Places

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1925-1935

By: Cartwright, George, active 1900s-1920s

Reference: PAColl-7240

Description: Series of postcards of Hamilton taken by G Cartwright: children swimming and playing in the lake; cars and a bus travelling along Victoria Street with shops on either side including a billiard room and a dentist; the traffic bridge, with the railway bridge in the distance over the Waikato River, with river boats moored next to it; Soldier's Park; the cenotaph; a steam train going over the railway bridge; and the traffic bridge with parkland in the foreground. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002723 to 002729 Quantity: 6 b&w copy negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [Chiefly between 1934 and 1947]

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

Reference: PA1-o-194

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber, chiefly between 1934 and 1947, but including copies of some of his earlier photographs. Views include trips in the North and South Islands, and views of his home and family, especially in Whiteman's Valley Road and the area around Silverstream. Also various scenes of floods (Hutt River), and storm damage. Photographs associated with roads and railways include steam locomotives, tunnels, bridges and viaducts, some under construction. Among the trip photographs are views of Ngaruawahia, including King Koroki's house (opened in 1938) and the Maori Parliament House. Other views of Maori interest include meeting houses, rock paintings and wood carving. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 100 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26.0 x 33.5 cm

Date: ca 1960-1969

From: Bootham, Ivan, 1939-2016: Collection

Reference: PAColl-0101

Description: Photoprints of views of the Hutt River, Hamilton Bridge, and a sketch by Toss Woolaston. Photonegative shows a man with a lwnmower outside 35 Wilford Street, Lower Hutt circa 1960. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/4-065909 Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Description of negative contents altered in May 2019 following informatoin from a staff member.

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1998

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-13

Description: Buildings in the Waikato Region. These include - Buildings in Hamilton - Early 20th century commercial and public buildings. A large number of houses of all sorts including some state houses and art deco styled houses. Other localities include Gordonston, Tauwhare, Huntly, Waingaro, Rotowaro, Raglan, Ngaruawahia, and Okete. These include much the same sorts of buildings as well as churches, schools, hotels, public halls, cemeteries, and bridges. There is also a sequence of views of the abandoned carbonisation works at Rotowaro which opened in 1931 and closed in 1987. Quantity: 154 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [191-?]

By: Thames Valley Newspapers Ltd; Allen, C J, active 1915; Cameron, D D, active 1915; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-4692

Description: Postcards of the bridge over the Whanganui river at Taumarunui, Mount Ruapehu, Waikato Hospital and nurses' home, Hamilton public library and courthouse, Military Camp at Trentham, HMS New Zealand, Matangi Hall, Palmerston North, and a bowling green in Cambridge. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: 1998-1999

From: Holman, Dinah, 1938- :Photographs of New Zealand buildings relating to heritage surveys

Reference: PAColl-9989-12

Description: New Plymouth buildings include houses in Hine Street. Hamilton buildings include - Early 20th century commercial and public buildings. A large number of houses of all sorts including some state houses and art deco styled houses. A bandstand in a park. A wood built Masonic Hall dated 1883. The commercial Hotel. The Presbyterian Church and Anglican Cathedral among others. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 156 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [190-?]

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Tibbutt, Alfred George, 1864-1930

Reference: PAColl-7237

Description: Views of the Hapuawhenua and Makohine viaducts on the main trunk line taken by Aldersley; Victoria Street, Hamilton, showing the Bank of New Zealand, the New Zealand Clothing Factory and other shops; High Street and Station Street Dannevirke; St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Hastings; Whakarewarewa; Marton water supply; International Exhibition in Christchurch; and the Traffic Bridge, Hamilton. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 5 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints, postcards Provenance: Donated by C S James, Wellington, 1966

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, John C :Photograph collection

By: Cottier, Charles Percy, -1950

Reference: PAColl-4741

Description: Photographs of: two girls next to a tekoteko aro at a meeting house; a parade by sailors, some pulling a gun carriage, along a Christchurch street with the premises of W Strange & Co in the background; sailors in a parade ground marching past some dignitaries; a view of what is probably Wanganui with Hatrick drapers visible in the distance (captioned as Hamilton); three Maori women sitting on the ground at an outdoor event; a group of young poi dancers wearing taniko head bands with two older women wearing cloaks and holding patu in the Wairarapa; Turangarere waterfall; a group of eleven Maori boys dressed as soldiers with sticks as guns; a Maori family with five children and the family dog; two photographs of wire mesh contraptions possibly for trapping; Kaniere bridge and township; Elizabeth Street, Melbourne looking north with the general post office on the right; a basket used for fishing; a view of a bridge over the lake in Pukekura Park taken by C P Cottier; and a Maori family outside their house with a feather cloak over three of the girls. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 22 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [Circa 1909 to 1911]

From: Daniell, Charles Edward, 1856-1939 :Photographs and albums from the Daniell collection

By: Cartwright, George, active 1900s-1920s; Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953; Gilbert, F J, active 1909-1911

Reference: PA1-q-063

Description: Architectural plans of commercial buildings in Hamilton and the Waikato District, including Te Awamutu and Frankton Junction. Includes photographs (some taken by F J Gilbert, or G Cartwright) of some of the buildings, and also several of Mangahoe Bridge under construction. Buildings include the Wesley Buildings, the New Zealand Dairy Association building at Frankton Junction, the Waikato Argus building, and a public hall at Karamu. Most of the plans are signed "Fred C Daniell", or "F C Daniell, Architect, Hamilton". Title on cover attributes the work to his father Charles Edward Daniell, though it was Frederick who had a practice in Hamilton during the period covered by this album, and all the signatures are those of Frederick. A hand-written index is attached inside front cover. Many pages are blank. Other Titles - Specimens of buildings designed & erected by C E Daniell, Masterton Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album with tan leather spine and corners, entitled "Specimens of buildings designed & erected by C E Daniell, Masterton", 30 x 28 cm