Places

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

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: ca 1938-ca 1945

By: Robinson, Marian Grace, 1931-2002

Reference: PA1-o-839

Description: Shows Somes Island during period James Kennedy Weir was caretaker for Department of Agriculture. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: The donor of this album, Marian Grace Robinson, and its compiler, Susan Isabella Millwood, were daughters of James Kennedy Weir who was the Department of Agriculture's caretaker on Somes Island, Wellington Harbour, during the 1930s/1940s.

Date: 1930-1939

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

Reference: PAColl-7167-12

Description: Airplanes associated with the Wellington Aero Club including photos taken during a flight over Wellington, also the flying boat "Centaurus". Nightingall family and friends. People on beaches. A grave covered with wreaths. New Zealand and other boxers. The clock tower at Blenheim. The New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington. The flax industry and coastal landscape views Quantity: 104 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1940s

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: 1/2-090704-F

Description: People sunbathing, walking and boating at Days Bay, Wellington. Bathing sheds are to the right and the wharf can be seen at the top of the picture. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative