Places

Date: 1927-1929

From: Duncan, June (Mrs), fl 1997 :Photographs from the estates of Joseph and Frank Duncan

By: Duncan, June, active 1997

Reference: PA1-q-613

Description: Cuttings relate closely with albums PA1-q-611 and PA1-q-612. They contain information about Joseph and Frank Duncan's work with the Wellington City Council and later as road paving contractors. There is also a lot of comment on and debate about the new bituminous roads being laid down in the 1920s as well as descriptions of jobs and contracts undertaken by Wellington and some other local authorities in the Wellington Region and elsewhere in New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1869-ca 1900], [ca 1950s]

From: Wainuiomata Historical Society: Photographs

By: Richardson, Wal, active 1950

Reference: PAColl-7664

Description: Collection comprises: Photograph of road works in Ghuznee Street, Wellington, ca 1950s, by Pacific Photos, Courtney Place, Wellington. 3 photographs of Seaview, taken from the top of the Wainuiomata Hill in 1950 by Wal Richardson. Album leaf with 5 photographs of Wellington, ca 1860s-1900s, including preparations for visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Wellington, wedding of Ted and Amy Yates, portrait of a woman, Te Aroha Bathhouse and fire damage in Lambton Quay. Duke of Edinburgh visited New Zealand in 1869. Cadman Bathhouse opened in 1898. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 album leaf with 5 b&w original photographic prints. Provenance: Donated by Wainuiomata Historical Society, October 2002, through Mrs Vicky Alexander. The photographs were given to the society by the late Mrs Claire Burdan, whose husband was descended from Richard & Mary Prouse, and from the Dixon family, of the Dixon aerated water business. The photographs appear to have come from these families.

Date: [between 1858-1887]

Reference: PAColl-6114

Description: Comprises: Hutt Road in 1868; Queen's Wharf ca 1860s; Wellington circa 1887; Thorndon circa 1860s; St John's Presbyterian Church, Wellington, 1858. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/4-016071, 1/2-075008 and 1/2-091405 Quantity: 5 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 31 May 1969]

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

Reference: EP/1969/2302-F

Description: Road and city commuter train in the suburb of Khandallah, Wellington, in 1931. Photographs taken circa 31 May 1969 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1939-1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-215

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1939-1940. Karangarua River bridge; Rakaia River bridge; market gardens in Heathcote Valley; Palmerston North library; Old English Fair held in Dunedin in aid of the patriotic funds; new Gisborne Intermediate School; Archbishop Julius Memorial stone; Auckland's Patriotic Queen Carnival; model of HMS Rodney; giant pipe cast by Public Works Department for pipeline at headworks of the mid-Canterbury irrigation scheme; Garden Place Hill earthworks at Hamilton; hop picking, Riwaka Valley; new friary built for the Brothers of St Francis at Hillsborough, Auckland; construction of tunnels and power house for hydro-electric works at Tuai, Waikaremoana; opening of Horowhenua College, Levin; demolition of wing at Nelson College; floating pontoon being lowered into position at Mechanics Bay; tram cars converted into homes. Construction of Centennial Drive, Kapiti Coast; new Hamiltion General Post Office; construction of Wellington Harbour Board cargo shed; opening of Catholic church at Georgetown, Invercargill; shoe-cleaner at Lincoln College; view of Waikanae Beach from Kaiti Hill, Gisborne; road works north of Gisborne; Railway Bus Terminus, Dunedin (opposite Queens Gardens); Dunedin Emergency Transport Organisation practising arm signals. Race-goers at Wellington Racing Club meeting, and at Canterbury Jockey Club & NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club meeting at Christchurch. Landslide at a Brighton farm; construction of the Pokeno-Paeroa line; laying of the foundation stone of building in Stout Street by Minister of Public Worls, Hon R Semple. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1980 - 1998

By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999

Reference: PAColl-5734

Description: Two essays on Gay topics. The 13th Gay and Lesbian Fair, and a record of the life of a gay couple and the house and garden they lived in, and made, over 19 years. Ngaio School's 90th Reunion and some of the people attending. Views of Wellington sites -- the new State Highway 1 motorway interchange at Newlands, the Burma Motor Lodge, Johnsonville Railway line, Khandallah substation site and Thorndon New World Supermarket under construction. Transparencies include Youth for Christ summer programme, El Rancho camp, Waikanai in January 1980, Children at Timaru Highschool (1980), a concert in Civic Square, Wellington, by the National Youth Choir of Britain (1992), and various Wellington sites mainly in the Ngaio area Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm 22294 - 22323, slides at PA12-1519 to PA12-1521 Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). 65 colour original photographic print(s). 12 b&w original negative(s). 16 b&w original negative(s). 54 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1908-1910]

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

Reference: 1/1-019991-G

Description: Farm at Akatarawa. An unformed road is in the foreground, and stones are piled against the fence at centre. Steam powered farm machinery is in the background. A man holding a child is standing by the gate in the foreground. 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

Date: Circa 1930s

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

Reference: 1/4-038927-G

Description: View of a road in the Upper Hutt area, possibly Silverstream. Four men are working on constructing a culvert for road widening. They are standing on a foot-bridge in front of a long clipped hedge. A gate leads into a garden and cabbage trees are visible amongst other trees. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. For another view of the same area, with the butcher's van of T Russell & Sons parked on the small bridge which is no longer in view in this image, see 1/4-038926. This image is dated from 1/4-038926 as "T Russell & Sons" are listed in Wise's post Office Directory in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: ca 1948 - 1966

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Ian Hulse Photography

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-018

Description: Photographs of Lower Hutt, Petone and Wellington city, taken circa 1948 to 1966, for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Included are photographs of streets, libraries, public swimming pools, the construction of the Petone overbridge, the Hutt River, the Hutt Recreation Ground, Petone foreshore, the opening of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, Percy's Reserve and State housing. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1870s

By: Cox, Horace A, active 1883

Reference: PA1-o-110

Description: New Zealand scenery photographed circa 1870s. Views include the Pink and White Terraces and Lake Rotomahana; a digger's hut in the Tararua Range; Mercury Bay; carriers changing horses in Oripi bush; a group of Maori holding a runanga at an unidentified meeting house; two views of the new road being created between Lake Coleridge and Hokitika. Inscriptions: Album page - Horace A Cox, from his old schoolfellow Harry [?], Lyttelton, New Zealand, 9 July 1883 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cover with gold outline, 22.5 x 31 cm Provenance: Presented to Horace A Cox on 9 July 1883.

Date: 5 March 1979

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

Reference: EP/1979/0782-F

Description: Aerial view of Aotea Lagoon and park under construction. The view also includes State Highway One, the Main Trunk Railway, the Police College, and Part of Papkowhai and Cannons Creek. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 5th of March 1979. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at Wellington, Porirua-Aerial views (Cabinet no 12, drawer 2)..

Date: 1938

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

Reference: 1/4-038936-G

Description: View of the seawall under construction for the Centennial Highway between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1938. Identification of subject and place from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15, held in Photographic Archives. It is listed in the 1/4 plate sequence under S. Seawall. Paekakariki. 1938. Box 38. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [1965?]

By: Burns, Valerie, 1937-; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios

Reference: PAColl-10182

Description: Contains images relating to the construction work of the northern part of the Wellington Urban Motorway. Taken by the National Publicity Studios about 1965. Images show excavation of Ngauranga Gorge and nearby hills, and land being reclaimed along the harbour edge. Trucks and excavating machines feature in some images; also several unidentified individuals. Includes some photographs of girders in railroad overbridge, plus clamps with a ruler showing their size. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2260: Burns, Valerie, 1937-: Papers relating to early childhood education. See also Book Collection (PR-13-0490, PR-13-0491) and Serials Collection (PR-14-0014) for published items relating to childhood education..

Date: May 1932

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

Reference: 1/2-086524-G

Description: Photograph of Karori, Wellington, related to the improvement of access from the western suburbs of Wellington to the city, taken May 1932, for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington. Source of descriptive information - From negative register only. Image not seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: May 1932

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

Reference: 1/2-086525-G

Description: Photograph of Karori, Wellington, related to the improvement of access from the western suburbs of Wellington to the city, taken May 1932, for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington. Source of descriptive information - From negative register only. Image not seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: May 1932

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

Reference: 1/2-086523-G

Description: Photograph of Karori, Wellington, related to the improvement of access from the western suburbs of Wellington to the city, taken May 1932, for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington. Source of descriptive information - From negative register only. Image not seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-100

Description: Photographs taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Contains images related to: Otari Native Botanic Garden, Lady McKenzie Garden for the Blind (Thorndon), Percy's Scenic Reserve (Lower Hutt), Rotary Garden Court, Sinclair Park, Staglands, and Western Park (Wilton). Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1959-ca1965

By: Nowlan, E A (Mrs), active 1998

Reference: PAColl-5884

Description: Theatre programmes (almost all 2nd copies) include: Pygmalion (E WELLINGTON), photograph of Oriental Bay and aerial view of Wellington taken circa 1950s, and an aerial view of Johnsonville circa 1960s, showing the motorway bypass under construction. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1948-1955]

By: Harris, Herbert, 1921-2006; Milne, Isabella, active 2010

Reference: PAColl-9779

Description: Photographs of Wellington and Hutt Valley, taken ca 1948-1955 by Herbert Harris of Stokes Valley. Includes views of Slazenger factory, Petone (where Harris worked), Rotorua, and ship Gothic in Wellington Harbour, as Royal yacht for 1953-1954 tour of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Herbert Harris came from Australia in 1948 to work at the Slazenger factory in Petone. He built his own house in Horoeka Street, Stokes Valley. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [ca 1960s]

Reference: 1/4-058344

Description: View of the railway yards and the road into Aotea Quay from Highland Park. Possibly construction work started on the new motorway in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negative