Places

Date: 1 July 1910

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

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000233-G

Description: View of Gatrans Hill, with a winding road leading up to a group of small houses, 1 July 1910. Photograph taken by the Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Gatrans Hill, TeMata, N.Z. 138; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros. Protd 1.7.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1909-1925]

By: Morrison, John M, active 1883-1951

Reference: PAColl-6494

Description: Photographs of Takapuna and Milford. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-016625 to 016630, 1/2- 031823 and 101744 Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Manuscript material now held at qMS-1398.. Processing information: The majority of the prints do not have negatives.

Date: ca1922-ca1926

From: Barr, John Manson, 1904-1993 :Photographs of Joseph Gordon Coates

By: Coates, Marjorie Grace, 1892-1973

Reference: PA1-o-851

Description: Gordon Coates and his wife on tour. Most of these photographs relate to Coates' as MP and Minister of Public Works. Most of the events record the trials and tribulations of journeying to remote parts of New Zealand to open bridges, post offices, power plants etc. The album also records some of the social and recreational events associated with the tours. According to Gordon Coates' daughter, Mrs Sheila Pryde, this album belonged to Gordon Coates' wife Marjorie, who collected, and may have taken some of the snaps when she accompanied her husband travelling in various parts of New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1980 - 1998

By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999

Reference: PAColl-5734

Description: Two essays on Gay topics. The 13th Gay and Lesbian Fair, and a record of the life of a gay couple and the house and garden they lived in, and made, over 19 years. Ngaio School's 90th Reunion and some of the people attending. Views of Wellington sites -- the new State Highway 1 motorway interchange at Newlands, the Burma Motor Lodge, Johnsonville Railway line, Khandallah substation site and Thorndon New World Supermarket under construction. Transparencies include Youth for Christ summer programme, El Rancho camp, Waikanai in January 1980, Children at Timaru Highschool (1980), a concert in Civic Square, Wellington, by the National Youth Choir of Britain (1992), and various Wellington sites mainly in the Ngaio area Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm 22294 - 22323, slides at PA12-1519 to PA12-1521 Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). 65 colour original photographic print(s). 12 b&w original negative(s). 16 b&w original negative(s). 54 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1941-1958

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-177

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1941-1958 Main street of Arrowtown, church and cottage; homestead on road between Kingston & Queenstown with Remarkables behind; road construction on the Kingston-Lake Wakatipu Road; road into Arrowtown; Crown Range road (showing Jaguar XK150 Fixed Head Coupe); rural scene in Maungawera Valley between Lake Wanaka & Hawera, 1941; Kingston Railway Station and train; opendeck bus in Routeburn Valley; Cecil Peak from shores of Lake Wakatipu. Scottish bard at one end of Signal Hill memorial, Dunedin Lake Hayes; Mount Aspiring from North-East; Clutha River; Skippers Bridge; Thames Street, Oamaru looking south; aerial view of Dunedin looking south from railway station; sunken iris garden at Dunedin Botanical Gardens, 1958; mist over over Dunedin as seen from Southern Motorway. Photographers include: W H Raine, W G Weigel, J D S Roberts & R V Francis Smith Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1924-1928

By: Hill, Ivon Johnstone, 1897-1962; Hill, Bernard, active 2002; Tuckwell, Judith, active 2002

Reference: PA1-o-1174

Description: Photographs of the east coast road just north of Gisborne, and of journeys inland from Gisborne to Otoko, and Motu. Scenic views make up most of the subject matter in this album; willows overhanging a stream at "Otonga" in the Waimata Valley; Twin waterfalls in the bush near Otoko; the road over Tatapouri Hill just north of Gisborne; a station homestead in its plantations and valley, Otoko; the Motu-Opotiki road passing through stands of native forrest; a nikau palm grove at the Morere hot springs; bridges, streams and rivers; the town of Motu under snow in 1926; Waikanae Beach, its tearooms and the dredge Korua. There is one photograph of children sitting with their dolls, and another of a child, a man and a dog. Photographed by Ivon Johnstone Hill from 1924 to 1928 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1970s]

Reference: 1/4-059889

Description: Construction of an elevated road in Lower Hutt, possibly a slip road for the motorway. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negative

Date: 1899

Reference: PA1-o-858

Description: Views taken on coach trip through Buller Gorge; also views showing the crossing of the Mohaka River, Taupo, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Hamurana Springs and Tikitere. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001801-G

Description: Warkworth, showing houses, roads and trees. The river is in the immediate foreground. Photograph taken by William A Price from a hill overlooking the river and township, in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Warkworth. 1387. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.4 inches

Date: 1918

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006936-G

Description: Halfway house on the road between Tauranga and Rotorua, near Ngawaro. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Halfway House. Tauranga-Rotorua Road. F.G.R. 6164.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 303 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2002-2003

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000503

Description: Photographs of Moana, West Coast. Includes photographs of Lake Brunner, boating and jet skiing, dwellings and views of the surrounding areas. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (moana)" Quantity: 78 digital photograph(s).

Date: ca 1930s

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046866-G

Description: View of part of Paremata, Porirua, looking towards the hills. Houses can be seen below where the photographer is standing, and a car is travelling along the road past the houses. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith during the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 2002-2006

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000487

Description: Photographs of Buller, West Coast. Includes photographs of the Buller Gorge road, Buller towns and shops, Denniston, views of rivers and coastlines around the Buller district. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (Buller)" Quantity: 143 digital photograph(s).

Date: Between 1886 and 1888

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-20

Description: View looking north over Otaki from Pukekaraka hill, showing a road and houses, 1886 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Identifed from "Uncommon Carrier", by K R Cassells, Wellington, 1994. Probably taken at same time as PA1-f-239-19. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 195. Looking N from Otaki. W&B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.3 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046845-G

Description: A view overlooking Paekakariki. Shows the main highway with houses between it and the sea and tussock hills on the right of it. Photograph taken by Charles Sydney Smith.

Date: [190-]

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-016453-G

Description: View overlooking a suburb in the city of Invercargill, showing streets lined with houses, taken circa 1900s by a photographer for the Tesla Studios (possibly Mark Lampe). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1907

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

By: Duncan, David, active 1910s

Reference: 1/2-001267-G

Description: Pungarehu township in Egmont County, Taranaki. Houses and other buildings are situated along a junction of two roads. Photographed circa 1907 by David Duncan (photographer of Opunake). Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Pungarehu. 1101 D.Duncan. Photo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative