Places

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 1957-2006

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

Reference: PAColl-10131-1

Description: Photographs of the North Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1957 to 2006. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Includes photographs of buildings, mainly commercial premises, in Wellington and Wanganui, 1957-1959. Also contains images of two old farm cottages in the Wairarapa, a tree house in Paihiatua, a car yard in Petone, and a shop reusing ammunition boxes from World War II as a flowerbed in Palmerston North. A number of photographs from 2002 document the protest around the building of the inner city bypass in Wellington. These images feature Tonks Avenue, protestors, affected buildings, an individual who was to be being evicted, and protest art. Two 2006 mages show demolition on Kensington Lane. Images of people include two women drinking beer in Ohingaiti, a motorcycle family in Turangi, and young children climing on a wooden sculpture in Porirua. A series of Maori carvings in public spaces includes sculptures on the Petone Foreshore, in Te Rauparaha Park, Porirua, and Tokaanu. 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: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [1940s?]

From: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004: Papers and photographs

Reference: MS-Papers-8113-1

Description: File labelled `Private - Love family' with notes on the golden wedding anniversary of Wi Hapi Love and Ripeka Matene (1897, 1947); schedule of suitable Maori names suggested for naming of streets at RNZAF Station, Ohakea; land interests of Sir Ralph Love; early history of Grand National Hotel, formerly known as the Marine Retreat, Hutt Valley, 1882-1959; and financial notes Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 14 January 1914

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

Reference: APG-0611-1/2-G

Description: Part 2 of a 2 part panorama showing fire damage at Cook's Cooperage, Te Puni Street, Petone, on 14 January 1914. Part 1 at APG-0610-1/2. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print of the full panorama in Godber Album Vol 107, p 40 (PA1-o-198) Inscriptions: Album page - Great fire at Cook's Cooperage. January 14th 1914. Alarm given 12:58 a.m. Finish 12:15 p.m. 1400 ft hose used. Damage 3000 [pounds]. Insurance 1800 [pounds]. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1905]

By: Barcham, Robert, 1867-1960

Reference: PAColl-8658

Description: Photograph of the Post Office, Petone. Shows a two storied brick building. Photograph taken circa 1905 by Robert Barcham. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Halftone photomechanical print, 8.8 x 13.2 cm

Date: 14 January 1914

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

Reference: APG-0610-1/2-G

Description: Part 1 of a 2 part panorama showing fire damage at Cook's Cooperage, Te Puni Street, Petone, on 14 January 1914. Part 2 at APG-0611-1/2. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print of the full panorama in Godber Album Vol 107, p 40 (PA1-o-198) Inscriptions: Album page - Great fire at Cook's Cooperage. January 14th 1914. Alarm given 12:58 a.m. Finish 12:15 p.m. 1400 ft hose used. Damage 3000 [pounds]. Insurance 1800 [pounds]. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]

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

Reference: PA1-o-198

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: [ca 1910s-1920s]

From: Thorp, Nigel fl 1995 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1540

Description: Photograph album of views of Taranaki, Wanganui, Napier earthquake, and family scenes. Includes photographs of the Lands and Deeds Office, Napier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 185 x 320 mm