Places

Date: ca 1918

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: PA1-o-1214

Description: Album containing 12 photographic postcards of New Plymouth and district, by photographers F G Radcliffe and David Aldersley. Photographs taken ca 1914-1918, and album complied ca 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown cardboard album 13.5 x 18.5 cm, containing 12 photographs

Date: 21 Dec [19]06] (post mark date)

Reference: PA5-0114

Description: Scenes from New Plymouth including: (i) Railway station; (ii) Recreation gardens; (iii) Devon Street; (iv) St Mary's Church; (v) Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Recreation Gardens; (vi) Sugar Loaves and Breakwater; (vii) Gardens and (viii) Breakwater. Verso contains message to all at Highfield from BB and addressed to Mrs T A Field, Highfield, Ngatitama St, Nelson. Stamped with a one penny stamp. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 85 x 137 mm

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Marshall, B S, active 1980s?; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PAColl-10387

Description: Photographic postcards of scenes taken circa 1920s. Six show New Plymouth and one shows Whanganui. Photographers are S C Smith and Frederick George Radcliffe. Four are labelled 'Tourist Series' and these may have been taken by a range of photographers after Radcliffe's death. Five cards published by Frank Duncan & Co Ltd. Two cards published by Tanner Bros Ltd. Images are captioned: - Kawaroa Park. New Plymouth. FGR 6009. [circa 1917] - Breakwater. New Plymouth. Tourist Series. 2376. [circa 1924] - Devon Street looking East, New Plymouth. N.Z. "Tourist Series" 2279 [circa 1924] - New Plymouth from Western Park. "Tourist Series" 2277/8 [Panorama taken circa 1924] - The War Memorial, Durie Hill, Wanganui Tourist Series 2141 [circa 1924] - Maori War Memorial, Marsland Hill, New Plymouth, NZ Photo S C Smith NP17 [circa 1920] - The Breakwater from Kawaroa Park, New Plymouth, NZ Photo S C Smith NP8 [circa 1920] Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Possible dates of Radcliffe image, and Tourist Series images, from an index compiled by Stan R Goodwin of Taumarunui. Index held in Photographic Archive. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Rick Marshall, Wellington, 2015. Donor is the grandson of Mr B S Marshall. Transfers: From Book Collections - Monographs from Mr Rick Marshall.

Date: 1860-1897

Reference: PAColl-4538

Description: 15 views of New Plymouth: 3 of Brougham Street, one from Devon Street looking north, one looking south from the position of the railway yard, and one from Devon Street looking south; view of Pukerua Park; 2 views of Devon Street during the royal visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1869; 2 views of unidentified streets; Tui Te Huirangi; Pukearuhe Redoubt, Whitecliffs; 2 of the Taranaki Mounted Rifle Troop on parade; the kiln of the Iron Sand Company; Parihaka Pa with Te Whiti's house in the centre; and Takaroto Matutaera Potatu Te Wherowhero Tawhiao. Photographer(s) unknown. On the print of the one of Te Huirangi his name is given as Tui Taurangi. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-012526 to 012532 and 012535 Quantity: 15 prints and negatives.

Date: 1859

From: New Plymouth Public library :Photographs

By: Webster, Hartley, -1906

Reference: PA7-43-31

Description: View of Devon Street, New Plymouth, looking west from Liardet Street corner. A number of dwellings, shops and hotel [?] can be seen. Paritutu and the Sugar Loaf Islands are in the distance. Photograph taken by Hartley Webster ca 1859 and thought to be one of the earliest photographs of New Plymouth. Copy made by Gregory's Studios. Inscriptions: Mount recto - Gregory's Studios, Partridge's Buildings, 204 Queen Street Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Circa 1890s]

By: Strauchon, John, 1848-1934; Strauchon, Kathleen St. George, 1899-1981

Reference: PA1-o-483

Description: Photograph album containing Taranaki scenes. Album created by John Strauchon, Chief Surveyor & Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Taranaki District between 1894 and 1902; photographs possibly taken by him? (Pages 32 onwards are empty). The first section of the album (pages 1-16) contain images of Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki), including two accomodation houses, the Manaia Mountain House (Or Dawson's Falls Mountain House), and the Egmont Mountain House; Fanthams Peak; the Kapuni Stream; and Bell's Falls and Dawson Falls. The second part of the album (pages 18-31) contains views in and around New Plymouth, including two of celebrations during Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Inserted in page 11 are two untitled loose photographs, one of a South Island glacier, and the other a lake scene. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine with ornate gold decoration on spine, entitled "Album"; 20 x 29 cm

Date: 1880s

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-163

Description: Album of tourist photographs of the North Island from the 1880s, many taken by identified photographers including J M (Josiah Martin), the Burton Brothers, and Wheeler & Son. There are a number of images of Waiwera, including one of two whaleboats meeting a horse-drawn carriage transporting a group of people from a steamer to land. Photographs relating to Maori include views of Parihaka; Taipari's house at Thames; Ngati Maniapoto chief Wahanui at his house, Alexandra; a large group in a hot pool at Whakarewarewa; and one of Aporo and Ngareta at Wairoa. Inscriptions: Album page - "R I Morrish Esq. With best wishes from C A, and M I [Cox?], [Box?] Hill, Melbourne, June 10th, 1888" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with heavily embossed brown leather cover, entitled `Scrap album' in raised gold letters, with gold decoration; 29.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm

Date: 1905

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Further plans collected by Perry Martin Hill. ca 1900-1950]

By: Cronin, Stephen Denison, 1870?-1910

Reference: Plans-2008-086-002

Description: Shows ground floor and first floor plans, front and side elevation, section AA of a two-storeyed wooden house with corner turret; and a plan and elevation of the outhouse (containing, WC, laundry and laboratory with fume chamber). Mrs Aston was the mother of Bernard Cracroft Aston, Chief Chemist at the Department of Agriculture, hence the laboratory equipment in the outhouse. The house was in Devon Street on building with the street name later changing to Fairlie Terrace. The house, now owned by Victoria University, still stands (2008). Other Titles - Kelburn Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on linen, 535 x 780 mm. Transfers: Other material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-1622, and PA-Group-00273..

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 10x8-1044-G

Description: Overlooking New Plymouth with Mount Taranaki in the background. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis, circa 1880s. Signs advertising the Daily News office and Veale's Buildings are visible. Note on back of file print reads "New Plymouth. Streets. Devon" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1843

From: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 1820-1879 :Illustrations to "Adventure in New Zealand". Lithographed from original drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S. C. Brees and Captain W. Mein Smith. London, Smith Elder & Co, 1845.

Reference: PUBL-0011-09-3

Description: The third and right-hand section of a three part panoramic view of New Plymouth, shortly after its establishment as a New Zealand Company settlement. Shows the South end of the town and the Sugar Loaf Islands. Named features are "Mr Rundell['s house]. Mr Newland. Mr Shepherd. Mr Lewthwaite. Labourers Residences commonly called Devonport. Pare Tutu. Motu-o-Mahanga or Island of Flight. Moturao or Tall Island 200 feet high. The accompanying text reads: The spectator stands with his back to the sea, in the garden of the [New Zealand or Plymouth] Company's agent. There is only an open Roadstead [Harbour] here, and the colonists are essentially agricultural. Surf-boats, however, and excellent moorings, provided by the Company, facilitate the landing of passengers and goods. Mount Egmont is distant about fifteen miles. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 237 x 465 mm

Date: [ca 1860s]

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006596-G

Description: Houses in Devon Street, New Plymouth, circa 1860s. There are horses and carts on the road and half way down the street is a bridge spanning the Huatoki Stream. Photograph taken by W A Collis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1923

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-196

Description: Panoramic view of New Plymouth township from the New Zealand Insurance Buildings, with Devon Street in the foreground. Robe Street runs vertically in the centre, above Plymouth Buildings. The Post Office and clock tower are on the right. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - New Plymouth NZ from NZ Insurance Blds 1923 Photo by R P Moore 80 Manners Street Wellington NZ All rights reserved Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.5 x 101.5 cm

Date: 1863-1865

From: Nicholl, Spencer Perceval Talbot, 1841-1908 :Photograph albums

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-177

Description: Album compiled circa 1863-5, by Spencer P T Nicholl of the 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Some photographs taken by John Kinder. Photographs include images relating to military life, including the Oakura Redoubt, the Kaitake Redoubt, officers of the 68th regiment, military camps in Taranaki, and the Militia Hospital in New Plymouth. Pages 15-18 have the pencilled caption `Lake Taupo', but in fact are photographs of the volcanic area around Lake Rotomahana, and were taken by John Kinder in 1865. They include a sulphur volcano (whakataratara), the Whatapoho geyser, Otukapuarangi (Pink Terraces), and the Tarata or principal boiling springs. Pages 19-32 contain portraits of Maori men and women, some of which have pencilled captions. Inscriptions: Album page - `Spencer p.T. Nicholl (subsequently Lieut. Col.), 43rd Oxfordshire Light Infantry. Album compiled probably about 1863/4' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, darker green leather corners and spine, original spine with gold decoration, repaired; 37 x 27 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/4-101657-F

Description: Photograph looking down Devon street, New Plymouth. Businesses visible are F W Eberlet Real Estate Agents, Ibbotson's and the New Zealand Insurance Company Ltd. Street has tramlines and is lined with 1920s-1930s style cars. Pedestrians and cyclist visible also. Photograph taken by Richard Edgar Williams circa 1930s. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Location identified by Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Photographs of New Plymouth and district including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881).

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-183

Description: Photographs of New Plymouth and district, including Mount Egmont, and a sequence of views of Parihaka (including the campaign of 1881). Scenes of Parihaka, especially with relationship to the 1881 incident, include views of the pa (with Te Whiti's house visible); the Rahotu volunteer camp, the Rahotu Redoubt; Fort Rolleston; Sentry Hill; Pungarehu officers' quarters and redoubt; Nelson Camp; the Taranaki Rifles and Wellington Navals. Scenic views in the area show Mount Egmont, Bell's Falls, the `Meeting-of-the-Waters', White Cliffs, Sugar Loaf Islands, the New Plymouth breakwater, and views of the New Plymouth Recreation Ground. Relationship complexity - Negatives, from which many of the prints in this album were made, are at PAColl-3032. See 10x8-1073 etc Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, dark green corners and spine; 28.0 x 36 5 cm