Places

Date: 1853

Reference: MapColl-832.45gbbd/[1853?]/Acc.8105

Description: Topographic map of the area from Cape Palliser and Cape Turakirai [sic], the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges, to Taumatawanga and the Warehana River. Shows land blocks taken up by various runholders, lands not purchased, and includes various Maori names for natural features. Rivers and streams are named. Names include G. Scott, M.A. Buxton, R. Collins, F. Burton, J. Paine, E. Meredith, G. Moore, M. Hill, S.M. Scroogs, H. Donald, Masters, Smith and Rerans, J.H. Northwood, C. Hales, G. Murch, G.P. Bidwell, A. Gillies, Cameron, D. Riddiford, P. Hume, J. Kelly, R. Russel [i.e. Russell], R. Barton. Title supplied by cataloguer Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 1853 - presumed date Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and coloured wash on brown paper, linen backed, mounted on stiff card, 61.4 x 49.1 cm.

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001707-F

Description: Karori, Wellington, looking towards Johnston Hill, with the cemetery in the centre, 1945. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [3 May 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/291/12-G

Description: Construction on the new western access road, from Blackbridge Road to Wilton Road. Photograph taken 3 May 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1955

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1955/0076-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1905 - 1910

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].

By: Cornish, Bessie, active 1915

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-069

Description: Shows a view from the top of the Botanical Gardens looking towards the cable car terminal at the top of the cable car track. At the centre is the cable car, and the tram terminus is beyond, a large building with verandahs and turrets. Published by Fergusson Limited, and printed in Sydney. Sepia series. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard in album.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 88 x 136 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs B L M August in 1976.

Date: 1940s

From: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955 :Negatives of New Zealand towns and scenery, and Fiji

Reference: 1/4-020615-G

Description: Side view of the ship 'Dominion Monarch' on Wellington Harbour, photographed by William Hall Raine in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1856

By: Holmes, William Howard, 1825-1885

Reference: B-139-017

Description: Shows a view along the Wellington shoreline, looking north. Part of Barrett's Hotel is shown on the extreme left, beside a classical revival building. There are shops in the distance. A red-coated soldier leans against the door to Barrett's Hotel. A small rowboat is in the sea to the right of the road Title on engraved plate on frame. Artist attributed because of similarity of subject to Holmes' "Wellington Beach 1856" (A-032-040). The work is not as finished as that one however. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 241 x 343 mm (sight) Provenance: Prior to that in the collection of Mr Charles Levin of Sanson, descendant of W. H. Levin.

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-007722-G

Description: Electric trams on Courtenay Place, Wellington, circa 1910. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1901]

From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington

Reference: 1/2-136054-F

Description: View in Kelburn, Wellington, circa 1901 with the cable car power house, and the cable car line under construction. Photographer unidentified. The Kelburn cable car was opened in 1902. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [ca 28 November 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/392/05-G

Description: Five men with an axe and saw during tree felling in the Karori Cemetery. Photographed circa 28 November 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1936

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-075451

Description: Aerial view of Newtown, Wellington, in 1936. Made for publication in the Evening Post by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative of donated print

Date: 25 Aug 1913

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011202-G

Description: Group with flotation vests (rescue party?) on the beach while the ship 'Devon' is aground at Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, Wellington region, 25 August 1913. Photograph taken by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Group identified as a possible rescue party from information at 1/4-011197. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1910

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0403-1/2-G

Description: Locomotives in the construction shed at the Petone railway workshop. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1910. Original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album Vol 110, p 85) Inscriptions: Album page - Engine Erecting Shop. Petone Shops. 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca July-August] 1934

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-122291-F

Description: An aerial view of Wellington in 1934, looking over Mt Cook, Basin Reserve, Newtown (upper centre and right), Hataitai, Kilbirnie and Miramar (upper left). Some of the buildings which can be identified are: National Museum Wellington (being constructed), Carillion War Memorial Monument and Wellington College. Photograph taken by a photographer from the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1920s]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 1

Reference: PAColl-5471-043

Description: Looking north west along Courtenay Place, Wellington, with Cambridge Terrace in the foreground. Shows businesses on the left with bushes and mens toilets on the right. Two trams are in the middle ground. Photograph taken in the 1920s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: January - June 2010

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000540

Description: Photographs of Wellington, Petone, Lower Hutt and Greytown buildings, taken January to May 2010 by Dylan Owen Quantity: 39 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1949

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046596-G

Description: View of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, Wellington, looking towards the hills with houses in the foreground and middle distance. Photograph taken 1949 by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1937

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1499-1/4-G

Description: View of a tip truck working on the approach to the Western Hutt Road Bridge. Photographed by A P Godber circa 1937. Dated from the Godber Index (TL 6/1/15), filed in Photographic Archives, in the 1/4 plate section, under B. Bridge. Silverstream. 1937. Western Hutt Road. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Making approach to Western Hutt Road Bridge An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 55 (PA1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1856

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-001

Description: A view from the South Wellington coast, possibly around the Owhiro Bay or Red Rocks area, showing Mount Tapuaenuku in the Kaikoura Range in the distance, over Cook Strait. The view could also be from Island Bay. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - Kaikoura Kaikouras near Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Kikoras 1856 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 155 x 195 mm

Date: [ca 1940]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-100850-G

Description: Mural inside the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial in Petone, photographed circa 1940. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative