Places

Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-061

Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: Mar 1940

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

Reference: PAColl-7796-27

Description: Group standing at the lookout on Mt Victoria, Wellington, with Wellington Harbour in the background. Shows the bronze geographical distance guide and map of Wellington, and the bronze busts of the Duke of Wellington and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in the middle of the lookout. Photograph taken in March 1940, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - 16 Mar 1940 [Date stamp]; Verso - top right - Copyright / Photograph / 15 Mar 1940 / "The Evening Post" / Wellington, N Z [copyright stamp]; Verso - centre - The new lookout on Mount Victoria, officially opened by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T C A Hislop, yesterday afternoon. The lookout gives a magnificent panoramic view from the Tararuas to Cook Strait. Left, geographical distance guide in bronze and map of Wellington in the mjiddle of the lookout. [Pasted clipping from original publication]; Verso - bottom right - 3 col x 4 1/2 / Sat Original Evening Post caption reads: `The new lookout on Mount Victoria, officially opened by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T C A Hislop, yesterday afternoon. The lookout gives a magnificent panoramic view from the Tararuas to Cook Strait.' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.2 x 14.9 cm

Date: ca 1932

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

Reference: EP-1752-1/2-G

Description: From box containing EP-1731 to 1753 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1860 - 1880

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :Album. [1860s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: E-297-018

Description: St John's Presbyterian Church, Willis Street in the foreground, viewed from behind and above, and the view looking down Dixon Street towards Mount Victoria. Te Aro Hotel and Jameson's Cooperative Store are clearly identified on opposite corners of Willis and Dixon Streets. Photograph numbered554 Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph 135 x 205 mm glued to album page 177 x 225 mm

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-015

Description: Several buildings in the foreground, a harbour and tall hills, one with a signalling station on top. May show a view of Mt Victoria and Wellington Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

Date: 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/3333-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1848 - 1852

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898; Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-172-013

Description: A rough sketch with a view from Thorndon, looking towards Lambton Quay, and Te Aro, with Government House and its flagpole in the foreground, the waterfront (Lambton Quay) with several houses visible, Clay Point indicated and Mount Cook beyond it, with the Barracks. Bush with either tree ferns or cabbage trees is indicated in the near foreground. There are three ships in the harbour Attribution: attributed by the Library on cataloguing, 1980, to H J Warre. However the handwriting is not that of Warre, and the style appears less precise than his. This is one of four drawings in the same hand, with the same provenance, (A-172-013 to -016) one of which appears to be a preliminary drawing for a watercolour by Colonel C E Gold. The group of four was reattributed to Gold in 2011 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 222 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1890

From: [Star Lithographic Works] :[Government Buildings, Wellington and] Panorama of Port Nicholson from a drawing by S C Brees, 1846. [Auckland, Star Lithographic Works, 1890]

By: Star Lithographic Works

Reference: A-109-058

Description: Shows the wooden Government Buildings in Lambton Quay in the middle distance, with trees in the foreground, the harbour with ships and Mount Victoria in the background Extended Title - From: The New Zealand Jubilee and Exhibition Chronicle, 1890 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 85 x 152 mm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7803

Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-044/046

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley, Wellington and Wairarapa. At the top, a view looking west along Palliser Bayl, with Hokorewa Pa visible on the flat land near the coast in the distance, at the mouth of the Ruamahanga River. In the centre a view from the hills above Brooklyn and Ohiro Valley, looking west towards the harbour entrance. A few sheep are grazing in the foreground. Mount Victoria, Evans Bay and Lyall Bay can be seen. At the bottom, the house of William Swainson, with other buildings around it and trees on both sides. Three cows grazing in the foreground. Other Titles - William Swainson Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1938

Reference: 1/2-055158-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1860s]

From: Bothamley, Arthur Thomas, 1846-1938 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-231021-F

Description: View looking west across Te Aro and Wellington Harbour towards the Kelburn area. Photographed by an unknown photographer sometime in the 1860s. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Print of this image in the Flying Squadron Album (ref PA1-f-21). Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 16 x 11.7 cm

Date: December 1944, 17 November 1945

By: Brown, L, active 2009

Reference: PAColl-9663

Description: Comprises: Photograph of Tasman Glacier, taken December 1944, from front of Ball Hut with sevice car in foreground View of Evans Bay and Rongotai from Mount Victoria, Wellington, taken 17 November 1945 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Book Collections - see also Ephemera Collections.

Date: 1890

By: Tabor, Henry John, active 1950

Reference: G-611

Description: A view looking south from close to the bottom of Tinakori Road at its junction with Thorndon Quay. Mount Victoria is in the background. Stowe Hill rises to the right. A man stands on Tinakori Road on the right, at the foot of the hill. A building, possibly the Thorndon Baths, is visible at Pipitea Point on the waterfront in the middle distance and houses are just visible in Thorndon. Artist unknown Other Titles - Stowe Hill Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting, 127 x 177 mm

Date: ca 1860-1870

By: Taylor, Clyde Romer Hughes, 1905-1997

Reference: PAColl-6511

Description: Five photographs of Wellington in the 1860s and 1870s: one of St Andrews, Lambton Quay; one of Thorndon from Tinakori Hill; one looking towards Tinakori Hill from the top of Molesworth Street; one looking down Molesworth Street looking towards Mount Victoria; and one from the Terrace looking towards Queen's Wharf. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-010011, 010014, 010016, 010019, 010020, 010022, and 021042 Quantity: 7 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives Transfers: Print from one negative at PAColl-6208-22..

Date: 1907-1908

By: Phillips, Jillian, 1950-

Reference: PA1-q-1069

Description: Photograph album of Wellington and trips around the North Island. Includes views of the opening of Victoria Bowling Club, bowling matches and other bowling clubs in the North Island, the contruction of the Grafton Bridge, Rotorua geysers, Te Wairoa buried village, and Dominion Day celebrations at Newtown Park, Wellington, Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 310 x 260 mm Provenance: Photograph album was compiled by Jill Phillips' great-grandfather.

Date: [between 1878 and Jun 1879]

From: McKay, Alexander :Photographs

By: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935

Reference: PA6-500

Description: Parts 4 & 5 of the 5-part panorama at PAColl-D-0725 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four images joined to form one panoramic print Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - PA Series 14:164.

Date: [ca 1928-1932]

By: McBride, Denise, active 2001; McBride, Megan, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6359

Description: Photographs of Brooklyn, and views of the city from Brooklyn. Many of the photographs include parts of Central Park, and streets such as Brooklyn Road, Tanera Crescent, and Ohiro Road. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-182006-F to 1/2-182019-F, and 1/2-182020-G to 1/2-182024-G Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film and glass negatives, dye coupler print Provenance: Donated by Denise and Megan McBride, Havelock North, 2001

Date: 1952

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

Reference: PA6-646

Description: Panoramic view of Wellington City and Harbour taken from above the Bolton Street Cemetery. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1952 for the Evening Post newspaper This panorama was first published in the Evening Post on 5 May 1952, and again on 6 September 1957 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver Gelatin Print