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Harris album 4
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-212
Description: Scenic views, mainly of the Wellington area, including photographs of pupils from Mount Cook School on a visit to the coast; panoramic views of Wellington from the hill above Wadestown, and of Newtown; a view of Wanganui with a bend in the river; and unidentified scenes of rivers, trees and a waterfall. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled `Views'; 15 x 20 cm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[Swimmers at Torbay. 1981 or 1982]
Date: 1981 - 1982
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982
Reference: E-180-q-052
Description: Groups of people swimming in shallow water Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[North Shore, Auckland, probably Torbay. 1981 or 1982]
Date: 1981 - 1982
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982
Reference: E-180-q-014
Description: A double scene, with yachts in the harbour and a biplane in the sky in the upper view, swimmers and people standing on the beach in the lower view Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour, page size 271 x 210 mm
Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :[North Shore, Auckland, probably Torbay. 1981 or 1982]
Date: 1981 - 1982
From: Stones, Anthony, 1934-2016 :Sketchbook 1981-1982
Reference: E-180-q-051
Description: Groups of people standing on a beach with one man in a bathing costume walking in the foregroundh Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, page size 271 x 210 mm
Photographer unknown: Army and family photographs
Date: [ca 1910-1925]
Reference: PAColl-6963
Description: Assorted views of army life and family photographs many of them taken on a beach. One of a hot air balloon is advertising Hudson's Baking Powder with the slogan "Bound to Rise". Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059554 to 059869 and 106041 to 106083 Quantity: 316 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives
Anna Pascoe in the sea at Karaka Bay
Date: ca 1945
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-045557-F
Description: Anna Pascoe in the sea at Karaka Bay, ca 1945. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 5.6 x 5.6 cm
Swimming carnival, Island Bay beach, Wellington
Date: 9 Mar 1918
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: 1/4-023289-G
Description: Swimming carnival at Island Bay beach, Wellington, 9 March 1918. Shows a crowd of people on the beach. Includes the Blue Platter Tea House (right of centre). Photograph taken by George Leslie Adkin. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Piha
Date: 2 January 1960
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-52132-F
Description: Vew of Piha, showing Lion Rock. Surfers, swimmers, and sunbathers with sun umbrellas, can be seen on the beach. A surf live-savers' reel is at centre. Photograph taken 2 January 1960 by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder Red 124, Piha Ground A.
Bathers at Arkles Bay, Auckland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001404-G
Description: View of adults and children standing together in the water close to the water's edge at Arkles Bay posing for a photograph. The photographer is standing on the beach in the middle distance on the righthand side. Adults are standing around watching. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 862A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Bathers at Arkles Bay, Auckland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001402-G
Description: View of adults and children playing in the water close to the water's edge at Arkles Bay. Two women are standing at the water's edge watching the bathers. Discarded clothing can be seen in the immediate foreground and in the dinghy at the water's edge. The East Coast Bays coastline and Rangitoto Island can be seen in the distance. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 860A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Women and children at the beach
Date: 1925
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-045882-G
Description: Shows two women with three children playing on the beach at Lyall Bay, Wellington. In the background, at the waters-edge, some people are paddling. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith in 1925. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Swimming banned! Go to another beach! (Ever wondered?) Piha rescue... sorted forever! 1...
Date: 2008
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0007616
Description: "The Underzone" cartoon strip. Shows Piha beach with a string of barbed wire along the waterfront and a large sign banning swimming and suggesting that people go to another beach. Refers to 'Piha Rescue' which has increased awareness of surf lifesaving nationwide. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Artist unknown :[Worser Bay pilot station. 1870s]
Date: 1870 - 1877
Reference: A-389-002
Description: Looking west from Worser Bay towards the harbour, Somes Island and the western hills. The pilot station, three other houses and a boat shed are on the left, close to the beach. A bather wearing a long-legged costume is emerging from the sea onto the rocky beach in the foreground Dated 1870s because of the small number of buildings present in the area, and the lack of a road over the hill towards the end. The road went in in the 1880s. By 1877 there were signal stations, not recorded here. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 239 x 356 mm Provenance: Purchase: Martin Berthold, Wellington, 3 June 2008
Okahu Bay, and church near upper Queen Street, Auckland
Date: 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0675-F
Description: Scenes from Okahu Bay, and upper Queen Street, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show parents with an infant playing on the sand at Okahu Bay Beach and young children swimming in the sea. Also includes church (largely obscured) in Upper Queen Street, Auckland. Frames 11 and 12 show young man, identified as Peter Witehira, wearing a collarless 'Beatle' jacket. His hair is combed forward. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film