]

Reference: A-227-081

Description: Shows trees, gardens and a body of water in the foreground with two buildings in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 250 x 180 mm

Date: 1916

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-215

Description: Snapshots of the Rotorua area, taken on a holiday at Christmas, 1916. Images include one of two women looking at the remains of Sophia's whare; views of thermal activity; and views of Maori life, including scenes of children diving for pennies, and women washing clothes in hot pools or in a river or lake. Other Titles - Rotorua. Xmas 1916 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey soft card cover entitled `Rotorua. Xmas 1916', lettered in white ink; 14.5 x 17.0 cm

Date: 1901

From: Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[1. Decorated ceremonial entrance to the Government Baths Sanitorium, Rotorua. 1901; and, 2. Le Quai Malaquais. 1892-1893].

Reference: A-176-048-1

Description: Shows the arched ceremonial gateway to the Rotorua Baths. There is a flag flying on top, and the words "Health and Wealth", "Rotorua ne plus ultra", and "Mens sana in corpore sano" are inscribed in panels on the gateway. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 258 x 350 mm Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in 2001.

Date: [Circa 1900s]

Reference: PA1-o-503

Description: Album of scenic photographs taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department. The first part of the album concentrates on various sanatoriums, therapeutic baths and hot pools The second half of the album shows scenery in Northland, including Whangarei and the waterfalls at Whangarei; limestone rock formations at Waro; Russell and the Bay of Islands; and four views of the Waitomo Caves near Otorohanga. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: [196-?]

From: Kidman, Fiona Judith (Dame), 1940- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-2477

Description: Includes photographs of disabled children, children swimming and engaged in other activities, a female basketball coach, Lynn and Charles Pihena, Mr D Southwick who convened Courtesy Week for the Rotorua Rotary Club, and a photograph of a couple outside Rotorua Bath House. The photographs were taken ca 1960s by various photographers including Ian Kidman and The Daily Post, Rotorua. Some of the photographs appear to have been published in the New Zealand Women's Weekly. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints