Places

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.37841

Description: Cadastral street map of land blocks in part of Petone, from Gear Street southwards to the Esplanade, and westwards to Beach Street. Streets are named, sections are numbered with acreage, (difficult to decipher), some groups of sections are highlighted. Ink annotation on the map highlights the Petone Technical Institute on Jackson Street. Title from Accession record. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink, coloured, on diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 39.5 x 40 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear Meat Company, 81-295.

Date: 1927

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Atkins & Mitchell (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-037-081/090

Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations, with detail of Jackson Street and Richmond Street elevations, sections through ledgers and details of reinforcements. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed linen paper, 570 x 770 mm.

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0185

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. A closer view of image at PAColl-D-0162 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 320 x 570 mm with mount

Date: 1941

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd; Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1941/Acc.37842

Description: Cadastral survey map of the subdivision of part 7 of Section 3, Lots 1, 2 and 3, on Jackson Street, Petone, that border the Gear Meat Company and GN Raymond NZ Ltd. Shows acreage. Other Titles - Plan of subdivision Part subdivision 7, of Section 3, Hutt District Shows mark of Gear Meat Company seal. Written on map: '12366'. Across Jackson Street, Native Land NL 2086 is indicated. Received by Land Transfer Office. Inscriptions: Signed by Chief surveyor, Mayor and Town Clerk, District Land Engineer, and directors and secretary of the Gear Meat Company, and a registered surveyor. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40.3 x 39 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear Meat Company Ltd. Further records - 81-295.

Date: 1910 - 1919

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Maps

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/[191-?]/Acc.37840

Description: Cadastral street map of land blocks in part of Petone, from Gear Street southwards to the Esplanade, and westwards to Beach Street. Streets are named, sections are numbered with acreage, some groups of sections are highlighted. Pencil annotations on the map concern sections numbers 115-122 and 1 and 2, Victoria Street, at the Jackson Street intersection. Four of these have the annotation 'Not Gear', while four are marked with a cross and a number. Written on recto: Gear - Petone Title from Accession record Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Pencil on photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 43.2 x 43 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Gear meat Company, 81-295.

Date: 1905

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-D-RETAIL-1905-05

Description: Arrangement of text listing items on sale. Items include blankets, fabrics and curtains; men's suits and hats; towels and sheeting; women's undergarments. Other Titles - Our last word here - we ask our Petone and Hutt friends, customers, and the public to come along for AULD LANG SYNE. ... Right down, clear out, snorter sale, Jackson Street, Petone Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Evening Post Print - 11094. Dated by Evening Post print number, in relation to other posters of the same era. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on poster, 515 x 318 mm.

Date: [Between 1955 and 1963]

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PA1-q-098

Description: Aerial views, exterior views and interior views of the Gear Meat Company at Petone, between 1955 and 1963. Includes sheep in holding pens, various areas of the meat works showing activities such as skinning, whole carcasses, various stages of preparation for packaging meat for the local market and for transport overseas; further products including canned meat; tallow; hides; wool; and fertilizer. Vehicles for the transportation of meat include ships at London Docks unloading frozen carcasses, and a fleet of delivery vans for the local wholesale trade. One photograph shows Prince Philip (the Duke of Edinburgh) visiting the meat works in 1956, coincidentally at the time of celebrations for the 75th anniversary of the Gear Meat company. Different Gear Meat Company shops are shown, in Jackson Street, Petone; in Upper Hutt; and at 94/98 Lambton Quay. The first `Primary Fresh Foods' shop opened by the company at 12 Bunny Street, Lower Hutt, is seen on opening day with a delicatessen section as well as meat department. There are exterior and interior views of the different shops. A number of views show hostel accomodation for meat workers, showing exterior views, a bedroom, a kitchen for communal use, and a social hall. The final section shows the Gear Meat stall at Hutt Valley Industries Fair, 19-27 August, 1960; and their stall at the Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association Show in November 1962. An envelope inserted at the back of the album contains views of sheep holding pens, further scenes of the interior of an abatoir, and one view of the Gear Homestead. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Gear Meat Company album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth album, entitled `Photographs'; 29 x 38 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0165

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of Hutt Road in the foreground. In the immediate foreground is a timber yard and a bridge across the railway line. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. One the far right is a building on Jackson Street with Baker Bros estate advertisement painted on the side. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. Compare with image at PAColl-D-0162 taken on the same day from a slightly different angle Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 350 x 545 mm on card

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0106

Description: Aerial photograph of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking west towards the Hutt Road and Horokiwi Quarries. Includes Petone Esplanade, Petone Railway Station, Jackson Street, Cornish Street industrial area, etc. Probably taken by Whites Aviation Ltd in 1950s. Inscriptions: Mat recto - centre - Gear Meat Co. Ltd, Petone, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand coloured. Physical Description: 38 x 47.5 cm with mount

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

Reference: PAColl-D-0154

Description: Aerial photograph [?] of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking south-east towards Port Howard. The wharf is partially visible on the right. Jackson Street in in the immediate foreground on left (bottom). Identical image to PAColl-D-0166 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Gear Freezing Works. Copright. Petone. N.Z. A7164 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 297 x 377 mm on card

Date: ca 1948 - 1966

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Ian Hulse Photography

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-018

Description: Photographs of Lower Hutt, Petone and Wellington city, taken circa 1948 to 1966, for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Included are photographs of streets, libraries, public swimming pools, the construction of the Petone overbridge, the Hutt River, the Hutt Recreation Ground, Petone foreshore, the opening of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, Percy's Reserve and State housing. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1890

By: Buck, William Seldon, 1846-1919; Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899

Reference: MapColl-832.4796gbbd/1890/Acc.6410

Description: Surveyed cadastral map of Pito-one (Petone) no. 1, consisting of 1a, 1b, 1c, Block 13, Belmont District, Lower Hutt, bounded by Jackson Street, Gear Street and the Hutt Road. Names of Maori owners written on sections are: Hana Te Puni, Taniora Anaru, Mawene Hohua, Matene Tauwhare. The section 1D (four acres) has buildings on it. Survey certified and signed by Edward V Briscoe, 4 June 1890, according to the Survey of Native lands. See also second copy (Acc.6413), shelved at 832.4796gbbd/1890, (ink and watercolour on card, linen backed) Includes pencil annotations on map, such as calculations, and some Maori names Other Titles - Subdivision 1D of Section number 3, Hutt District, Wellington Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Stamped Survey Office, Wellington, 4409/19 ; 5.6.90.; Verso - top right - Edward V Briscoe, authorised surveyor Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [ca 1:792], 48.2 x 39.6 cm.

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

Reference: PAColl-D-0135

Description: Aerial photograph [?] of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking south towards the wharf. In the immediate foreground (on Jackson Street) is a building with an advertisement for Plume benzine. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 127 x 517 mm on card

Date: 1920 - 1938 - 1952 - 1929

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm); Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-037-091/094

Description: Includes floor plans and elevation. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil drawings, sizes varying up to 580 x 740 mm.

Date: 13 December 1973

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1973/5443-F

Description: Constable Leroy Alexander (Roy) Jackson riding his bicycle in Jackson Street, Petone. Photographed by an evening Post staff photographer 13 December 1973. This photograph was published in the Evening Post 18 December 1978. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 2 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 8 April 1992

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1992/2202-F

Description: View of blocks of flats built by the Housing Corporation at the eastern end of Jackson Street Petone in the early 1950s. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 8th of April 1992 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Celulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

Reference: PAColl-D-0166

Description: Aerial photograph [?] of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking south-east towards Port Howard. The wharf is partially visible on the right. Jackson Street in in the immediate foreground on left (bottom). Identical image to PAColl-D-0154 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Gear Freezing Works. Copright. Petone. N.Z. A7164 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 297 x 377 mm on card

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Gear Meat Company Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0162

Description: Photograph of the Gear Meat Company, Petone looking south to Somes Island. Houses line both sides of the road in the foreground. In the foreground to the right is a timber yard. There is a horse and cart parked on the road. Photographer unidentified; date possibly 1890s or early 1900s. The back of the building that is just visible on the far right has the sign `Baker Brothers, Estate Agents & Auctioneers' painted on the side - as seen in the copy negative 1/2-001869-G Compare with PAColl-D-0165 taken on same day from a slightly different angle A closer view of same view at PAColl-D-0185 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 312 x 500 mm on card

Date: July 1919

From: Dangerfield, Leonard Joseph, fl 1988-2002 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9308-08

Description: View of a large arch across Jackson Street, Petone, displaying the word "Peace." Photographed by an unknown photographer in July 1919. Peace day was celebrated on 19 July 1919. The Peace treaty of Versailles was signed on 28 June 1919. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.5 x 10.5 cm, mounted on cardboard

Date: 20 September 2002-21 September 2002

From: Wellington Photographic Society Inc :Photographs

By: Robson, Stuart, active 2002

Reference: PADL-000061

Description: Photographs of medical students before the start of the Undie 500, people at La Bella Vista in Petone, Jim Harland of Titahi Bay Lions Club, people at the Porirua Morning Market, and scenes on Jackson Street, Petone, taken 20-21 September 2002 by Stuart Robson for the Wellington Photographic Society event '24 Hours in Wellington'. Other Titles - 55 Robson Stuart Quantity: 10 digital photograph(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Finding Aids: List of photographs available.