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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: [ca 1929]

Reference: PAColl-6887

Description: 16 views of Wellington and Murchison including: Oriental Bay from the west and the east; a park on Oriental Bay looking towards the harbour with a family with a pram pic-nicking; two of J O Smith's gentleman's outfitters on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, one with the Government Buildings in the background and one taken from them; the Carillon from Buckle Street; the Hikitia lifting a buoy in Wellington Harbour; Seatoun taken from the north; the steamer Cowan (location unknown); three men, one in a uniform, standing next to a car with Newman Bros Ltd on the windscreen; a display for visiting dignitaries in the form of a human Union Jack possibly in Athletic Park for the Duke of York's visit; the Public Library building on Mercer Street with the Technical College and the Town Hall in the background and Wakefield Street to the right; Willis Street looking south; and three showing the damage after the 1929 earthquake to H J Hodgson & Co General Merchants and Ross's Hotel in Murchison and Nelson Boys' College. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044200 to 044215 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

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: [Circa 1900-1910]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-245

Description: Photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares. These include family photographs, many of which are not identified. Those whose names are given (at a later date) are Beryl Charlotte Cameron (aged one); Isaac Jeffares himself; and Isaac Jeffares' mother, Mrs Jane Jeffares (nee Warrell). Scenic photographs were chiefly taken in Wellington, with harbour views, Wellington City, and several well-known public buildings; Napier, including Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers; and Greymouth. Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 20 x 22 cm

Date: 1936 - 1981

From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson, architects :[Architectural plans. 1955-1988].

Reference: Plans-2005-057-2283

Description: Includes plans for the Bathing Pavilion on Oriental Bay, by the Wellington City Corporation City Engineers' Department, 1936. These include floor plans, drainage plan, plan for demolition, removal and re-erection of the existing bandstand in Central Park, gun-metal casting and gallery for light standards, plans, sections and elevations. Also includes plans by Grahame Anderson on the band rotunda, for the Wellington Settlement Trading Company Ltd, April 1981. Quantity: 37 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 590 x 840 mm.

Date: 2011

By: Bleakley, Joe, active 1980-2000s

Reference: Eph-D-FESTIVAL-Wellington-2011-01

Description: Poster based on an engraving in which three scientists in medieval robes examine a model and architectural sketch of the Island Bay Band Rotunda. They are adjacent to the actual rotunda. In the foreground is a small dog, that of the artist Joe Bleakley. In the background is a basketball hoop, the boats in the bay as depiected by Rita Angs, and the Island. On the roof of the rotunda is the figure of a young girl examining a shooting star in the night sky through a telescope. Other Titles - February Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 590 x 420 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2012.

Date: 1931 - 1939

From: Wickham, Charles, 1853-1940s :Family album. Uncle Charlie's unfinished drawings. [1926-1941].

Reference: E-563-q-23

Description: Shows a view of houses in Island Bay, seen from the beachside park (Shorland Park), with a circular domed bandstand in the right foreground. Other Titles - Island Bay Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) inserted into slits in page of album.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 247 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mr Thomas H Hudson of England in 1997.

Date: 2012

By: Bleakley, Joe, active 1980-2000s

Reference: Eph-D-FESTIVAL-Wellington-2012-01

Description: Poster shows an illustration of the Island Bay band rotunda atop a high tower reminiscent of the Pharos of Alexandria, with crowds of people at its entrance on the shore of the Bay. The view is as if seen from a high point above the island of Island Bay looking towards the shore. In the left backgroun is the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and in the left foreground are the Hinging Gardens of Babylon and the Pharos of Alexandria. In the right distance are the Great Pyramid of Ghiza and the statue of Zeus at Olympia. Nearer at the right are the Mausoleum of Helicarnassus and the Colossus of Rhodes on the shore. A fleet of fishing boats is moored between the island and the shore, with pennants flying ready for the boat ceremony. The whole illustration has been superimposed upon a backgroun of old torn and taped paper. Other Titles - Eight wonders of the Ancient World ... Other Titles - Joseph B Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, 592 x 420 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2012.

Date: 1981

From: Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson, architects :[Architectural plans. 1955-1988].

By: Anderson, Grahame D, active 1950-2000s

Reference: Plans-2005-057-2283-015/037

Description: Includes floor plans and elevations by Grahame Anderson for a restaurant to be built in the band rotunda, for the Wellington Settlement Trading Company Ltd, April 1981. Quantity: 23 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 590 x 840 mm.

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Walker, W (Mr), active 1940s-1950s

Reference: 1/2-034508-F

Description: Wellington Pipe Band on the band rotunda at Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1950. Two boys sit in the foreground. Photograph taken by W Walker. National Publicity Studios number is A4190 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001563-G

Description: View of the park with the bandstand on the left and the grandstand on the right, surrounded by trees. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The Park. Masterton. 499. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1901-1904

By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933

Reference: PA1-o-516

Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1929

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

Reference: 1/2-046001-G

Description: View of Oriental Bay, showing houses in Mount Victoria, people walking along Oriental Parade and a crowd gathered around the original band rotunda. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in 1929. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1910

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

Reference: 1/1-020140-G

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama of Wellington Public Hospital, Newtown, Wellington, photographed in 1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Part 1 of this panorama is at 1/1-020139 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1955

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

Reference: EP/1955/0486-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: [ca 1930-1932]

From: Robson, Edward Thomas, d 1953 :Negatives and prints of sporting events and Wellington views

Reference: PAColl-5670-01

Description: Shows a crowd at the band rotunda in Oriental Bay Wellington, with a row of cars parked along the kerbside. Photograph taken by Edward Thomas Robson, ca 1930-1932. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - E T Robson. 105 Manners St. Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1929

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

Reference: 1/2-046919-G

Description: A view of Oriental Bay in 1929, showing Wellington City in the distance. The band rotunda is on the right. A ship is visible in the distance. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-340

Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Wellington Regions, by an unidentified photographer. The South Island images include Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Arrowtown, Paradise, Diamond Lake, Balclutha, the Clutha and Catlins Rivers, and scenes in Dunedin including the Botanical Gardens. A large number show the Shotover River and details relating to gold mining, including a miner's stone whare on the bank of the river and two views showing the waters of the Shotover escaping from a tunnel driven for mining purposes to allow the river to be diverted from its natural course. The North Island views are all in the Wellington region, particularly views of the harbour with its various shipping activities, with many ships named. The latter part of the album consists of about 13-17 small photographs attached to each of 6 pages, many of family and friends, identified only by Christian name. The house at No. 3 Aorangi Terrace is shown (lived in by Ernest Somerville, importer, in 1905-1906; and by George Jefferson Belt, tally clerk, in 1909), and a house in Hawkestone Street. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with charcoal grey cover, black corners and spine; 24.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1895 to 1919]

By: Stout, Thomas Duncan Macgregor (Sir), 1885-1979; Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Beattie, William, 1864-1931; Billens, Henry, 1846-1936; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Miller, C, active 1900s; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Preen, Edith, active 1907; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Whalley and Company; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PA1-q-226

Description: Album of postcards with subjects ranging from religious, humourous, British scenes, greetings, old paintings, New Zealand scenes, interspersed with some family and personal photographs. None of the personal subjects are named, but where possible the names of photographers are listed above. A loose envelope is inserted inside the back cover, containing a few more general postcards, but also including an envelope containing a group portrait of boys from the VIth standard at Terrace School, Wellington, in 1895. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, entitled "Album" in stylised white lettering; 34 x 24 cm

Date: 1910

By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949; Sturdee family

Reference: A-197-044

Description: Shows a view of Oriental Bay from a high vantage point, with the band rotunda in the foreground, and houses on the hillside. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (etched): M Matthews; Recto - beneath image - (Pencil): Oriental Bay Wellington M Matthews; Verso - bottom right - Miss Sturdee Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching 165 x 205 mm on sheet 222 x 270 mm. Provenance: Previously owned at one time by a Miss Sturdee who had it framed (her name is on verso and was also on (discarded) backing board when framed).