Places

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959

Reference: PA5-0063

Description: Government Grounds, Rotorua, taken by E Le Grice, Rotorua ca 1910-1913 Verso consists of message to Mary from Charlie and addressed to Miss McKenzie, Huron Street, East Gore, Southland, Otago. Has a half penny postage stamp attached. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 87 x 135 mm

Date: 1923

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

Reference: Pan-1581-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across beds of standard roses, other flower beds and croquet lawns to the Rotorua Bath House on the left. There are people playing croquet and other sports on the right. Established trees on the far right and in the background to the right of the Bath House. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1583, Pan-1584, Pan-1590 Source of descriptive information - Date from other images taken by Moore in his own numerical sequence (RPM-00--) which were taken in 1923 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Govt. Bath Buildings (Rotorua New Zealand) No. 70; Marginal notes on tape - Bath House. Rotorua Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.0 cm

Date: [1930s-1950s]

From: Creator unknown: Lantern slides, chiefly of trips overseas, plants, and gardens

Reference: PA11-273

Description: Lantern slides of New Zealand landscapes, holiday scenes, and gardens taken by unidentified photographers, probably during the 1930s-1950s. Some have printed captions giving the location or subject. The images include: - Views of Mt Cook and of the Franz Josef Glacier, along with image of crevasses. Also images of skiing, including kea bird perching on upright skis. - Landscapes seen through windows above the altars of two churches: the Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Tekapo) and St James Church (Waiho Gorge, near Franz Josef). - Scenes in Queenstown, including of the lakefront and the yacht `Kelvin' at the wharf, St Peter's Church, and looking over Lake Wakatipu to The Remarkables. - Images probably taken elsewhere in Central Otago, including a stone post office and other buildings; lake with boats [Lake Wanaka?]; a hillside flower garden; flower beds and gardens; and informal group portraits of children. - Views of flowers, gardens, or trees in Tauranga, Rotorua, and unidentified locations. - Exterior views of Canterbury Museum and Arts Centre in Christchurch. Arrangement: Set contains slides from boxes, 4, 5, and 8. Quantity: 19 b&w lantern slide(s). 30 colour lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: Circa 1925

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

Reference: Pan-1583-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Rotorua Government Grounds, with a driveway in the foreground leading to the main Sanatorium buildings which are partially visible centre left, and to the Duchess Bath on the right. Flowers and shrubs bordering the drives, trees and a small lake on the right. A man wearing a suit and hat is standing beside the lake, near a lamp stand. An arm of Lake Rotorua is visible behind the buildings, and there are hills in the background. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1584, Pan-1586, Pan-1590 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Sanitorium [i.e. Sanatorium] Grounds. Rotorua, New Zealand. No. 74A; Marginal notes on tape - 17 17 17 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 123.0 cm

Date: Circa 1925

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

Reference: Pan-1590-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Rotorua Government Sanatorium in the centre. Borders and formal gardens along a path in the centre, band rotunda on the far side of a large area of bowling greens on the right. Mature trees and lawns across the image. A man wearing a bowtie, holding a hat is leaning against the back of a garden seat in the centre of the image. There are garden seats all round th lawn on the right. Bunting is flying from the Sanatorium. The back view of a war memorial statue is seen by the path centre left, and there is another statue beyond. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1584, Pan-1586, Pan-1590 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Sanitorium [i.e. Sanatorium] Grounds. Rotorua, New Zealand. No. 74; Marginal notes on tape - 16 16 16 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.9 cm

Date: Circa 1925

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

Reference: Pan-1579-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over the Rotorua Government Gardens taken from the Government Sanatorium buildings. Expansive grounds including croquet lawns alongside tennis courts in the foreground, and bowling greens with people playing beyond the tennis courts. A sports pavilion is visible in the middle distance beyond the lawns, and the gardener's cottage is on the right on a slight hill among trees. Roadways and paths link the heritage buildings. Large mature trees, shrub and flower borders. Lake Rotorua is visible in the background on the right. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1583, Pan-1584, Pan-1586, Pan-1590 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Government Grounds, Rotorua. No. 72; Marginal notes on tape - Panorama of Govt. Gardens. Rotorua Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.0 cm

Date: 1923

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

Reference: Pan-1586-F

Description: Panoramic view of a driveway leading left and right. The Bath House is on the far left with a rose bed in the lawn in front of the building. Variety of mature trees in manicured lawns. Row of pansies with herbaceous border behind on the right. A man and a woman are walking on the drive on the right with the arched entrance gateway behind them. A memorial statue is visible in the centre of the image behind a circular bed of flowers and shrubs. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1579, Pan-1583, Pan-1584, Pan-1590 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Bathhouse & grounds. Rotorua. 1923. No. 73 [Printed in capitals]; Photographer's title on negative - Bath House & grounds. Rotorua. [Handwritten in cursor script]; Marginal notes on tape - 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 102.8 cm

Date: [191-?]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001149-G

Description: Government Gardens around the Government Sanatorium and Baths in Rotorua. The South African war memorial statute of Fred W Wylie is next to an ornamental pond. On the right is a tea kiosk. Photograph taken circa 1910s by Herman John Schmidt. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Tea kiosk identified from 1/2-001506. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1910

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

By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: 1/1-019905-G

Description: View of part of the Government Gardens, Rotorua, and of Lake Rotorua. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith about 1910 This image is part three of a 4 part panorama. Negative numbers of the other three parts are: 1/1-019913-G, 1/1-019907-G, 1/1-019911-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1936

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-03140-G

Description: Aerial view of the Government Gardens, Rotorua, photographed by Leo White in 1936. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative