Places

Date: [ca 1940s]

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

Reference: 1/2-045430-G

Description: Looking east along Oriental Parade, Wellington, showing people on the beach and footpath. Houses and an art deco apartment block are on the hills behind. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith circa 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [195-?]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-100512-G

Description: Beach scene, Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1950s. Shows a crowd on the sand. Many are sunbathing. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1949

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

Reference: 1/2-048881-G

Description: People walking and swimming at Oriental Bay, Wellington. Photographed by S C Smith in 1949. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 1939]

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982

Reference: MNZ-2257

Description: Crowd at Oriental Bay, cira 1939. Photograph taken by E P Christensen. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Photograph from E P Christensen for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication 'Making New Zealand' (1939-1940).

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: [ca 1906]

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

Reference: 1/2-001213-G

Description: View taken from Oriental Parade (in the vicinity of Oriental Terrace) looking east showing the houses on Oriental Parade and on the hill overlooking the bay. A boathouse is on the foreshore in the middle distance. Children are playing on the beach near the boat house and a woman and child are sitting on the beach in the immediate foreground. Photograph taken by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Oriental Bay. Wellington. 615 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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

Reference: 1/2-047504-G

Description: A crowd of people on the beach at Oriental Bay. Many of them wear bathing suits. On the left is Oriental Parade. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1942]

Reference: 1/2-045134-F

Description: Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1942. Shows American servicemen and unidentified women on the beach. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library :File prints from W Wilson Album

Reference: 1/2-110647-F

Description: View looking east across Oriental Bay, Wellington, showing a horse and cart on Oriental Terrace to the right and houses and boat sheds along Oriental Parade in the centre. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from original print in Wilson album). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5

Reference: PAColl-5800-60

Description: People on the beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1930s. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1955]

Reference: 1/2-057016-F

Description: Crowd on the beach at Oriental Bay, Wellington, circa 1955. A group of weight lifters are on the left. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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

Reference: 1/2-046280-G

Description: Looking down over Oriental Bay towards the city, Wellington. St Gerard's Monastery can be seen on an opposite hill. Part of Oriental Parade can be seen, along with the road leading to the centre of the city. Houses can be seen on the hill and along the street. There are unidentified boats in the harbour. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1932

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

Reference: 1/2-045335-G

Description: Beach scene, Oriental Bay, Wellington, 1932, photographed by S C Smith. Shows a crowd gathered for sun bathing and paddling. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1929

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

Reference: 1/2-046921-G

Description: Oriental Bay, Wellington, 1929. Shows children, and a dog, on the beach. Photograph taken by S C Smith. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1920s

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

Reference: EP-0832-1/2-G

Description: View from Mount Victoria, looking northeast across Oriental Bay, toward the Hutt Valley. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1920s. From box containing EP-0830 to 0845 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1889

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-030-023

Description: View from the south end of Oriental Bay looking north toward Wellington, showing rowing boat, boat-sheds, cows in field, houses, Oriental Parade and Oriental Terrace The large red house on the hill, upper left, was known as 'Thomas's Folly' and was built of Australian hardwood by Sir Godfrey John Thomas, half-brother to Sir George Grey, then later owned by Alfred Maurice Lewis of Thompson Lewis. The wood used for this house was said to have been left over from the Government Buildings in Lambton Quay. The large white house, also on the left, but lower, in Wilkinson Street (leading to Grass Street), was first owned by a Mr Wilkinson. The single-storey house on the corner of Hay Street was owned by a Mr Laurence Arcus. Painting has been trimmed. Supplied title Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [C.A]ubrey Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 249 x 499 mm on sheet 306 x 543 mm

Date: 1939

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

Reference: PAColl-8557-18

Description: People on the beach, Oriental Bay, Wellington, 1939. Shows men, women, and children, on the sand, and in the water, many in swimming togs. Oriental Parade is on the right. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Inscriptions: Verso - Oriental Bay in 1939 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 21.5 cm

Date: [ca 1906]

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

Reference: 1/2-000513-G

Description: View of Oriental Bay, Wellington, looking east and showing boat sheds and houses on the hillside. Photographed circa 1900 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Oriental Bay Wellington 625 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1945

By: Hopper, William Charles, 1927-2016

Reference: 1/2-043181-F

Description: People on the beach at Oriental Bay, Wellington, photographed by W C Hopper at about 3.30pm on a summer afternoon in 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from original print). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [188-?]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

Reference: 1/2-230685-G

Description: View looking north-east along Oriental Parade from Oriental Terrace towards Roseneath. Photograph taken ca 1880s by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Relationship complexity - Prints made by the library from this negative are at PA7-11-12, PA7-11-13, PA7-11-14, PA7-11-15, PA7-11-16, PA7-11-17. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 5 x 7.5 inches