Places

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1890 - 1901

By: Shaw, Allen Desmond, 1944-; Child, Edward George, 1860-1949

Reference: PAColl-2171

Description: Photographs of: seven men leaning on shovels outside a hut and two men with shovels holding the reins of drays at the harbour side (both taken by Anglo New Zealand photo); the railway line and water tank at Rata with men, women and children in an open railway carriage on the right; D class locomotive with four men standing next to it; men cutting flax on a wooden jetty next to a river; men outside a hut with piles of flax bundles; the Delphic captioned as "the largest boat that trades to New Zealand" moored in Wellington (taken by E G Child); a large crowd outside the Parliament Buildings for the memorial service on the death of Queen Victoria; and a group of men and one woman outside a corrugated iron hut. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: [1949]-1999

From: Berzins, Baiba, fl 1960-2000 : Papers relating to the Coates family

Reference: MS-Papers-6723

Description: Comprises list of contents and background information on the collection and the Coates family, particularly relating to the links with Latvia, by Berzins; note on copyright and access to the papers; 11 letters from Kitty Coates to Lucija Berzins describing family matters and aspects of life in Rotorua and New Zealand (1949-1955); six letters from Percy Coates to his niece Lucija Berzins in which he writes particularly of his family and also of life in Timaru (early 1950-1962); letter from Jimmy Coates to Lucija Bezins with letter from Percy Coates to him, with `Reminiscences of a a new chum'; and transcript of the `Reminiscences', probably transcribed by Jeannete Coates; and copy of obituary for Lucija Berzins by Baiba Berzins (1999). Also photocopy of photograph transferred to Photgraphic Archive. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Copy of photograph taken in 1949 of Arthur and Kitty Coates, Win Kellett, Susan Kellett (now Baing), Margaret and Percy Coates.

Date: ca 1890s

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Beattie & Sanderson (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7221

Description: Photographs of: a group of men with spades digging for gum amongst kauri trees; a group of Maori men, women and children gathered around the hot pools at Whakarewarewa, with the men are pulling on ropes attached to something in the pool, captioned "`Parekohoro' - Whakarewarewa"; and two photographs, one a close-up, of Seddon and party on a waka. They are captioned "The Premier's Visit to Huntly on the Waikato in the war canoe Taheretikitiki" and "The Premier's Visit to Huntly on board the war canoe on way to King Mahuta's residence Waahi". Photographers were Josiah Martin (using the initials J M) and Beattie & Sanderson. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002406 and 002408 Quantity: 2 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1890s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15

Reference: PAColl-7081-74

Description: A group of men standing on and next to a locomotive at Picton Station. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1878-1880

By: Taylor, Charles Henry, 1858-1928

Reference: MS-Group-1671

Description: Comprise two diaries, covering Taylor's voyage to New Zealand and his life in Wellington, the Manawatu region, and finally Auckland. The diaries are detailed and provide a lively account of life on an immigrant ship and in the North Island while looking for work. Interspersed with reflections on life and quotations from poems, as well as some sketches of people, ships, housing and scenery. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - The donor is happy for researchers to contact him, for possible further information. His address is 16/166 Mill Point Road, South Perth, WA 6151, Australia. Charles Henry Taylor, lived on the Isle of Man as a child, was a joiner by trade. In 1878 he took advantage of the Vogel government's immigration scheme to emigrate to New Zealand on the `Hudson'. Travelled through Wellington, the Manawatu, where he was an eyewitness to the great bush fires of the period, and to Auckland, looking, often unsuccessfully, for work. Quantity: 2 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Professor John A Howard, grandson of C H Taylor

Date: between 1896-1901

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/2-032341-G

Description: Self portrait of the photographer Edward George Child (retouching photographs?) in his studio at Ohingaiti, between 1896-1901. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [between 1898-1902]

From: Cameron, R A :Photographs of Ohingaiti

Reference: 1/2-094227-F

Description: Group portrait of 39 men and boys who worked on the Makohine Viaduct. Photograph taken between 1898-1902 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori

Reference: 1/2-110365-F

Description: Scene alongside native bush in Upper Hutt, showing workers in the foreground, outside a sawmill. Photograph taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Copy photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1900

From: Cameron, R A :Photographs of Ohingaiti

By: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949

Reference: 1/2-094252-F

Description: Cement shed gang, and carrier George William Sherson (sitting on sleepers), alongside the Makohine viaduct tunnel, circa 1900. Photograph taken by Edward Child. See 1/2-035463 (Identical image) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [189-?]

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0697-G

Description: Workmen from the Waikaro-Mumu HGS Company, a Takaka based (sluicing?) firm. Shows men gathered around a jet of water from a pump. Photograph taken circa 1890s by the Tyree Studio, probably in the Takaka district. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Workmen, Waikaro-Mumu H.G.S. Company Takaka Tyree Photo 10130 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: ca 1890

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0503-G

Description: Dredging on the Buller River, circa 1890. From left to right: William Welsh, Jack Burgess, W H Whitlock, Duncan Williamson, William McGaw. The two women in the boat nearby are Annie and Mary Hunter. Photograph taken by the Tyree Studio. The same group are photographed at 10x8-0504 and 10x8-1028 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Dredging on the Buller Tyree Photo 1550 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: September 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025564-G

Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025563 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-019529-G

Description: Kiln, and workers, at a pipe manufacturing business, probably in Christchurch. The men (probably stokers) haul a load of coal past an updraft 'beehive' kiln. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb between 1880-1920. Source of descriptive information - Date from display dates of PAColl-3061. Identified from other images at 1/1-019522, 019526, 019530. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1890s

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140708-G

Description: Stereographic image showing men using axes to fell a rimu tree in bush at Leith Valley, Dunedin, 1890s. Photograph taken by William Williams. Inscriptions: From neg bag: Felling rimu 430 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: September 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025563-G

Description: Men digging a drainage ditch in Whakaki. Robert Porter is the 4th from the front. Three men, including John Hunter Brown (right), stand on the banks nearby. Taken by Edgar Richard Williams in September 1889. 1/1-025564 was also taken at this time Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: between 1898-1902

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/2-057719-F

Description: Portrait showing a group of 34 mainly unidentified Makohine viaduct construction workers (men and boys) photographed by taken by Edward Child, between 1898-1902. Many wear suits. All wear hats. A dog stands on the left. The man with the long white beard on the far right of the photo is James MacKenzie. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1895]

From: Child, Edward George, 1860-1949 :Photographs of the Ohingaiti district

Reference: 1/2-032317-G

Description: Workers at Carter & Wright's sawmill in Mangaweka, circa 1895. Photograph taken by Edward George Child. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Carter & Wright's saw mill Mangaweka NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1886

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: PAColl-3060-029

Description: F and N class steam locomotives, unidentified railway workers, and a young boy, outside a Christchurch engine shed in 1886. Photographer unidentified. Making New Zealand caption reads: "Bowler hats were popular with men in the eighties. Here is a group of railwaymen, many of whom are wearing bowlers." Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 2, No 23, page 30 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 20.7 cm Provenance: Item lent by William Walter Stewart to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 385. Locomotives. Steam. F

Date: between 1877 and 1893

Reference: 1/2-018531-F

Description: Hokitika & Kanieri tram station, with horse drawn tram, on wooden rails alongside, photographed between 1877 and 1893. The operator, Tom McGuigan, sits inside the tram. His son stands in front. Photographer unidentified. Other Titles - Note on back of file print reads "View of the Hokitika-Kaniere tram - ran betwn 1877 to 1893 - with the tram standing outside. It was horsedrawn and ran on wooden rails. Inside is the operator, Mr Tom McGuigan. One of his sons stands in front. (see "When trams were trumps" by Graham Stewart, p 12) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative