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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: 1924-ca1980

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PAColl-0639

Description: Most of the black and white photographs date from the late 1920s to ca 1950. Of these there are quite a large number of early prints from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Most of these have not been "pictorialised" in the soft focus style Searle used for his later finished work. They are small snapshot sized and sharp and clear in detail. The general range of their subject matter sums up Searle's range of interests, photographically speaking, throughout his life. This general subject range is as follows - Railways, family friends and weddings (women and children predominate), Wellington city, Ships, Wellington Botanic Garden, Wellington Zoo (mainly animal studies), ANZAC Days, Some sports, aircraft, some other New Zealand towns, military training Second World War, some overseas trips of which those to New Caledonia during the Second World War and later were the most significant, and landscape studies. This last category makes up the largest group of photographs in the collection, especially in the later "pictorial" prints. Though the majority are unlabeled, most have at least one with identification written on the back - though to find these would require looking through some thousands of prints. Most of the pictorialised photographs have been printed on a pale creamy - brown paper which gives them an antique and arty appearence. Most have been manipulated to soften the focus, at times creating a painterly effect or the effect of some lithographs of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. A few have been treated to look like pencil drawings. Though most are landscapes there are also a fair number of architectural shots and flower studies, and some Māori subjects and portraits. Landscapes are predominantly attempts to emulate the sublime and classical/romantic traditions. Mountains and glaciers, humanised landscapes, with or without sheep, reminiscent of the creations of the 18th century English landscape designers, are most common. A fair number of the latter have been taken in some of our larger public parks and gardens. Humans very seldom feature in them. There are several essays of the Pinnacles at Palliser Bay. Many of the same images have been used over and over again. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-096421 to 096718 and 098069 to 099110; 1/2-178222 to 178231 Quantity: 7320 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 album(s). 214 b&w original negative(s) of which 204 are 35mm strips comprising 632 images. 162 colour original photographic print(s). 3100 colour original transparency/ies. 33 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 6 Jan 1912

By: New Zealand. Native Department

Reference: MS-Papers-8811

Description: Manuscript petition in Maori, signed by Hohepa Paama, Tawhiri Te Mutu, Rapaera Te Teira and 43 others living on Matakana Island, regarding who should work on the railway line from Waihi to Tauranga, and asking that preference be given to them in the construction of the line. With typed translation. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typescript

Date: 20 Jan 1915

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MS-Papers-8810

Description: Manuscript petition in Maori, signed by Hemi Maka, R H Wineti, Enoka Ngaitai and fifteen others living at Otamarakau, regarding who should work on the railway line from Tauranga to Opotiki, and asking that preference be given to them in the construction of the line from Waitahanui River to Matata. With typed translation. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and typescript

Date: 30 Jan-14 Feb 1917

By: New Zealand. Public Works Department

Reference: MS-Papers-8812

Description: Manuscript petition in Maori, from T H Tarakawa of Te Puke, requesting that a railway station be erected at Pukaingataru where the roads from Te Tumu and Maketu meet. With typed translation and rough sketch map. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms, typescript

Date: ca 1900

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

Reference: PAColl-4658

Description: Photographs of: a bridge built for a logging tram at the saw mill in Livingstone with a horse pulling a load off it; the construction workers for the Makohine Viaduct; the Gear & Co building on Lambton Quay housing the head office of the Gear Meat Processing and Freezing Co headquarters and Harris's Wholesale and Retail Fruit Mart; Storer, Meek & Co building on Jervois Street; two of the D Benjamin & Co building; and the race horse Aurora taken by E G Child. 1/2-057719 to 057726 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1937 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst, Viscount, 1867-1958; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Richards, Robert Samuel, active 1951; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-031

Description: Photographs of the South Island, 1937 to 1952, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Campbell Island in 1931 and views of the southern lakes and glaciers. Photographers include Thelma Kent, Eric W. Bierre, Lord Bledisloe, A E Graham, Lloyd Wilson, W G Weigel and W Hall Raine. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 29 June 1987

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1987/3174-F

Description: Transport Minister Richard Prebble standing at the entrance of the new Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the Ohakune-Horopito railway deviation. Photographed by an Evening post staff photographer 29 June 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1908

By: Dick, R (Miss), active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0331

Description: Three photographs of men working on the construction of the Otira Tunnel between Arthur's Pass and Otira. Two of them show the horse drawn wagons on rails used to take away the debris and the third shows seven men operating what may be a pump with shovels next to them against the tunnel wall. Photographer unidentified.d The Otira Tunnel is the third largest in New Zealand and the longest in the South Island. It is 8566m long, has a continuous 1 in 33 grade and was opened in 1923. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-056628 to 056630 Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted photographic prints