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Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

Date: May 1918 - January 1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of merchant navy convoys

Reference: PA1-o-1394

Description: Album of photographs taken aboard Maunganui on following voyages: Port Chalmers to Liverpool, England. Left Port Chalmers 2 May 1918, called at Wellington (3-9 May 1918), Balboa (28 May 1918), Panama Canal and Colon (29-30 May 1918), Norfolk VA (4-10 June 1918), New York (11-12 June 1918), arrived Liverpool 24 July 1918. Three Transatlantic crossings between Liverpool, Glasgow, and New York, August-November 1918. Liverpool, England, to Port Chalmers, with returned New Zealand soldiers. Left Liverpool 2 December 1918, called at Colon (18-19 December 1918), Panama Canal and Balboa (19 December 1918), Auckland (9 January 1919), Wellington (11-15 January 1919), arrived Port Chalmers 16 January 1919. Includes views of Panama Canal locks and gates, ferries at Norfolk VA, United States and British warships, soldiers playing two-up on the ship returning home, and ferries in Auckland Harbour. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green morrocco-bound album, 21 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1910s]

Reference: PAColl-6888

Description: Two images of a man cutting his son's hair sitting on a waka next to the Whanganui River; two of a waka being rowed on the river and one of the crew holding their hoe; a cow being lifted by a winch into a boat; yachts and row boats in Auckland harbour for the Auckland Regatta; two of Auckland harbour ferries; a steamer at a pier on the Whanganui River; three children playing on a shore line near Auckland with a pier in the background; a group of men, women and children round a camp fire with a makeshift tent in the background; and a row of houses with the wreckage left from a fire in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044216 to 044228 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

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: 1924 - 1925

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ferries and ferry services in New Zealand, 1900-1969]

By: Devonport Steam Ferry Company; North Shore gazette (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-FERRY-1925-01

Description: Timetable for the Devonport Ferry service to and from Auckland. Also lists services to Stanley Bay, Northcote, Birkenhead and Chelsea. The cover shows an illustration of a ferry below a logo incorporating a life-saver and flag. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 1 volume, 32 pages, 106 x 73 mm.

Date: 1952 - 1953

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to ferries and ferry services in New Zealand, 1900-1969]

By: Devonport Steam Ferry Company

Reference: Eph-A-FERRY-1952-01

Description: Ticket for the Devonport Steam Ferry Company, 4-53, issued to Mrs C R Prime. It is signed by C George, manager. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on ticket. Physical Description: Offset print on ticket, bound in buckram and housed in leather and plastic pouch, ticket 78 x 56 mm (folded) Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in July 2003.

Date: [ca 1900s-1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6758

Description: 12 images: five of Auckland ferries and seven of a mountain ridge and a river in what may be the Tongariro area. Three of these show a man with a square pack over his shoulders and carrying a case similar to a doctor's bag. Photographer and location unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028789 to 028791 and 1/4-028800 to 028808 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: [1930s]

From: Fellows, P :Photographs of Great Barrier Island in the 1930s

Reference: PAColl-0343-12

Description: Photograph of a ferry moored alongside a jetty with people waiting to board at Great Barrier Island, taken in the 1930s by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25 x 19 cm

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gifford, Edward Augustus, 1819-1894; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-012-a

Description: A view from the wharf looking towards Queen Street and the waterfront buildings. A paddle-steamer, the Takapuna, is moored at a wharf, left foreground and there are other smaller sailing ships elsewhere. On the main wharf leading from the waterfront, a loaded carriage is drawn by four horses and there are other carriages further away. Men and women are standing around waiting to board the ferry Reproduced from the original oil in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 291 x 536 mm on sheet 522 x 636 mm

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gifford, Edward Augustus, 1819-1894; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-012

Description: A view from the wharf looking towards Queen Street and the waterfront buildings. A paddle-steamer, the Takapuna, is moored at a wharf, left foreground and there are other smaller sailing ships elsewhere. On the main wharf leading from the waterfront, a loaded carriage is drawn by four horses and there are other carriages further away. Men and women are standing around waiting to board the ferry Reproduced from the original oil in the Auckland City Art Gallery Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 291 x 536 mm on sheet 522 x 636 mm

Date: [1900s]

By: Jones, Alfred William, -1938

Reference: PA1-q-224

Description: Photographs of the North Island Regiment of the New Zealand Army 8th Contingent in preparation for leaving on the troopship Surrey to fight in the South African War. These photographs were taken by Alfred Jones & Co. mostly in Auckland. They include views of speeches by Richard John Seddon, and General Babington in Auckland., and the departure of the Surrey from Auckland. Other images show the Surrey in Wellington Harbour, rowing eights in the harbour and the Contingent's military camp in Newtown. Two views show warships in Wellington Harbour and a decorated gateway in the city for the Duke of York's visit to New Zealand. There are a number of views of the processions and ceremonies for the funeral of Cecil Rhodes in Cape Town. Richard Seddon's visit to the Hudson's Soap Works in Liverpool is shown in several photographs taken by an unidentified photographer. Page 45 shows a "review at Pretoria" at which there was a "presentation of V.C.s and also a Royal Humane Society medal to Sergt. Cassidy N.Z.M.R. by Lord Roberts". The information is hand-written over the photograph as a Christmas greeting. Inserted in an envelope is a sheet of paper with the signatures of "Colonel Wyndham and the Officers of the Imperial Representative Corps". (Colonel Wyndham was with the 21st Lancers). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with maroon cover; 30 x 25 cm

Date: April 1952 to March 1957

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-005

Description: "Illustrating geological observations, Vol 5". Black & white images of geological aspects in NZ. Includes aspects of the traverse from the Rimutaka trig to the East portal of the Rimutaka Tunnel via Knobby Spur; Rimutaka Tunnel construction (23 Feb 1952); investigation of the cause of flooding of Ohau River at Levin (4 July 1952); Otaki Railway Bridge; Mangaroa Basin; geomorphic features of the east coast of Wellington Harbour; Gibb's Fault, Paraparaumu; Kapiti area, including Otaihanga outlier; geological data from the Hobson St gully, Thorndon, Wellington (May 1953); NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference (Nelson, 17-24 June 1953); Lyall Bay from Moa Point prior to construction of the breakwater for airport construction (July 1953); Wellington fault angles; geological tour of central Waikato District with W. Neill, including Pohora Cliffs, Mt Karangahake; Wellington City water-supply intake at Pakuratahi, Hutt Forks March 1954); piercing of the main Rimutaka Tunnel & first train through (23.4.1954); NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Auckland (17-24 May 1954) with group photo, all named; geological excursion to Hutt Valley & Porirua Harbour (Sept 1954); excursion to Opouawe River & White Rock, East Wairarapa, with group photo of Royal Society Geological Section members on the tour (all named); Marlborough Sounds, petrological investigation by Prof Charles Vitaliano, J J Reed, and G L Adkin; Charles Vitaliano's wife and children at Blenheim, 1955; Tongue Point via south coast of Wellington from Owhiro Bay; features of the Owhariu Fault & Colonial Knob; eastern shore of Wellington Harbour & Pencarrow Lagoons; discovery and description of features of the Seatoun Fault (Sept-Oct 1955); tour of North Island including Tokaanu, Hamilton, Raglan, Thames, New Plymouth (Dec 1955-Jan 1956); geomorphology of south Makara to the Lower Karori Stream Gorge; evidence of tectonic coastal uplift at Wellington; Tour fromWellington, New Plymouth, Hamilton,Taupo, Hunterville (Fev 1957); Waikanae River & Reikorangi Basin (March 1957)

Date: 1972

From: Wiley, Wynne, fl 1969-2015: Letters, colour transparencies and ephemera relating to Wiley's OE (overseas experience) in the UK and Europe

Reference: PA12-11536

Description: Images taken by Wynne Wiley in 1972 including one image of coast south of Paekakariki; Mr and Mrs Hercus; winter view near Hamilton, evening at Omanu Beach, Tauranga; Colleen Kent, Matapihi beach, Mount Maunganui; 'our house, Golf Road, Mount'; 'view from my classroom'; Takapuna Beach; Rangitoto from Takapuna; ferries on Waitemata; house at Taurus Crescent, Birkdale; and several images of family members in Papakura and Birkdale, Auckland. Title supplied by donor. Descriptive information taken from inscriptions on slides. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies mounted 35 mm slides. Physical Description: 35mm colour film transparencies in card mounts

Date: 1 February 1903

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-004533-F

Description: A ferry approaching the wharf in Auckland harbour. Photographer was Muir & Moodie. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [190-?]

By: Dust, I R (Mrs), active 1973

Reference: PAColl-4344

Description: Postcards of Newtown Park with a crowd gathered outside the pavilion, Timaru from St Mary's Church tower, duck pond in Timaru Botanical Gardens, Wellington Post Office, St Mary's Church in Timaru, Church of the Sacred Heart in Timaru, Auckland wharves, Sumner beach with the railway, Cuba Street in Wellington, Christchurch intersection, and Dargaville streets. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 1/2-151782 Quantity: 13 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0355

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Ferry Steamer in Auckland ca 1920. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Ferry steamer, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1958 - 1965

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-141

Description: A ferry passenger stepping out of the ferry's waiting room, missing the raised gangplank and dropping into the water Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper ; 280 x 380 mm

Date: 1983 - 1984

By: Schofield Fine Arts

Reference: C-117-054

Description: Subject: Old ferry boats moored in Waitemata Harbour, with West Haven Boat Harbour, and Harbour Bridge seen from S E Imprint from advertisement Edition: 21/500, signed and numbered by the artist Original: Watercolour, dated 1983 Same as C-117-054-a Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured, image 389 x 522 mm on sheet 450 x 590 mm