Places

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Tait, Ethna Bessie J, fl 1960 :Photographs of early Wellington

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-43-09

Description: View of the intersection of Thorndon Quay and Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington with the harbour and a row boat in the foreground photographed by W H W Davis. From left to right are: Clents & Dawson, grocers and general storekeepers; painting and paperhanging shop; Warcup's bootmaking business; J Greaves, plumber and glazier; Thistle Inn. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral is on the right. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2087-G Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.6 x 18.2 cm on mount 25.2 x 30.2 cm

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-09

Description: View of the dwellings along Thorndon Quay. One of a sequence of panoramic photographs taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.5 x 21.5 cm (2 copies)

Date: 1840

By: Stanley, Owen, 1811-1850

Reference: E-128-q-003

Description: A view from Charlotte Street (lower Molesworth Street) looking out to Wellington Harbour, with the side and back of Barrett's Hotel on the far left and the back of another house, 'the raupo house' in the centre. A flagstaff flying the Union Jack is alongside the near wall of Barrett's Hotel Copy of a wash drawing 'Barrett's Hotel, Port Nicholson' owned by the Royal Society Tasmania, and held in the collection of the Tasmanian Art Gallery and Museum, Hobart The 'raupo house' had a roof made of raupo and was said to be the first house built on Thorndon Beach (Thorndon Quay). It stood at the base of Charlotte Street, later Molesworth Street, on the right side as you face the sea, with Barrett's Hotel on the left side. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (postcard), 89 x 139 mm glued to sheet 276 x 215 mm

Date: 1900 - 1903

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-SALES-1900/1903

Description: Includes: 1900: Catalogue of the Elderslie yearlings, the property of J F Reid, esq. to be sold by auction by Pyne & Co., at Tattersall's Horse Bazaar, Cashel Street Christchurch. 8 November 1900. 1902: T S Clibborn, agent. Catalogue of untried fillies and geldings, the property of J R Smith esq, Tucka Tucka ... at T Payten's Newmarket Stables, Randwick. 4 April 1902 (Sydney) T S Clibborn, agent. Catalogue of thoroughbred yearlings of 1902, all foaled in 1900, to be sold by auction at Payten's Newmarket Stables, Randwick, Sydney ... 1 April 1902. H Chisholm & Co. Catalogue of the Dorchester Farm yearlings foaled in 1900, the property of Mr Reginald Allen to be sold ... at ... Randwick, 3 April 1902. Catalogue of the Sylvia Park yearlings, the property of Messrs L D and N A Nathan, to be sold by public auction without reserve, 31 December 1902. 11th annual sale 1903: H Chisholm & Co. Dispersal sale of the Myrangle Stud, Cumnock, NSW, the property of Alec E Anderson, esq, without reeserve ... at their Randwick Stables, 23 November 1903. Catalogue Dispersal sale of Sylvia Park Stud, the property of Messrs L D and N A Nathan to be sold by public auction without reserve by the NZ Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd. 31 December 1903. Catalogue Quantity: 7 album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 230 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Wellington Racing Club, 2006.

Date: 1890

By: Tabor, Henry John, active 1950

Reference: G-611

Description: A view looking south from close to the bottom of Tinakori Road at its junction with Thorndon Quay. Mount Victoria is in the background. Stowe Hill rises to the right. A man stands on Tinakori Road on the right, at the foot of the hill. A building, possibly the Thorndon Baths, is visible at Pipitea Point on the waterfront in the middle distance and houses are just visible in Thorndon. Artist unknown Other Titles - Stowe Hill Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting, 127 x 177 mm

Date: 1847

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865

Reference: A-343-041/043

Description: Includes: 1. View looking up Hawkestone Street, Wellington 2. Pitone Pa, Wellington 3. The beach near Major Baker's residence, Wellington Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 3 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, sizes varying Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-9117. - Material from the same provenance is housed at MS-Papers-9117..

Date: 1999

From: Kember, Ian :Photographs of Wellington City, events, and personalities

By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999

Reference: PAColl-6924-01

Description: Photographic essay on the men's public toilets in Wellington City. Featured are those at the intersection of Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place, those in Ballance Street, and those in Thorndon Quay near the intersection with Tinakori Road. The Taranaki St/Courtenay Place toilets opened for use in 1911 and they were closed 27 January 1999. They have not been demolished as the building is listed in the council's heritage inventory as historically signifigant. They are still (as at 2002) awaiting some sort of reuse. The other two public toilets are still in use. This collection also contains documentation relating to these public toilets in the form of news paper articles, and Ian Kember's own notes Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm, 36989 to 35mm, 36998 Quantity: 36 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-25

Description: View of the intersection of Thorndon Quay and Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington with the harbour and a row boat in the foreground photographed by W H W Davis. From left to right are: Clents & Dawson, grocers and general storekeepers; painting and paperhanging shop; Warcup's bootmaking business; J Greaves, plumber and glazier; Thistle Inn. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral is on the right. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2087-G. Identical image at PA7-43-09 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-10

Description: Panoramic view taken from end of Brown's wharf opposite the Royal Hotel, with the wharf and harbour in the foreground. From left to right are: Old St Pauls and St Pauls schoolhouse (behind); Royal Hotel; Brown & Ross, livery stables; Davies & Sims, blacksmith & farriers (behind); F Magnuson, tailor, Clements & Dawson, grocer & general store; and a painting and paperhanging business. One of a series of panoramic photographs taken of Wellington by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1868. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2086-G; copy of same image at PA7-09-03 (albumen), PA7-43-08 (albumen),and PA7-44-01 (silver gelatin). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1487-F

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington City and Harbour taken from a hill on the way up to Wadestown. Thorndon Quay with Dalgety's Stores are seen on the left, railway yards centre right, with a large area of reclaimed land and areas awaiting reclamation in the centre foreground. Wharves edge the harbour centre right middle distance, city on the right, Oriental Bay and Mount Victoria visible in the right background. Several fishing boats in the harbour. Start of the Hutt Road just visible on the far left, and Petone is in the distance on the far left. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Wellington Harbour showing Petone 317 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 134.4 cm

Date: 1977, 1980-1981, 1992, date unknown

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11666

Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Some slides are not dated. Arrangement: The first of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Tait, Ethna Bessie J, fl 1960 :Photographs of early Wellington

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-43-08

Description: View taken from end of Brown's wharf opposite the Royal Hotel, with the wharf and harbour in the foreground. From left to right are: Old St Pauls and St Pauls schoolhouse (behind); Royal Hotel; Brown & Ross, livery stables; Davies & Sims, blacksmith & farriers (behind); F Magnuson, tailor, Clements & Dawson, grocer & general store; and a painting and paperhanging business. Tinakor Hill is in the background. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay and Thorndon Quay taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1868. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Brown's wharf 1868 Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2086-G; copy of same image at PA7-09-03 (albumen print); PA7-44-10 (silver gelatin); PA7-44-01 (silver gelatin). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.2 x 20 cm on mount 25.3 x 30.3 cm

Date: 1869

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA7-57-11

Description: View looking south towards Thorndon taken from a hillside in Wadestown above Thorndon Quay. Tinakori Road is in the middle distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1869. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 26.5 x 38 mounted on card

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-053/055

Description: Three illustrations of scenes in the Wellington area. The top view looks north along the beach (now Thorndon Quay) towards Kaiwharawhara, with several houses along the beach, including the roof and front garden of Major Baker's. The central view, probably at Taita, shows the banks of the Hutt River, with Maori leaving Maraenuku Pā [Makahinuku Pa], overseen by soldiers. The palisades of the pa are to the right, with other buildings and canoes in the distance along the riverbank. The lowest view shows 'The red house' or the Barracks in Thorndon Quay, with soldiers marching up the slope towards them, another house and Tiakiwai Pa (described in Brees' text as 'Jackawai') in the middle distance. Other Titles - Makahinuku Pa Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 380 x 280 mm.

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-02

Description: View of the intersection of Thorndon Quay and Mulgrave Street, Thorndon, Wellington with the harbour and a row boat in the foreground photographed by W H W Davis. From left to right are: Clents & Dawson, grocers and general storekeepers; painting and paperhanging shop; Warcup's bootmaking business; J Greaves, plumber and glazier; Thistle Inn. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral is on the right. One of a series of panoramic photographs taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2087-G; another print at PA7-43-09 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21 x 26.5 cm

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-44-01

Description: Panoramic view taken from end of Brown's wharf opposite the Royal Hotel, with the wharf and harbour in the foreground. From left to right are: Old St Pauls and St Pauls schoolhouse (behind); Royal Hotel; Brown & Ross, livery stables; Davies & Sims, blacksmith & farriers (behind); F Magnuson, tailor, Clements & Dawson, grocer & general store; and a painting and paperhanging business. The left hand side of the panorama is printed separately and overlaps. This includes Barrett's Hotel with Parliament Buildings and St Mary's Cathedral behind. One of a series of panoramic photographs taken of Wellington by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1868. Relationship complexity - Original negative at 10x8-2086-G; copy of same image at PA7-09-03 and PA7-43-08. Lefthand side of panorama also at PA7-43-06 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints 21 x 26.7 cm; 20.8 x 16.5 cm

Date: [ca 1866-1868]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-09-03

Description: View taken from the end of Brown's wharf opposite the Royal Hotel, with the wharf and harbour in the foreground. From left to right are: Old St Paul's and St Paul's schoolhouse (behind); Royal Hotel; Brown & Ross livery stables; Davies & Sims; blacksmith & farriers (behind); F Magnuson, tailor; Clements & Dawson, grocer & general store; and a painting and paperhanging business. Tinakori Hill is in the background. One of a series of panoramic views of Lambton Quay and Thorndon Quay taken by W H W Davis, ca 1866-1868. Identical view at PA7-43-08 (albumen print); PA7-44-01 (silver gelatin print); PA7-44-10 (silver gelatin print). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-033

Description: A large lawn with a cabbage tree and possibly a yew tree and a fence in the foreground, looking from the garden of Charles Pitt Pynsent, Hobson Street, Thorndon. To the left is Wadestown hill, with The Grange, the home of W. Barnard Rhodes on the skyline and another house in a garden setting below it. The sea and Thorndon Quay can be seen, with further houses at the water's edge and telegraph poles. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - title and date Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: January - June 2010

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000545

Description: Photographs of Wellington street views, taken January to May 2010 by Dylan Owen Quantity: 30 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1856

By: Chapman, Alfred, 1828-1874

Reference: A-090-013

Description: Wellington seen from Bolton Street cemetery with fenced graves in the foreground, the flagpole at Government House visible lower down the hill and the houses of Thorndon to the left. The view looks north across Wellington Harbour with Somes Island and the Hutt Valley and Tararua Range in the distance Another very similar view in an album by Chapman - 'Wellington burying ground' - is held by the Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust. A photographic copy is the Drawings & Prints files Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 250 mm