Places

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.

Date: 1851 - 1859

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-006

Description: Half-length frontal portrait of a girl or woman in a hat and cloak and the face of another, with a leg and shoe; also part of Sir William Martin's house in Judges Bay with detail of bay windows. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-001/020

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Whanau benefits in Maori TV funding and jobs, Helen Clark advises Australia to stay out of New Zealand politics, the stranding of the tanker Jody F Millennium off the Coast of Gisborne, air-sprayed 'painted apple moth' toxin seen as a possibility for dealing with Palmerston North gangs, Government spending prioroties questioned, Judges private use of lap-top computers called into question after pornography accessing case, Helen Clark and Peter Davis come to terms with royal protocol, the Queen arrives in NZ and is greeted by the Deputy Prime Minister, comparrisons of Royal and Vice Regal visits including the beleaguered Australian Govenor General, 2002 Rich List and the increasing poverty of the ordinary man, the Government considers new road tax on motorists, ex-MP's and their spouses travel perks, The Queen and Duke meet Australian PM Howard and Govenor General, Governments spending priorities questioned, large amount of new road tax to fund Auckland roading development, Alliance Party in self destruction mode, the unlikely prospect of Bill English becoming Prime Minister, Helen Clark wonders whether the Governments policies have given the unions too much strength, ease of securing money for social activities if you call them a 'hui', NZ Rugby Football Union loses co-host status for World Cup and it's associated revenue. Quantity: 20 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: 2002

Reference: H-668-021/037

Description: Cartoons on New Zealand and international political and social issues. Topics covered include: Democracy Zimbabwe style, reactions to the news that Tau Henare is returning to politics, WINZ gives new hope to struggling artists, aftermath of the twin towers attack in New York, ACC reinstate lump sum payments for sexual abuse victims, Labour Government buy Maori votes through Moari TV funding, modern day Robin Hood and Little John - robbing the poor to give to the rich, levels of public concern over the leadership battle within the Alliance party, Helen Clark prepares for her meeting with George W Bush, Police ineffective at curbing Gang involvement in drugs, Alliance Party alikened to a Palestinian suicide bomber, the rich meet to discuss the plight of the poor, ex-MP's travel perks, Jim Anderton about to jump out of the Alliance waka, Helen Clark trys to convince Peter, her husband, to learn golf so he can play with George Bush, Marian Hobbs as an avenging angel tells commercial radio what to play, the uneven stand-off between Israel and Palestine. Quantity: 17 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 photocopies

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: [Circa 1900-1908]

From: North, Esther Mary, 1892-1968: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-393

Description: Photographs collected by Mrs Esther Ecclesfield for her daughter Esma Ecclesfield (i.e. Esther Mary Ecclesfield, later known as Esther Mary North, or Esma North). None of the people shown are identified. Several images show camping and views of bays on Waiheke island. Many of the photographs were taken in the Napier area, including several of a woman and two young girls with bicycles standing outside a house in Seaview terrace, Napier, and an interior view of the house; yachts; the Napier Arcade, with the Arcadia Tea-Rooms; children at a Napier beach; and a horse-drawn carriage travelling through water along the foreshore to Cape Kidnappers. Page 4 shows the original Otatara (Ashridge) homestead. Various views around Wellington include Lower Hutt, Belmont Road, Wilton's Bush, Breaker Bay, Muritai and Titahi Bay. In the South Island most of the views were taken around Dunedin, showing Tomahawk Beach, Lawyer's Head and "Cargill's Gates" at St. Clair. Inscriptions: Album page - `Esma. With love from Mother. October 7th 1908' (inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with beige cloth cover, entitled `Post cards'; 13.5 x 21.0 cm

Date: 1926

From: [New Zealand ephemera of octavo size concerning clothing, costume, fashion and dress. 1920-1929]

Reference: Eph-A-COSTUME-1926-01

Description: Contains advertisements and lists of available clothing. Exhibited in 'To market, to market' Exhibition of advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library. First Floor foyer, National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 72p., illus., some col., 25 cm. Provenance: Purchased in 1994.

Date: 1955

From: Farmers' Trading Company :[Sales catalogues of A3 size. 1950-1961]

Reference: Eph-C-RETAIL-Farmers-1955-01

Description: Shows products available, including men's and women's clothing and accessories, bedding, manchester, furniture, radios, washing machines, appliances, tools, sewing machines, lawnmowers, clocks & watches, billiard tables, saddles, crockery garden supplies. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Offset print on 24 pages, 370 x 240 mm.

Date: 1915

From: Everton, Margaret Eila, 1919-2010: Family papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1367

Description: Four participants in the Dominion of New Zealand Bowling Tournament "Runners-up" Rink Championship, Auckland, 1915. The men are from left - Edwin James Hill (Skipper). Frost (no 3). Fowler (no 2). Baskiville (no 1). Source of title - Title supplied by the Library Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - EJ Hill (Skip) Frost (no 3) Fowler (no 2) Baskiville (no 1). Dominion of NZ Bowling Tournament "Runner-up" Rink Championship Auckland 1915 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 28.8 x 22.3 cm, on cardboard mount Provenance: Donation, Estate of Margaret (Meg) Eila Everton, 2010

Date: 1920 - 1930

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-086

Description: Design for a letterhead for an Auckland printing firm shows a gentleman in period costume admiring a sheet of paper. In the background three people watch a man operating a printing press, tightening the screw to imprint the platen. The picture is captioned: "William Caxton the first English printer, showing printed proofs to Edward IV". Telephone, telegram and postal addresses are given. The company was "agents for the General Fireproofing Co., Allsteel office equipment [and] filing systems". Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet, 310 x 228 mm.

Date: 1897-1898

From: Jenkin, Robert :Albums of photographs by Arthur Jenkin, ca 1895-1898

Reference: PA1-o-1047

Description: Tourists on a holiday cruise on SS Rotorua to the Southern West Coast and Fiordland in 1897. Places include Milford Sound, George Sound, and Preservation Inlet. Most of the rest of the album relates to Piha. There are also photographs of a group of men on a hike, men fishing, the loaded Thames-Te Aroha coach, the "Tabernacle" football team of 1898, men on a hunting trip grouped outside a slab hut, and men playing with a friendly horse. The collection is also a good record of clothing worn by men engaged in fairly rough leasure persuits in the 1890s where rugby jerseys were worn in the way sweat shirts are today Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123896-F

Description: Instructor and student pilots repairing the railway track at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. The instructor, Marmaduke Matthews, is on the left of the group. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123936-F

Description: Student pilot, Tom Reid, standing in a paddock with trees in the background at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123900-F

Description: Portrait of Keith Purchase, student pilot at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Keith Purchase was Anton Berntsen's roomate at the New Zealand Flying School. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123937-F

Description: Student pilot, Anton Berntsen, standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F" with one hand on the propellar. He is dressed in flying gear - helmet, goggles, and half length leather coat. Photographed at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123938-F

Description: Portrait of an unidentified pilot at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Behind him can be seen B&W Boeing seaplane "F." He is wearing flying gear - goggles, helmet and leather coat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123939-F

Description: Portrait of an unidentified pilot at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. He is standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F." He is wearing flying gear - goggles, helmet and leather coat. Photograph taken by Anton Berntsen between 1917-1918. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: [ca 1919]

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123941-F

Description: Anton Berntsen handing over the altimeter after his last flight at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Photograph taken circa 1919 by Anton Berntsen. This was most probably early in 1919 when he graduated as a pilot. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: 1917-1918

From: Berntsen, Anton, 1898-1973: Negatives relating the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke

Reference: 1/4-123940-F

Description: Student pilot, Anton Berntsen, standing on a float of B&W Boeing seaplane "F" with one hand on the propeller. He is dressed in flying gear - helmet, goggles, and half length leather coat. Photographed between 1917-1918 at the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland, by Anton Berntsen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 8.8cm x 6cm

Date: [ca 1920]

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

Reference: 1/2-000443-G

Description: View of men boarding a yacht (AK 348) from the bow end. The yacht is close to shore at the north end of Cowes Bay. Three other men are standing nearby watching. Photographed by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cowes Bay. Waiheke. Auckland. No 1860 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches