Places

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

Date: [1930-1931]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-055

Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways circa 1930 to 1931 by unidentified photographers. Some subjects have images dotted throughout the album, including the arrival in New Zealand of Lord and Lady Bledisloe in March 1930; the arrival in 1931 of Sir Francis Chichester after his crossing of the Tasman in his bi-plane; various activities at the Hillside Railway Workshops, including a group portrait of staff; and various images relating to Railways ticket offices, advertisements for railway tours and excursions, photographs of tickets, and an advertisement for house removals by train. A series of views show athletic sports including running races, hurdles, cycle racing, and long-jump. There are scenes showing the international sportsman Dr Otto Peltzer winning the 880 yards, handicap race at Wellington, on 8th February 1930. Team sports are shown in two views of a women's hockey team playing on the field below Victoria University College, and a series on rugby football, including views of the 5th test between Britain and New Zealand at Athletic Park in 1930. Railways head office picnic, including races by men, women and children (p 35-36), and a huge crowd at Paekakariki Beach, picnicking and swimming (p 70). Official occasions include scenes of the Empire and Australian Farmers' Tour, a view of the cortege at Sir Joseph Ward's funeral outside Parliament Buildings, the opening of Massey Memorial, and various views of unidentified railway officials in personal and group portraits, including one of the members of the New Zealand Railway Commission. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous Book. C1'; 36 x 52 cm

Date: [1930s-1940s]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Green & Hahn (Firm); Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Nash, Percival Frederick, -1952; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-190

Description: Photographs taken for publication in New Free Lance, ca 1930s-1940s (many undated). Names of identified photographers and places added to Name and Place fields; also one undated photograph by H Neville Ross, Masterton. Includes scenes on sheep stations throughout New Zealand showing mustering, shearing, stock yards, musterers, Merino rams, etc. Photographs of H M Campbell's station, Te Aute, Hawke's Bay; sheep on reclaimed land Ahuriri Lagoon, Hawke's Bay; sheep mustered on land beside the Wellington motorway, ca 1940s; Hautu detention farm, Tokaanu; girl with her pet lamb, Makarora, Lake Wanaka (photographer Thelma Kent). Quantity: 39 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: 1894-1899

From: Jenkin, Robert :Albums of photographs by Arthur Jenkin, ca 1895-1898

By: Jenkin, Arthur, active 1890s

Reference: PA1-o-1048

Description: Opens with Queenstown and Dunedin, and closes with the SS Rotorua in George Sound and Mitre Peak, Milford Sound. But most of the rest of the album relates to the Auckland region. There is a strong emphasis on Piha its coastal features like Lion Rock, and on groups of mainly men who went there on camping, hunting and fishing weekends or holidays. There is also one image of a group of surveyors and their camp at Piha dated 1894. Many images record social outings and picnics, especially at Northcote. These include both men and women dressed up for the occasion. There is a goup image of the St James Football Club dressed for the game dated 1895. Two photographs show a horse and buggy driven by a youthful Uncle Harold accompanied by Grandpa Jenkin and baby Irene. Another shows Mr Ogles's horse and cart, and another Jim Bailey's (of Cabbage Bay) ox team. There is also an image of a team of horses and a sled taking the milk to the factory at Onewhereo. There are images of waterfalls at Karekare and Nihotapu (Waiatura), and of the Nihotapu Creek. Some views of Auckland City and one of Waitemata Harbour probably on a weekend with yachts out on the water. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1848, 1862, 1898, 1927 - 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Anderson, G D, active 1934; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Whites Aviation Ltd; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Pickard, D, active 1940s-1950s; Johnson, W E, active 1927; Robertson, David Ogilvie, 1850?-1920

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-030

Description: Photographs of the West Coast of the South Island, Otago and Southland, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, 1927 to 1950. Includes a painting of the `Philip Laing' and `John Wickliffe' in Port Chalmers in 1848, painted by D O Robertson in 1898 and photographed by De Maus. Also includes a photograph of Gabriels Gully, Lawrence, in 1862, and later photographs of memorials to Gabriel Read. Photographers include W E Johnson, J D S Roberts, G D Anderson, D Pickard, Whites Aviation, D A De Maus and L A Inkster. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1892

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-5-005

Description: A view from a wharf with a large ship, with a few passengers already on board, crowds of people, many with umbrellas, standing on the wharf waiting to embark. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper glued into sketchbook, paper size 115 x 157 mm, on sheet 244 x 123 mm.

Date: ca1950

From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints

Reference: PAColl-6180-02

Description: Scenic, pastoral and landscape views of locations mainly in Canterbury, Westland and Central Otago. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: F Bradley & Company; Walton, Grahame M, active 2009

Reference: PA1-o-1605

Description: Photograph album of Views and landscapes of New Zealand, Second Series, published by F Bradley & Company. Includes photographs - No. 1 Meeeting of the waters, Oripi; No. 2 Maori group; No. 3 Lake Hope, White Island; No. 4 Timaru; No. 5 The Bealey, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 6 Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula; No. 7 The River Avon; No. 8 Shag Rock, Sumner Road, looking towards Christchurch; No. 9 Princes Street, Dunedin; No. 10 Christchurch; No. 11 Bullock team and wool waggon, Cheviot; No. 12 Oamaru; No. 13 Cheviot Station, Nelson Province; No. 14 Normal School, Christchurch; No. 15 German Bay, Akaroa; No. 16 Port Lyttelton; No. 17 Kawau, Sir George Grey's residence; No. 18 Pink Terrace, Rotomahana; No. 19 Akaroa; No. 20 Rangatata Traffic Bridge; No. 21 Armagh St bridge & watering place, Christchurch; No. 22 River Bealey Crossing, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 23 Post Office, Christchurch; No. 24 View on the Heathcote; No. 25 Russell's Gold Battery, Tararua Creek, Thames Gold Fields; No. 26 Glacier Hotel & Cobb's Coach, West Coast Road; No. 27 Crossing the Teremakau; No. 28 Greymouth, West Coast; No. 29 Kaiapoi, Canterbury; No. 30 Chalky or Dark Inlet; No. 31 Waimakariri Gorge Bridge; No. 32 Nelson; No. 33 Christchurch; No. 34 Group of Maoris, Lake Taupo; No. 35 Alfred Falls, North Island; No. 36 Christchurch; No. 37 Governor's Bay; No. 38 Oamaru; No. 39 Timaru breakwater; No. 40 Dunedin; No. 41 Christchurch; No. 42 Christchurch hospital; No. 43 House of Representatives, Wellington; No. 44 Arthurs Pass; No. 45 The Cave Rock, Sumner; No. 46 Government buildings, Christchurch; No. 47 Otira Gorge; No. 48 The River Avon; No. 49 Group of Maoris, Bay of Islands; No. 50 Sheep mustering, South Canterbury; No. 51 The Christchurch Cathedral, C.E.; No. 52 Nelson Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Transfers: Transfers - From Published Collections.

Date: [ca 1924-1951]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Bierre, Eric W, 1899-; Green & Hahn (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-201

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1924-1951. North Island scenes - Aerial view of Hokianga Harbour, 1949 (Whites 5115); road through Waitakere Ranges, 1938; Waipoua Forest; mustering sheep on East Coast; Humphries Castle (well-known rock formation on slopes of Mount Taranaki); Wanganui River (at meeting place of three provinces); Lake Taupo; Wellington Railway Station taken a night; mustering sheep in Wairoa Valley; Maori village at Waihi near Tokaanu, 1930; cattle crossing river in Waiotahi Gorge, 1946; Treaty House and grounds at Waitangi; Kohokohu in Hokianga Harbour, 1931; Whitianga, 1932 & Whitianga beach and camping grounds, 1951; Jersey calves, Taranaki; elevated view of Seatoun, Wellington looking north-east; Featherston Street looking towards Lambton Quay (Prudential Assurance Co & Commercial Bank of Australia buildings), 1938. South Island scenes - Spring time blossom along banks of Avon River; Greymouth Borough Council office (in house formerly owned by Dennhy family), 1950; Mt Zora and Landsborough River; women artists painting autumn colours near Bridge of Remembrance, Christchurch, 1940s; Christchchurch Airport, 1953 (Whites 32581); Lyttelton School (taken 1874); Patearoa & Minaret Station Central Otago, 1939 & 1942; leisure craft at Diamond Harbour, 1937; Mr Oldfield and sheepdogs on Lewis Pass Road; erosion at Middle Dome, north of Lumsden, 1949; camp at Bruce Bay, Westland, 1939; convoy of battleships at Greymouth during vice-regal visit, 1925; Westport coal industry; Buller Gorge; Mount Cook from Red Lake; aerial view of Waiou River, North Canterbury, 1934; Waimakariri River in flood (taken from just above Rakaia Gorge Bridge), Nov 1928; Waipiata Sanatorium, 1924; municipal chambers at Westport, 1947; bridge over Karamea River (Thelma Kent); Lake Ohau, 1951; Tasman Glacier from Ball Hutt, 1949; members of Hutt Valley Tramping Club on Olivine ice plateau; public works camp at Weheka (near Fox Glacier), 1936.. Photographers include: E C Lackland, Auckland; W Hall Raine; Thelma Kent; T W Collins; Whites Aviation; W G Weigel; A V Bowden; A Inkster; J D S Roberts; D V Apperley; Eric W Bierre; L Wallace; Green & Hahn; etc Quantity: 65 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1930s]

By: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964

Reference: PAColl-6651

Description: 15 views of the Waiorau Sheep Station including mustering, yarding and shearing the sheep and hay harvesting. The file prints have detailed captions on the reverse. Photographer is probably George Leslie Adkin but this has not been confirmed. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-023069 to 023118 (duplicates at 1/2-056556 to 056562) Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 14 May 1969

By: McQueen, Pamela Renee Esme, 1926-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-5880

Description: Letter from Moir in response to McQueen sending him a copy of a talk she gave on `looking at ourselves' about services for tourists. Moir writes of air, shipping, bus and rail transport in the Queenstown-Lakes area. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 piece). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript with autograph (photocopy) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr D R McQueen, Whitby Wellington, Mar 1997

Date: Date unknown, ca 1910?

Reference: 1/2-056908-F

Description: Covered carriage advertising Smith Bros of Owaka, in mud on the main road to Houipapa, during winter. Date unknown (circa 1910?). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1925

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1054-1/2-G

Description: Coal being loaded from coal mine wagons through chutes onto railway wagons at Saddle Hill, Dunedin. Taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1925. Original print in album PA1-q-102, p 225. Inscriptions: Album page - Loading coal. Saddle Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1075-1/2-G

Description: View of a coal mine at Kaitangata, showing a chimney, factory buildings, and railway wagons. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1926. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 237 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Coal mine. Kaitangata. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1885

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-012-008

Description: Shows a view of a corner of Lake Wanaka, with a small paddle steamer approaching from the left towards a jetty at the right. The steamer flies a flag from both its mast and stern, and around one dozen gentlemen and lady passengers stand aboard. The smoke from the single funnel floats back to the left and the boat's wake extends past the picture's left edge. The jetty at right is piled with bales and a quantity of timber, and a man and a woman with a parasol are standing on the jetty. In the background are the mountain ranges around Wanaka. Four gulls fly in the right foreground. Other Titles - Lake Wanaka Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Signed and dated]; Backing board recto - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 338 x 498 mm. Provenance: Previously purchased from a Christchurch estate. The note on the backing board adds that the SS Theodore was built for Theo Russell and Captain Hedditch, and that Tom Creig was the engineer. "He [Tom Creig?] gave this painting to Sam McSkimming as a parting gift when S. McSkimming & family left Pembroke to go to Arrowtown, then a busy goldmining town in 1900" Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: [ca 1910s]

From: Duncan, Miriam Darwin, 1893-1981 :Photographs relating to life and work of Dr James Malcolm Mason

Reference: 1/2-072545-G

Description: Shows a horse drawn coach, carrying 4 men, at Hawkes Crag on the Buller Gorge Road ca 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [1926]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-2054-1/2-G

Description: View of a railway siding for unloading coal and timber, adjacent to the Hillside railway workshops, South Dunedin The King Edward Picture Theatre is visible centre left, rows of coal bins run towards the right with a fence behind partially blocking the view of a row of houses. The two-storied long brick building behind the houses is the back of a row of shops facing Hillside Road. Sawn timber is stacked in the right foreground, and a truck laden with sacks of coal is parked on the left. On the side of the truck is the legend "R H Ledlie. Coal merchant". Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1926. Source of descriptive information - library client suggested view was of railway siding for unloading coal and timber rather than a coal storage depot, and provided information suggesting date was likely to be 1926. R H Ledlie does not appear in Wise's Post Office Directory as late as 1926, but does appear in Stone's Otago & Southland Directory for 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches