Places

Date: [ca 1936-1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6829

Description: 11 scenes of crowds awaiting the arrival of the first rail car on the line at Pahiatua. They include one of the crowd on the Masterton platform; another taken from the middle of the tracks with the crowds looking towards the photographer; and another of a man addressing the crowd from the driver's compartment. A railcar of the type in the photographs was trialed in May 1936 but these images look as if they were taken later. Seven railcars were built and the one in this collection is most likely to be Maahunui with the running number 4, as part of the name is visible in 1/4-029734. The railcar had a petrol engine, a lavatory, electric light and hot air heating and was driver controlled (information from Godber album PA1-q-101 p.96). Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029731 to 029741 Quantity: 11 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6952

Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-644

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1920 - 1945

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Humour-01/02

Description: "Roaring trade" postcard shows the proprietor of a ramshackle rural hut stuffed with boarders; she is pegging two boarders on to the clothesline in blanket "hammocks". "The main trunk; the well-known spiral" uses puns on railway features (the Main Trunk Line and the Raurimu Spiral), and shows a porter carrying a large luggage trunk for a lady; at right is a large corkscrew bottle-opener. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards, 95 x 142 mm. Provenance: Purchased from ACW Ltd., Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1908 - 1909

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-075

Description: Shows a view of the Hutt Road with the railway beside it, and an overhead bridge, across which the New Plymouth train is steaming. Wellington is in the distance, with the harbour at the left. Published by Fergusson Limited, and printed in Sydney. Sepia series. Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard in album.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs B L M August in 1976.

Date: 1981

From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection

Reference: MapColl-WRC-R17/7A-Acc.

Description: Identifies walk connector, car centroid connector and bus and rail link See MapColl-WRC-R17/3A Quantity: 1 map(s) [with annotations] + transparency. Physical Description: Ink on pink paper. Scale indeterminable, 83 x 78 cm.

Date: 1928 - 1930

Reference: MapColl-r832.129gme/[1928-30?]/Acc.47200

Description: Copy of a map with annotations added showing the proposed railway station layout. Station land bounded by Quay Street (harbour side), Breakwater Road and Beach Road (west), The Strand (south), and extends east to beyond Gladstone Road (Westfield line). Includes the proposed new main north line to Whangarei (crosses Beach Road and enters tunnel), and the existing northbound line passing over the Parnell Bridge at the junction of Stanley Street and Alpha Road. Buildings marked include: outward goods shed (near Kings Wharf, Auckland Farmers Freezing Co. and R & W Hellaby), future outward goods shed, inwards goods shed, repair shop, engine shed, car repair shed and machine shop. The Station building and four platforms are also marked, with the Beach Street frontage of the station having a roadway, large ornamental plot and car parking. Commercial premises on The Strand with rail siding access are Dalgety & Co Ltd, Shaw Saville Albion Co and Winstone Ltd, all with leases expiring 6.7.56. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Diazo print with wash, ink and pencil on linen-backed paper, 1:792, 95.5 x 231 cm.

Date: 1875

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook; Fiordland and West Coast views]. 1875

Reference: E-401-070

Description: View across flat land with three small carriages on a railway line, trees and mountains beyond Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, page size 105 x 180 mm.

Date: 1880s

From: Three albums of New Zealand views

Reference: PA1-o-983

Description: Views of New Zealand, comprising Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Domain, Napier, bullock team hauling wool at Cheviot, Wellington, Manawatu Gorge bridge, Manawatu Gorge, Rimutaka railway, Mount Alexander, Otira Gorge, Lyttelton breakwater, Armagh Street bridge in Christchurch, and Christchurch Cathedral. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PAColl-7406

Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1882-1883

From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0091-055

Description: Includes memo re Duntroon and Hakateramea Railway Company Ltd, 1882; letters from Reefton company directors of the Low Level Tunnell Company re selection of a candidate and other matters concerning the company, 1883; letter addressed to Secretary for Stamps re payment of the Native Land Stamp duty on leases granted under the Thermal Springs Act, 1882 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1929-1935]

From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers

Reference: MSI-Papers-5995

Description: Comprises NZ topographic map (NZMS 1 S157, `Heath' (2d ed 1987)) with L Ursula and Furkert Pass highlighted; `The New railway link, Ohura route joins Taranaki and Auckland, 1901-1932 (Taranaki Herald, 5 Nov 1932); `Oamaru Harbour works, proposed breakwater extension', a report by Furkert (Oamaru herald 12 Sep 1933); `Electric power system; 70th anniversary' (Evening post, 8 Feb 1935) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Includes map showing Lake Ursula and Furkert Pass (Southland region)

Date: 1906 - 1908

Reference: Eph-D-RAIL-1908-01

Description: Shows a tinted photograph of a small group of huts and tents amidst tall trees in a gully. The text beneath states: "Our picture shows a phase of the magnificent scenery which is to be met with along the route of the North island Main Trunk Railway, which links up the Cities of Auckland and Wellington, and is now practically completed. The numberless beautiful views and the impressive grandeur of many of the sights adjacent to the line should make one of the most popular routes for tourists in New Zealand, and the only thing to be regretted is that scenes such as that depicted above must vanish within a short space before the steady advance of the sturdy pioneer settler". Description of another copy at C-065-006, identifies one of the group shown, as Thomas Alexander Evans. Another fresher copy at C-065-006; from where comes the name of the publication with which this was published. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 430 x 560 mm.

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-028-2

Description: Shows a man walking alongside the railway track above Purakanui Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Railway on Purakanui Cliff Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 147 x 130 mm

Date: 1896 - 1906

From: Shaw, V, G [Mrs] :[Scenes of Napier] / V G Shaw. - 1896, 1906.

Reference: A-176-032

Description: Looking south towards Bluff Hill, Napier, with the railway line, with a small side line passing under a large structure. Three buildings are close to the water in the background, Bluff Hill is on the left and there are two small rail carts or jiggers beside the line in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper glued to card, 120 x 170 mm (oval)

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 28 January 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643-092-2

Description: The Mohaka viaduct under construction, showing the first 13ft lift of caisson D3 ready for lowering. Photograph taken 28 January 1931, probably by a New Zealand Railways staff photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - East Coast Main Trunk Railway - Mohaka Viaduct; Album page - beneath image - 189; Album page - beneath image - First 13' lift of Caisson D3 ready for lowering (40 tons) 28.1.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 129 x 87 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1925 - 1860 - 1866

Reference: A-138-038

Description: Shows main street and shops of goldfield town 18 miles south-east from Greymouth. Men standing around outside the shops, a horse and cart half-way along the main street, a dog in the foreground, hills in the background. The hotel in the right foreground is named Criterion Hotel, the shop in the left foreground Edward Ryan Wholesale ... Merchant. There is a railway line running down the centre of the street. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash drawing 152 x 241 mm Provenance: No provenance is given on the catalogue card for this item. However, the date of [1925] suggests that it was probably prepared as a book illustration.