Places

Date: 1940 - 1949

By: Gordon Harcourt Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/ca.1940/Acc.14595

Description: Cadastral map of subdivisions, some numbered, in sections 312, 313 and 314 on the corner of Brougham and Elizabeth streets, intersected by Moncrief Street. Includes acreages and boundary measurements. Sections 313 and 314 include C.T. numbers and are part of D.P. 240. Names include W. Hodson, F. & C.S. Cording, P.Chetwood Watt, E. S. Quinlan, Education Board which is currently the site of Clyde Quay School. The plan for alterations, for Mr. L. Quinlan, (builder) for a residence at 32 Brougham Street includes faint outlines of the original building. Specifications are not included on the plan but a pencilled note gives measurements in square feet. Other Titles - Alterations to residence - 32 Brougham Street - for Mr. L. Quinlan Title supplied by cataloguer for map. Title for plan taken from item Scale of map [1:31 680]. Scale of plan - [1:15] Note on verso states: Brougham Street, Quinlan Quantity: 2 map(s) on one sheet - one an architectural plan of dwelling. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scales vary, 77.4 x 45.4 cm.

Date: 1924

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

Reference: Pan-0549-F

Description: Panoramic view of Main Street, Cambridge with the Town hall left centre, taken by R P Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - No. 32; Marginal notes on negative - [in list formation] 9 9 9 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 106.1 cm

Date: 1955 - 1965

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department. Housing Division.

Reference: MapColl-832.47964gbbd/[ca 1960]/Acc.11811

Description: Cadastral map of the Porirua East subdivision, Block 12, from Hampshire Street southwards to Carnavon Place. Streets are named and sections numbered; shows recreation reserves. Written on map: HDW 31911 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 73.8 x 74 cm.

Date: 1944

By: MacDiarmid, Douglas Kerr, 1922-2020

Reference: B-061-016

Description: A view of an empty section with a group of large trees to the right, and broken down paling fences with houses across a street Title from verso Inscriptions: Signed: Douglas MacDiarmid Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 325 x 470 mm Provenance: Donation: D K MacDiarmid, Paris, 17 Aug 1977

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.37841

Description: Cadastral street map of land blocks in part of Petone, from Gear Street southwards to the Esplanade, and westwards to Beach Street. Streets are named, sections are numbered with acreage, (difficult to decipher), some groups of sections are highlighted. Ink annotation on the map highlights the Petone Technical Institute on Jackson Street. Title from Accession record. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, coloured, on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 39.5 x 40 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear Meat Company, 81-295.

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Engineer's Department. Town Planning Branch

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gbbd/A/1950/Acc.37343-47

Description: Five base maps of the Adelaide Road and King Street industrial area, Newtown, Wellington have been used to show the conversion of residential and multiple small industrial units to two industrial enterprises based there in 1950 approximately. Myrtle Crescent, Drummond and Hansen streets are named. Plan No. T.P. 111 - 4/68 shows the existing conditions of residential and industrial occupancy. A reference key details the number of residential units and persons. The industrial reference key lists street addresses, names of occupiers and volume of floor space. Occupants include slipper factory, plumber, bank agency, grocer, furniture factory, metal spinner, carrier's depot, ladies tailors. Also named is a section of vacant Crown Land and W.C.C. sub-station. Pencilled additions are of a reclamation area, Wellington City Council sections, Tramway Hotel, site of a new building, also the names Spincraft, East, Harte. Plan No. T.P. 112 - 4/69, Stage 1 of Development. Reference keys show numbers of families to be re-housed from residences to be demolished and premises required for industry which includes ownership statistics of Asiatics. Industries to be rehoused are listed as plumber, furniture factory, metal spinner, millinery, grocer, bank agency. Property to be acquired is also highlighted. Plan No. T.P. 113 - 4/70, Stage 2 of Development, shows the Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 5,500 square feet. The building line is marked. The route of King Street has been altered. Plan No. 114 - 4/71, Stage 3 of Development. The Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 55.500 square feet with building line is shown. Also the Incubator Factory site with its building line and site of a new building is prominently marked. Family units to be re-housed from residences to be demolished are referred to in a key. Plan No. 115 - 4/72, Stage 4 of Development. The Post and Telegraph Department's site, approximate area 55,500 square feet, with building line is shown. The Incubator Factory site, approximate area of 41,400 square feet, with building line and site of a new building is marked. Pencilled annotations include the site of a future Incubator Factory building. A proposed road is marked from King Street to Myrtle Crescent. Quantity: 5 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil and colourwash on lithograph, coloured, scale [1:480], sheets 51.2 x 70.9 cm.

Date: 1991

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

By: Gabites and Beard (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2009-082-7100-001/012

Description: Includes site plans, street maps of Hauraki Street, Waikare Street, Homewood Crescent, access to Johnston Hill, and profiles of an access track. One maps shows properties owned by Beard, Swann, Haiselden, Harris, Frankl and Bosher. Also includes plans by James Beard and Company. Quantity: 12 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on draughting paper, sizes varying Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Architectural plans - To Photographic Archive - Photographs.

Date: 1907

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919

Reference: MapColl-832.4798gbbd/1907/Acc.6404

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of Henry Street, Ebdentown, Upper Hutt, showing numbered sections with acreage. Shows the old road, and part of the Hutt River Road. The map has been divided in two sections so it could be fitted on the one sheet. The division is through Section 40 and the map extension includes a part Section No. 121 of over 15 acres, showing the old course and the 1886 course of the Hutt River. Other Titles - Keyville, Upper Hutt. Rimutaka Survey District Block 1. Plan of part Section 121 Hutt District. Surveyed for Mr H Williams, by William S Buck, Hutt March 1907. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) in 2 parts on 1 sheet. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 584-1:2 376], 50.4 x 43 cm.

Date: 1966

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington (N.Z. : Region). Regional Council

Reference: MapColl-WRC-6/24/1-Acc.

Description: Shows plan of streets, schools, recrreation reserve etc in the Tawa Borough Originall compiled by Gabites and Beard - revised Tawa Borough Council 1966 Quantity: 1 map(s) with ms annotations. Physical Description: Black ink on cream paper. Scale ca 1: 3960, 72 x 103 cm.

Date: ca 1930 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-; Whites Aviation Ltd; Ely, Dunstan, active 1949; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-019

Description: Photographs of Auckland City and Harbour taken circa 1930 to 1960 for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of suburbs, parks, the university, Queen Street, the Harbour Bridge and illuminated buildings during the coronation celebrations in 1953. Photographers include R V Francis Smith, Alan Sayers and Dunstan Ely. Also includes several aerial photographs by Whites Aviation Ltd. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 14 March 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/1133-F

Description: View of Courtenay Place, Wellington, and Downstage Theatre from the Embassy Theatre Building. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 14th of March 1968. Photograph taken to show the Downstage Theatre site in context which was thought to be the most favoured location for the new Hannah Playhouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: [1900-1910]

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0959

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Post Office Building, New Plymouth, showing the clock tower, taken by A W Schaef, ca 1910. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Post Office, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1951 - 1959

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0634

Description: An arrangement of eleven photographs looking down on Cathedral Square in all directions, probably taken from the Cathedral spire. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Collaged photographs, on sheet 507 x 663 mm.

Date: 10 March 1909

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0708

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Post Office Building, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef, 1909. Printed as a Supplement to the `Weekly Graphic' and New Zealand Mail' on March 10, 1909. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Post Office, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef; Recto - top centre - Printed as a Supplement to the "Weekly Graphic and New Zealand Mail." March 10, 1909 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

Date: ca 1928-1940

By: Lythgoe, Mary Wilhelmina Margaret, 1923-2010

Reference: PAColl-0159

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes and 1 photograph Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1930 - 1940

From: Hill, Henry Thomas, 1849-1933 : Papers

By: Rochfort, Guy, 1878-1955

Reference: MapColl-832.18gbbd/[193-?]/Acc.43757

Description: Land sections with dimensions, lot numbers and acreages between Wairiki Road and Pihanga and Potokawa streets. Five sections annotated with the word 'sold'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 43 x 30 cm

Date: 1909

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-1013

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Main Street, New Plymouth, taken by A W Schaef, 1909. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Main Street, New Plymouth; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1969, 1975

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2884

Description: Transparencies showing views of traffic in Wellington streets. Photographed by Cyril Beavis in the early 1970s. Also includes transparencies showing views of Ning Nong Bay with views of the south Wairarapa coast, coastal landforms, and the baches at Ning Nong Bay. Photographed by Cyril Beavis in 1969. Transparencies showing Ning Nong Bay are continued at Library reference PA12-2885. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in March 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-80.

Date: 1982

From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982

Reference: E-181-q-051

Description: A scene in Parnell showing St Stephens, a Bishop Selwyn Church Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.37840

Description: Cadastral street map of land blocks in part of Petone, from Gear Street southwards to the Esplanade, and westwards to Beach Street. Streets are named, sections are numbered with acreage, some groups of sections are highlighted. Pencil annotations on the map concern sections numbers 115-122 and 1 and 2, Victoria Street, at the Jackson Street intersection. Four of these have the annotation 'Not Gear', while four are marked with a cross and a number. Written on recto: Gear - Petone Title from Accession record Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 43.2 x 43 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear meat Company, 81-295.