Places

Date: 1920 - 1929

From: New Plymouth. Reprinted from the Ideal Timetable and Guide. [1920s].

By: Woods, M (Mrs), active 1980

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-New-Plymouth-1920s-01-03

Description: Shows two women on the water's edge in fashionable swimwear. Extended Title - From New Plymouth / reprinted from The Ideal Timetable and Guide, page 3. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on page 3 of booklet.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 212 x 127 mm.

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6861

Description: 19 scenes of what is possibly a holiday in the New Plymouth area. They show a woman standing in front of a tent; a group of people around a trestle table with a trophy on it in front of a tent; the Sugar Loaf Islands; a church or similar building seen from across a lake; several of a large park with a lake in it; two of a row of wooden huts with a woman standing outside possibly near the beach; two caravans possbily in a holiday park; two views of houses near the sea, one with Mount Taranaki in the background; and one of a woman in a tailored suit. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031115 to 031133 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1924

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2014-F

Description: Panoramic view showing crowds of people on a grassed area in the centre, and several tents. On the left there is a board reading "Eastbourne Borough Council Tennis Court Bookings" in front of groups on the tennis courts. The beach and sea are on the right where there are some swimmers and some people picnicking and walking on the beach. Houses at the back of the recreation ground at the base of steep hills, bush-clad in parts. Wellington Heads centre right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Eastbourne Recreation Grounds. Rona Bay, from Refreshment Pavilion. 1924. No. 356 Relationship complexity - Print available at PA6-321 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 110.8 cm

Date: [Circa 1915-1929]

From: Hoskins, Barbara, active 1941-2015 : Photographs relating to the Philps, Nimmo, and Anton families

By: Harringtons (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-1828

Description: Photograph album formerly belonging to Kathleen Frances Viard Nimmo. Contains black and white photographs showing family and friends on the beach and yachting around Eastbourne and Wellington Harbour, and possibly the Marlborough Sounds. Probably taken between 1915 and 1929 by unknown photographers. Points of interest are four young men in army uniforms circa World War One, young women in 1920s fashions with sunhats and parasols on the beach, dinghies and yachts off Rona Bay, yachts assembled off Point Howard beach before a regatta, people and a car parked outside a bach, a view looking down a gully past farmland to houses on Wellington harbour, small cottages and bachs, ladies posing on a seawall stair, yachts under sail in Lambton Harbour, a party coming ashore from a yacht by dinghy. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black cardboard cover. 28.5 x 18.2 cm.

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: 1927-1929

From: Elston family: Correspondence and photograph album

Reference: PA1-o-947

Description: Album compiled by Elston family (Alf & Dot Elston, and children Joan & Alfie) during voyage from England to New Zealand on the Tainui in 1927, and first two years in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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

Date: 1930-1932

From: Musker, Doris (Miss): Transparencies and album of snapshots of cities, towns, and places in New Zealand

Reference: PA1-o-995

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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

Date: 1921 - 1929

By: New Plymouth Tourist & Expansion League (Inc)

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-New-Plymouth-1920s-01-cover

Description: Shows the cover of a folded brochure. Shows a girl standing on a beach with the Sugar Loaves in the distance. She wears costume of the 1920s, and holds her arms outstretched. Black and white and orange colouring. Other publications of the League were issued in 1922 and 1923 - see Bagnall. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of brochure.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 260 x 102 mm.

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000254-G

Description: View of adults and children walking and playing on Shelly Beach. More adults and children are standing along the rustic fence on a path leading down to the beach from Point Erin Park, watching the activity below. Freemans Bay and Auckland city can be seen in the distance on the left. Taken by William A Price in late 1890s or early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Point Erin Park. Auckland. 2495. Relationship complexity - Possibly taken on the same day as the view at 1/2-000870 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

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001067-G

Description: Photograph taken ca 1910 by William Price. View of Home Bay, Motutapu Island, taken from the northern end of the beach on the occasion of the Premier's Picnic (Sir Joseph Ward's visit to the island). A large crowd of people are walking on the beach. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Home Bay. Motutapu. Premier Picnic. 1243 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1 Jan 1914]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001673-G

Description: View of the crowd standing close to the water's edge watching the activity on board yachts and boats near to the shore. Taken from behind the crowd and looking out to sea. Possibly the ocassion was the New Year's Day regatta. Taken by William A Price, on 1 Jan 1914? Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Shelly Beach. Ponsonby. 1754 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: ca 1928

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/2-032897-G

Description: Crowd at Tahunanui Beach, Nelson. Occasion unidentified. Shows men, women, and children standing on the beach, looking towards the sea. Photograph taken circa 1928 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1909

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000424-G

Description: View of Lake Beach, Takapuna (now known as Takapuna Beach), with large number of people promenading on the beach or wading in the water. Photograph taken by William A Price, taken 1909. Source of descriptive information - Dated from information in `Takapuna Jubilee 1913-1973', edited by Ross Sayers et al, 1973 (p 88) Other Titles - Takapuna Beach, Takapuna Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lake Beach. Takapuna. 2440 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000663-G

Description: View of Cheltenham Beach with a large crowd of people sitting and walking on the beach on a summer's day. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s.. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Cheltenham Beach. Devonport. Ak. No 3424 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

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001264-G

Description: View of a man and a boy in a dinghy in a choppy sea near the water's edge at Herne Bay. A man wearing a hat is holding the dinghy steady while another man and a boy watch from the beach. A small girl is playing on the sand with a spade near by. A black dog is standing in the water and another dog is sitting on the sand in the middle distance. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Herne Bay. Auckland. 2869. 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

Date: [ca 1912]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000664-G

Description: View of a crowd of people at Cheltenham Beach standing with their backs to the camera watching the start of a yacht race. The start boat can be seen in the middle distance (with Rangitoto Island behind). Several row boats are near the shore. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s.. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cheltenham Beach. Devonport. Auckland. No 1845 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

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000563-G

Description: View of three women walking away from the camera along the stony foreshore. In the foreground to the left is a dinghy at the water's edge and three yachts are moored in the bay. Photographed by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Awaroa Bay. Auckland. No 3499 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches