Places

Date: [1894-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-132

Description: Photographs, chiefly of the Wellington area, probably taken by Frank J Denton. A number show the house `Fernhill' in Woolcombe Street (now part of The Terrace), Wellington, views from the house and its gardens. Portraits in clude Laurie Denton, Tom Tolley (locksmith), Alfred Bennett and his family, Mrs Denton Snr, Mrs Waters (had a grocery shop in Dixon Street), G L Adkin (as a boy), Miss Dixon (of the aerated water family, the Dixons of Dixon Street), George Butler (artist), and Beaglehole (David Ernest Beaglehole, father of Professor Ernest Beaglehole, and Professor John Cawte Beaglehole). Also includes photograph of a portrait painted by George Edmund Butler of his father Joseph Cawte Butler (maternal grandfather of John Cawte Beaglehole). Other Titles - Wellington I Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon cover decorated with painted leaves, 22 x 26 cm

Date: 1875 - 1970 - 1975

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Bell, Gully, Buddle, Weir (Firm)

Reference: E-279-q-114

Description: Scene by C D Barraud reproduced on a Christmas card sent out by the law firm Bell Gully Buddle Weir in 1970s. Shows the view from the hills at the southern end of the city, looking northward along the longer axis of the harbour, and was taken towards the close of a fine autumn day when the light of the setting sun was reflected on the distant masses of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges. The lower slopes of Brooklyn Hill are in the foreground, with the houses of Te Aro Flat in the middle ground, part of Mt Victoria on the right, ships in the harbour, Somes Island and Petone with the Tararua Ranges beyond in the distance. Extended Title - From, Barraud, C. D. New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive ... London, 1877, opp. p. 1 with additional title View of Wellington Harbour from the hills south of the city. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 134 x 195 mm on folded card

Date: [ca 1924]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Berg, Ivor Christian, 1900-1969

Reference: 1/4-060176-F

Description: View of Te Aro, Wellington, looking towards Buckle Street and Mount Cook. The photographer has taken the view from an upper story looking over the houses. In the foreground is a neigbouring roof, and beyond a yard in which is parked a horse and cart. A line of washing is visible in another yard. Beyond the houses are the buildings of Mount Cook School (replaced 1925 by a brick and stucco building). In the left background can be seen the Buckle Street Police Station. The lower slopes of Mount Cook take up the background. Photographed by Ivor Berg in about 1924. According to Ivor Berg's sister, Thelma France, at the time this photograph was taken, Berg was working for a coffin maker. The photograph was taken from the second story of the coffin maker's premises. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Blatchley, W D, active 1877-1898

Reference: PUBL-0016-01

Description: According to the accompanying text "The view ... is from the hills at the southern end of the city, looking northward along the longer axis of the harbour, and was taken towards the close of a fine autumn day when the light of the setting sun was reflected on the distant masses of the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges..." The lower slopes of Brooklyn Hill are in the foreground, with the houses of Te Aro Flat in the middle ground, part of Mt Victoria on the right, ships in the harbour, Somes Island and Petone with the Tararua Ranges beyond in the distance. The Library holds the original watercolour for this chromolithograph, at B-159-021. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 254 x 355 mm

Date: 1842

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: G-653

Description: Shows Thorndon and Te Aro, stores, houses, hotels, wharves, flagstaff, the Exchange, customhouse office, post office, man on horseback, settlers, Maoris, and ships in the harbour Original of: Day & Haghe. The harbour of Port Nicholson and the town of Wellington. Published in Wakefield, E.J. Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand. London, 1845. Plate 4. For identification of buildings, refer to text of this publication. Smith was a New Zealand Company employee at the time of painting this oil and it was probably painted for the Company or as a promotion for colonisation of Wellington. Dimensions including frame: 460 x 1195 mm. Earlier frame, replaced in 1986 and again in 1990 included rounded upper inner corners. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 320 x 1060 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull?