Places

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-015371-G

Description: Courtenay Chambers building and adjacent buildings, Courtenay Place, Wellington. Martins' Ltd, a shoe shop, is located in the ground floor of the Courtenay Chambers. Photograph taken ca 1920s by Gordon Burt. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass Negative

Date: 1948

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047553-G

Description: View west along Laings Road, Lower Hutt City. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in 1948 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1925

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-046113-G

Description: View of a street in Havelock North. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith in about 1925 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1939

From: [Ephemera and programmes of quarto size concerning cycling, bicycles and cycle racing in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-B-CYCLE-1939-01-cover

Description: Shows a cyclist mounted on his bicycle in racing gear. On the cover of an illustrated sales catalogue advertising Malvern star cycles, Aberdale cycles, bicycle accessories and parts. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of booklet. Physical Description: Photolithograph on cover 275 x 222 mm.

Date: [ca 1905]

From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district

Reference: 1/1-003541-G

Description: Scene in Midhirst, showing a motor car, bicycle and butcher's delivery cart in front of the premises of the Bank of New Zealand and Christiansen & Nielsen, family butchers. Photograph taken 1907-1908 by James McAllister of Stratford. Chris Christiansen and Carl Christian Nielsen operated a butchers shop in Midhirst 1907-1908. (Source: Stone's directories) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1920]

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

Reference: 1/2-001819-G

Description: View from the street of the school, a brick building, opened in 1915. A number of bicycles are leaning against the fence in the foreground. Copy of a photograph taken by A Edwards in 1920s, in the William Archer Price Collection. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - District High School. Bulls; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No 3651. A Edwards. Photo. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1908 - 1912

From: [Postcards collected by May Stephens. 1900-1920s]

Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Stephens-03

Description: Shows the Westport Free Library, a Carnegie Library, built in 1904. It has an arched doorway flanked on each side by three arched windows. A man stands in the street outside and there is a bicycle leaning against the building. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 90 x 139 mm.

Date: [ca 1900s]

By: Old, Janet Haldane, 1928-2003

Reference: 1/2-137228-F

Description: Petone Railway Station, circa 1900s. Includes a boy with a bicycle, a horse-drawn carriage and large advertising signs on the hillside. Including Defiance brand of butter advertised on billboard, and a billboard for Red Jacket, Myrtle Grove cigarette tobacco, Bell's Perth Whisky, and Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. Taken by unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Petone Railway Station Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from loaned print

Date: 1905

By: Keeling & Mundy (Firm)

Reference: Eph-C-CYCLE-1905-01

Description: Advertises with illustrations, several brands of cycle, including Premier Cycles, Centaur Featherweight, and Centaur Motor Cycle; Warren Cycles, Tribune, and Blue Streak Bicycles. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on red paper, 455 x 284 mm. Processing information: Removed from between the pages of the bound "New Zealand mail" for 21 January 1905, in 1984.

Date: 1896

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-009322-G

Description: A police cycle patrol in Christchurch, which was raised to thwart a horse fiend. From left: Constables J Andrews, D G Sinclair, W Ainsworth, A E Rowell, P Fitzgerald, District Clerk A Stanton, Constables T Barrett, J Hayes, S Flewellen, Cycling Instructor Mr F Painter, Constable D H Hannafin, Sergeant Major W T Mason, Detective R Marsack, Constable J Dougan, Station Cook W Kwoe, Constable W Tonkin, and Detective L D Benjamin. Taken by Frederick Nelson Jones in 1896. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1927

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-021248-F

Description: Group of people standing outside Scott's Economic Store in Wanganui with bicycles and automobiles. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1927. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - 18965 Chronicle; Photographer's title on negative - 1927 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Between 1923 and 1924]

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

Reference: Pan-2357-F

Description: Panoramic negative showing the New Plymouth fire station centre left, on the corner of Liardet Street and Courtney Street. A group of about 18 fire men are posed outside (wearing their uniforms), along with two fire engines, and a wheeled extension ladder held up with props on which one of the fire men is standing half way up. Across the road on the far left is a church, beyond which there is a wholesale drapery, and a peep of the sea at the far end. On the right of the station in the centre of the image there is a road lined with houses. A large two-storeyed house (possibly a doctor's surgery or private hospital) is on the corner opposite the fire station on the right (sign reading "Surgery" on the window of a one-storeyed addition). There are groups of onlookers across the image, including six men in a row outside the house, all wearing suits with waistcoats, three wearing caps, the others wearing hats. Photograph taken between 1923 and 1928 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Firebrigade Box 4 New Ply. 3-40x10 1-20x10; Marginal notes on negative - Kodak Matt Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic Cellulose triacetate negative 19.7 x 105.3 cm

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001161

Description: View of the Epsom Post Office, Manukau Road, Auckland, and house directly behind. A man with a bicycle and a fox terrier are standing on the footpath in front of the post office. Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office. Epsom. No 493D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1905

By: Abel, Dykes Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-LOTTERY-1905-01

Description: Shows six inset photographs of the prizes in the lottery, separated by ornate decorative framing. First prize a piano (100 guineas); second prize a hooded phaeton (80 guineas); third prize a ladys' diamond bangle (60 guineas); fourth prize a bicycle (lady's or gent's) (25 guineas); fifth prize a dining room suite (25 guineas); and sixth prize a Densmore typewriter (25 guineas). Accompanied by a letter from the committee, signed by R Leslie Hunt and A Denniston, honorary secretaries. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Abel, Dykes Limited, Printers, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph and photolithograph, on cover of booklet, 134 x 260 mm.

Date: February 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5936-33

Description: Boys towing their boats home to Levin with bicycles, after a day on Lake Horowhenua. From left to right: K Cooper, John Elderton and Hugh Perry. Taken in February 1959 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Transporting their boats home after a day on Lake Horowhenua. The Horowhenua Boating Club is well established here. L to R, K Cooper, John Elderton & Hugh Perry of Levin. 2/1959. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland

Reference: 1/1-006249-G

Description: The Kaitaia Hotel, Kaitaia, photographed ca 1910 by Arthur Northwood. Two girls with dolls' prams stand in the street (foreground). Nearer the hotel may be seen a cyclist and two dogs. Two saddled horses are at the left. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Batty, Walter, active 1920

Reference: 1/2-031001-F

Description: Barney Magee, aged 14, having just ferried 4 cyclists and 4 cycles, across the Karamea River in a boat. The passengers are: Mr Ernest Pettit and his wife, in the back seat is her sister, Mrs Walter Batty and her child. In the background, extreme right, is the house where the Magee family lived. In the centre background is the house of Bob Johnson. The small building on the right is the stable where horses were kept. The punt, which Barney Magee and his father used for heavier loads, is visible at the water level. Photograph taken by Walter Batty circa 1920. (Information from back of file print) Bob Johnson was the first ferryman at Karamea. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 28 January 1988

From: Nauta, Jan, fl 1980s :Post Office Documentary Project photographs

Reference: PAColl-1297-03

Description: Exterior view of Tasman Post Office, taken 28 January 1988 by Jan Nauta. Shows a woman standing outside the door to the post office, beside a bicycle. A phone booth can be seen to the left of the building. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Jan Nauta Photographer; Verso - top left - 21-a Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.3 x 25.3 cm

Date: 20 Jul 1957

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1957/3025-F

Description: Shows crowd surrounding logs of a felled redwood tree at Upper Hutt. Shows logs loaded on a truck, children clambering over the logs, male cyclist with baby sitting in child seat on bicycle. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer 20 July 1957. Published in the Evening Post 20 July 1957. Source of descriptive information - date identified by Library client Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - beneath image - 1957 3025 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.5 x 5.6 cm

Date: 13 August 1914

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/2-035432-G

Description: Selling tickets by auction for a concert in Nelson, in aid of the War Fund. The auction is being conducted from a motor car, surrounded by cyclists and other onlookers. Photograph taken on 13 August 1914 by Frederick Nelson Jones on Nelson. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Patriotism in Nelson N.Z. Selling tickets by auction for concert in aid - War Fund. Aug 13. 1914. F.N. Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.6 inches