Places

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PA7-53-23

Description: View of the railway bridge spanning the Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. Photograph taken by A E Winzenberg, exact date unknown Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Cowan Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.3 x 29.3 cm

Date: 1901-1916

By: Mellor, C W (Mr), active 1901-1917

Reference: PAColl-9559

Description: Collection comprises: Album pages of New Zealand scenes including views of Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington, Whanganui River, Rotorua, Rimutaka Incline, Christchurch, 1901. Some of the photographs are attributed to C W Mellor. Group portraits of officers during World War I, including C W Mellor Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 16 Mar 1998

From: Gore District oral history project

By: McDonald, Avis, active 1998; Horrell, Albert Edwin John, 1917-2001

Reference: OHInt-0428/12

Description: Bert Horrell was born in Gore in 1917. Describes how his grandfather emigrated to New Zealand in the 1880s. Talks about their farm across the Mataura River and the difficulty of crossing it to get to school. Mentions how his father, as a child, had learned how to cross the river with a horse and dray full of school children. Talks about his father buying a farm at Mandeville. Describes going to Mandeville school, conditions, teachers Alan Prentice and Miss Barclay and sitting Proficiency. Recalls that his mother was a member of the Hargest family which settled at Mandeville. Mentions John and Jim Hargest. Notes that there was no money in farming at the time and his parents operated the Mandeville store for a period. Talks about the farm house they built. Mentions that his father was religious. Recalls the vicar Hoani Parata. Talks about his father's religious convictions, Sunday School in the Mandeville Hall, Presbyterian strictness and the no dancing rule. Mentions the importance of the railway and the work of the gangers. Talks about the Mandeville Hotel. Recalls travelling by train in segregated carriages to Gore High School for two years before working on the family farm. Describes milking cows and the separator used to separate the milk from the cream. Mentions the use of lime on paddocks to increase productivity at the end of the Depression and experimenting with grass seeds. Recalls going in to military camp after the Battle of Britain and the entry of the Japanese into the war. Talks about the history of the area written by Herries Beattie. Mentions a Maori raid at Tuturau, George Meredith Bell, gold seekers, the Croydon run, the Wantwood homestead and run, Peter McLeod and the flour mill built by Mr Doull. Describes what happened to the mill. Recalls the music at dances, balls, bachelor balls and wartime farewell functions and traditions such as reserving dances, the last dance, taking your partner home and romance. Describes the alcohol consumed in cars at these events, corrugated gravel roads, curtains on cars because it was cold and the difficulty of crank starting cars. Mentions going to the pictures in Gore. Describes duck shooting with the Colett family of Invercargill. Interviewer(s) - Avis McDonald Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 2 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-2604.

Date: 1923

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

Reference: Pan-1762-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Foxton. The Manawatu River on far left, railway station and railway line beside the river. Roof of a large warehouse in left foreground. Named buildings include the Post Office Hotel; H. Osborne, carrier; and R. Bryant, family butcher. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - No. 370. Panorama of Foxton, N.Z. 7/4/1923; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - Pan. of Foxton. N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 101.0 cm

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-0859-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across the Hutt Valley with the Hutt River on the far side. Railway lines can be seen in the near side of the valley. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0850-F, Pan-0851, Pan-0852-F, Pan-0853-F, Pan-0855 and Pan-0856-F Source of descriptive information - dated from the fact that R P Moore's client, Mr W H George, left Haywards to live in Australia about the end of 1923 or the beginning of 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - George Haywards 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1107-F

Description: Panoramic view of the junction of the Hope and Buller Rivers near Kawatiri. A railway line is visible in far right curving into the distance. Man on a horsedrawn cart (three horses visible) on a stony island across the river bed (probable river fords). Few shrubby trees centre left, bush-clad hills in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Hope & Buller Rivers; Photographer's title on negative - Junction of Hope & Buller Rivers No. 484 New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 96.1 cm

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

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-0858-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across the Hutt Valley with the Hutt River on the far side. The view is taken from behind the two-storeyed wooden home of W H George which is visible in the bottom left corner of the image. Railway lines can be seen in the near side of the valley. Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0850-F, Pan-0851, Pan-0852-F, Pan-0853-F, Pan-0855 and Pan-0856-F Source of descriptive information - dated from the fact that R P Moore's client, Mr W H George, left Haywards to live in Australia about the end of 1923 or the beginning of 1924 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - George Haywards 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 110.4 cm

Date: 1890s-ca1923

From: Brusey family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-974

Description: The first and largest section of this album records a trip in Canada and possibly the United States, made by a young man with a motor car about 1923. The second section are photographs taken on a visit to possibly Hawaii or Tahiti. Local people are recorded as well as a number of yachts tied up along the waterfront of a town, and a white warship. The third section include family photographs taken in Britain in the 1890s, and several shipboard views, two of which show what are probably crossing the line ceremonies involving a canvas swimming pool. Towards the end of the album a group of family photographs are associated with a large wooden New Zealand house. There is no information with the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1949-1958

By: Tyrell, Norman, -1994; Hayward, Margaret Jane, 1940-

Reference: PA-Group-00367

Description: Photographs of holiday excursions and job sites taken ca 1949-1958 by railway engineer Norman Tyrell. Covers hydro-electric dams and their construction, bridges and their construction, the construction of a septic tank at Palmerston, cities, ports, Auckland Zoo, tramping and mountains and scenic New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives in registers at F 71104 1/4 - F 71731 1/4 Photographs taken by Norman Tyrell, railway engineer, d 1994 Quantity: 627 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4779 to PA-Group-00367 in 2009.

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6244

Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Circa 1923

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

By: George, William H, active 1923-1928

Reference: Pan-0866-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Hutt River and valley near Haywards. The river runs across the foreground with a railway line appearing on the left and the right on the nearside of the river. A car with a light coloured hood is parked in the bottom left of the image on a road that runs alongside the railway line. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer Pan-0850 to Pan-0853, Pan-0855 to Pan-0856, Pan-0858 to Pan-0859, Pan-0867 Source of descriptive information - date taken from the fact that Mr W H George left Wellington to live in Australia somewhere about the end of 1923 or early 1924. See biographical note under his name heading. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - George Haywards Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 95.8 cm

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1906, 1939

By: Mountjoy, Heather, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5875

Description: Negatives showing the ceremony marking the opening of the railway station and bridge at Staircase Gully in 1906, and panoramic prints showing personnel and general camp layout at volunteers camp, Hopu Hopu, 10 October 1939. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4 83532 F - 1/4 83539 F. Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) panoramas.

Date: [Between 1898 and 1907]

From: Tibbutt, Alfred George :Main Trunk Railway photographs

By: Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930

Reference: PA1-q-244

Description: There is a hand-written index inside the back cover, headed "A.G. Tibbutt, Victoria Studio, Hamilton, Feb. 14, 1907" and inscribed "To Fred & Mary, Nelson". At the end of the index it reads "Further albumns [sic] on sale". Fourteen photographs taken during construction of the Raurimu Spiral, between 1898 and 1907. The first six photographs include views of the Whanganui River at Taumarunui, the railway bridge over the river at Manunui, a landslip at Oio, and a bush road at Makatote. Photographs relating to the construction of Raurimu Spiral including a group of railway workmen erecting a camp in the bush, and a scene of camp life, tunnel construction, and snow effects at Raurimu. Other Titles - Main Trunk Railway photographs Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover entitled (in gold lettering) "Main Trunk Railway photographs. A.G. Tibbutt, Raurimu"; 26 x 33 cm

Date: [ca 1910, 1930, 1960]

By: Dominion (Newspaper); Hardie Shaw Studios

Reference: PAColl-0450

Description: Photographs taken for The Dominion including a number of aerial views, a large photograph of a brass band and members of the public singing christmas carols and a captioned photograph of The Dominion literary staff, possibly from the time of its inception. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).