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Photographer unknown :Photographs of the Royal Tour 1927
Date: 1927
Reference: PA-Group-00431
Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.
View of the Government Buildings, Wellington
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district
By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901
Reference: PA7-12-24
Description: View of the Government Building and Supreme Court on Lambton Quay, and ships in Wellington Harbour taken from the Bolton Street Cemetery by W H W Davis in 1880s. Government House is on the left and St-Andrews-on-the-Terrace on the right. In the immediate foreground are headstones (inscriptions unable to be deciphered). Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Field album 8
Date: [1870s]
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-q-080
Description: Album with reproductions of paintings and lithographs of varying subjects, including religious themes and pictures of animals. These pictures are interspersed with photographs, including views of Turkey, Greece, Ireland, and New Zealand. Views in New Zealand are chiefly in Wellington, with some in Taranaki. Several images show views in Cuba Street, Wellington, including the business premises of Gordon Baillie, photographer, with the cottage of Mr Gregg next door; also the Nags Head Hotel, looking towards Wellington Harbour. The album is signed inside the front cover `W H Field. 1870' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Dark green album, gold marking across corners and spine, raised bands on spine, 31.0 x 26.5 cm
Album of New Zealand views
Date: 1880s
From: Three albums of New Zealand views
Reference: PA1-o-983
Description: Views of New Zealand, comprising Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Domain, Napier, bullock team hauling wool at Cheviot, Wellington, Manawatu Gorge bridge, Manawatu Gorge, Rimutaka railway, Mount Alexander, Otira Gorge, Lyttelton breakwater, Armagh Street bridge in Christchurch, and Christchurch Cathedral. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
J C Crawford album 1
Date: 1870s - 1880s
From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920
Reference: PA1-q-059
Description: Album of views of New Zealand and Europe. The New Zealand views were mostly taken by James Bragge, during the 1870s and 1880s, and were chiefly of the Wellington Region. One loose photograph inserted in the album shows the laying of the foundation stone at Scots College, Wellington, by Mr. Aitken, in April 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, 37.5 x 29.2 mm
Richmond, Christopher William, 1821-1895 :Sketch book ; sketches numbered 1 to 74 [i.e....
Date: 1853-1885
By: Richmond, Christopher William (Hon), 1821-1895
Reference: E-284
Description: Include views of Central Otago, West Coast, Marlborough, Wellington, Bream Head, Egypt, England, France, voyage to England, seascapes, yachts and ships. For details see records for individual pages. At head of title: Richmond and Atkinson family papers, vol 45. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) containing. 85 drawing(s) (pencil). 4 drawing(s) pencil and ink. 1 drawing(s) pencil and wash. Physical Description: Art originals, pencil, 170 x 230 mm or smaller, in album, 240 mm, 1/2 blue moroccco, blue buckram Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - acc. 77-253: Richmond and Atkinson papers.
[Star Lithographic Works] :[Government Buildings, Wellington. Auckland, Star Lithograph...
Date: 1890
From: [Star Lithographic Works] :[Government Buildings, Wellington and] Panorama of Port Nicholson from a drawing by S C Brees, 1846. [Auckland, Star Lithographic Works, 1890]
By: Star Lithographic Works
Reference: A-109-058
Description: Shows the wooden Government Buildings in Lambton Quay in the middle distance, with trees in the foreground, the harbour with ships and Mount Victoria in the background Extended Title - From: The New Zealand Jubilee and Exhibition Chronicle, 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 85 x 152 mm
Sklenars, Linda :Album of views of North Island, New Zealand
Date: 1924
By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004
Reference: PA1-o-1212
Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album
Reade album 2
Date: [Between 1841 and 1929]
By: Reade, M A (Mrs), active 1969; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tyree Brothers (Firm); Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-o-430
Description: Recent prints from old photographs of Wellington, originallty taken between about 1841 and 1929. Includes one photograph of a painting of Wellington waterfront from 1841, by Charles Heaphy. Only a few images identify the photographers, the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers and James Bragge. The Bragge photograph (looking down to the Harbour from Hill Street taken in the 1880s) was identified from his horse-drawn carriage with his name and occupation emblazoned on the side. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red mock-crocodile textured cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26.0 x 36.5 cm Processing information: Most of the photographs have reference numbers linking them with items in the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collections.
Jeffares album 1
Date: [Circa 1900-1910]
From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family
Reference: PA1-o-245
Description: Photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares. These include family photographs, many of which are not identified. Those whose names are given (at a later date) are Beryl Charlotte Cameron (aged one); Isaac Jeffares himself; and Isaac Jeffares' mother, Mrs Jane Jeffares (nee Warrell). Scenic photographs were chiefly taken in Wellington, with harbour views, Wellington City, and several well-known public buildings; Napier, including Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers; and Greymouth. Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 20 x 22 cm
Photographer unknown :View of Wellington Harbour from Wireless Hill
Date: [ca 1927]
From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence
Reference: PAColl-D-0119
Description: Panoramic view taken from Wireless Hill (Tinakori Hill) looking down on the city and across the harbour to Roseneath, Oriental Bay and Mount Victoria, with the Miramar peninsula in the distance. Bolton Street Cemetery is in the immediate foreground. The Government Building, Parliament Buildings, Government House, Government Print building and Thorndon railway station are to the left. Several ships are berthed at the wharves and a ship is steaming towards Queens Wharf in the middle distance. Kelvin Chambers and Mayfair Chambers can be seen (both under construction). The Taranaki Street Wharf is on the far right. Taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1927 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - bottom right - 2249 Similiar view at 1/2-058525 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 402 x 560 mm with mount
[Artist unknown] :[Wellington panorama from above Kelburn Park] 1945
Date: 1945
Reference: F-008
Description: Panoramic view of Wellington Harbour and city from Kelburn, including clear views of ships in the harbour, the wharves, the Railway Station, the Government Buildings, the high-rise buildings in the city, Weir House, Kelburn Park, Te Aro flat, the Carillon, the Museum and Oriental Bay with St Gerard's Monastery. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - '45 [in pencil, plus a complex monogram including the letters J.C.H. & W, also in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, hand-coloured 244 x 1420 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane, October 1969 for $30.00
Foxley Norris album
Date: [1870s-1880s]
By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-q-094
Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm
Haylock album
Date: 1880-1889
From: Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898?-1980 :Photographs
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-q-116
Description: Album compiled by Arthur Lagden Haylock, containing views of Lyttelton, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Ohinemutu, Mangarewa Gorge, Pink & White Terraces, Napier, Timaru, Porters Pass, Castle Hill (West Coast Road), Craigieburn, Waimakariri River, Arthur's Pass, Otira Gorge, Otira, Jacksons, Taipo River, Mount Alexander, Dillmanstown, Hokitika, and Greymouth. Also includes photographs of ships Annie Bow, Ganymede, and City of Perth and Benvenue stranded at Timaru in 1882. Photographs taken 1880s, by James Ring, Burton Brothers, Wheeler & Sons (including prints made by Wheeler from the negatives of D L Mundy) and others. Other Titles - Ramblings through New Zealand. By A.L. Haylock Quantity: 1 album(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Brown album with gold borders, entitled `Ramblings through New Zealand. By A.L. Haycock', lettered in gold; 36.5 x 31.5 cm
Photographer unknown: Wellington, Christchurch and Mt Taranaki
Date: [ca 1929-1935]
Reference: PAColl-6901
Description: A largely miscellaneous collection including: looking towards Government House on Bowen Street with Government Buildings on the left; two of the junction of Featherston and Stout Streets looking towards Lambton Quay (these three probably taken from the Railway Station); a pretty rural cottage; two of a grasshopper like insect on a leaf; three of unidentified rural scenes; the Government Life Insurance office on Customhouse Quay; looking down the Terrace towards Bowen Street with St Andrew's Church on the left; the University of Canterbury buildings showing the entrance to the Observatory Tower; six of a bridge over the Avon River flowing through Hagley Park; five of Mount Taranaki; a waterfall possibly near Mount Taranaki; and Auckland looking towards the harbour with St Patrick's Cathedral on the right. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-038652 to 038654 and 038656 to 038678 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s) glass. 10 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives
Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907 :Album of Wellington and Petone views
Date: ca 1892
By: Hector, James (Sir), 1834-1907
Reference: PA1-o-879
Description: Album complied by Sir James Hector titled "Dulce Domum, Xmas 1892", containing views of streets and businesses in Wellington and Petone. PAColl-5751 Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Dulce Domun; Xmas 1892 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Aubrey, Christopher, fl 1868-1906 :[Wellington City with old Government Buildings]. 1888.
Date: 1888
By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906
Reference: C-014-013
Description: Shows a view looking towards Wellington Harbour from the lower northern slopes of Kelburn, with part of the Bolton Street Cemetery at the left, and three horses grazing in the right foreground. Beyond the cemetery is the Parliamentary Library, with the spire of St Mary's Hill Street at the far left. In the centre are the old Parliament Buildings, and the wooden Government Buildings are on the right. Old St Pauls is beyond the Parliamentary Library, the Terrace Congregational Church (corner Bowen Street and the Terrace) is in the centre, and St Andrews-on-the-Terrace is at the far right. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 440 x 750 mm.
Watt, G T album 2
Date: 1901-1904
By: Watt, George Thomas, 1871-1933
Reference: PA1-o-516
Description: Photographs of family and friends, and scenes in the Wellington area and Hawkes Bay, taken by George Thomas Watt People and places named are listed in the headings above. Two images show the Wellington Post Office in the daytime and night time, when decorated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. The night view shows the Post Office brightly lit with decoration. In the middle of the album is a group of 6 tourist-style photographs of young Maori women. One image shows the house owned by Thomas and Matilda Watt, at 172 Hastings Street, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, spine brown taped, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 22.5 x 28.5 cm
View of Bolton Sreet, Wellington, and of Thorndon
Date: [ca 1881]
Reference: 1/2-110651-F
Description: View of Bolton Street, Wellington, and looking out over Thorndon. The recently completed wooden Government Buildings and the Government centre can be seen. St Mary's Cathedral stands above the Government Reserve, and in the distance are the spire and roofs of Old St Pauls Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Mundy album 4
Date: [Circa 1860 to 1870]
By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881
Reference: PA1-f-042
Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by Daniel Mundy during the 1860s (some dated 1868), and about 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from comparison with handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p 51) Early photographs of Wellington show a view down Boulcott Street, a view probably from Boulcott Street looking down over `Rhodes Bay' (now the reclaimed area beyond Willis Street), and looking towards the city from Thorndon. One view in the North Island shows the Kinross residence in Napier. Most of the photographs are of central North Island, with particular emphasis on the volcanic areas around Lake Taupo, Lake Rotomahana, the Waikato River (including the Huka Falls and Aniwhaniwha Falls), Tokaanu, Ohinemutu and the Pink Terraces. Several scenes show military outposts and redoubts, including two of Captain Gilbert Mair "and his men" (the Arawa Flying Column), at Kaiteriria Pa, Rotokakahi "just arrived after a raid after Te Kooti"; and one of the interior of the pa "with Captain Mair's contingent". In the South Island scenes include Lyttelton, Akaroa Harbour, the Otira River and Gorge, Bealey River, the summit of Arthurs Pass, the Porters Pass Hotel, Taramakau River, Gibson's Quay at Hokitika, one of several small churches at Hokitika, and Hereford Street (Christchurch). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm