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Date: [ca 1960s-1980s]

From: New Zealand Centre for Photography :Photographs

By: Hoy, Douglas George, 1937-1992

Reference: PAColl-9528-2

Description: Photographs of railway scenes taken by Douglas George Hoy. Includes photographs of Wellington Harbour Board buildings and vessels, United Kingdom trip in 1980, and photographs of friends, pets and various artistic photographs. Accompanying material - Negative index Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: [ca 1900-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-7219

Description: Postcards of a Maori chief from Whangape in a feathered cloak with moko and carrying a taiaha; mail coaches leaving Ohaeawai; sheep mustering on McKenzie's Estate, Herekino where the sheep are being herded into a field next to a beach; two of the second oldest church in New Zealand at Waimate North; Bedgood's Mill at Waimate North; Bedgood's mill waterwheel; a horse and cart heading to the Waimate Show in the distance; Te Paki Cattle Station; Houhora Hotel and harbour; Mount Camel and heads, Houhora harbour; moonlight on Houhora harbour; Herekino settlement; Herekino harbour overlooking Keay's with Manukau in the distance; Kerikeri Falls; Kohukohu showing the hotel and other buildings on the waterfront; two boats on the Waihopo River; a girl talking to a boy on a horse with the staff quarters of the Kaitaia Wireless Station behind them; three views of the Kaitai Radio Station (in operation 1912-1929); two men on rope slings gathering gum from a kauri tree; view of Kaikohe; Government Buildings, Kaikohe; Kaikohe Hotel with two men on ponies outside; two men on bicycles with the Kaitaia Post Office behind them; view of Mangonui; a man boating in Mangamuka Gorge; the Mangamuka River; sheep being driven along a road in Marangai, looking west; two views of Marangai looking east; a view of Kerikeri from the river showing the Stone Store and Kemp House; the bathing pool at Ngawha Springs; the Black Lake, Ngawha Springs; Ngataki Lake, Waihopo; boys from Te Kao North Cape Native School doing a haka; Ohaeawai Hotel; the Church of England, Ohaeawai (with additional photography by Radcliffe); the pier in Parengarenga Harbour; sheep on the road at Ohaeawai; a loaded horse-drawn cart on the main street in Ohaeawai, looking west; a steam locomotive pulling kauri logs at Puketi; and a kauri tree in a forest with a hut behind it. Photographer was Northwood Brothers. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002254, 002392, 002395, 002741, 002742, 002744 to 002746, 002748 to 002750, 002788 to 002795, 002809 to 002811, 002825, 002826, 002828, 002881, 002882, 002889, 002909 to 002911, 003123, 003156 to 003159, 003187, 003260 (additional copy at 1/2-021628), 003499 to 003503, 003543, 026804, 002998 to 003000, 032360 Quantity: 48 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1880s

Reference: PAColl-7477

Description: Photographs of the following locomotives: D Class, E Class (including double Fairlie engines at Wanganui and Wellington), J Class, K Class, L Class, S Class, S & D Class, V Class, W Class, mostly with staff at railway stations, including Christchurch, Wanganui and the engine sheds at Pipitea. The two which are not at stations are of sheep being transported on the Ladle Bend on the Wairarapa line and another on the curve near the summit of the Rimutaka Incline. Also included is a train with passengers and timber at the Rimutaka summit with the railway houses behind it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004656 to 004673 Quantity: 18 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives Processing information: The file prints describe the images as copy negatives from album prints with numbers in the range 3321 to 3349. These numbers may refer to original numbering in an album held by the Library.

Date: 1911

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0441-1/2-G

Description: Steam locomotive and driver. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1911. Similar image (APG-1389-1/2-F) with original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album, Vol 110, p 114), with caption "Built by Orenstein & Keppel (Ger). Used by Coal Co. in north. Later in Whangarei, Portland Cement - now preserved at Matakohe". Coal company and place from caption above. Built by Orenstein & Koppel, Germany (no. 1411). Used by the Northern Colliery Co., Waro. Later taken to Whangarei for use by Portland Cement, and then preserved at Matakohe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1911

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1387-1/2-F

Description: Steam locomotive built in Germany, belonging to the Northern Colliery Company, Waro. Two men are standing in the cab, while a young boy and another man are standing beside the engine. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1911. This image is a film copy negative taken from the original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 115 (PA1-q-103). Similar image (at APG-0441-1/2-G) with original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album, Vol 110, p 114), with caption "Built by Orenstein & Keppel (Ger). Used by Coal Co. in north. Later in Whangarei, Portland Cement - now preserved at Matakohe". Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - German locomotive at Northern Colliery Co. Waro. Gauge 20 inches Built by Orenstein & Koppel, Germany (no. 1411). Used by the Northern Colliery Co., Waro. Later taken to Whangarei for use by Portland Cement, and then preserved at Matakohe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 16.25 x 11.75 cm

Date: 1972

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/4-020370-F

Description: Steam train at Tawa Railway Station, and groups, including schoolboys, standing on the platform. Photograph taken in 1972 for the Evening Post newspaper by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1911

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1389-1/2-F

Description: Steam locomotive built in Germany, belonging to the Northern Colliery Company, Waro. The driver is standing in the cab. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1911. This image is a film copy negative taken from the original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 114 (PA1-q-103). The original glass negative is at APG-0441-1/2-G and original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album, Vol 110, p 114) Inscriptions: Album page - centre left - Built by Orenstein & Keppel (Ger), used by Northern Coal Co, later in Whangarei, Portland Cement Co, now preserved at Matakohe. Built by Orenstein & Koppel, Germany (no. 1411). Used by the Northern Colliery Co., Waro. Later taken to Whangarei for use by Portland Cement, and then preserved at Matakohe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 16.25 x 11.75 cm

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-1862-1/2-F

Description: Shows the Railway Station at Arthur's Pass showing a train and passengers talking in groups on the platform. In the background are snow clad hills. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Verso - (Sgd.) J D Pascoe Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1942-1956

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-2

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1887

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025504-G

Description: A stereoscopic view of New Zealand Railways locomotive J 41 with train at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau, shortly after transfer from the South Island in October 1887. Shows passengers who have alighted from the train. Photograph taken by William Williams. Information from E R Williams files, and W G Lloyd Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative