Places

Date: ca1900-1956

By: Bailey, Colin Lennie, 1906-1997; Bailey, Sue, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-6025

Description: Views of Westport, Denniston, Blackball, Ngakawau, Millerton, Inangahua Junction, Seddonville, Dunedin, Gore, Milford Sound, Greymouth and Taupo Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. Provenance: The late Professor C L Bailey, from the VUW Department of Education, collected photographs and other items relating to New Zealand history from members of the public.

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1969

From: Einhorn family :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8000

Description: Views of Wellington, and old buildings. De Brett's hot baths and motel, Taupo, 1969. Photographed by Helmut Einhorn. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1 July 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000231-G

Description: View of Te Mata township, looking south, 1 July 1910. Photograph taken by the Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Te Mata (looking south) N.Z. 135; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros. Protd 1.7.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: January 1953

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-32249-F

Description: Aerial view of Taupo, taken January 1953 by Whites Aviation. Timber yards and a site with rows of newly constructed houses, possibly for workers, are visible. Area of central scrub was later the site of Taupo-nui-a-Tia College. Spa Road on right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Finding Aids: Print available in Whites Aviation Blue 470.

Date: [1880s]

From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry

Reference: PAColl-5521-23

Description: The settlement of Tairua showing a group of dwellings on the waterfront. Ferns are visible in the bottom left corner. Taken in the 1880s by Walker. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print

Date: 1 July 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-000232-G

Description: Main street in Te Mata township, 1 July 1910. Shows the Te Mata Public Hall on the left. Photograph taken by the Gilmour Brothers of Raglan. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Main Street. Te Mata N.Z. 136; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros. Protd 1.7.10 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1867 - 1880

Reference: C-030-002

Description: Shows a view of a coastal settlement spread along the water's edge, backed by bush-clad hills, and seen from the water. Thames, originally named Shortland, was established in 1867 as a goldmining town, but had grown to the size shown here by 1870. The buildings depicted are likely to include miners' houses, hotels and stamper batteries Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 165 x 770 mm (trimmed)

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001541-G

Description: Overlooking Thames township with Thames Central School in the foreground and the waterfront to the right. Photograph taken by William Price ca early 1910s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Thames. 1388 D Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: Circa 1910s

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

Reference: APG-1778-1/2-G

Description: Part two of a two-part view of Paeroa. It shows mostly commercial buildings, a few houses, a church and the business premises of James McAndrew & Company Ltd (Timber merchants), centre right. There is a bowling green in the centre foreground, and trees in the distance beyond the road. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. For part one see APG-1777-1/4. Note in the Godber Accessions List "From Evening Post Collection" Part of a collection of images relating to the Thames and Hauraki areas (from APG-1772-1/2 to APG-1779-1/2). The location was identified from a building on the extreme left of this image, which links with the one on the extreme right of the first negative. Identification of place from Wise's Post Office Directory (1914 edition), which lists James McAndrew & Company. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1910s

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

Reference: APG-1777-1/2-G

Description: Part one of a two-part view of ribbon-development along the road through Paeroa. It shows mostly commercial buildings, a few houses, and a church in the foreground. There is a field in the immediate foreground, and trees and fields with a few houses in the distance beyond the road. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. For part two see APG-1778-1/4. Note in the Godber Accessions List "From Evening Post Collection" Part of a collection of images relating to the Thames and Hauraki areas (from APG-1772-1/2 to APG-1779-1/2). The location was identified from a building on the extreme right of this image, which links with the one of the extreme left of the second negative. In the second image, the buildings of James McAndrew & Co. Ltd., (Ohinemuri Steam, Sash & Door Factory, The Esplanade, Paeroa) are visible, allowing identification of place from Wise's Post Office Directory (1914 edition). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 9 March 1988

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

Reference: EP-Science-Meteorology-Floods from 1988-01

Description: House in Te Puru, Coromandel Peninsula, damaged by flood waters. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24 x 20 cm

Date: Circa 1910s

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

Reference: APG-1779-1/2-G

Description: View with a road in the foreground, group of houses and commercial buildings partially obscured by trees, with a steep hill behind. A two-storey buildings centre right has scaffolding on the front. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Note in the Godber Accessions List "From Evening Post Collection" Part of a collection of images relating to the Thames and Hauraki areas (from APG-1772-1/2 to APG-1782-1/2) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1886

From: Goldie, Mr : Three negatives

Reference: 1/2-021476-F

Description: Settlement at the northern end of the railway tunnel at Porootarao, 1886. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001753-G

Description: View of Huntly South with the railway line running into the distanceon the right, and a row of houses on the left. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, circa 1910s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Huntly South. 224 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1 Jul 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001025-G

Description: Raglan, from the top of Stewart Street, 1 July, 1910. Photograph taken by the Gilmour Brothers. The business premises of the Gilmour Brothers and Moon & Cameron, and also the Harbour View Hotel are all visible centre right. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G Bros Protd 1.7.10; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Raglan NZ from top of Stewart St, 123 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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

Reference: APG-1774-1/2-G

Description: Looking over Thames showing hosues and commercial buildings, with the wharf visible centre right. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Note in the Godber Accessions List "From Evening Post Collection" Part of a collection of images relating to the Thames area (from APG-1772-1/2 to APG-1779-1/2) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1912

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000467-G

Description: Oparau township and bridge, Waikato. There is a stream in the foreground, several buildings are located near the bridge and road, and hills in the distance. One of the buildings visible is the general store owned by Otto Sperling. Photographed circa 1912 by William Archer Price. Other Titles - Oparau township & bridge Kawhia NZ Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Oparau Township & Bridge Kawhia. NZ. 2059. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1 August 1910

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Gilmour Brothers (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-001127-G

Description: View of Te Mata township near Raglan, taken from the middle of a road looking towards Te Mata Store, owned by P H Watkins. Photographed 1 August 1910 by Gilmour Brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Te Mata Township Raglan. NZ. 223.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - G.Bros.Proto.1.8.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1867 - 1870

By: Hoyte, John Barr Clark, 1835-1913

Reference: C-174-003

Description: Shows the stamper battery established on the Golden Crown claim in Thames, about 1868. Features a single-storey building with a tall chimney. Other smaller buildings, likely to be miners' dwellings, and roadways are established on the hills behind. A flagpole bearing two flags stands to the right side of the painting. The scene is dotted with figures, all male Gold was first discovered in Thames in 1867. Thames soon had 693 stamper batteries pounding quartz rock as part the gold extraction process and by the 1880s, logging had also been established in the area Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - JC Hoyte / 18[?] [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 375 x 545 mm Provenance: Sold to Fletcher's at Webbs, 3 April 2001