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Coast of Somes Island, with the yacht Rewa on the left

Date: 1890

From: Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/2-002513-G

Description: The coast of Somes Island, with the yacht Rewa on the left, photographed in 1890 by Frederick James Halse of Wellington. Identified and dated from typescript index to negatives, housed at file TL 6/1/17. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches Processing information: Originally housed in Halse Collection box 6.

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Aerial view of Lower Hutt

Date: [ca 19 February 1951]

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

Reference: 114/263/12-G

Description: Aerial view of Lower Hutt, Petone and Somes Island photographed circa 19 February 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

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View of Wellington taken from Kelburn looking east

Date: [Between 1910 and 1930]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000525-G

Description: View across Wellington, taken from Kelburn, with the houses along The Terrace in the middle distance. The wharves and ships in the harbour are in the middle distance. Somes Island can be seen on the left in the far distance. Oriental Bay is on the right. Photograph taken between 1910 and 1930 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wellington. NZ. 601 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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Somes Island

Date: 1903

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/2-004049-G

Description: A general view of Somes Island, showing the landing place and some buildings. Photograph taken by Malcolm Ross ca 1903. Somes Island has been re-named Matiu/Somes Island. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Ayrshire heifers from Scotland under quarantine on Somes Island

Date: [ca October 1946]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PICT-000153

Description: Ayrshire heifers from Scotland under quarantine on Somes Island, taken by an unidentified photographer for the New Zealand Free Lance, circa October 1946. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print

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Looking through the archway on Somes Island, with the yacht Rewa in the background, 1890

Date: 1890

From: Halse, Frederick James, 1863-1936 : Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/2-004088-G

Description: Looking through the archway on Somes Island, with the yacht Rewa in the background (Vennell and Ernest in the yacht), photographed in 1890 by Frederick James Halse. Identified and dated from typescript index to negatives, housed at file TL 6/1/17. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches Processing information: Originally housed in Halse Collection box 6.

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German prisoners of war on Somes Island

Date: 1916

From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I

Reference: 1/2-091247-F

Description: German prisoners af war at exercise on Somes Island Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Lighthouse on Somes Island, Wellington

Date: [ca 1930s - 1950s]

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112225-F

Description: View from Somes Island, looking south across Wellington harbour, toward Wellington city. In the foreground in the lighthouse and the lighthouse keeper's cottage is on the right. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1930s to 1950s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Private cuddy built on Soames Island by guards

Date: ca 1910

From: Roy Clark, WNTV 1, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation : Photographs of Somes Island, 1914-18

Reference: 1/2-038619-F

Description: Private cuddy built on Soames Island by guards. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Chapman, Alfred, 1829-1874 :The site of the late Mr C H Piper's grave at Wellington dra...

Date: 1856

By: Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874

Reference: A-090-013

Description: Wellington seen from Bolton Street cemetery with fenced graves in the foreground, the flagpole at Government House visible lower down the hill and the houses of Thorndon to the left. The view looks north across Wellington Harbour with Somes Island and the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the distance Another very similar view in an album by Chapman - 'Wellington burying ground' - is held by the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust. A photographic copy is the Drawings & Prints files Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 250 mm

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View of Karaka Bay, Wellington - Photograph taken by Frank Barker

Date: 1910

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1040-29-2

Description: View of Karaka Bay, Wellington Harbour, and Somes Island in the distance. Photographed by Frank Barker in 1910. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Karaka Bay 1910 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9.5 cms in diametre

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Members of the New Zealand Guard on Somes Island

Date: between 1914-1918

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112326-F

Description: Members of the New Zealand Guard on Somes Island during World War I. Major Mathieson is seated on the left. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Guards working party, Somes Island

Date: 1914

From: Roy Clark, WNTV 1, New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation : Photographs of Somes Island, 1914-18

Reference: PAColl-6718-01

Description: Guards working party on Somes Island, 1914. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 151 x 114 mm

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Saxton, Henry Waring 1848-1919 :Somes Island, Wellington, New Zealand. 1877.

Date: 1877

By: Saxton, Henry Waring, 1848-1919; Sisarich, Warren, active 1980s-1990s

Reference: A-253-036

Description: Shows a profile of Somes Island seen from the region of Seacliff. Shows a large complex of two-storied buildings (newly-built immigration barracks) on the top centre of island, a surveying trig on highest point, and a few small buildings on shoreline. In the left distance, Pencarrow Head lighthouse is visible. The Immigration Barracks are shown in a photograph of Somes Island ca 1878 in the J. E. Fitzgerald Album in the Photographic Archive. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - H.W.S. 1877; Recto - beneath image - (on backing paper): So named in memory of Joseph Somes, M.P. Dartmouth, Governor of New Zealand Shipping Co.; Verso - top centre - late) Revd C.W. Saxton D.D. / The Elms / Shrewsbury The artist was the brother-in-law of Joseph Somes, after whom the island was named. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 120 x 198 mm.

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Artist unknown :Somes Isl[and] 10 Jan [19]41.

Date: 1941

Reference: A-375-024

Description: Shows a view of slopes on Somes Island, with fencing and pine trees. The sloping hills converge at a lighthouse at the south end of the island, and beyond is the Wellington City coastline, with Wellington Heads and the Pencarrow Coast in the distance. Monogram signature at lower left may be C.A. or G.A. Floral watercolour study on verso, with note: Deutsch die Saar (The Saar is German). The Saar was reunited with Germany after a plebiscite in 1935. A large number of Jews were deported from Baden and the Saar in 1940. Probably painted by a German internee on Somes Island during the Second World War. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title, initials and date]; Verso - top right - By German internee; Verso - centre - Deutsch die Saar ("The Saar is German") Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 152 x 208 mm.

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German prisoners of war, Somes Island

Date: ca 1916

Reference: 1/2-112327-F

Description: German prisoners of war on Somes Island during World War One. Taken by an unknown photographer circa 1916. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Date of photography changed from 'circa 1906' to 'circa 1916' after the typographical error was noticed by a staff member.

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General view of Korokoro, Petone

Date: 1900s

From: Heine, Clara Mathilde, fl 1960s: Photographs of Upper Moutere and Wellington

Reference: 1/2-032583-G

Description: General view of Korokoro, Petone taken by an unknown photographer some time in the 1900s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate negative

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Somes Island, Wellington

Date: 1969

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

Reference: 1/4-016611-F

Description: Somes Island, Wellington, 1969. Looks down upon buildings. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Aerial view of Somes Island with three biplanes flying past

Date: March 1938

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

Reference: 1/2-C-14274-F

Description: Aerial view of Somes Island. Three Blackburn Baffin biplanes of the Royal New Zealand Air Force are flying past. The original Evening Post caption (30 March 1938) reads "The biplanes were carrying out formation flying in connection with recent training operations of the Wellington (Territorial) Squadron of the New Zealand Air Force, stationed at Rongotai." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

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German internees on Somes Island

Date: [between 1914-1918]

From: Hart, Roger :Photographs of Somes Island and other subjects

Reference: 1/2-112228-F

Description: German internees on Somes Island. Taken by an unidentified photographer during World War I. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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