Places

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-115

Description: Album containing family photographs (mostly unidentified); photographs of life in Wellington and the region nearby, including two group portraits of school children, views of public buildings in the city, the Kelburn Cable Car, shipping in the harbour, and views of fire fighters, the fire brigade building in Newtown, and fire fighting equiment. In the Wellington region are views of the Porirua Hospital, and the Maori meeting house at Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Biographical information for M E Coulter from Library client, 2007 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with ochre coloured buckram cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 33 x 28 cm

Date: 1907-1940

From: Harcourt, Peter Millais 1923-1995 :Photographs relating to Croydon School and the history of musical theatre in New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-5204-3

Date: 1924

By: Sklenars, Linda, active 2004

Reference: PA1-o-1212

Description: Album compiled on a tour of the North Island in 1924 by an unknown photographer. The album includes views of Wellington, Auckland, Rotorua, Wairakei, Lake Taupo, Lake Rotoiti, Lake Rotoehu, Lake Rotoma, Lake Rotomahana, Hamurana Springs, Whakarewarewa, Waimangu and Waitomo. The scenes in Wellington include views of Parliament, Government Buildings, St Mary of the Angels church, Oriental Bay, Island Bay, Wellington Heads, Breaker Bay, Seatoun, Miramar, Lyall Bay, Khandallah and Days Bay. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown leather bound album

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1927 and 1955]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-206

Description: Photographs taken by John Tenison Salmon between 1927 and 1955, mostly in the Wellington Region. Some are art photographs, including still life images of carvings, cloisonne ware and porcelain, and some are tinted. One sequence shows the Dominion Museum and Art Gallery, both interior and exterior views. Some were taken in April 1936 before the building was furnished; others were taken later in 1936 and 1937, including the Kauri Hall, the Sculpture Hall, the Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Academy Gallery, the Maori Hall, and the entrance vestibule. Civic events are shown in illuminations at the Government Buildings for the King George V Silver Jubilee on 12th May 1935; the Carillon tower floodlit for for the coronation of King George VI; and night photographs of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in 1940, including the Australian and British pavilions. Wellington is shown in views from various hills and rooftops. Specific trips and occasions include a Waikaremoana trip in 1930; the Victoria University College Natural History Society trip to Butterfly Creek in 1933; a Camera Club outing near Mangaroa Hill in 1938; and celebrating Xmas in Auckland in 1952. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super-Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: ca1855-ca1940

From: Nisbet, Eleanor M, fl 1980s-1990s :Photographs taken by Charles William Clift

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-4889-1

Description: Clift and Jones family photographs. New Zealand towns and landscapes, in particular Wellington and Brooklyn. A record of the British aircraft carrier Indefatigable when it visited Wellington in November 1945. New Zealand houses and a very good wedding breakfast laid out in a private interior of the 1890s. There is a photograph of the Clift house in Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, and of a Christmas gathering at a house in Patanga Crescent associated with the Holm family of the Holm shipping line. Brooklyn and Makara churches and the interior of the Anglican cathedral in Dunedin Quantity: 1 container(s) photographic prints.

Date: 1916-1917

From: Firth, Pauline J, fl 1977 :Photograph albums of New Zealand and of World War I

By: Whitaker, Arthur, active 1916-1940?

Reference: PA1-o-174

Description: Snapshots of a group of friends, mostly in the Days Bay area, particularly at a house known as `Angel's Rest'; also a series of holiday photographs taken in Palmerston North at Christmas 1916. Two of these show soldiers marching in the Christmas Day Parade, and there are two views of a man posed beside a large cannon. People are identified only by their Christian names. Collection created by Arthur Whitaker. Inscriptions: Album page - Volume 2. More sunny memories. Arthur Whitaker. 12/12/16 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey cover, with inscription in black ink on front cover; 15.5 x 11.5 cm

Date: ca 1939

By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council

Reference: PAColl-3960

Description: Picturesque views around Wellington Arrangement: 1/2-125361-G to 1/2-125406-G, 1/1-25262 Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s) (as file prints).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

By: Brockett, Frederick Charles, 1881-1956

Reference: PA1-o-213

Description: Photographs of scenes, and events in the Wellington Region. Photographs include views of Mount Cook Boys' School staff at a picnic, children from the school on an outing to the coast where they were picnicking and swimming, and teachers in fancy dress. A number of images show Trafalgar Day celebrations, with a parade through the streets of Wellington, and activities at Newtown Park. Two ships shown are HMS Powerful in Wellington Harbour, and La Bella after being washed ashore at Ohiro Bay, 15th October 1904. Sporting scenes show the IIIB team from Victoria University College, a gymnastics team, and a photograph of two men practising gymnastics. Inscriptions: Album page - F.C. Brockett. 1906 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 15 x 20 cm

Date: 1904-1916

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1556

Description: Photographs relating to R V Kay and his family. Includes photographs of Pencarrow, Ward Island, Victoria University College, Hospital ship Maheno, Wellington views, Sybil Satchell and her mother Mrs Edith Satchell, Louis Vincent Kay and his wife, picnics, drilling at Nelson College, Huntley School in Marton, public buildings and botanical gardens in Wellington, Japanese warship at Clyde Quay Wharf during WWI, sailing with Clement Watson in Wellington Harbour, Waikanae views, Karori military camp, group portraits at 'Sunnybank', Huntley School group portraits, 'Moana Mara' homestead in Levin, Gladstone Road, holiday in Russell, Bay of Islands, and Public Trust picnic at Days Bay. relating to Satchell family. Includes photographs of family members, recreation by rivers, tug-of-war game, automobile travel, picnics, golf playing, pheasant hunters and friends. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 195 x 240 mm

Date: [Circa 1900-1910]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-245

Description: Photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares. These include family photographs, many of which are not identified. Those whose names are given (at a later date) are Beryl Charlotte Cameron (aged one); Isaac Jeffares himself; and Isaac Jeffares' mother, Mrs Jane Jeffares (nee Warrell). Scenic photographs were chiefly taken in Wellington, with harbour views, Wellington City, and several well-known public buildings; Napier, including Bluff Hill and Cape Kidnappers; and Greymouth. Other Titles - Sunny memories Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 20 x 22 cm

Date: 1892-1896, [ca 1948]

By: Tustin, B, active 1988; Tustin, William Henry, 1880-1970; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PAColl-1281

Description: Collection comprises postcards of Wellington views, views of Karori, panorama of Wellington taken 1892, photographs near Gladstone, bush scene, railway scene, and Raumati store Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card and. 9 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcards) and. 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera in one box.

From: Downie, Robert Ingram, 1879-1925 :[Scenes of New Zealand's North and South Islands, 1906-1914, and of England and Scotland, ca 1900 to 1905 and 1920-1925; also watercolours by the artist's brother James, including portaits of Robert Downie. ca 1900-1925]

Reference: A-463-001/050

Description: Early views of Wellington and surrounding area. Locations identified in pencil on the reverse of the paintings. Includes views of Wellington City from Kelburn, Petone, Evans Bay and Northland. The painting of Pencarrow shows the lighthouse. Also includes a view of Steeple Rock in Seatoun. The painting with reference number A-463-015 has a pencil portrait on the reverse - probably a self portrait of Robert Downie. Quantity: 50 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper

Date: [ca 1900-ca 1915]

By: Manz, Herman Otto, 1860-1962; Manz, Arthur Herbert, 1917-

Reference: PAColl-10108

Description: Photographs taken by Herman Otto Manz circa 1910s with his Thornton-Pickard camera, chiefly of scenes in the Wellington area but including one of Auckland Hospital. The prints are sulphur toned. Includes portraits of the Government Life Insurance building on Customhouse Quay, Days Bay Pavilion and water chute at Williams Park, Wellington Public Post Office illuminated for the coronation of King George V, Wellington Library building, Chaffers dock, Bank of New Zealand building on the corner of Lambton Quay and Featherston Street, Queen Victoria statue on Cambridge Terrace, and Seddon memorial at Bolton Street Cemetery. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, sulphur toned Provenance: Donor is the son of Herman Manz.

Date: 1910-1914

From: Hurley family : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1770

Description: Includes : scenic views such as Te Awanga, gannets at Cape Kidnappers, walks in Days Bay Bush (Eastbourne, Lower Hutt). Photographs of family members and friends occur throughout the album. Chilton house School (Lower Hutt) in 1912. Views of the school building and snaps of girl pupils in groups or out in the countryside visiting the sea shore and places like Wilton's Bush (Wellington). Maori woman carrying a child on her back. Holiday at Te Awanga Camp, Hawke's Bay, 1913. Friends at and views of Hastings. Foundation stone laying for unidentified Methodist Church. Thorndon Baths, Wellington. HMS New Zealand at Napier in 1913. Views of a house called "Dynevor." Holiday at "Wairere" in 1914. Groups at a house called "Oakleigh," Pakowhai, 1912. Soldiers at Hastings, 1914. House called "Dunblane," Hastings, 1913. Fanny Ferguson as "Little Miss Muffet" 1914. Beatson's Park (near to house called "Dynevor, Hawkes Bay.) Eaton Hurley and his dogs Tiny and Mongo. Uncle Dick and friends in Canada, 1912. Troop trains, August 1914. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1900s-1910s]

From: Hall, George Patterson, 1875-1958: Photographs of Campbell Island, early whaling, and others

Reference: PA1-o-1639

Description: Photographs of maritime life, including wreck of ship Knight of the Garter, whaling from the Whangamumu whaling station, and coastal shipping, compiled by Captain G P Hall ca 1900s-1910s. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 235 x 300 mm

Date: 1906-1911

By: Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0427

Description: Photographs of Wellington Workingmen's Club Picnic Officials 1910 taken in a billiards or snooker room with the following names given: H Guppy, W McCarlie, G Stott, Petersen, J Kennedy, A Wimpory, W Noot, D McPhee, H Chainey, H Hollis, J Apperley, J Andrews, R Williams, R Mapplebeck, P Woods, W Lightfoot; the staff of P Hayman & Co taken September 1906 in a yard with planks and a ladder against the wall behind them (one of the men is on the ladder); Wellington Plumbers' Union members and others taken in a dining room after a meal and captioned "social to NZ delegates 19.4.1911" (the photographer Zak has also noted that it was taken with flashlight); and a Labour Day picnic at Days Bay with Days Bay House in the background and what may be the start of a race with spectators looking on. 1/2-072000, 1/2-072005, 1/2-072010 to 072011 Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-072000, 072005, 072010, and 072011 Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints

Date: [between 1925 and 1927]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926- :Photograph albums depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-q-268

Description: Photographs taken between 1925 and 1927 depicting the ashphalting of roads in the Wellington region. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker. Inserted in a pocket inside the back cover there are three loose photographs showing the Hutt Road alongside Wellington Harbour. Photographs of the Hutt Road include those alongside the harbour, and also some of the "Main Hutt Road" in Lower and Upper Hutt. Most of the photographs have good captions, with the title at the head of each one which reads "Asphaltic concrete pavement". Other - Some of the original negatives, from which these photographs were printed, are amongst the Wellington City Council collection at PAColl-5448. Other Titles - Asphaltic concrete pavement Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cloth cover, entitled "Photographs", 65 black paper pages of black and white photographs; 28.5 x 38.5 cm

Date: ca 1940

Reference: PAColl-8027

Description: Views of Parliament, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Oriental Bay, the Carillon, the Dominion Museum, Willis Street, Lambton Quay, Wellington harbour, and the Invercargill Water Tower.and other scenes. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Serials Collection - PR-02-0450.

Date: 1919

From: Munt, Jeanie, fl 1978 :Album of a selection of tourist photographs, of a school and of the Munt family, and loose prints

By: Jobson, Nancy, 1880-1964

Reference: PA1-o-356

Description: Album created by Nancy Jobson, the first principal of Queen Margaret College when it opened in Hobson Street in 1919. Photographs have captions, listing various staff members, including Miss Fyfe, Miss Gold, Miss Irving and Miss Naylor; pupils listed only with Christian names; and interior and exterior views of the school. Activities and outings are shown, including celebrations around Peace Day, with a visit on board HMS New Zealand (showing gun turrets, decks, and views from the wharf), banners and processions; picnics at the beach; trips to Kapiti Island; and pupils dressed for a performance of the Merchant of Venice. For full names of the pupils and staff of Queen Margaret College in 1919 see `A history of Queen Margaret College' by Mollie D Gambrill (1969) "Nancy Jobson" is printed in ink on the last page of the album. Inscriptions: Album page - `To dear Olive in loving appreciation and memory of her love and fidelity through the long years since 1919, from Nancy Jobson' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red-brown mock-suede cover, end-papers with brown, gold and red pattern; inscribed `N.J., Wellington 1919' in gold lettering; 21 x 26 cm