Places

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: 1930

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

Reference: B-199-023

Description: Shows houses and trees in front of a hill. A curved road or path is in the foreground, with grass either side of it. There are several tall trees and a fenced paddock with gate. A note handwritten in pencil on the reverse reads '? Looking across to Rangitoto from Barnes Rd (Cunninghams)' Inscriptions: Verso - top left - "? Looking across to Rangitoto from Baines Rd (Cunninghams)" Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 135 x 215 mm

Date: [late 1930s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091739-F

Description: Zeila Wells, wife of the photographer, standing at a farm gate beside a poplar tree, photographed by Robert E Wells, probably in the late 1930s. Caption - Mangamahu Rd: poplar tree with Zeila at gate (broad) [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [late 1930s]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: 1/4-091737-F

Description: Zeila Wells, wife of the photographer, standing at a farm gate beside a poplar tree, photographed by Robert E Wells, probably in the late 1930s. Caption - Mangamahu Rd: poplar tree with Zeila at gate (tall) [from photographer's negative register] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1894

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

Reference: 1/1-021101-G

Description: William H Blythe's house in Wanganui, showing the entrance gate, photographed in 1894 by Frank J Denton. Note on back of file print reads "on neg: 5712 Blythe. Date: 1894 (accession register). From 1894 street dir: Blythe, William H. Wanganui." "William Henry Blythe and Alice Marr were married in 1876. In the 1880s William was a carter but in the 1894 electoral roll he is listed as a labourer. It is probable that this house started as a much smaller cottage that had additional rooms built as the family grew, and finances allowed. The double-hung sash windows are the "twelve-light" type (ie each sash has six small panes, three across and two down) which were typically used in the houses of the 1840s before larger sheets of glass were available in New Zealand." (Information taken from caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display). Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Inscriptions: 5712 Blythe [on neg] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Tanner, Robert, 1866-1952

Reference: Pan-1333-F

Description: Panoramic view of the front entrance of "Lansdale" farm near Longburn, Manawatu. A single-storeyed house is partially visible through a wrought-iron gate up a driveway. A road runs vertically through the centre with a large flock of sheep grazing in a flat paddock on the right. Trees separate the house and garden from the road on the right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1386, Pan-2013 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - R Tanner. Longburn; Photographer's title on negative - Front entrance to "Lansdale" Longburn Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 113.7 cm