Places

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039531-G

Description: Marton Railway Station, showing passengers and trains at platform. A bicycle is parked in the foreground. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 25 March 1983

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1983/1047-F

Description: Michael Wilson (7) oils the chain on his bicycle, while sister Bronwyn (10) makes sure her tyres are fully inflated. Behind are the Aitken brothers, Andrew (10), and Peter (11). The children were neighbours and lived in Maungaraki. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 25th of march 1983. The children were preparing to take part the next day in a "Bike for Fun" in Lower Hutt. This was a 17 kilometre ride beginning at Avalon Park organised by the Western Hutt Rotary Club. Its purpose was to raise money to buy a water bed for Lower Hutt Hospital's burns unit. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate flim negative, 35mm

Date: 1893, 1909

By: Harton, G A, active 1989

Reference: PAColl-1337

Description: Quantity: 3 photocopy/ies in one folder.

Date: 19 May 1983

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1983/1865-F

Description: Children from Muritai School, San Antonio School and Wellesly College cycling around the Eastbourne coast. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer. These children were taking part in a holiday programme organised by a committee of representatives from the schools together with the Eastbourne Borough Council. They left from Burdans Gate at the end of Muritai Road and were heading for the Pencarrow lighthouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1926-1928

From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0418-136

Description: Final draft of an account of several cycling holidays undertaken by Glover in Taranaki, Otago and elsewhere. Arranged into five chapters with preface and table of contents to form mss book. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (some carbon copies)

Date: 1955 - 1965

From: New Zealand Road Safety Council :Road safety. Your problem. To the householder. Published by McGregor Advertising and Publicity, Christchurch. 1955-1965?]

By: Luscombe, active 1960?

Reference: Eph-C-SAFETY-Road-1960-01-2

Description: A board game distributed free by post, in order to teach the principles of road safety. This side is a road safety board game of 79 squares, to be played with dice. The game is surrounded by advertising for local Christchurch retail stores. Extended Title - From its "Road safety. Your problem" [1955-1965]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph, on light card, 312 x 512 mm.

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: 1920s-1950s

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-117

Description: Photographs, published (or considered for publication), in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. Names and date of publication recorded on the back. Names of selected identified subjects entered in Name field. Includes group at Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association Show held at Palmerston North - Allan McDonald, renowned steeplechase rider; `Grannie' McDonald, in her day the foremost horsewoman in NZ; J C Ambury, light horse judge at the show; D D Wilson of Hamilton, pony judge; Miss Maggie Briggs, horsewoman; T J Martin, pony judge. Photograph published in NZ Free Lance, 17 Nov 1948, p 28. Series of photographs taken at Canterbury centennial celebrations of the fireworks display at Hagley Park. Procession of floats through Hagley Park - `London Pride' (London Society of Canterbury Ltd), `Callon Mill' (Canterbury & Westland Marlborough Clothing Union), `Trotting Sport' (Christchurch Trotting Club), `Centennial Bride' (Beath & Co), `Old Sydenham Windmill' (Vale & Co), `The Crown Jewels' (A & T Burt Ltd), `Queen of Flowers' (Canterbury Rose Society), `City Beautiful' (J Ballantyre & Co), `Birthday Cake' (Christchurch City Council), and decorated bikes. All published 19 Feb 1951. Series of photograph of NZ Cadet Corps training at Waiouru Military Camp; published 8 Feb 1950, p 29 Photograph of Tommy Solomon and friends Mr Thompson & Mr Lockett in a Christchurch street after Tommy Solomon was presented to the Duke of York; published 23 Mar 1927; original homestead at Purau (photo and article published 14 Dec 1938, p 82); avenue of poplars at Kaiapoi (cut down in 1939); jockeys J W Jennings & Alf Messervey, published in Free Lance, 15 Nov 1939 (p 59); house of the future on display at Canterbury Centennial Industries Fair, published 16 Aug 1950, p 26; Trentham Race Meeting, 8 Feb 1950, p 48. Group (including Postmaster General Broadfoot) at opening of the new automatic telephone exchange at New Plymouth; published Mar 1950 Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1979

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Water Board

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C10/6A-Acc.

Description: Shows trail bike tracks, rifle range and restricted areas Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Coloured ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 30 000, 47 x 56 cm.

Date: 1931 to 1934

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

Reference: PA1-o-116

Description: Album of tramps, camps, and other boy scouting activities, chiefly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, who was an active scout member and later scout master during the 1930s at Otorohanga. Maori legends and hand-drawn maps accompany the photographs, bringing New Zealand geography and history alive to the young scouts. Outings include following Te Kooti's trail, searching for caves where moa bones have been found, and climbing to various trig stations in the Waikato area. Other images show competitions for scouting badges and first aid instruction. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leatherette cover, loose-bound album, 18 x 30 cm

Date: [1890s]

By: Hemus and Hall (Firm); Pitt, S L (Miss), active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-418

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly showing scenes in Western Australia, particularly around Coolgardie and Norseman. Most of the identified views were taken by Hemus & Hall (a photographic firm in Bayley Street, Coolgardie between 1895 and 1906). A number of views show the use of camels and camel trains in Western Australia, with one showing the first steam train entering Coolgardie on 23rd March 1896. Many of the images are unidentified, but two are shown as being in New Zealand. One shows the Thames Pharmacy, owned by George Denby; and the other is a bush scene at Waikawau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black buckram cover; 25 x 31 cm

Date: 1979

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

By: Wellington Regional Water Board

Reference: MapColl-WRC-C10/6C-Acc.

Description: Identifies D S I R reserved area, permit area and restricted area Quantity: 1 map(s) with annotations. Physical Description: Ink on white paper. Scale ca 1: 30 000, 48 x 56 cm.

Date: ca 1900s-1920s

By: Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0598

Description: Postcards of Main Street, Eltham with the Coronation Hotel on the right; the estuary at Invercargill with children in the sea next to some sailing boats, a boy with a bicycle, and women sitting on the sand; the traffic bridge over the Manawatu Gorge; the Pink Terraces with a rowing boat with tourists at the foot (captioned as the lost Pink Terraces therefore postcard produced after 1886); trams on George Street, Dunedin with shops in the background; and a group of children pretending to do a haka. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1975 - 1886 - 1883

By: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.; Fitler, William Crothers, 1857-1915; Fullwood, Albert Henry, 1863-1930; Schell, Frederic B, -1905; Schwarzburger, Carl, 1850-; Goldtone Products (Firm)

Reference: A-046-001/006

Description: Queen Street Auckland, 1883; Wanganui, 1883; Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1883; Lyttelton, 1883; Cargill Monument Dunedin, 1883; Wellington [from Nairn Street], 1883 Reproduction of engravings from: Picturesque atlas of Australasia / edited by Andrew Garran, Sydney, 1886. `Reproduced by courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library' [del. ; W A Hirschman - Wellington, 1883 / Schell [del.] ; C Schwarzburger sc. Other Titles - Picturesque atlas of Australasia Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Art reproductions on gold paper, mounted on blue card ; photolithograph, images, 186 x 266 mm on cards 250 x 300 mm Provenance: Donation: Redfern, Greenberg & Associates, PO Box 6489, Wellington, 2 July 1975

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: 1914

By: Dunedin Expansion League

Reference: Eph-A-FESTIVAL-Dunedin-1914-01

Description: Lists the special committees of the Dunedin Expansion League, and the entertainment events that were held (including "The Kennedy Entertainers" at His Majesty's Theatre, with full programme). There was a motor gymkhana and floral fete, and a meeting of the Caledonian Society. The motor gymkhana and floral fete took place at Tahuna Park on Saturday 28 March 1914, and included competitions of motor cars, side cars, motor cycles - competitions for best decorated cars and bicycles, a car balancing competition (on a see-saw), musical chairs for cars and side-cars, rescue races and steering competitions, banana catching competition for bicycles, flower-catching competition for motor-cycles. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 52 pages, each 220 x 139 mm.

Date: 1887

From: Alexander, J, b 1863? :Photograph album of English yachts on the Solent, and other photographs

By: Jackson, A G (Mr), active 1887; West & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-010

Description: Album appears to have been owned by J Alexander as it came into the possession of his son F R Alexander. Photographs taken by A G Jackson (and possibly also by his companions on the trip - H.A.F Jackson and J Alexander) in 1887 on a penny-farthing cycle trip from Christchurch to the West Coast, have been added to an existing album of commercial photographs of yachting on The Solent, England. Most of the yachts are named. Named yachts include 'Queen Eleanor', 'Silver Star', 'Raven', 'Bonina', 'Buttercup', 'Mavourneen', 'Nonparelle', and 'Vanessa'. Other Titles - Instantaneous photographs: Yachting Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 370 x 260 mm grey buckram, with black spine and corners, with title 'Instantaneous photographs Yachting' embossed on cover, in phase box.

Date: 1895-1896

From: Brusey family :Photographs

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; St. George Company

Reference: PA1-o-973

Description: Auckland Hospital and nurses home. Two interior views of the men's wards showing patients, nurses, and furniture. There is one image of a man and a woman on horseback, the woman riding side saddle, and another of a group of fashionably dressed men and women cyclists. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

By: Brockett, Frederick Charles, 1881-1956

Reference: PA1-o-213

Description: Photographs of scenes, and events in the Wellington Region. Photographs include views of Mount Cook Boys' School staff at a picnic, children from the school on an outing to the coast where they were picnicking and swimming, and teachers in fancy dress. A number of images show Trafalgar Day celebrations, with a parade through the streets of Wellington, and activities at Newtown Park. Two ships shown are HMS Powerful in Wellington Harbour, and La Bella after being washed ashore at Ohiro Bay, 15th October 1904. Sporting scenes show the IIIB team from Victoria University College, a gymnastics team, and a photograph of two men practising gymnastics. Inscriptions: Album page - F.C. Brockett. 1906 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 15 x 20 cm