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: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [ca 1900s-1910s]

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1554

Description: Photographs relating to Sybil Satchell. Includes photographs of nurses at Palmerston North Hospital (possibly includes her father Dr Satchell), Nelson Girls College students, family members, friends and playing tennis. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 160 x 200 mm

Date: [ca 1920-1945]

Reference: PAColl-6962

Description: 15 images including: three of young men practising life saving skills in the sea with a rope on a winch; two of girl guides helping at a kindergarten; two of East Street, Ashburton showing the different businesses parked cars and trees opposite; a car broken down in the middle of a ford; flooding on the road to the Harihari Hotel, with cattle being driven along it; a timber camp of five tents in the bush; a house at Kennedy's Bush on Banks Peninsula ca 1920; decorated boats on the Avon River with crowds on the banks watching and Ward & Co factory in the background; Cashel Street ca 1920 busy with trafic and pedestrians; and the Free Lance offices on The Terrace, Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059480 to 059494 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s) film. 12 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1934

By: Christchurch (N.Z.). City Council; Alex Wildey Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MOTOR-VEHICLES-WOF-1934-01

Description: Certificate confirming a car has reliable brakes and lights, issued in Christchurch. This certificate has not been filled in. There is a decorative panel down the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on certificate with perforated left edge, 105 x 163 mm.

Date: [1903-1920]

By: Grant, F J, active 1980s; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0362

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of New Zealand made by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Many of the images are of military inspections and displays by school children. There are also displays of Maori dancing and singing, the sailors of the HMS Renown, on which the prince had travelled , prior to their soccer match in Dunedin, the prince addressing the crowds etc. A number of the images are in two-part panoramas. Also included are four scenic photographs by the New Zealand Tourist Department which may have been taken in 1903. The photographer for the tour photographs was Guy. Other - Similar images at 1/2-032642, 045102 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1930-ca1935

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

Reference: PAColl-7167-14

Description: Various photographs relating to different places and events. One seems to be a trip to Sydney. There are views of a ship's deck and coastal cliffs. Also several views of the almost completed Sydney Harbour Bridge from what is probably a ferry. Other photographs are from Christchurch, Wellington and harbour, and of Auckland. There are a number of Auckland buildings; the Greenhouse in the Domain, the University, and the Museum. There is a sequence of views of a thermal area and three photographs of Maori. Another group relates to an unidentified sailing ship, and a third to the flax industry in the Horowhenua Many others are views if countryside and coastal land scape Quantity: 137 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6940

Description: A miscellaneous collection including: two of HMS Hood in Lyttelton harbour; an old Christchurch City Council truck; Michael Savage and a group of people on a city street; a GPO Royal Mail van; a bush railway probably for logging; the sailing ship Whitepine moored probably in Lyttelton harbour; a Thew Shovel Co steam shovel loading a cart with a man holding the horse; and a view of Manchester Street showing the Jubilee Clock Tower. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057408 to 057416 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1925-1940

Reference: PAColl-6473

Description: Collection of glass negatives of: Wellington streets; Wellington businesses; Wellington Railway Station; Lyall Bay, Wellington; St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington; Perpetual Trustees Building, Dunedin; Christchurch streets; beach near Christchurch; Palliser Hotel, Otaki; Post Office and hotel, Taihape; Royal Tour 1927; and 1928 Chevrolet, Clyno, Essex, Hudson, Standard and Wolseley. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-003694 to 003750 Quantity: 57 b&w original negative(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Original prints from some negatives in this collection are housed at PAColl-6473..

Date: [ca 1913]-[ca 1915]

By: Sparrow family; Timperly, Marilyn, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-8680

Description: Negatives showing scenes in Wellington, Christchurch, and the Nelson Region. Ships at the Wellington Wharves and boats at Oriental Bay, an early balloon flight, and motoring tours in the South Island. Many of the images are of individuals and groups of the Sparrow family taken in their garden. There are several negatives of a soldier. Taken ca 1913-1915 by an unknown photographer. The negatives are from the family of Mrs Timperley's father. Gordon Sparrow (G J Sparrow Lt camera repairs) is the donor's father's first cousin. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-230576 to 1/2-230636, and 1/4-110572 to 1/4-110615. Quantity: 105 b&w original negative(s). 23 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1921-1929

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: PAColl-9752-1

Description: Includes - Mountaineering trips in the Southern Alps. Car fitted with Edgar Williams' automatic gear box. Motorbike and side car. Public Works Department camp relating to the Harper River diversion, 1921. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 73 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1920s and 1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Pa1-f-053

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways, chiefly taken circa 1936, by unidentified photographers. The main sequences cover views in the Christchurch area, the Southern Alps and West Coast in the South Island; and Gisborne, East Cape, and Taranaki in the North Island. Many of the images were used in the New Zealand Railway Magazine which is available in full-text on the internet at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-railways.html Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled Tours, Book 4; 39 x 59 cm

Date: [ca 1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6960

Description: An assorted collection including a number of images of scouts camping, being taught to light fires etc. Also included are a number of family groups taken in a garden, a trig point on a hilltop, battleships moored in a harbour, electric train in Wellington Railway Station etc. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059018 to 059111 Quantity: 94 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: ca 1920s

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-012090-G

Description: Olympia Motor Show, King Edward Barracks, Christchurch. Looks along the exhibition hall, showing cars on display, flags, and the roof of the hall. Signs advertise David Crozier Ltd, Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Jones Bros Ltd, and A W Smith and Son. A Dodge roadster is in the bottom right foreground. Photograph taken November 1921 by Samuel Heath Head. Source of descriptive information - Identified from 1/1-012077, taken on same occasion Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1901]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14

Reference: PAColl-6585-66

Description: Three wheeled motor vehicle, with a tiller steering wheel, built by Cecil W Wood. Possibly taken in Timaru where the vehicle ran for the first time on the 4th of June, 1901. The driver may be Cecil Wood. Photographer unidentified. Information from `Jublilee History of South Canterbury' by Johannes C Andersen, 1916, page 469. This image published in the book `Jublilee History of South Canterbury' by Johannes C Andersen, 1916, page 468. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.2 x 14.8 cm

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-003973-G

Description: Warner's Hotel, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, with cars parked outside. On the left is the Lyttelton Times building. Photograph taken ca 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-023902-G

Description: Photograph taken circa 1920 by Adam Henry Pearson on Hereford Street, Christchurch. Shows two New Zealand Express Company trucks with loads of Michelin tyres parked outside two businesses; Andrews, Baty & Company Ltd (left) and New Zealand Express Company (right). Source: From item (1/1-009278-G). Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: Description updated 5 April 2023 following information from a researcher.

Date: [Between 1921 and 1925]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007232-G

Description: Motor show at King Edward Barracks, Christchurch. Shows the interior of the exhibition hall, with Model T Ford cars on the Canterbury Motor Company stand in the foreground. Photograph taken ca 1921-1925 by Samuel Heath Head. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print, comparison with 1/1-012077. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1918]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008388-G

Description: Cars, and groups of soldiers and civilians, outside the Christchurch Railway Station. Shows returned World War I servicemen being collected, ready for a parade through the streets of Christchurch. Taken by an unidentified photographer for the Press, circa 1918. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "Reception for invalided troops". Other - See also 1/1-011936 and 1/1-011937 for photographs of the same occasion. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Grossman, Beatrice: Album of Charles Seager

Reference: 1/2-022825-F

Description: Row of motorcars with passengers, probably in Christchurch, circa 1905. The car third from the left is a Daimler. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative