Places

Date: ca 1880s

From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/2-003202-G

Description: View of old Port Chalmers, looking across the harbour towards the township, with ships in the harbour, and the Methodist chapel and the Anglican church visible on the hill, centre background; the Presbyterian church at far right centre. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Port Chalmers. 31. Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Scott, Mrs :Original and mounted photographic prints

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-03

Description: Elevated view looking north towards Queen's Wharf and down over houses and buildings near and on the Auckland waterfront. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril ca 1870s-1880s from the Northern Club, Princes Street. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom right - Princess Wharf, Auck. Donated by Mrs Scott 1977 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.3 x 35.4 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs Scott, 1977

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

By: Frank Duncan and Company

Reference: PA5-0008

Description: Milford Beach, Auckland NZ showing a sailing boat at the water's edge and men and women walking on the beach. Published by Frank Duncan & Co., Auckland. Verso contains message `to Mum from Rod' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 84 x 135 mm

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: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-028

Description: Sketch of Auckland Harbour ca 1861 showing houses, trees and a sailing vessel at sea Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1854-1885]

By: Richardson, James Douglas, 1878-1942

Reference: PAColl-0308

Description: Photographs of various sailing ships including the flying squadron under Rear Admiral Hornby in Wellington Harbour on January 25th 1870. Also included are a view of Marsdon Hill Fort in New Plymouth with Mount Taranaki in the background and two views up and down Grafton Road, Auckland. Some of the images are very faint and two of them have been printed by Richardson. Photographer(s) unidentified. 1/2-141337 to 141346 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-141337 to 141346 Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints mounted on card or paper Provenance: Donated by Mrs L C Bunyard in 1983.

Date: [ca 1987-1995]

From: Deane, Roderick Sheldon (Dr), 1941- :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8966-1

Description: Portraits of Dr Roderick Deane. Photographs of the fairwell to Team New Zealand from Auckland when they left for the America's Cup challenge of 1995 in San Diego. This group includes photographs of Peter Blake, Dennis Connor, and artist Ralph Hotere. There are views of the crowd on the wharf where the yachts were tied, of accompanying craft on the harbour, and of a 15th century sailing ship. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). 36 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: 1884 - 1886

From: Medley, Mary Catherine 1835- :Mary C. Medley's sketch book ; visit to Rotorua before Tarawera eruption [No.] 12. 1884-1886.

By: Harper, Laura, 1833-1887

Reference: E-377-036

Description: A view of Rangitoto from North Shore showing two sailing vessels in the water and a small boat on the rocks. Possibly by Laura Harper. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 210 mm.

Date: ca1930-ca1935

From: Nightingall/Morrell :Albums, negatives, prints and transparencies taken by Jack and Theo Nightingall

Reference: PAColl-7167-14

Description: Various photographs relating to different places and events. One seems to be a trip to Sydney. There are views of a ship's deck and coastal cliffs. Also several views of the almost completed Sydney Harbour Bridge from what is probably a ferry. Other photographs are from Christchurch, Wellington and harbour, and of Auckland. There are a number of Auckland buildings; the Greenhouse in the Domain, the University, and the Museum. There is a sequence of views of a thermal area and three photographs of Maori. Another group relates to an unidentified sailing ship, and a third to the flax industry in the Horowhenua Many others are views if countryside and coastal land scape Quantity: 137 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1907]

By: McLeod, Bert, active 1907; Hefford, Barbara, active 1956-2009

Reference: PAColl-9639

Description: Photograph of sailing ships, Auckland Harbour, taken ca 1907 by Bert McLeod Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print Provenance: Donated by Barbara Hefford, Porirua, 2009. Donor is great-niece of the photographer, Bert McLeod.

Date: 1989

From: Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection

Reference: PA12-11158

Description: Contains colour transparencies of ocean and yachting scenes taken by James (Jim) Watt during his solo circumnavigation of New Zealand in his yacht 'Matariki' in 1989. Includes three images of the sailing ship 'Spirit of Adventure' in Auckland Harbour, the Southern Alps (particularly Aoraki/Mount Cook) seen from off the West Coast of the South Island, atmospheric conditions (sunsets/sunrise), and Milford Sound. Inscriptions: Note from depositor reads: "Jim Watt - sailing round NZ solo, 1987 - yacht 'Matariki'" Watt attempted to follow the path of Captain James Cook on this voyage. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1907

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-058

Description: On the recto, above, a pencil outline drawing of St George's Bay, with a small sailoat in the foreground at the water's edge. Parnell is on the right, and in the background is North Head and Rangitoto Island. Below, a night-time view of Wellington Harbour, with two three-masted yachts. On the verso, a pencil outline drawing of Herne Bay, with Watchman Island visible. A colour code has been written in for later inclusion. Below, two men on a river in kayak-like rowboats Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and ink on pages of sketchbook, 310 x 250 mm

Date: 23 February 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2230-F

Description: Panoramic view of the arrival of H.M.S. Renown in Auckland Harbour, bringing the Duke and Duchess of York on a royal visit to New Zealand, probably taken from Devonport. Trees in the right foreground. H.M.S. Renown in the centre. Two large two-masted sailing ships, one on the right in front of an escort ship and one centre left. Other escort ships on the far left. Two steamships, a flotilla of yachts and small boats following. Auckland city in the background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-2222 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [Duplicate]; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.3 cm

Date: 13 Dec 1992

From: Hobson Wharf Auckland Maritime Museum Oral History Project

By: Keyworth, Andrew Stanley, 1923-1996

Reference: OHInt-0332-12

Description: Andy Keyworth was born in Mount Eden in 1923. Describes parents and grandparents, surviving the Depression and living near the sea. Talks about Lord Jellicoe, the Devonport Yacht Club, yachting races with Lincoln Woods and scows. Describes in detail Auckland harbour and going to sea aged twelve. Details first ships the Vesper and the Katie S including the captain, articles of agreement, living quarters, daily routines and sailing routes around New Zealand. Mentions joining the Seaman's Union and working in pine plantations in Mahurangi. Recounts time spent on the Howhiti, owned by the Northern Company, in the Coromandel as a deck boy; the Homleigh, carrying coastal cargo; and the Pamir which was seized during World War II. Ships mentioned include: the Memory, the Ariki, the Moana, the Iorangi, the Konopus, the Edwin Fox. Interviewer(s) - Gillian Chaplin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-013031, OHC-013032 Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4527 contains abstract and transcript.

Date: [1910-circa 1940s]

By: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976; Lackland, Edward Clark, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-9936

Description: Photographs taken and collected by Les Rykers in the course of his career as a commercial artist with the Brett Printing and Publishing Company. Photographers unidentified unless listed. Collection comprises: Auckland views: Town Hall circa 1920; Auckland Star offices decorated for coronation of George VI in 1937; aerial view of Auckland circa 1930s-1940s with Jervois Road/Ponsonby area and harbour; inner city view circa 1930s-1940s showing houses in foreground and spire of St Matthews behind; Mechanics Bay, Auckland, circa 1940s with flying boats of TEAL and Pan American World Airways. Shipping photographs: sailing ship in choppy seas taken 1938 by Edward Clark Lackland; passenger ferry and smaller craft at Mansion House Bay, Kawau Island, Auckland, circa 1930; M-class sailing dinghies/yachts at sea, possibly in Auckland, circa 1930s-1940s; montage of windjammer sailing ships at Whanganui dated 16 August 1911; montage dated 23 February 1910 of ship and deck scenes, and Queens Wharf, Auckland, relating to the steam ship 'Malwa'. Two copies of a portrait of Les Rykers. One copy is marked up for publication as a half-tone illustration. Miscellaneous photographs; bird with black cap on head, possibly a Caspian tern, flying and feeding its young, circa 1930s-1940s; horse-drawn wagons on a beach taken circa 1910s-1920s by E C Lackland; a stationary engine circa 1930s-1940s, Maori women in semi-traditional costume by waters edge circa 1930s-1940s; unidentified stream with native bush alongside, circa 1930s-1940s Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) attached to form a wide view. 1 card mount with 7 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 card mount with 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donor is son of Leslie Rykers. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 [1. Ca 50 original art works for advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals; 2. Neil Lonsdale "So long it's been good to know you" 1956; 3. J P Sydney "Native bush" etching; 4. Neville L and Trevor Rykers. Illustration sketches. ca 1940]. See also Ephemera collection: [Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald?], 1897-1976: Ephemera; including Teaspoon, the new fragrant tea; Choysa, the tea supreme; O.C. choice rabbit, Zealandia canned fish labels. 1930s?] See also Published collections: two books and two serials. See also Manuscripts collection: MS-Papers-10837: Rykers family: Papers..

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-50

Description: Elevated view looking north towards Queen's Wharf and down over houses and buildings near and on the Auckland waterfront. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril ca 1870s-1880s from the Northern Club, Princes Street. No 40. The Wharf, etc Auckland, NZ from the Club [FA1-f-174] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 23.2 x 35 cm

Date: 1881

From: Keesing, Henry A, 1826?-1896 :[Landscapes, caricatures and portraits] / H A Keesing. 1879-[1880s]

Reference: A-278-003

Description: View of the Waitemata Harbour at sunset with the moom rising from behind the land mass in the distance. A sailing ship is at anchor in the centre, showing its night light on the mast and light showing from the portholes. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 177 x 251 mm

Date: 1864-2003

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-04

Description: Monument to Captain Cook at Calfont St Giles, England; documents relating to the 1918 influenza epidemic; ancient Maori artifacts; Opanaki Hotel; a pallisade post at Ruapekepeka; views of Helensville park; exterior views of Captain William Butler's house at Mangonui and its cemetery; the wreck of the "Waikare" in Dusky Sound in 1910, the sailing ships "Pamir" and "Ida Ziegler." Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1884 - 1885

From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]

Reference: E-936-f-022-1

Description: Shows a view looking across to Rangitoto Island, probably from the foreshore. North Head can be seen in the middle distance. In the foreground are tree ferns and other various bushes, and several boats and ships in the channel between the island and the mainland. The message included reads 'A merry Christmas' Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 105 x 145 mm