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Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6848

Description: 25 images including two of what is probably earthquake damage to buildings in Hawke's Bay following the 1931 earthquake; four of a gathering at a wool shed flying the union jack (location unknown); one of the war memorial in Cathedral Square, Christchurch; one of a small wooden church without a tower or steeple (location unknown); a general view of the town where the same church is located; two of a derailment; eight of various locomotives, steam, diesel and electric, including one of a railcar sitting at Wellington Railway Station and one of an electric locomotive and carriages at Paekakariki station; one of a line of buses at a rural depot with passengers waiting; two boys and a man next to their car; a boy crouching next to a man; and a landscape (location unknown). Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029898 to 029903, 030017, 030035 to 030036, 030039, 030044 to 030050, 030997, 031000 to 031003, 031006, 031011 and 031015. Quantity: 25 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

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

Date: 1938

Reference: PA1-q-052

Description: Album chiefly shows members of a Lands & Survey team surveying boundaries etc, in the Chatham Islands, and in South Canterbury, circa 1938. Residents of the Chatham Islands, various locations in the islands and activities such as sheep transportation from the islands to Lyttelton and Wellington by ship are shown. Another sequence shows drainage and irrigation procedures in South Canterbury. The photographer is probably Russell Gladstone Dick, later the New Zealand Surveyor-General. Other - Source of descriptive information - Card inserted in album which reads "Ample evidence this is a 1938 Lands and Surveys team surveying boundaries etc ... The photographer is shown in photos 126, 127 and 112, and is probably Mr Dick, later NZ Surveyoe General ..." Signed "Rhys Richards". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cloth-covered album, 35.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: [1930s]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-057

Description: Album of photographs of scenes, advertisements and posters advertising rail and ferry travel in New Zealand. The advertisements were used in The New Zealand Railways Magazine, and the posters were displayed at Railways Ticket Offices. The posters, and advertisements using "Mr Goodseat" were part of their campaign to show the advantages of travel by rail. The artist for many of these signed himself 'Matthews'. Scenic photographs also show some aspects of life in New Zealand, including a series on the flax industry with harvesting, drying and processing the fibres. Another group shows a farm, including a house made of corrugated iron, with sacking covering the windows; land clearing and ploughing with horses, draining the land, and a pile of harvested kumara; and several photographs of a man panning for gold, and inspecting pieces of rock with a magnifying glass; a group of men on horseback with dogs setting out on a hunt, and a cage full of pheasants before being released for the shoot. Pages 78-81 show activities associated with the mail service. They include people buying stamps in a post office, men sorting mail, large bags prepared for out-of-town delivery (some bags being delivered to the inter-island ferry for transport to the South Island). From there they show postmen emerging from the Chief Post Office with their satchels ready for local delivery, with the final scenes of delivery into a household letterbox, and one of a woman being handed her mail at the door. There are a number of much earlier photographs in the album, including pictures of Major Ropata, Sir Donald McLean, John Webster and F E Maning, and one of Te Aro in 1857. Advertisements included "Buy New Zealand made goods, for the children's sake. Cut these cords. Unemployment"; an advertisement for Hannah's footwear using a photograph of The Mystery train" (advertising a trip to Paraparaumu Beach, and another to Ohau). Several photographs show large groups of people who travelled on the Mystery Train, picnicking at the beach at Paraparaumu, boiling up a huge billy, and a child in a backpack on her father's back). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book C3"; 39 x 56 cm

Date: 1999

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

By: Kember, Ian Robert, 1953-1999

Reference: PAColl-6924-03

Description: Aotea Quay Wellington showing surrounding buildings, the constuction of the WestpacTrust Stadium walkways, the station yards and platforms. Photographed by Ian Kember 10 january 1999 Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm, 37006 to 35mm, 37021 Quantity: 24 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1958

From: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef :New Zealand scenery

By: Folprecht, Frantisek Josef, 1914-1989

Reference: PA12-0032

Description: Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies (35mm).

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

Date: 1970 - 1974

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PAColl-1616-1

Description: Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s) in three envelopes.

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

By: Whanganui Regional Museum

Reference: PAColl-9962

Description: Photographs of Wellington region and other images, all taken circa 1930s-1940s by unidentified photographers. Wellington views comprise: six images overlooking areas around the harbour; group crossing a road including dental health billboard about cleaning ones teeth; Wellington Railway Station interior including timetable in foreground; Hutt Road; looking over Te Aro rooftops from the Dixon Street Flats, including a church spire in foreground and the Carillon in distance; Basin Reserve and surrounding houses; Johnsonville street scene with cars and premises of Star Stores Ltd. Other views comprise: the ship 'Rangitoto' in Wellington Harbour; three of house exteriors at unidentified locations; a locomotive; a car described as "Morris Minor 1931"; aerial view of an unidentified hilly landscape. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Relationship complexity - The items in this collection are not the entire set of photographs originally donated to the Whanganui Museum. For further information regarding the location of the other images see Reftracker 1010372. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Originally given to the Museum by an anonymous donor.

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968

Reference: A-216-007-b

Description: A blank invitation. In the centre top is the royal coat of arms. Left top is a view of Wellington Harbour with Lyttelton Harbour at the right top. Centre left are portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and centre right are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later George V and Queen Mary). Bottom left is a cavalry soldier with the uniform worn for the South African war, his horse behind him, followed by a view of Auckland Harbour, the arms of New Zealand, a view of Port Chalmers and a Maori chief with Mount Taranaki behind him Extended Title - Supplement to Brett's Christmas Annual, Dec. 1, 1922 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph glued to card, 284 x 360 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Arthurs, 10 February 1954

Date: [Between 1933 and 1938]

By: Watt, Philip Chetwoode, 1876-1940

Reference: PA1-o-515

Description: Detailed photographs of the deign and construction of the Wellington Railway Station, from the foundations with special earthquake strengthening to the completed building, both external and interior. There are a few photographs at the end of the album showing one each of the Auckland Railway Station, the foundations of the Hotel Waterloo in Wellington, and the 2YA building; the 710' high mast for 2YA Radio Station; and erection of the Ford Building. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album covered with two sheets of cardboard tied with green tape; 20.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: [ca 1963-1971]

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8709

Description: Includes - Site for the New Zealand Post Office Store and Workshop, Taita, ca 1971. Site for the Church of Christ the king, Cannon's Creek, Porirua, ca 1963. Wellington Railway Station. Old New Zealand houses, two churches, and a wooden public building in Carterton. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1931-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-204

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1931-1949. Wellington - Bryant & May (employees playing tennis); Cenotaph with Government House and Parliament Building in background; Rangatira at Lyttelton Wharf; aerial view of railway station and wharves; aerial view of Kelburn, 1939; Pigeon Park showing Manners Street & Dixon Street intersection looking towards Courtenay Place; Weir House with Mount Victoria etc in background; elevated views of the city from Tinakori Hills; Sydney Street under construction, 1939; garages in Sydney Street; Herd Street Post Office, 1950; Wellington Zoo showing children having an elephant ride; Worser Bay; sunbathers at Oriental Bay; view of Oriental Bay from grassy area above the bay; inner city tennis club (with Carillon in background); Carlton Gore Road and Oriental Parade looking west; Jervois Quay showing intersection of Cable Street and Wakefield Street; houses above Evans Bay; houses at Days Bay; tree planting in Highbury Street, 1948; cars on Hutt motorway, 1947; traffic signs; pohutukawa tree on The Terrace, 1946; Queens Wharf, 1860; policeboat, 1948; tree planting at Kelburn/Highbury on Arbor Day 1948 (including photo of young Christopher Rollings); Percy Reserve, Lower Hutt. Auckland - Winter Gardens at Auckland Domain; Auckland War Memorial Museum; car boarding the vehicular ferry, 1935; Auckland Harbour Board crane being towed by the launch Te Hauraki at Auckland Western Viaduct, 1949. Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: ca1925-ca1950

By: Moult, Eric Edwin, 1908-1995; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-5343

Description: Photographs by F G Barker and Doree & Sache Ltd Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1924-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968

Reference: A-216-007

Description: An invitation to Mr A. A. Corrigan. In the centre top is the royal coat of arms. Left top is a view of Wellington Harbour with Lyttelton Harbour at the right top. Centre left are portraits of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and centre right are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall (later George V and Queen Mary). Bottom left is a cavalry soldier with the uniform worn for the South African war, his horse behind him, followed by a view of Auckland Harbour, the arms of New Zealand, a view of Port Chalmers and a Maori chief with Mount Taranaki behind him Extended Title - Supplement to Brett's Christmas Annual, Dec. 1, 1922 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph glued to card, 284 x 360 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr D. W. Corrigan, 4 April 1962

Date: [1939-1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-062

Description: Album of publicity photographs produced for New Zealand Railways by unidentified photographers. Many of the images are related to a series of articles produced in the new Zealand Railways Magazine between January 1939 and June 1940, written by O N Gillespie, with the overall title "Buy New Zealand goods and build new Zealand. New Zealand Industries series". In this album topics covered are glass manufacture and toys, novelties and woodworking. Many photographs show the beginning of work related to World War II, with a large number of views of New Zealand military parades in Wellington; views at Wellington wharves of the troopship the Empress of Canada; and scenes at the Wellington Railway station. Other views show various training activities of the Home Guard, including fire-fighting and medical training. Two pages of nine images show different views of the Oerlikon automatic gun (p 46-47), and there is one of a range finder (p 51). On Page 5, there is a three-part panorama of the Hutt Valley from Wainuiomata Road. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, red spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 8'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: 1901

By: Schmidt, William Shaw Diedrich, 1870-1968; Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-ROYAL-1901-01

Description: Invitation shows four vignettes (of Wellington Harbour, Lyttelton Harbour, Auckland Harbour, and Port Chalmers Harbour), inset portraits of Their Majesties, and figures of a European soldier and a Maori chief. The British crest is at top centre. Two copies of this work at this reference number. Each differs slightly, one having been printed with slightly larger, heavier dots of colour, giving a darker overall effect (easily studied through a strong magnifying glass). Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Other Titles - His Majesty's Ministers for New Zealand request the honor of the presence of [Mr and Mrs G N Goldie] to witness the ceremony...by Their Royal Highnesses. Extended Title - Brett Printing Co. Ltd., Auckland, 1901. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W S D Schmidt Des; Recto - bottom right - Litho. by the Brett Printing Co. Ltd. Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 280 x 360 mm.