Places

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-014

Description: Views of a trip along the Whanganui River with views of Paranui kainga (listed as Parinui in the album), showing groups of whare, groups of Maori, various activities in the kainga, canoes on the river, and many scenes of waterfalls along the river. These include Taraipokiore (or Tarei-po-Kiore), Otuitu Falls, Ohura Falls, Kakahi Falls. The "Ladder scene", copy of Denton photograph, and other views of the Whanganui River and Ohura River. There is a gap in the album, followed by a separate sequence on Napier. These images include panoramic views of Napier from various locations, church buildings (including exterior and interior views of St John's Cathedral), hotel buildings and other public buildings and memorial statues. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers circa 1900s. Inscriptions: Album page - top right - Wanganui trip. Napier. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: [1934]

From: Thomson, Richard J, fl 1931-1945 :Three panoramas of Napier showing the city before, as the result of the earthquake, and rebuilt

By: Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PAColl-D-0819-3

Description: Photograph taken from Napier Hill (Colenso Hill) looking south over the city. Clive Square is in the middle distance and rebuilt Napier Technical College is to the left. Photograph possibly taken by R J Thomson. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Napier from Colenso Hill Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 220 x 1000 mm on card 740 x 1060 mm

Date: 1906

By: Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932

Reference: PAColl-D-0794

Description: Three photographs, possibly all taken by Charles Sorrell in 1906. View overlooking Napier with Ashton's Cabinet Works in foreground and Clive Square in the middle distance. Opposite Ashton's Cabinet Works is a large open space and children at play. Several churches can be seen (Trinity Methodist Church and St Patrick's Catholic Church); Caledonian Hotel and Provincial Hotel; and a primary school near Clive Square. Tennyson Street is in the lower lefthand corner and Emerson Street runs parallel to it in the middle distance. Napier Technical School, a large two-storey brick building. Group of ten men are standing outside, some wearing workmen's aprons. View of the Petane Valley from Napier-Taupo road. There is a car in the foreground with a driver and three passengers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Petane Valley. Napier-Taupo Rd. Protected 17/9/06 Sorrell Photo. Napier Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 3 x 159 x 205 mm mounted on card 530 x 250 mm

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Thompson, D (Mrs), active 1975

Reference: PAColl-0892

Description: Includes views of Paeroa, Te Kumi, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland, Maori waka, Dunedin, and the wreck of the SS 'Muritai' Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - some postcards include correspondence Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) coloured (postcards). 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (postcards). 3 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mrs D Thompson, Wellington, 1975

Date: 1931

Reference: PAColl-6590

Description: 25 images of the destruction of Napier and Hastings after the 1931 earthquake. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-017193 to 017242 and 018051; 1/2-031383 and 061039 Quantity: 50 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass negatives

Date: ca 1868-1880s

Reference: PAColl-4398

Description: Duplicate prints of originals in the Cornford album or taken by him (presumably the originals are still held by the Museum). Views of: Marine Parade looking towards Bluff Hill with the court house on the left; Clive Square looking towards Napier Hill with the Theatre Royal on the far side; looking along Emerson Street with Neal & Close, drapers on the left and Palmers stables on the right; Browning Street looking towards Napier Hill with Hannah's shoe shop on the left (taken by W H Neal); ships moored at Port Ahuriri at Murray Roberts & Co, wool merchants; and two views looking north west from Bluff Hill towards The Spit one showing the Bluff Boarding House and the other T H Gifford. Also one original print of the beach possibly near Bluff Hill. Quantity: 10 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1930s]

By: Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977

Reference: PAColl-D-0819

Description: Three photographs showing the city before and just after the earthquake, and as rebuilt (some years later). Each is taken from a slightly different vantage point from Napier Hill. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 3 x 220 x 1000 mm on card 740 x 1060 mm