Places

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057-A

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

Date: 1883 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926

Reference: E-278-q-057-B

Description: Reproduction of Charles Blomfield's painting `Maori village at Rotorua' (1883) depicting dwellings and hot springs (with steam rising from them). There is a large weeping willow on the right and a lake in the distance. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 124 x 184 mm

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: 1884

From: Harper, Laura 1833-1887 :Laura Harper's sketchbook. No. 10 1884

Reference: E-376-021

Description: Shows a bubbling mud hole in Rotorua Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mud holes at Rotorua No 1 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 140 x 230 mm. (page size)

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Rayner, Walter Moody, 1869-1939

Reference: PA4-0910

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of porridge pots, Rotorua, taken by W M Rayner ca 180s Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Porridge pots, Rotorua; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - W M Rayner - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850?-1936? :[Sketchbook; English and New Zealand scenes, with Tristan da Cunha, 1870s]

By: Lysaght, Mary Grace Caroline, 1850-1935

Reference: E-044-q-1-032

Description: Shows three scenes: A beach in Rotorua; a beach at Rotoiti and a [native] treee drawn in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour in album, page size 228 x 296 mm

Date: [after Jun 1886]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-32

Description: View of graves at an unidentified cemetery at Rotorua. The grave in the immediate foreground is that of Edwin Bainbridge who was killed by a falling balcony at Te Wairoa on 10 June 1886 following the eruption of Mount Tarawera. The memorial obelisk (with photograph of Bainbridge) is enclosed by a spiked metal fence. The grave to the left of Bainbridge's is presumably that of the Haszard family who also died at Te Wairoa as a result of the eruption. The grave on the far left is that of Charles Haszard. The area surrounding the graves is flat and sandy, with hills visible in the far distance. Photograph taken by Burton Bros, ca late 1880s. The Haszard graves are located in the Rotorua Cemetery, Sala Street. The Bainbridge grave is located at the Kauae Cemetery, Ngongotaha. (From communication with Rotorua District Council, 2007). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4563 - Tomb of Mr Bainbridge and the Hazard family, Rotorua. Burton Bros, Dunedin Compare with grave in file print - 920. Bainbridge, Edwin. 1/2-001908. A clearer image of the same graves is available in Turnbull Library Pictures at 920. Bainbridge, Edwin A. Associations. 1/1-000591 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Franklyn, F :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / F Franklyn [ca 1900?]

Reference: A-141-010

Description: View from the lake looking back towards the land, with a large tree, possibly a willow on shore, a small hut to the left. A man in a rowboat is on the water, close to shore Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 181 x 127 mm Transfers: Disbound from original sketchbook [[18] leaves ; 230 x 280 mm), inscribed: F Franklyn..

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [187-?, 1911-1940s]

By: Birks, Lawrence, 1874-1924

Reference: PAColl-0890

Description: Two photographs of thermal activity at Whakarewarewa, one showing the Maori village in the background; people watching the Ngauruhoe eruption of 1926; looking over the thermal area at Waimangu; the crater of Wahanga in 1911 with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance taken by L Birks; men watching the volcano on White Island; the grounds of the Sanatorium at Rotorua; a crowd watching the Pohutu geyser at Whakarewarewa Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [1890s?]

By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-o-172

Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1899

By: Bold, Mabel E L, active 1899

Reference: G-649

Description: View from Rotorua looking south-east to Ohinemutu with Mokoia Island to the left. Several canoes in the foreground. Until 1986, catalogued as being by Mabel E Bell. However, during reframing in 1986, an inscription on the verso: Mabel E.L.Bold was discovered. Inscriptions: Verso - Mabel E.L.Bold Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas in original gold frame 190 x 690 mm (sight)

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Rayner, Alfred, active 1860s-1880s

Reference: PA4-1044

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the sanatorium grounds, Rotorua. Photograph taken by [A] Rayner. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Sanatorium grounds, Rotorua; Recto - right of image - Rayner - Photo; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [189-?]

Reference: PAColl-0870

Description: Photographs of the cable car approaching its Kelburn terminus with the tea kiosk behind it and the cable car winding house to the right; railway bridge at Wanganui; ferry at a wharf in Auckland; Grafton bridge under construction; couple standing outside the Sanatorium at Rotorua; and an unidentified house. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

By: Johnston, I F H (Mr), active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-6334

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes. Includes views of women on the swing bridge over the Catlins River ca 1900; swans on Catlins Lake; Mt Ngauruhoe erupting; the main street in Milton; Gore Railway Station; the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line; the New Zealand rugby football team which toured Great Britain in 1905; the botanic gardens in Dunedin; a view over Mount Eden, Auckland showing the Maori fortifications and the firm of C Lynch Cash Grocers in the foreground; a two storey house boat or ferry at Ohura; Moffat's and Kolberg's homesteads in Pounawea; a re-touched view of the track through Pounawea; a souvenir of Port Molyneux showing Millionaire's Corner, Ka Ka Point and Kororo Creek; the Blue Bath, Rotorua; Princes Street, Dunedin showing a tram and Jacobs Tobacconist on the corner; Lower High Street, Dunedin with the premises of Charles W White & Co on the right; families out on St Clair Beach; two boys having a race in the rockery of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin; North Island Main Trunk Railways at Ohakune; the Presbyterian church in Palmerston with the Clark Sunday School hall next to it; fell engine pulling a train up the Rimutaka Incline; Guide Eileen at Whakarewarewa; and Smith Bros general store at Owaka with their delivery cart outside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints also at PAColl-5800-36 and PAColl-6001-18 Quantity: 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mr I F H Johnston, Clutha, 1971

Date: [ca 1890-1910]

From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Stewart, (Mr?), active 1897?

Reference: PAColl-10177-4

Description: Stereoscopic postcard prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by photographers Radcliffe & Stewart. Prints mainly consist of images taken in the Auckland and Rotorua areas. Images include gum diggers and a bullock team hauling kauri logs in Northland, a man milking a cow and squirting the milk into the mouth of a cat, Kereru Geyser at Whakarewarewa, Twin Geyser at Wairakei, men fishing on Lake Rotorua, Rotorua Sanatorium building and grounds, young girls doing a haka outside Tamatekapua Marae, Ohinemutu, a maori dwelling (Rotorua), Okere Falls on Lake Rotoiti, beehive rock formation at Waiotapu, and a swarm of 50,000 bees at a hive. Quantity: 14 b&w stereoscopic postcards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic postcards

Date: 1887

From: Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919 :Sketches by John Henry Menzies of Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, drawn in 1887.

Reference: E-003-020

Description: Shows a plan of the area several boiling springs and cauldrons shown, in the vicinity of the hospital, doctor's residence, Rachel Sanatorium, Blue Bath. The pa at Ohinemutu is at the far right. Extended Title - From Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919. Sketches by John Henry Menzies ... 1887, page [20 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, on page 142 x 232 mm.