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Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931 :[Geyser in the grounds of the Spa Hotel, Taupo]
Date: 1905
From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle
Reference: 1/1-007047-G
Description: Geyser in the grounds of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, photographed ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Dated from other negatives in sequence. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Views of Picton and Wairakei and other scenes
Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6866
Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives
Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916: Views of the The Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1900]
By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916
Reference: PAColl-6486
Description: Two views of The Spa Hotel, Taupo surrounded by trees with some people on the driveways. The intials JM appear at the bottom right of one of the images which indicates that Josiah Martin was the photographer. The reference numbers on the images are 347 and 347a. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-002892 to 002893 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives
Auckland Star album 2
Date: [1900-1910]
From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star
Reference: PA1-q-013
Description: Views around the Taupo Tongariro area, including Mounts Ngaruahoe and Tongariro, Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, Lake Taupo and Wairakei. There is one image of the Maori interior of Tom Ryan's whare, one of the Terraces Hotel at Lake Taupo, and others of various buildings at the Spa Hotel (Taupo), including the interior of the dining room. This building was the meeting house Te Tiki o Tamamutu, purchased by John Joshua (proprietor of the Spa Hotel) for use as a smoking room and dining room for the hotel guests. Several images show unidentified Maori women in posed groups, or working with flax, and in one case a woman using a treadle sewing machine. An unidentified man is seen, in several images, fishing at pools below the Aratiatia Rapids. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers around the turn of the 19th-20th century. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"
New Zealand scenes
Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880
Reference: PAColl-0959-40
Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Southern Lakes and mountains, and some North Island views
Date: [Between 1885 and 1919]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-0959-15
Description: Views of the Southern Lakes District, interspersed with a few scenes in the North Island taken by the Burton Brothers and Muir & Moodie between about 1885 and 1919. Most of the places mentioned are listed above. Image no. 63 shows a party of men and women at Sandfly Point (Milford Sound) showing some of the women wearing veils over their hats for protection from sandflies; image no. 79 "Phantom canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera" is an artist's impression of the phantom canoe which appeared to a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera on May 31st prior to the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10th 1886 and which was considered to be a bad omen; image no. 82 shows a collage "No. 1. Maori Land. The portraits are originals - taken from life"; image no. 094 shows a close-up view of the "wire tram" over the Taramakau River; no. 095 shows a logging tramway in the Taupaki Kauri Bush belonging to Matthew Henry Roe, while no. 120 shows his Kauri Point Sawmill, with the paddle steamer "Oregon" in the background; no. 096 shows a self-acting tramway incline at Wairongomai used for gold extraction; nos 104 and 105 show gold dredges, "the Dunedin Gold Dredge" and "Sew Hoy's Dredge". Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Some items retouched with white, showing snow-covered peaks. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo - Photograph taken by T Ransfield
Date: Feb 1957
From: Tourist and Publicity
By: Ransfield, T, active 1950s
Reference: 1/2-030025-F
Description: Meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo, photographed for the National Publicity Studios by T Ransfield, February 1957. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Bath house, Spa, Taupo
Date: 15 March 1907
From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-229-12-1
Description: Maori bath house at the `Spa' (probably the Spa Hotel), Taupo. The whare (Maori building) is decorated with Maori wood carvings and kowhaiwhai (rafter patterns). Photograph taken by Harold Stevens Hislop in 1907. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Bath house "Spa" Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Garden and dining room at the Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1905]
From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district
Reference: 1/1-010995-G
Description: Garden and dining room (inside Maori meeting house building) at the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1905. Photograph taken by Edward George Child. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Spa. Taupo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
In the meeting house lounge of the Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1950]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010388-F
Description: Scene in the meeting house lounge of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows the carved central support pole of the building and a hotel employee arranging roses alongside. Photograph taken for National Publicity Studios. Notes on back of file print, from National Publicity Studios, read: "This carving of the head man of the Tribe is very valuable, and is insured for £350. The whole structure is supported by this God and Tuatara Lizard which he holds." Source of descriptive information - File print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Bath House exterior at the Spa Hotel in Taupo, with Maori carving and painted designs
Date: Date unknown, ca 1910?
By: Chatfield family
Reference: 1/2-110835-F
Description: Bath House exterior at the Spa Hotel in Taupo, with Maori carving and painted designs. Date unknown, circa 1910? Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Spa Hotel at Taupo, 1928
Date: 1928
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1911-1/2-G
Description: View of a collection of small buildings at the Spa Hotel, Taupo. Centre left there is a topiary work tree, and a Maori meeting house building which is used for dining is visible in the centre. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928. Identification of location and place from Godber's own index filed in Photographic Archives at TL 6/1/15 in the 1/2 plate sequence under S. Spa. Taupo. 1928. Box 107. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Telling a fish story in the meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo
Date: [ca 1950]
From: Tourist and Publicity
Reference: 1/1-010390-F
Description: Man telling a fish story in the meeting house lounge, Spa Hotel, Taupo, circa 1950. Shows a group around a fire. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.
Grounds of the Spa Hotel in Taupo, showing four women
Date: [ca 1890]
From: Birnie, J W: Photographs taken in Taupo including the Spa Hotel
Reference: 1/2-028370-F
Description: The grounds of the Spa Hotel in Taupo showing four women on a bridge over a stream. Photograph taken circa 1890. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Mr and Mrs John Joshua outside a Maori meeting house, Taupo
Date: [ca 1887-1889]
From: Birnie, J W: Photographs taken in Taupo including the Spa Hotel
Reference: 1/2-028367-F
Description: Unidentified man with John Joshua, Sophia Joshua and others outside the wharenui Te Tiki o Tamamutu, taken by an unknown photographer between August 1887 and December 1889. Back row left to right: Hohepa Tamamutu; John Joshua; Mrs Kemp (Sophia Joshua's mother); Sophia Joshua. Front: Midge Joshua (born Louise Martha Salter, adopted daughter of John & Sophia Joshua) Date, and names of wharenui and individuals supplied by a researcher. This meeting house was later to become the dining room of the Joshua's Spa Hotel. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
"The Spa" Taupo. No. 140
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Charlton, S, active 1920s
Reference: Pan-0358-F
Description: Panoramic view of the Spa Hotel, Taupo, taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - "The Spa. Taupo. S. Charlton 12 copies" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 103.6 cm
Hislop album 3
Date: 1905 to 1908
From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums
Reference: PA1-o-229
Description: Includes photographs taken by Harold Hislop of friends and family at their home in Wellington and during trips around New Zealand. Possibly contains photograph of Myamym [house?] in Melbourne, Victoria. Album also includes photos of Utauta Webber (nee Wi Parata) and Natanahira Wi Parata, and other relatives, from Waikanae. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown leather cover; 24 x 31 cm