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Saxby album 2
Date: 1870-1890
From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-q-213
Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm
Bethune album
Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)
Reference: PA1-f-013
Description: Views of New Zealand taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers, James Ring, Josiah Martin, and Henry Thomas Lock. Includes images of flooding in Blenheim, and a wire cable tram across the Taramakau River (West Coast). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound folio album, 415 x 300 mm
Photographer unknown: Scenes of Wanganui
Date: [ca 1924]
Reference: PAColl-7008
Description: 8 views: HMS Hood in Wellington harbour 1924; man punting a waka through the flooded streets of Wanganui with a woman standing in the prow; a lot of people coming over the bridge into the Wanganui floods, some on a waka; the premises of Park, Davis & Co fruit and produce auctioneers; men getting into two small sailing dinghies on the Whanganui River; people boarding a paddle steamer on the Whanganui River; two men, three children and a dog outside a meeting house; and a page from a book with a map of the Bay of Islands. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-097254 to 097261 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives
Interview with David Jones
Date: 16, 23 August, 13 Sept, 1994 - 16 Aug 1994 - 13 Sep 1994
From: The Men in Our Lives oral history project
By: Jones, David, 1914-1999
Reference: OHInt-0406-19
Description: David Jones born Wanganui, 1914. Outlines family background - maternal grandparents from County Cork, Ireland - mother born in Greymouth - Uncle Jack became Mayor of Greymouth. Talks about the West Coasters. Recalls the Chinese gold miners and the differences in their work conditions from the other miners. Describes growing up in Wanganui; family house in Keith Street; Masonic Lodge; father's fear of fire as a result of the great Raetihi bush fire in 1918. Recalls going to work in an electroplater's shop and at the age of 15 `doing a man's work for a slave wage'. Talks about the lack of a trade union covering electroplaters in Wanganui and the subsequent working conditions. Explains electroplating process. Moved to Wellington and recalls decent pay and work conditions and his first union meeting at the age of 22 when he requested that the Wanganui and Palmerston North area be covered by the engineers union which did eventuate. Explains that conditions had improved on moving back to his former job. Other recollections include: fishing; native school, Putiki; Maori canoes on the river; cherry trees planted by Mother Mary Aubert; influenza epidemic 1918; end of World War I celebrations; 1920s earthquake; big flood in 1926 and Foster's Hotel fire. Recalls declaration of World War II and joining Expeditionary Force, travelling in `The New Amsterdam' to Sydney, then to Singapore where they transferred to the `Aquatania' bound for Egypt. Was part of the 4th anti-aircraft regiment. Has vivid recall of events, relating many stories and mapping his movements during the war and comradeship. Talks about the dreadful living conditions during the war and gives his opinions on war. Mentions Battle of Alamein. Moved from the deserts to Bari, Italy and relates stories from the Sangro River. Talks about the fall of Cassino and experiences in Italy. Talks about life after the war and his research into rammed-earth building, using that method to build his own house which he describes. Talks about his book on the subject of rammed earth building that is being published at present. Recounts his involvement with RSA and Vietnam issues - was totally opposed to the Vietnam war. Gives reasons for living so long in Wanganui and the changes he has seen in the town. Recounts his involvement with the Four Seasons Theatre. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Abstracted by - Michelle Horwood Interviewer(s) - Susan Hawes Recorded by - Susan Hawes Venue - 22 Ngatarua Road, Wanganui Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-007598-007600 ; OHC-006766-006767 Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 5 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 1917. Photocopies of 3 photographs: (1) David Jones Italy 1942; (2) David and Aunt Avril Jones and brother Lou; (3) David and Lou 1940.
Murray, David Thomas :Postcards and mounted photographs of Wanganui
Date: 1865 - ca 1920
By: Murray, David Thomas, active 1994; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Martin, Alfred, 1846?-1906; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923
Reference: PAColl-3581
Description: Quantity: 6 photocopy/ies.
North Island scenes
Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029
Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Flooding at Wanganui
Date: [1904]
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039350-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui. Shows Whanganui River and Victoria Avenue Bridge. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Flooding at Wanganui
Date: 1904
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039349-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Other - Right side of 3 part panorama with 1/1-039347 and 1/1-039348 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Panorama view of Wanganui flood 1904, protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Flooding at Wanganui, showing high water under the Victoria Avenue bridge
Date: [1904]
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039354-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui, showing high water under the Victoria Avenue bridge. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top centre - Wanganui Bridge showing the high water ... protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Flooding at Wanganui
Date: [1904]
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039347-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Other - Left side of 3 part panorama with 1/1-039348 and 1/1-039349 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top right - Panorama of Wanganui flood, protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Flooding at Wanganui, showing the railway station
Date: 1904
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039352-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui, showing Wanganui Railway Station. You can see horse-drawn carts in the flooded street. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Rly Station Wanganui flood 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Flooding, Wanganui
Date: 1904
From: Williams, Edith Emily, 1887-1981: Photographs
Reference: 1/1-024408-G
Description: Groups on horse drawn carts during a flood in Wanganui, in 1904. A office of the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency is visible. Photograph taken by Edith Emily Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Flooding at Wanganui
Date: 1904
From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific
Reference: 1/1-039348-G
Description: Flooding at Wanganui. Shows Whanganui River and Victoria Avenue Bridge. Photograph taken 1904 by Louis John Daroux. Other - Centre of 3 part panorama with 1/1-039347 and 1/1-039349 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Panorama Wanganui flood 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Erosion damage caused by flooding, Wanganui
Date: 1926
From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)
Reference: 1/1-017515-G
Description: View of an eroded riverbank alongside Putiki Drive? in Wanganui, caused by flood waters and the rising level of the Whanganui River. Shows fallen fences and a broken walkway in front of the Royal Hotel. Photograph taken in 1926 by F J Denton. Other - Back of file print notes Royal Hotel now the Red Lion Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Photograph of the Wanganui River in Flood
Date: 12 March 1990
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP-Science-Meteorology-Floods-1990-2002-01
Description: A view of the Whanganui River in full flood, also the bridges and part of Wanganui. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1990. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 25 x 17 cm