Places

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1909 - 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-261

Description: Shows the roof and chimney of a lone house, mostly obscured by bush, near the shoreline of Lake Taupo Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, adhered to inside cover of a 'solid drawing block', 128 x 178 mm

Date: 1908 - 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-211

Description: Shows the edge of Lake Taupo. Some large trees overhang the water. Trees, hills, and a building are visible in the background The reverse of the image reads: 'Mrs Dyer's Cottage Broadfield'. It is unclear if this relates to the image of Lake Taupo Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 125 x 165 mm

Date: 1911

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-214

Description: Shows Tokaanu on the edge of Lake Taupo. Mountains are visible in the background. Trees, grass, and rocks are visible in the foreground. A small building is also shown at the edge of the lake Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 128 x 170 mm

Date: 1917

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-216

Description: Shows two white cows grazing in a paddock. A third (brown) cow is being milked by hand. Wooden fence posts, trees, and shrubs are shown. In the background the top of a roof with a chimney is visible, and behind it some hills The reverse of the image reads: 'Lake Taupo. March 2 1917' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 125 x 166 mm

Date: 1905 - 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-223

Description: Shows a house above a lake (probably Lake Taupo), with mountain ranges in the background. The house appears to have a chimney, a detached shed, and porch or verandah. In the foreground is a grassy paddock, with trees, tree stumps, and a fence with wooden fence posts. A road or driveway is visible to one side of the image. The sky is pinkish suggesting early morning or evening Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 80 x 370 mm

Date: 1905 - 1915

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: B-199-019

Description: Shows the edge of a lake (probably Lake Taupo) with grass and tree covered hills behind it. Some buildings and a fenced area are seen at the edge of the lake. People rowing a small boat can be seen on the lake and rocks are on the shore in the foreground. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 193 x 299 mm in mat 310 x 400 mm

Date: 1924

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

By: Holden, Bessie Graham, 1856?-1943

Reference: Pan-1935-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large two-storeyed wooden house on the right. A woman is leaning over a balcony of the sleeping verandah above the front entrance. A woman and child are seated on steps under a trellis arch leading to the entrance. The driveway runs across the image below the steps. Bay windows on the right, glassed-in porch downstairs on the left. Bamboo growing on the far left. Lawns and pasture leading down to Lake Rotoroa on the far left. Stand of trees and a few animals grazing down by the lake. Trees on the far side of the lake. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Lake House. No. 37; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Mrs. T. Holden. Box 36. Hamilton. No. 37 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 127.4 cm

Date: 1961-1980

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8545

Description: Interior and exterior views of the living area of Doreen Bulmhardt's house, Northland, Wellington. Photographs of Doreen Blumhardt and her clematis in flower, taken 1980. Wairakei hillside, 1966. Forest stream and pratia species in flower, Pukeiti, 1967. Large pot, 1961. Group of unidentified friends. Brown pot 1975. Views of Lake Mapourika, February, 1978. Views of Okarito Lagoon, February 1978. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1969-1973

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8769

Description: Include - Geyser at Rotorua. Pohutukawa in flower. Thermal bore, Wairakei. Waterfall, Bay of Islands. Views of Mounts Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. Dairy cattle on the Matamata plains. Manawatu Gorge. Lake Waikaremoana. Rural site, Flaxmere, Hastings. Views of a house at Taupo. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [Between 1885 and 1919]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0959-15

Description: Views of the Southern Lakes District, interspersed with a few scenes in the North Island taken by the Burton Brothers and Muir & Moodie between about 1885 and 1919. Most of the places mentioned are listed above. Image no. 63 shows a party of men and women at Sandfly Point (Milford Sound) showing some of the women wearing veils over their hats for protection from sandflies; image no. 79 "Phantom canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera" is an artist's impression of the phantom canoe which appeared to a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera on May 31st prior to the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10th 1886 and which was considered to be a bad omen; image no. 82 shows a collage "No. 1. Maori Land. The portraits are originals - taken from life"; image no. 094 shows a close-up view of the "wire tram" over the Taramakau River; no. 095 shows a logging tramway in the Taupaki Kauri Bush belonging to Matthew Henry Roe, while no. 120 shows his Kauri Point Sawmill, with the paddle steamer "Oregon" in the background; no. 096 shows a self-acting tramway incline at Wairongomai used for gold extraction; nos 104 and 105 show gold dredges, "the Dunedin Gold Dredge" and "Sew Hoy's Dredge". Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Some items retouched with white, showing snow-covered peaks. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [188-?]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-096162-G

Description: Lake House beside Lake Rotoroa, Hamilton, taken ca 1880s by Daniel Manders Beere Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 16.; Photographer's title on negative - The lake, Hamilton The house was designed by architect Isaac R Vialou and was built ca 1872 for Alfred Cox Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative