Places

Date: [ca 1901-1930s]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-6865

Description: 18 negatives of various scenes. Five are of the fire on Mein Street, Newtown in 1901 which show the chimneys left standing, police at the scene and people's belongings piled up in the nearby town belt; three are of a procession in Wellington; two are of a war memorial; two are of a car; two are of a coal mining railway through the bush probably on the West Coast; one is of a woman in a bathing suit about to dive off a yacht with others on board; one if of Panckhurst & Co Drapery Emporium next to the main post office in Westport; one is of a bridge; and one of a crane towed by a steam locomotive probably next to the Hutt Road. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-032163 to 032180 Quantity: 18 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1876-1889

From: Young, Bennett, Edgley and Co : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-0498-2

Description: Correspondence: (i) Thomas Urwin to Charles Brown re underlease of lot 58 of the reclaimed land in Wellington (Grey St), 15 June 1876; (ii) Agreement between Thomas Urwin and Robert Surman re billiard tables in Urwin's hotel, the `Theatre Royal', 28 Feb. 1877; (iii) Elizabeth Hower to August Vollbracht re lease of house and furniture in May Street for 6 months, 11 June, 1860-9 Jan 1881; (iv) Frank Morton Olivier to Mr and Mrs William Elliott Tyson re lease of section 768 Mein St, 27 Jan 1886 and (v) Te Puni family to Horace Danvers Baker re lease of property in Belmont, Lower Hutt - includes declarations in Maori by each member of the Te Puni family under the Native Land Court Act of 1894 (18 May 1899). Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/1-019881-G

Description: View of Newtown, Wellington, showing Wellington Hospital in the centre foreground. Mein Street is seen on the left. Riddiford Street runs across the centre of the photograph. Taken by S C Smith, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 12 Aug 1980]

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

Reference: EP/1980/2567-F

Description: Aerial view of Newtown, Wellington, with Wellington Public Hospital buildings in the centre. Mein Street runs vertically from the lower left corner, intersecting with Riddiford Street and Hall Street. John Street is at upper right and streets alongside, in Mount Cook, are visible. Photograph taken circa 12 August 1980, by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Other - Published in the Evening Post newspaper, 12 August 1980 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at cabinet 9, drawer 1 at NZ Health-Wellington Public Hospital.

Date: 1909

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

Reference: 1/1-019759-G

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama depicting Mein Street, in the suburb of Newtown, Wellington, photographed in 1909 by Sydney Charles Smith. Note on back of file print reads "Henry Wright's house in foreground" Part 1 of this panorama is at 1/1-019758. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 16 Jan 1952]

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

Reference: 114/423/11-G

Description: Aerial view of Wellington Public Hospital buildings, Newtown, Wellington. Shows Riddiford Street and Adelaide Road at lower right. Mein and Daniel Streets are at top right. Photograph taken circa 16 January 1952 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Other - Published in the Evening Post 16 January 1952 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.5 x 4.75 inches

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

Reference: 1/2-046014-G

Description: Part 3 of a 3 part panorama of Newtown, Wellington. Newtown School and Mein Street can be seen in the foreground. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Forms a three part panorama with 1/2-046012 and 1/2-046013 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1912

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

Reference: 1/1-020029-G

Description: Overlooking the suburb of Newtown, Wellington, from Wellington Hospital. Shows Newtown School, and the backs of a row of identical cottages, on Mein Street in the centre. Regina Terrace is in the foreground. Riddiford and Rintoul Streets are just visible on the right. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith in 1912. Possibly shows Wellington South Church of Christ to the right of Newtown School. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: Description updated 22 December 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: 1909

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

Reference: 1/1-019755-G

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama of Newtown, Wellington, including Mein Street, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in 1909. Looks from the town belt area below Alexandra Road, over a dense group of streets and houses, with Mein Street in the centre. Henry Wright's house is in the right foreground. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Transfers: Part 1 of this panorama is at 1/1-019764.

Date: [ca 7 Feb 1971]

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

Reference: EP/1971/0946-F

Description: Aerial view of Wellington Public Hospital buildings, and surrounding area, Newtown, Wellington. Shows Riddiford Street on the left, and Mein Street on the right. Photograph taken circa 7 February 1971 by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Other - Published in the Evening Post newspaper, 7 Feburary 1971, with a key to numbered features shown in the photograph Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm