Places

Date: 1860-1900

By: Masterton Historical Society

Reference: PAColl-7329

Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.

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 1850s-1908

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7526

Description: The Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association building on Beach Road ca 1900; a procession for the Queen's jubilee on Stafford Street with men in uniform and a union banner; people on the beach at Caroline Bay with bathing machines in the sea captioned "The first lawn, Caroline Bay" ca 1890s; the band rotunda at Caroline Bay with a children's playpark behind and people swimming in the sea ca 1910; two of waves breaking over the breakwater ca 1898; the Timaru Shipping Co landing with the Lady of the Lake beached ca 1873; the interior of St Mary's Church looking towards the altar; Stafford Street, looking south from the corner of George Street with the Union Bank of Australia, a furnishing warehouse and J Trist ship chandler on the left; Sophia Street with the Wrecks memorial to those who tried to save lives on the City of Perth and the Benvenue in the foreground and the post office on the right ca 1880s; a man sitting on the beach on the site of the breakwater ca 1860s; Stafford Street looking south from Cannon Street with a boarding house on the right ca 1860s; and a row of workers' cottages on Bank Street with Parr's windmill behind. The photographer was William Ferrier and the photographs were taken ca 1890s-1908 or in some cases possibly re-printed from earlier images. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005333, 005339 to 005340 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1845

By: Clayton, George Thomas, 1791-1856; Nicholas, W A, active 1840s; E D Barlow (Firm)

Reference: C-010-007

Description: View from the sea with three ships in the foreground (Hazard, Victoria and Matilda) looking towards Kororareka or Russell, with most buildings identified. A related drawing of this view is held in the Public Record Office, London. It is a watercolour, drawn by Edward E Morgan, acting Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Hazard. See file print, negative number 106858 1/2. Morgan's version was lithographed for Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers. Papers Relative to New Zealand. Correspondence on the attack at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, to illustrate a letter from Governor Fitzroy to Lord Stanley dated 26 March 1845. See Papers Relative to New Zealand, 1844-45, Vol II, no. 517. For a better quality copy of this lithograph, see C-010-022 Other Titles - Hone Heke, Russell Extended Title - Signal station and blockhouse. Watering Place for shipping. Police, Customs and Post Office. J. S. Polack's stockade and magazine. 3 gun battery in charge of Mr Hector. H. M. S. Hazard. P. Mag &c. G. T. Clayton's stores. Officers' Quarters. Govt Brig Victoria. Mr Spicers. Soldiers Barracks. Robertsons. Chron. Maker. Observatory. Matilda, London, whaler, Cap[tain] Bliss. Capt.n Clayton's residence. American Consul's Residence. R. C. chapel. Maori Pah, unsold. Protestant Church. One gun battery. Bishop Pompallier's residence. Simons & Weston's stores. Inscriptions: Lacks part of the publication statement Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 313 x 523 mm

Date: 1883

By: Scammell, Bruce, active 1971-1993

Reference: PAColl-4648

Description: Photographs of Halcombe showing a steam train and carriages on a railway line. Together they show shops, the hotel, Bell's store, the first Anglican church, Slavak's Hall and the stationmaster's house. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

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: [ca 1880s-1966]

By: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979; Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: PAColl-4454

Description: Mounted photographs of a moa skeleton compared with a human one; a view from Cains Terrace, Timaru showing the Post Office and old St Mary's Church; a group of Maori in traditional clothes outside the carved meeting house at Ohinemutu, Rotorua; view of Parihaka pa with Te Whiti's house on the left and Mount Taranaki in the background; Sir George Grey's house at Kawau Island with a jetty; two stuffed kiwi and a kiwi egg; a woman sitting outside a Maori whare with a pig; a man standing outside the Vulcan Hotel, St Bathans with advertisements for Gaytime ice-cream and Speights beer 1966; and a loose print of a young woman sitting at the pihanga of a meeting house with a carved pare. Photographers include Walter Burke. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-029165, 071676, 071677, 071678, and 071696. Two of the images are described as the same as 1/2-031035 and 1/2-015845 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: [ca 1860s-1880s]

By: Bett, Francis Arnot Blackader, 1873-1957

Reference: PAColl-7528

Description: Copy negatives of photographs and sketches in the Bett album. The photographs are: view of Alexandra; two views of Thames Street, Oamaru showing shops such as London House; J & T Meek's mill on the river at Oamaru; the Bank of New Zealand in Timaru; the Presbyterian Church in Timaru; looking up Trafalgar Street towards Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson with the Examiners Office on the left; probably the bridge at Pirongia in the Waikato (some doubt as to identification); St Pauls's Church and the parsonage at Spring Grove; Rev Godrington's house on Norfolk Island; early settlements at Nelson; Hope Farm homestead and garden; St Michael's Church; the residence of Colonel and Mrs Lane; full length standing studio portraits of Colonel Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel C J Thomas, Captain J G Kennedy, Captain Davidson, Captain E R Blair, Lieutenant Colonel J D MacPherson, E A Blundell, and two of Mrs E A Blundell; full length seated studio portraits of Najor T G Kennedy, Doctor Monro, Doctor A Davidson, and Major General J D Kennedy; and a three quarter length seated studio portrait of Major General Blundell. The sketches are of: the bush at Wai-iti; a watercolour of Wantwood homestead by R H G; a watercolour of haystacks at Spring Grove; and rocks at Norfolk Island. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005389 to 005424 Quantity: 36 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: ca 1900-1925

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Strong, R, active 1905

Reference: PAColl-7261

Description: Invercargill Post Office and Athenaeum; Bluff east from the wharf; the view down Princes Street with shops on either side such as a chemists and an oyster bar, and trams, horses and carts and pedestrians in the street; Victoria Square, Christchurch with a tram and bicycles; looking south down Queen Street, Waimate; St Augustine's Church, Waimate; two young women next to a statue of Margaret Cruickshank, Waimate; the Alexandra bridge; tourists arriving in the spa grounds, Hanmer; an elevated view of Clyde; and tourists on the wharf at Queenstown waiting to get on the steamship. Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Wilson, Jennifer, active 1965; A.B. Hurst & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7249

Description: Postcards of St Stephen's Church, Opotiki, showing Rev Volkner's pulpit and memorial, and views of the township including Church Street Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [ca 1900-1919]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: PAColl-7219

Description: Postcards of a Maori chief from Whangape in a feathered cloak with moko and carrying a taiaha; mail coaches leaving Ohaeawai; sheep mustering on McKenzie's Estate, Herekino where the sheep are being herded into a field next to a beach; two of the second oldest church in New Zealand at Waimate North; Bedgood's Mill at Waimate North; Bedgood's mill waterwheel; a horse and cart heading to the Waimate Show in the distance; Te Paki Cattle Station; Houhora Hotel and harbour; Mount Camel and heads, Houhora harbour; moonlight on Houhora harbour; Herekino settlement; Herekino harbour overlooking Keay's with Manukau in the distance; Kerikeri Falls; Kohukohu showing the hotel and other buildings on the waterfront; two boats on the Waihopo River; a girl talking to a boy on a horse with the staff quarters of the Kaitaia Wireless Station behind them; three views of the Kaitai Radio Station (in operation 1912-1929); two men on rope slings gathering gum from a kauri tree; view of Kaikohe; Government Buildings, Kaikohe; Kaikohe Hotel with two men on ponies outside; two men on bicycles with the Kaitaia Post Office behind them; view of Mangonui; a man boating in Mangamuka Gorge; the Mangamuka River; sheep being driven along a road in Marangai, looking west; two views of Marangai looking east; a view of Kerikeri from the river showing the Stone Store and Kemp House; the bathing pool at Ngawha Springs; the Black Lake, Ngawha Springs; Ngataki Lake, Waihopo; boys from Te Kao North Cape Native School doing a haka; Ohaeawai Hotel; the Church of England, Ohaeawai (with additional photography by Radcliffe); the pier in Parengarenga Harbour; sheep on the road at Ohaeawai; a loaded horse-drawn cart on the main street in Ohaeawai, looking west; a steam locomotive pulling kauri logs at Puketi; and a kauri tree in a forest with a hut behind it. Photographer was Northwood Brothers. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002254, 002392, 002395, 002741, 002742, 002744 to 002746, 002748 to 002750, 002788 to 002795, 002809 to 002811, 002825, 002826, 002828, 002881, 002882, 002889, 002909 to 002911, 003123, 003156 to 003159, 003187, 003260 (additional copy at 1/2-021628), 003499 to 003503, 003543, 026804, 002998 to 003000, 032360 Quantity: 48 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1860s-1870s

By: Webster, Hartley, -1906; Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: PAColl-4246

Description: Small book of photographs of early Auckland and some Maori studies. Two of the photographers are John Kinder and Hartley Webster but there may be others unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at: 1/4-015157 to 015172 and 1/2-018462 to 018463 Processing information: It is believed that the album was dismantled after deposit. The two original prints mounted on one small page in this collection may be from the album. Knowledge of the other images comes from the reference to Bennett's deposit on the back of the file prints. The album has been taken apart and only two original prints are still locatable.

Date: 1858

From: Kinder, John 1819-1903 :Keri-Keri, Bay of Islands; [Kerikeri falls] Wangaroa. 1858.

By: Kinder, John, 1819-1903

Reference: A-113-027

Description: An extensive view showing the sea in the foreground, the chapel on the left, the Stone Store at the waterfront, to the right of the road leading down from the top of the hill in the left background, and Kemp house, the two-storied dwelling surrounded by trees to the right of the Stone Store. There are two other houses on top of the hill to the left. There is a view of Kerikeri Falls on the reverse Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - J. Kinder. 1858; Recto - bottom right - title [both inscriptions in pencil in the artist's hand] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone watercolour over pencil, 95 x 291 mm Provenance: Originally in scrapbook purchased from a second-hand shop in Auckland in the 1950s by Mr Harry Rodewald of Auckland. Dismounted and sold separately with other Kinder drawings in the early 1980s.

Date: 1850

By: Cridland, Henry John, 1821-1867; Burnand, William Henry, active 1843-1850s; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-195-016

Description: View from Governor's Bay looking back towards Lyttelton, with various features marked, including Mount Pleasant, H. M. S. Fly in the harbour, the Custom house, Major Hornby's Hotel [Major Hornbrook's hotel, the Mitre Inn] , the Emigration Barracks, a public cook house, the store and the temporary office of the Union Bank, John Robert Godley's house and garden, the Land Office, the Police Office and the Town Hall, Market Place, Jail and Hospital, the [Canterbury] Association Store House, the Esplanade, settlers' huts, the church, parsonage and school house. Several people including an artist are seated on rocks to the left, by an arched rock. The others are a woman with a baby and another woman with two small children. The reversing of the artist's initials and the naivety of the drawing may indicate that this is a contemporary copy by another hand of the original Cridland sketch located at C-014-002-1. It does, however, have more features indicated in writing than the C-014-002-1 version. Other Titles - Lyttelton. The boat labelled 'FLY' is not an accurate depiction of the HMS Fly. See A-292-070 or C-033-003 for more accurate depictions. September 2022 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title, signature [with initials reversed], date; Recto - top centre - [text describing the scene and its details]; Verso - [map of Christchurch] Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on blue laid paper 196 x 324 mm (irregularly cut) Provenance: Previously tipped into a volume of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull's copy of The New Zealand Journal housed on the open shelves in the Reference Collection at q328.42 until 1989. The volume had earlier belonged to W H Burnand. Transfers: Compare a very similar view with the same provenance located at C-014-002-1.

Date: 1875 - 1885

By: Tronson, Fairlie Harold active 1883; Bock & Elliot (Firm); Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-051-016

Description: View possibly from upper Dixon Street or McDonald Crescent, looking across Te Aro and up Willis Street towards Mount Victoria. St Peter's Church dominates the centre of the view and the Gasworks can be seen immediately to the left of the steeple of the church. Marjoribanks Street shows up clearly rising up Mount Victoria, and Oriental Bay, the entrance to Evans Bay and Miramar Peninsula are also clearly visible. Bush in the foreground, shops along Willis Street and several houses. In the right foreground is a large house with two steep gables, and a tree-filled garden, including two young Norfolk Pines. Note to A.H. Turnbull on corner. Other: The two-storied house in the right foreground may still be in existence in 2014, down a path leading from the lower end of The Terrace (formerly Woolcombe Street) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Two-tone lithograph 265 x325 mm Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull

Date: 1845

By: Clayton, George Thomas, 1791-1856; Nicholas, W A, active 1840s; E D Barlow (Firm)

Reference: C-010-022

Description: View from the sea with three ships in the foreground (Hazard, Victoria and Matilda) looking towards Kororareka or Russell, with most buildings identified. A related drawing of this view is held in the Public Record Office, London. It is a watercolour, drawn by Edward E Morgan, acting Lieutenant aboard H. M. S. Hazard. See file print, negative number 106858 1/2. Morgan's version was lithographed for Great Britain. Parliamentary Papers. Papers Relative to New Zealand. Correspondence on the attack at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, to illustrate a letter from Governor Fitzroy to Lord Stanley dated 26 March 1845. See Papers Relative to New Zealand, 1844-45, Vol II, no. 517. Other Titles - Hone Heke, Russell Extended Title - Signal station and blockhouse. Watering Place for shipping. Police, Customs and Post Office. J. S. Polack's stockade and magazine. 3 gun battery in charge of Mr Hector. H. M. S. Hazard. P. Mag &c. G. T. Clayton's stores. Officers' Quarters. Govt Brig Victoria. Mr Spicers. Soldiers Barracks. Robertsons. Chron. Maker. Observatory. Matilda, London, whaler, Cap[tain] Bliss. Capt.n Clayton's residence. American Consul's Residence. R. C. chapel. Maori Pah, unsold. Protestant Church. One gun battery. Bishop Pompallier's residence. Simons & Weston's stores. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 313 x 566 mm

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Hallenstein Brothers Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-1960s-01

Description: Paper bag issued by Hallenstein Bros Ltd showing vignettes of New Zealand landmark buildings including: Maori Village Gateway Rotorua, Parliament House Wellington, Otago University Clock Tower, Auckland Harbour Bridge, Christchurch Cathedral. The images are identified with labels, and other text is interspersed: Hallensteins for boys' clothing, Hallensteins for men's clothing, Hallensteins for footwear. Date estimated by donor. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on paper bag 465 x 302 mm. Provenance: Donated by Melanie Mills, Wellington, in 2014. Item had been used as a drawer liner for many years.

Date: 1882

By: Lyttelton times (Newspaper); Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014

Reference: Eph-E-CALENDAR-1882-01

Description: Arrangement of advertisement boxes and columns around central engraving of Christchurch Cathedral. Calendar for the year. Advertisers includes F. Gabites (draper), Parker & Williams (commission agents and bailiffs), H B Lane (butcher), Geo D Murchie (furniture), G Adams (watchmakers), James Henderson (stock broker), McDonald & Barns (accountant and sharebroker), T J Maling (wine & spirits), J B Dale (real estate), Walter Gee (venetian blinds), J T Brown (merchant), Wilcox's Criterion boot depot, C S Howel (saddlery), Karl Grieshaber (watchmaker), W E McDougall (estate agent), Baynes Bros (grain merchants), Taylor, Son & Co. (venetian blinds), J Bowman (furniture), Mrs W H Cooper (Milliner), W Gimblett (nurseryman), J Plaisted & Co. (hardware and guns), F Biggs (chemist), H Roberts (watchmaker), Davies and Williams (draper), G T White (watchmaker), A J White's (furniture), E J T Ford (land sales), De Veaux & Co. (commission and patent agents), Mackay Brothers (booksellers), Scott Brothers (railway foundry), CanterBuilding Society, Thomas Havell (plumber), Matson, Buss & Co. (auctioneers), Joseph B Sheath (coal merchant), Miss Duncan (milliner), Robert Forbes (paperhanger), J Kerr (saddlery), W Harvey (dyer), Charles Prin (signwriter), E Beardsley (framer), H W Smith (fruiterer). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress 932 x 640 mm. Provenance: Donated by Dr Les Cleveland in 1996.