Places

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

Reference: PA1-o-103

Description: Clift family photographs, including views of Wellington, the Clift family home at 143 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn; four unidentified Wellington College Boy Scouts; views of the Wellington Botanic Gardens; and a number of views of the Wanganui Region. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album in brown card cover tied with cord, and embossed with pattern of flowers in a vase, 19 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1950

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

Reference: 114/107/07-F

Description: Two men paddle in on surfboards at the Dominion lifesaving championships at Lyall Bay in Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Date: 2011

By: Bunnings Group Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-2011-01

Description: Map of the layout of 59 ranges of shelving in the Lyall Bay branch of Bunnings Warehouse, with an alphabetical store directory. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of sheet, 297 x 420 mm, folded to 297 x 146 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2011.

Date: 1932

By: Bartleet, Ellen Wintrup, 1896-

Reference: A-238-011

Description: Looking south from the beach at Lyall Bay towards the rocky foreshore with the South Island visible in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 180 x 280 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs R.B. Bartleet, Auckland 1972

Date: 1922

By: Clere, Frederick de Jersey, 1856-1952; Clere & Williams (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-0936

Description: Details for the addition of electric light points and windows to be openable. Shows north, south west and front elevations, plan, roof plan, 2 crossways sections and one lengthwise section Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Blueprint 588 x 744 mm Provenance: Clere collection

Date: 2001 - 2002

By: Lyall Bay Reef Charitable Trust

Reference: Eph-A-RECREATION-2002-01

Description: Explains the reasons for wanting a reef, where it would be best positioned, how constructed, and a form to complete when sending donations to the Trust. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on two sides of folded pamphlet.. Physical Description: Photolithographs on folded sheet, 211 x 595 mm. Provenance: Donated in March 2002.

Date: 1870s - 1880s

From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PA1-q-059

Description: Album of views of New Zealand and Europe. The New Zealand views were mostly taken by James Bragge, during the 1870s and 1880s, and were chiefly of the Wellington Region. One loose photograph inserted in the album shows the laying of the foundation stone at Scots College, Wellington, by Mr. Aitken, in April 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, 37.5 x 29.2 mm

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-301

Description: Photogprahs of New Zealand circa 1890s to 1900s, probably taken by George William Barltrop. The first sequence includes scenes around Auckland harbour, including Rangitoto Onehunga, with one view of passengers on board the ferry `SS Takapuna'. One photograph shows a group of young Maori standing on the bank of the Whanganui River (four young men under an umbrella). Wellington area views of Pahautanui (Pauatahanui), Horokiwi, Lyall Bay and the Wellington Heads. On page 873 (the album pages run from 856 to 895), there is a postcard with heads of George William Barltrop and his wife Emma Jane Barltrop, with a collage of images relating to the Missions to Seamen. Slipped beneath the postcard is the death notice for Emma Jane Barltrop (died 24 September 1954). There are views of the Rimutakas from the railway line; a flock of sheep being herded along a road in palmerston North; three people standing outside a wooden bungalow in Palmerston North; and there is a view of another house in Feilding. The river mouth at Oroua; the grounds of the Wanganui Race Course (with white swans on the lake; a woman feeding a peacock, and a woman under an umbrella, walking on rail tracks beside the sea at Castlecliff; followed by three views from a boat on the Whanganui River, one a view of Upokongaro, with the church spire just visible, and two of groups of Maori waiting on the riverbank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1910

By: Hackworth, James Brooks, 1853-1933; Hackworth, Ethel Winifred, 1888-1975

Reference: A-075-005-1

Description: The Moa Point area of Lyall Bay, at the shoreline, with a rocky reef and outcrop, looking towards the west side of the bay, with Mount Tapuaenuku and the South Island visible in the distance Other Titles - Lyall Bay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 137 x 246 mm

Date: 1940

Reference: PAColl-6897

Description: 11 images of a group of young runners in a race through the Centennial Exhibition site at Lyall Bay, Wellington. They end the race by playing in a large fountain. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-038477 to 038488 Quantity: 11. Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1950

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

Reference: 114/107/06-F

Description: A `victim' is carried in from the surf at the Dominion lifesaving championships at Lyall Bay in Wellington, photographed in 1950 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 2 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Date: 1920

By: Grant, Colin Campbell, 1890-1965

Reference: MS-Papers-8755

Description: Diary of a Wellington school teacher, living in Lyall Bay, but with family connections to Morven Hills station near Dannevirke. Describes the daily weather, receiving and posting letters to friends and relatives, his health, some national and overseas news, involvement with choirs and singing, together with some reference to his school teaching. Also included are notes by Jill Goodwin on her research into Colin Campbell Grant. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript Provenance: Purchased by Jill Goodwin in a Motueka second hand shop, Jan 2007.

Date: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-044/046

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley, Wellington and Wairarapa. At the top, a view looking west along Palliser Bayl, with Hokorewa Pa visible on the flat land near the coast in the distance, at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River. In the centre a view from the hills above Brooklyn and Ohiro Valley, looking west towards the harbour entrance. A few sheep are grazing in the foreground. Mount Victoria, Evans Bay and Lyall Bay can be seen. At the bottom, the house of William Swainson, with other buildings around it and trees on both sides. Three cows grazing in the foreground. Other Titles - William Swainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1922 - 1923

By: City Printing Company; Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-REAL-ESTATE-1922-01

Description: Shows a view of Lyall Bay. Accompany sheets promote the area as a place to live, and describe the marked growth in the suburb in the last 13 years. Prices of each section are listed, and it is implied that values will rise when the new tunnel is completed. Other Titles - Stellin Estate Date confirmed in Evening post, for 13 December 1922, property pages. The auction of the property in 72 section allotments was conducted by J H Bethune & Co. on 14 December 1922 at 2.30 pm. The vendor was Mr James Stellin. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on 3 sheets, each 250 x 314 mm. (Second sheet was originally larger)

Date: [ca 23 March 1991]

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

By: Smith, Michael, active 1995

Reference: EP/1991/0811-F

Description: Photographs of pupils of Lyall Bay School playing cricket on the school's new grass playground, taken ca 23 March 1991 by Evening Post staff photographer Michael Smith Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Film negative, 35mm

Reference: MapColl-832.4799a/Ho/[n.d.]/Acc.37498

Description: Plan of part of Lyall Bay, highlighting an area bounded by the train line to the quarry, property owned by H D, by A D C and by C J C, and Ludlam's Gully. Shows the sewer line alongside the property, two proposed roads, the train to Seatoun, and the coastline of part of Lyall Bay. Lyall Bay is spelt 'Lyell Bay' on map Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink, part coloured, on dressed linen, scale indeterminable, 32.3 x 46.5 cm

Date: Aug 2001

From: Rhodes, Valerie June, 1932- : Spencer and Rhodes family histories

Reference: MSX-8196

Description: Reminiscence of this early years growing up in Mount Victoria, Wellington, and teenage years spent in Lyall Bay, Wellington. Describes the family homes at Derby Street and Kent Terrace, Mount Victoria; holidays at Hihitahi; childhood entertainment; war years and visit of the Pamir; hobbies (reading, model-making); years at Clyde Quay School (includes photo of Std 1 taken in 1939) and time spent at Otaki Health Camp. Move to Queens Drive, Lyall Bay and years at Wellington College. Discusses first years of his working life and ends with his move to Upper Hutt as an optometrist with Cocks & Newall, and meeting his wife Valerie Spencer in 1954. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Finding Aids: Surname index at back.