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Date: 1970

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

Reference: EP/1970/2928-7-F

Description: Preparation for underground electric cables, Breaker Bay Road, Wellington. Caption reads: "These wooden poles will soon be removed as underground electricity and telephone cables are laid in Breaker Bay Road, the second area in Wellington where residents have agreed to contribute towards the costs of underground reticulation." Photographed for the Evening Post newspaper by an unknown photographer in 1970 This image was published in the Evening Post on 10 July 1970 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-7022

Description: Views of the beach at Pukerua Bay with maintenance to prevent erosion. Also views of a house built on the beach including one of the owners on the verandah. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-099111 to 099118 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1967 - 1970

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-100-032

Description: Workers for the Natural gas Company explain to an irate householder why they are installing a gas pipe parallel to the power lines using the electrical power poles as support. Extended Title - Natural Gas Company. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Reproduction of black ink and pencil on paper, glued to mount card. Image size 358 x 514 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Enerco, then by Orion New Zealand Ltd.

Date: [Circa 1900 to 1905]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-300

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, between 1900 and 1905. The images follow on from McIntosh album 15, (these are pages 815-835) starting at Opunake (a church building). Pihama (a memorial to members of the crew of the barque Lizzie Bell which was wrecked off Oeo, 24th July 1901), a view of the Oeo Hotel (F. Morgan, proprietor), and a view of the mast of the Lizzie Bell standing as a memorial at Pihama. These are followed by a panorama of Parihaka (p. 822-823), and a portrait of a man named Ruru, at Parihaka. The rest of the album has scenes in the Auckland area, including a view of Queen Street in which the chemist shop of Charles J Ratgen is clearly visible. A series of images show various Maori artifacts on display at the Auckland Museum. Scenery in Auckland includes the Auckland Domain, Epsom, Tamaki, Auckland Harbour, Rangitoto, St Heliers, Mount Hobson and Mount Eden. Two church buildings are seen, one at Opunake, and the remains of a stone church at Tamaki. A group of photographs show horse-drawn carriages decorated with flowers for a floral fete (p 835-838). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6848

Description: 25 images including two of what is probably earthquake damage to buildings in Hawke's Bay following the 1931 earthquake; four of a gathering at a wool shed flying the union jack (location unknown); one of the war memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; one of a small wooden church without a tower or steeple (location unknown); a general view of the town where the same church is located; two of a derailment; eight of various locomotives, steam, diesel and electric, including one of a railcar sitting at Wellington Railway Station and one of an electric locomotive and carriages at Paekakariki station; one of a line of buses at a rural depot with passengers waiting; two boys and a man next to their car; a boy crouching next to a man; and a landscape (location unknown). Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029898 to 029903, 030017, 030035 to 030036, 030039, 030044 to 030050, 030997, 031000 to 031003, 031006, 031011 and 031015. Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1870 - 1890

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: B-004-007

Description: Shows a view looking down through a cutting in a valley. There is a telegraph pole in the centre foreground, carrying two wires. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia wash, 242 x 305 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1924

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

By: George, William H, active 1923-1928

Reference: Pan-0855-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Hutt River running across the image, a long wooden bridge visible centre right, and 8-strut power poles in left foreground. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0850-F, Pan-0851-F, Pan-0852-F and Pan-0853-F Source of descriptive information - date from the fact that R P Moore's client was Mr W H George who left Wellington to live in Australia at the end of 1923 or early 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - W.H. George Haywards 2 copies 2 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.5 x 113.8 cm

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-174-027-1

Description: Shows Taupiri Mountain from across the Waikato River and buildings, a road and telegraph poles at the foot of the mountain along the river's edge Almost exactly the same, except for a cropped foreground, as A-174-027, by the same artist, an ink and wash sketch Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 155 x 192 mm

Date: 1971 - 1975

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Webb, Norman David, 1913-2005

Reference: G-236

Description: A two part picture, showing heavy snow falling on small island on left, pylons weighted down with snow and couple by small fire made from last surviving trees, trying to cut through Cook Strait cable with an axe; whilst on righthand island, with its healthy pylons, man rests comfortably in armchair, hat and scarf, in front of TV which announces:"Storms bash S.I. Possible cuts". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Eric Heath; Recto - beneath image - [Title] (very faded); Recto - beneath image - (Written in crayon on the glass, by Norman Webb, because original had faded): [Title] Appeared in the Dominion for 8 March 1973. "New Zealand energy journal", vol. 48 (Dec 1975) pages 261-263, has article entitled "A study of the implications of cutting the Cook Strait cable", by P D Lucas, B A Murtagh, and B R Smith; this tells that power had been conveyed from South to North for more than a decade, but that in recent years, South Islanders had been dissatisfied with shortages they had been forced to endure because of the power needs of the North Island. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and Chinese white on paper, 450 x 640 mm (sight). Provenance: Donated by Norman Webb, in 1996.

Date: 1864

From: [Crawford, James Coutts] 1817-1889 :South Island sketchbook 1864

Reference: E-174-042

Description: A road with telegraph poles on the right, flax bushes and Lake Waihola to the left. Mount Maungatua is in the distance on the far left, its top covered with cloud Acquired with E171: Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook, signed J C Crawford Extended Title - From his South Island sketchbook, 1864. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawing 128 x 173 mm. Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-7364

Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..

Date: 23 July 1985

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

Reference: EP/1985/3280

Description: Wellington City Council's Municipal Electricity Department staff moving power lines from one pole to another, Karaka Bay. Mr Harold Braumann won a court order to have a pole removed from in front of his garage door and a new pole has been planted a little further south. Photographed 23 July 1985 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-2418-F

Description: Panoramic view along the Manawatu Gorge, looking towards the Woodville end, with road and power pylons on the right side of the river. Railway line visible on the far side. Steep cliffs above the road with signs of slips on the right. Bush, some forest remnants, especially above the railway line. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Manawatu Gorge. New Zealand; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Manawatu Gorge. R.P.M. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.2 cm

Date: 1924 - 1935

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-027

Description: Shows Otaki River mouth with hills in the background. A person is shown standing in the water and fishing with a rod and line. A single pole with telegraph lines hanging off it is visible. Note on reverse reads "Otaki River. Kirsty Cassidy with love from her dad". Inscriptions: Verso - "Otaki River. Kirsty Cassidy with love from her Dad." Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 137 x 207 mm in mat 212 x 15 mm

Date: 1976

From: Price, Nina, 1953- :[Lino cuts, biro drawings and a painted cardboard model of a house, relating to Denniston, West Coast. 1972-1979]

Reference: A-460-007

Description: A view of part of the Denniston community, showing power lines and looking out to sea Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Nina Stutz 76 / Denniston [in ink] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Linocut, hand-coloured, 205 x 260 mm on paper 292 x 360 mm

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-044-1/2

Description: On the recto, a view of a rocky coastline, possibly painted at twilight, as the colours used are shades of grey. On the verso, a view along Wellington Road(?), Paekakariki, with small houses, telegraph poles, sheds and water storage tanks. Hills to the left and at the end of the street. Other Titles - Paekakariki Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Paikakariki [in pencil] See also NON-ATL-P-0077. The notes explain that the image was privately owned, and had been borrowed for photography. The image has since been taken into the Turnbull collections, along with the overall group of works Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on each side of loose sketchbook page, 128 x 182 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Harris, J, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-0993-F

Description: Panoramic view of a farm near Clinton. Single-storeyed house centre left with stand of trees behind. Outbuildings at a distance to the right. Paddock with a large flock of sheep on a slope to the right of one of the farm buildings. Curved road runs across the foreground from right to left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - J.M. [or A?] Harris. Clinton. 3 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 113.9 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1108-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with a car parked under Hawks Crag, centre right. The line of the road is clear from power poles amongst trees across the image, river to the left of the road. Bush-clad hills to right and left of the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1109 for view just beyond this one Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Hawks Crag No. 468. Buller Gorge. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.9 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1109-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Buller Gorge with the road on the road just past Hawks Crag. Curve in river, bush-clad hills. Power lines visible far left draping across a bend in the road. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1108 for view of Hawks Crag Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Scene on Buller Gorge. No. 485. West Coast. New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 97.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1106-F

Description: Panoramic view of an unsealed road through bush with many tree ferns. A touring car with hood up (number plate WN 7640) is facing away from the camera. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Portion of image repeated on left Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 [in list formation]; Photographer's title on negative - On the road from Hokitika to Otira - New Zealand. No. 487 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.5 cm