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Hancock, H J :Photographs of Hauraki Plains drainage scheme
Date: 1910-1915
By: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985
Reference: PAColl-0370
Description: Set of photographs of drainage operations on the Hauraki Plains. Spoil from the canal and ditch construction was used as foundation for roads so road construction is also shown. The photographs include two men hay harvesting in front of a small house, a man in a flax field, a dredge at work, the labourers' camp, boats moored at a jetty in Ngatea. Some of the photographs are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Copy photographic prints Provenance: Given to J H Christie by Dennis Hancock, the grandson of H J Hancock who created the collection.
Creator unknown :Photographs of road-building
Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]
Reference: PAColl-7364
Description: Photographs of road building or maintenance, such as straightening curves, on the following highways: Great South Road at Huntly; laying concrete on the Paparua County section of the Christchurch-Dunedin highway; bitumen surfacing on the Kamo town section of the Whangarei-Kawakawa highway; bituminous concrete paving on the Halswell County section of the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; bituminous concrete laying on the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; Great South Road Mercer-Ohinewai section near Long Swamp with workmen's camps in the distance; penetration work on the Waitara-Pukearuhe section of the Auckland-Wellington via Taranaki highway; Goat valley section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopua-Raglan highway looking towards Thames; improved alignment on the Kawhia County section of the Auckland-Wellington highway; the Leslie's Gully section of the Hamilton-Rotorua highway looking towards Tamahere; Auckland-Wellington highway near Wanganui; improved curve on the New Plymouth-Kaimata highway; Great South Road at Long Swamp; Great South Road at Taupiri Gorge; the Rangiriri Hills deviation of the Great South Road; Hamilton-Rotorua highway near Tamahere showing bitumen on tar sealing; Whatawhata-Raglan highway from near Whatawhata; Rotorua-Whakatane highway; widening work on the Coromandel main highway; Auckland-Wellington highway near Lepperton; bitumen surface on Saddle Hill on the Dunedin-Invercargill highway; bitumen concrete at Halswell on the Christchurch-Akaroa highway; Paeroa Borough section of the Kopu-Raglan highway; Rangiriri deviation. Also included are three unidentified bridges, one built by J T Julian & Son; the bridge at Motueka; a Rotorua County Council speed limit sign on the Ngongotaha bridge; Waitakaruru bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; McCormick's bridge on the Thames Coast highway; replacement of King's Creek bridge on the Gisborne-Napier highway; the Karangahake bridge on the Pokeno-Waihi highway; and railway carts being loaded at Mosgile quarry for the Taieri County section of the Dunedin-Invercargill highway. Arrangement: Artifical collection although some of the prints are from the same source (eg 12-004447 and 004448). Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: One print at PAColl-6181-56..
Unemployment relief work during the Depression
Date: 1930s
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: PAColl-5927-55
Description: Unemployed men constructing a road during the Great Depression, probably in the Akatarawa region. Made for publication in the Evening Post by an unidentified photographer during the 1930s. Arrangement: Original neg at 1/2-036286 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Wilkinson album 1
Date: [between 1925 and 1926]
From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926- :Photograph albums depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington
By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Maybury, Horace R, active 1907-1943
Reference: PA1-q-267
Description: Photographs taken between 1925 and 1926 depicting the ashphalting of roads in the Wellington region. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker and Horace R Maybury. Other - Original negatives, from which some of these photographs were printed, are amongst the Welllington City Council collection at PAColl-5448 Quantity: 112 b&w original photographic print(s) on album pages. Physical Description: Album with beige fabric cover and 58 brown paper pages, entitled "Album"; 27.5 x 38.5 cm
Ring album 2
Date: 1906
By: Ring, James Claude, 1887-1971
Reference: PA1-o-436
Description: Most photographs taken by "CR", probably James Ring's son, James Claude Ring. The whole album consists of views of a state visit to the West Coast area by Premier Richard John Seddon in 1906, and includes views of his arrival on the first train for the opening of the extension to Lake Mahinapua of the Hokitika-Ross Railway Line in January 1906, with large gatherings of people, and a view of Seddon deliviering his address. At the beginning of the album scenes show his arrival by boat at Greymouth, followed by scenes along a route to Kokatahi, with a large party of dignitaries travelling by coach and horseback. Many views show the group fording wide rivers; with scenes of welcome by roadmen, miners, old identities and local farmers at various homes and towns. One view shows members of the party gathering rata. A deputation of men is seen at the residence of Sam Fergurson (Ferguson, farmer at Waitaha (near Mt Hercules)); a large party at Gunn's (Alex Gunn, proprietor of an accommodation house and Post Office at Wataroa (Whataroa)); a group of old identities gathered at The Waiho; a group of roadmen at the Mt. Hercules road; and scenes of a reception for Seddon held at Kumara. A series of photographs show the touring party on the Francis Joseph Glacier (Franz Josef Glacier). Other Titles - New Zealand views. J Ring Other Titles - J. Ring. New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured green cover, quarterbound with red corners and spine; entitled "J. Ring. New Zealand Views", lettered in gold; 23.5 x 30.0 cm
Maori
Date: 1927-1949
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Moore & Thompson (Firm); Bierre, Eric W, 1899-
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-145
Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1959, many undated. Includes a variety of subjects and places (see below). Also photographs of Ana Hato at Orakei Korako; roadmakers and road construction at Hopuruahine in Wairoa District; ancient eel weir (patuna), taken by J Faris in 1886; carvings on King Koroki's palace, Turangawaewae Marae, Mar 1938; Maori Meeting House at Te Kaha, East Coast and carved memorial cross, 1959; Meeting House at Whangara, 1959; school children waiting for the bus outside the Ruatoria Primary School, 1959; group of children at Whakarewarewa, 1944, etc Photographers include: W Hall Raine; A W Powell, Eric W Bierre, Moore & Thompson, and others. Also typed list of captions (not all photographs included) Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Creator unknown :Road construction workers, Sanson
Date: [between ca 1920s and 1940s?]
Reference: PAColl-8241
Description: Photograph showing road construction workers standing in a row with shovels, used for levelling piles of gravel that have been poured from the back of a truck on a road over a bridge in Sanson, near Palmerston North. Photograph taken between circa 1920s and the 1940s?, by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Sanson Palmerston North Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.6 x 15 cm
Construction of the Centennial Highway or Paekakariki Coast Road
Date: [ca 1939]
From: Beattie, Mr :Photographs and negatives relating to the construction of Paekakariki Road
Reference: 1/2-115770-F
Description: Shows the construction of the `Centennial Highway' or Paekakariki Coast road with the rocky coast on one side ca 1939. This road was built to mark the New Zealand Centennary. Circular arches used in method of construction. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Hutchison Road, Newtown, Wellington
Date: ca 1927
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: EP-2494-1/2-G
Description: View of that part of Hutchison Road which was rerouted to the west of the site of the Winter Show Buildings. The image shows construction of the rerouted road in progress, the path of the old section of road, the site of the Winter show buildings before construction began, and the buildings of Newtown in the distance. Photographed by an unknown photographer for the Evening Post newspaper in about 1927 From box containing EP-2461 to 2497 The Winter Show Building was built on appropriated Town Belt land, and Hutchison Road ran through the Town Belt Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Road under construction alongside Geo Sturrt's Avondale Garage, Avondale, Auckland
Date: 1925
Reference: 1/2-029008-G
Description: Road under construction alongside Geo Sturrt's Avondale Garage, Avondale, Auckland, in 1925. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Road making by unemployed men during the Depression, Akatarawa
Date: Jan 1932
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-084131-G
Description: Men from the unemployed men's camp in Akatarawa excavating hillside to improve the Akatarawa Road as part of a relief work scheme during the Great Depression. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer and published in the Evening Post on 15 January 1932. Note on back of file print reads: This photo was published in the Evening Post, 1932, Jan. 15. Caption: "Relief work on the road. A gang of men at the task of improving the Akatarawa Rd, a scheme which is being carried out by men from the unemployed men's camp". Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - Jan 14th 1932 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Maori men removing the tram rails, Manners Street, Wellington, also Oriental Bay
Date: 1959
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0097-F
Description: 11 images of Maori men removing the tram rails on Manners Street, Wellington, photographed by Ans Westra in 1959. Also includes 1 image looking over Oriental Bay. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negtives were digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Unemployment relief work during the Depression
Date: 1930s
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-036286-F
Description: Unemployed men constructing a road during the Great Depression, probably in the Akatarawa region. Made for publication in the Evening Post by an unidentified photographer during the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Road at Akatarawa, and road construction workers
Date: [ca 1908-1910]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-019993-G
Description: Road at Akatarawa, and road construction workers with shovels. Photograph taken circa 1908-1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
A grader working on the road at Upper Hutt, 1936
Date: 1936
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1456-1/4-G
Description: A road construction worker with a grader in Upper Hutt. Photographed by A P Godber, in 1936. An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 41 (Pa1-o-194) Dated from Godber's index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 (1/4 plate. G. Grader road. Upper Hutt. 1936. Box 33) Inscriptions: Album page - Upper Hutt Grader Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Men working on road at Aongatete
Date: 1928
From: Gee : Photographs of road construction at Aongatete
Reference: 1/4-021350-F
Description: Photograph of men working to construct a road at Aongatete, using a tractor and picks, taken in 1928 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Workmen widening a road in Porirua
Date: July 1931
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: PAColl-5927-42
Description: Workmen widening a road in Porirua in July 1931. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Roadworkers on the point - Mission Bay - Okahu Bay, Auckland
Date: May 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0525A-F
Description: Images show roadworkers working on the point between Mission Bay and Ohaku Bay area taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show members of a roadworking team working with shovels and a wheelbarrow on the rocks near the waterfront. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Roadworkers, Mission Bay, Auckland
Date: May 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0526-F
Description: Images show roadworkers in Mission Bay, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Images show members of a roadworking team undertaking construction work near the waterfront. They appear to be cementing rocks in place to make a rock wall at one end of the Bay. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.
Roadworkers, Mission Bay; Orakei Marae, Auckland
Date: 1963
From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs
Reference: AWM-0527-F
Description: Images show roadworkers in Mission Bay and scenes from Orakei Marae, Auckland, taken in 1963 by Ans Westra. Unless otherwise stated all persons are unidentified. Most of the images show members of a roadworking team working with shovels and a wheelbarrow with views of Rangitoto Island in the distance. The remainder of images show Maori boys and girls near Orakei Marae. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film Processing information: Digitisation details - Original negatives digitised by Suite Tirohanga.