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Workers at the Gear Meat Company, Petone
Date: ca 1900
From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I
Reference: 1/2-090508-F
Description: Workers at the Gear Meat Company, Petone, photographed circa 1900. Shows 18 men, many wearing sacking tunics and bound sacking footwear, standing outside a door to the works. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Men seated at a table eating a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4265-G
Description: Men seated at a table having a meal, Rimutaka Tunnel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Fishermen at Ohariu Bay
Date: 1 January 1905
From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-229-01-3
Description: View out across Ohariu Bay from above the beach. In the foreground on the beach are boats pulled up onto the shingle. Men are sitting and standing about talking. Photographed by Harold Hislop on the 1st of January 1905. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Fishermen Ohariu Bay New Years Day 1905 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, ii.7 x 6.4 cm, mounted on album page
Railway employees, Upper Hutt
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori
Reference: 1/2-110356-F
Description: Railway employees, Upper Hutt, circa 1900. James Johnson is 2nd from the left. Other men unknown. Photographer unidentified. A caption for this photograph in "Upper Hutt: Reflections from the past" by Joseph Mervyn Kenneally, 1980, page 19, reads: "Gangers, or the railway 'guardians', wearing a variety of different styled hats, take a break for the camera around 1900. Two hand propelled velocipedes [jiggers, or handcarts] of the period provided transport to and from the work site..." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4277-G
Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall, and a man climbing into the area. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Hunting trophies in V E Donald's dining room
Date: 8 November 1958
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1958/3796-F
Description: Mr and Mrs V E Donald in their dining room, Lansdowne, Masterton. The wall above them is decorated with hunting trophies in the form of deer and wapiti heads. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer 8 November 1958. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 6 x 6 cm
John Virtue Ilott making a speech
Date: [ca1950]
From: Wellington Junior Chamber of Commerce :Photographs of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Jaycees, 1944 to 1972
Reference: PAColl-0910-4-01
Description: John Virtue Ilott of the Wellington Junior Chamber of Commerce speaking about developing Rongatai Aerodrome into an international airport. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1950. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 14 x 8.5 cm
Carpenter constructing a food store for the United States servicemen's camps at Paekaka...
Date: ca 1942
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-000135-F
Description: Carpenter constructing a food store for the United States servicemen's camps at Paekakariki. Photograph taken by John Pascoe circa 1942. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Outcrop of Reikorangi conglomerate on spur east of Parakawau Ridge
Date: 31 March 1957
From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua
Reference: PA1-o-005-40-4
Description: An outcrop of Reikorangi conglomerate on spur east of, and parallel to, Parakawau Ridge. Photographed by George leslie adkins 31 March 1957. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 6 cm
Men on beach at Days Bay
Date: [ca 1920s]
From: Houlihan, Chris :Postcards of New Zealand scenes
Reference: 1/2-071658-F
Description: Copy negative from Christmas postcard showing two men (photographed circa 1920s) wearing bathing costumes, standing on the beach at Days Bay in Wellington. Children are playing on the sand in the background. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - On postcard: The Season's Greetings Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative from postcard
South Island hockey team, after winning a tournament against the North Island
Date: Aug 1947
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-7171-51
Description: Group portrait of the South Island hockey team who won against the North Island at Wellington by three goals to two. From left, standing: K Beach (Nelson), N Wales (Canterbury), T Eggleton (Canterbury), E Thomas (Canterbury), C V Walter (Canterbury) captain, W Morris (Canterbury), B Bedford (Otago), E Kofoed (Otago). Kneeling: A J Low (Southland), R Calvert (Canterbury), J Reece (Canterbury), L Hunter (Nelson), A Boyd (South Canterbury), E Gribble (Nelson). Photographer unidentified. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance 27/8/1947, page 33 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.7 x 21.3 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 776. Hockey. 1947
MacDonnell, J, fl 1944 :The Skipper [J F Cody] & some of his old gang. 1944.
Date: 1944
By: MacDonnell, J, active 1944
Reference: B-132-005
Description: Shows Captain Quartermaster J F Cody (lighting a cigarette) with twelve of his colleagues at Trentham Military Training Camp; some of them have signed beside their likenesses. These include: N P K Holbeck, J Black, A J Glue, A E Paine (holding a pack of packets of "Camel" cigarettes), H Bennett, E F Robertson, G Matthews, W Evans, E T Law, D G Thompson (smoking a pipe) and F Cluff[?]. Holbeck, Evans and Robertson may have been cooks. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash on card, 431 x 528 mm. Provenance: Donated by Patricia Fry in 2000.
Sawmill and workers, Upper Hutt
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori
Reference: 1/2-110365-F
Description: Scene alongside native bush in Upper Hutt, showing workers in the foreground, outside a sawmill. Photograph taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Copy photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Petoni [Between 1842 and 1845]
Date: 1842 - 1845
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hipkins, Roland, 1894-1951
Reference: B-031-002
Description: View from where Moreing's Creek enters the Hutt River, looking south towards Petone, with the Western Hills to the right. H. W. Petre's house is the furthest house to the far right and the other houses are spread along Petone foreshore. Two horsemen about to cross the bridge over the creek, a Maori man on the far side of the creek and flax lining both river and creek. The central large house may be the Queen's Head Inn Original of no 41 in Brees' "Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand" Petre's house on the right is likely to be his first home at Petone, rather than his second built at Woburn, which was further into the valley and on the other side of the Hutt River. Other Titles - Petone. Moreings Creek Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre right: Petoni [in brown brushpoint. Artist's inscription]. Verso: top centre, in ink 'Plate 13'. Bottom centre: 'Take a piece off ground & sky' [instructions to engraver] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 178 x 279 mm
Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :[Upper Hutt River, near junction of the Mangaroa Ri...
Date: 1886
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Reference: C-007-006
Description: A road cut into a cliff on the left, with a man and a dog walking around the corner. In the foreground, a ford crossing the river and tall trees on both sides, possibly beech trees. The Library also holds the preliminary drawing for this view, in pencil and sepia ink, (B-007-016). The preliminary drawing lacks the man and dog, and the trees are rather less lush. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 307 x 503 mm Provenance: Barraud family donation
Fishing group at Wainuiomata
Date: [ca 1882-1883]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025587-G
Description: Fishing group at Wainuiomata, circa 1882-1883. From left: William Williams, unidentified, T H Wyatt, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Toulson, A B Keyworth, Keverne [sic]. Shows them outside a house, with fishing rods, and cameras on tripods. Photograph likely to have been taken by William Williams using a self timer. Source of descriptive information - From file print (notes on back of print state : "Identified from photographers records and comparison with 1/1-025900. Dated from other Wainuiomata photos in collection") Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Carpenter working on the construction of a state house in Naenae, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Date: 1944
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-001172-F
Description: Unidentified carpenter working on the construction of a state house in Naenae, Lower Hutt, Wellington, 1944. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the Photographic Archive file at 6/1/30, for the set of photographs at 1/4-001168 to 001184 reads: "State homes in New Zealand" Caption - Caption with Pascoe file at 6/1/30 in Photographic Archive reads: "Under manpower retulations many tradesmen today must work in centres far from their own homes. Solution of housing problem demands sacrifices from many in the community." Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Interior view of Rimutaka Tunnel showing rock fall
Date: 1952
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP/1952/4276-G
Description: Interior view of the Rimutaka Tunnel under construction showing rockfall. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer in 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 10.5 x 8cm
Group photograph of members of the Martin family and friends
Date: [ca 1911]
From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs
Reference: 1/2-173045-F
Description: Group photograph of members of the Martin family and friends taken at Days Bay by an unknown photographer in about 1908 The group includes from left (standing) Emma Martin, (2nd left standing) Montague Martin, (5th left seated) Mary Ann Martin, (6th left seated) Zoe Carter, (9th left standing) Isabella Martin. In front seated on the ground (1st left) Edith Carter, (2nd left) Nina Carter. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Wallace, John, 1788-1880 :View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach. 12 July 1845.
Date: 1845
By: Wallace, John, 1788-1880; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Barraud, Edward Noel, 1857-1920
Reference: B-079-007
Description: Sandy beach in the foreground with Maori and Pakeha standing singly and in groups, (including a man on the right identified as "Robinson"), a sea-chest, a small boat and stacks of wood, jetties at the water's edge, several Maori canoes and ships in harbour identified as the U. S. Brig "Falco", the "Catherine Johnston" and the brig "Bee" (in the far distance). Reproduced by the Library in 1975 as one of the "Colonial Wellington" prints, with title From Thorndon Beach. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - J Wallace pinxt 12 6 1845 [or possibly 12/2 1845]. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Raft of ... and Whale Boat. Maori Girls. Catherine Johnston Cutter. Canoes leaving Te Aro pah. Robinson. Bee Brig.; Backing board recto - beneath image - [in the hand of A. H. Turnbull] Painted by G. Wallace July 12th 1845. "Falco" U.S. Brig. Maori girls. Catherine Johnston cutter. Wellington Harbour - 1845. Robinson. Canoes from Te Aro Pah.; Backing board recto - bottom centre - [in the hand of A. H. Turnbull]: View of Wellington Harbour from Thorndon Beach 12 July 1845 by J. Wallace, father of J. Howard Wallace. [In the hand of Noel Barraud]: A Turnbull with compliments from Noel Barraud - 16/12/12. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & pencil 253 x 422 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull, given to him by E. Noel Barraud, 16 December 1912.