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Island Bay, Wellington
Date: ca 1907
From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington
Reference: 1/2-135988
Description: View of Island Bay, Wellington, showing houses on large fenced sections at the intersection of Beach Street, Knoll Street and Tyne Street. A man and woman walk with a small child along Tyne Street toward the Esplanade where `Cliff House' is under construction. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1907. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Construction workers at the site of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, ...
Date: 1939
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Aickin, Neville d'Eresby, 1910-1983; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986
Reference: 1/2-132303-F
Description: Construction workers at the site of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington, during a visit by Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage and his Cabinet Ministers. With them is the contractor James Fletcher. Shows people standing amongst scaffolding. Photograph taken by Eileen Deste or her employee Neville d'Eresby Aickin. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Photographs of Auckland buildings
Date: April - December 2008
From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs
Reference: PADL-000246
Description: Photographs of the exterior of buildings in Auckland City, predominantly in the suburbs of Newmarket, Parnell and CBD, taken April-December 2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "New Zealand Buildings April to July 2008" and "New Zealand Building July to December 2008" Quantity: 19 digital photograph(s).
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :[Simmonds' & Hoggard's flourmill, Mount Victoria Bet...
Date: 1843 - 1845
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957
Reference: B-031-005
Description: Shows the windmill, looking south towards Mount Cook (with the barracks on top in the distance), Brooklyn hills and Te Aro from the foot of Mount Victoria where Oriental Bay Road begins. There is a sandy beach in the left foreground, with a man sifting sand or shells, probably for construction. The man is being watched by three children. Bullock carts are visible at the foot of the windmill and there are several other buildings close to it. There are two hens in the yard close to a house in the right foreground, and a square wooden construction in the right foreground, possibly a small lime-kiln. The windmill, or flourmill, was built in March 1843 at the foot of Marjoribanks Street and Kent Terrace junction, the present site of the Embassy Theatre. It was the only open-structured mill in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 181 x 370 mm
Ekers, Paul, 1961- :Getting a builder in Auckland. New Zealand Herald, 7 August 2004.
Date: 2004
From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]
Reference: DX-017-091
Description: Shows two parents standing beside their baby's cot which has a mobile made of builder's tools hanging above it. Relates to the scarcity of builders in Auckland. Extended Title - 'Fingers crossed, dear.' Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Fletcher, David, 1952- :'Now is the time to re-build bridges and mend fences with our t...
Date: 2002
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DX-005-258
Description: 'The Politician' cartoon strip. Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Number plate making, June 1956
Date: June 1956
From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities
Reference: 1/2-177104-F
Description: Detail of factory interior showing male worker at the machine pressing out steel number plates, taken by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm
Creator unknown :Photograph of the new and old Kelburn Viaducts, Wellington
Date: [ca 1930]
Reference: PAColl-9483
Description: Photograph of the new and old Kelburn Viaducts, Wellington, circa 1930. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Relationship complexity - Very similar image is at 1/2-053025. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.6 x 21.6 cm
[Construction under way at the Wellington Gas Company plant, Miramar]
Date: [Between 1922 and 1927]
From: Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford & Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry
Reference: PA1-q-144-063
Description: Construction work under way at the Wellington Gas Company plant in Miramar, photographed between 1922 and 1927 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Gas Co plant - from hillside Hansford & Mills Construction Co Ltd were the contractors for construction at the Wellington Gas Company plant in Miramar. Construction was completed in three stages between 1922 and 1927. (Source "60 years of light and heat", Wellington Gas Co, 1930) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 115 x 198 mm mounted on album page
Overlooking the Dominion Museum, Mount Cook, Wellington, under construction
Date: Aug-Oct 1934
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/2-046048-G
Description: Overlooking the Dominion Museum, Mount Cook, Wellington, under construction. The Carillon is to the left. Houses in Mount Victoria are in the background. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith between August and October, 1934. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass dry plate negative
Rimutaka tunnel under construction, Wairarapa, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: Mar 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-027643-F
Description: Rimutaka tunnel under construction, east portal, Featherston, Wairarapa, Wellington. Shows men clearing debris to prepare for concrete channelling. Photograph taken in March 1954, for the National Publicity Studios, by E Woollett. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Number plate making, June 1956
Date: June 1956
From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities
Reference: 1/2-177103-F
Description: Detail of factory interior showing a male worker seated at what appears to be a press with a number plate, taken by Morrie Hill. Beyond the worker another man can be seen. This seems to be the point in the manufacturing process when the plates are painted or enamelled. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm
Newtown, Wellington, with the public hospital in the foreground
Date: 1901
From: St John's Church :Photographs of church buildings, personalities and activities
Reference: PA1-o-451-12-2
Description: Newtown, Wellington, 1901, with the public hospital in the foreground. The operating theatre is under construction. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Paper print
New Zealand International Exhibition :A proclamation. Christchurch. November 1906 - Apr...
Date: 1906
By: Lyttelton Times Company Ltd
Reference: Eph-E-EXHIBITION-1906-01
Description: Shows text of proclamation by J Ward, Minister of Industries and Commerce, surrounded by inset photo portraits of: W Lee (Baron Plunket), R J Seddon, J G Ward, the Mayor of Christchurch C M Gray, the Mayor of Dunedin J Braithwaite, the Mayor of Wellington T W Hislop, and the Mayor of Auckland A M Myers. Portraits of the King and Queen are at the top. Also featured are inset scenes of a Maori with spear, harvest and farming scenes, fishing, shipping, industry and arts, and at bottom a picture of the exhibition buildings. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Lyttelton Times Co. Lith, Christchurch, NZ; Recto - bottom centre - Applications for space...from E J Righton, Secretary New Zealand International Exhibition, Christchurch, N.Z. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph 917 x 585 mm.
Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :'Those builders kept us in the dark and fed us horseshi...
Date: 2002
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DX-003-077
Description: A news item on the television reports on the Leaky Building Syndrome, while people live in houses that are only fit for growing mushrooms. Other Titles - Leaky Building Syndrome Quantity: 1 digital image(s).
Empire Service League :Buy N.Z. goods; insist on N.Z. goods. We have them here. [1931?].
Date: 1930 - 1932
By: Empire Service League; Wilson Brothers (Rangiora, N.Z.)
Reference: Eph-C-ASSOCIATION-E-1931
Description: Shows arrangement of text. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Printed by Wilson Bros., Rangiora. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black letterpress on yellow, 510 x 381 mm.
Photographs relating to Punakaiki, West Coast
Date: 2000-2005
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000505
Description: Photographs of Punakaiki or Pancake Rocks, West Coast. Includes photographs of walkways in the Paparoa National Park, blowholes, marine bird life, accommodation facilities, commerical buildings, cafes and tourists. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (punakaiki)" Quantity: 217 digital photograph(s).
Rimutaka tunnel under construction, Wairarapa, Wellington - Photograph taken by E Woollett
Date: Mar 1954
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Woollett, E, active 1951-1955
Reference: 1/2-027645-F
Description: Rimutaka tunnel under construction, east portal, Featherston, Wairarapa, Wellington. Shows men pushing a timber beam into place as a loose section of the face threatens to fall. Photograph taken in March 1954, for the National Publicity Studios, by E Woollett. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :'This should get things moving again.' 27 January 2013
Date: 2013
From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :Digital cartoons
By: Nelson mail (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023902
Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key standing in a graveyard in front of Parliament, holding a giant hammer labelled 'apprenticeships', to hammer a nail into a coffin labelled, 'economy'. A bird in the corner asks, 'too little, too late?' Refers to a new plan by the government to sponsor 10,000 apprentices. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Doyle, Martin, 1956- :[Down the drainzeal] 7 February 2013
Date: 2013
From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons
By: Scoop (Firm)
Reference: DCDL-0023982
Description: Commentary from the artist: 'With Mainzeal going into receivership, 400 more workers lose their jobs. I notice this bombshell has barely been reported on TV [on Waitangi Day] and mainstream media.' The financial collapse in February of Mainzeal, one of the largest building and contacting firms in New Zealand, had serious implications for employment and major projects such as the Christchurch Rebuild, with which the firm was involved. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).