Places

Date: [ca 1936-1950s]

Reference: PAColl-6829

Description: 11 scenes of crowds awaiting the arrival of the first rail car on the line at Pahiatua. They include one of the crowd on the Masterton platform; another taken from the middle of the tracks with the crowds looking towards the photographer; and another of a man addressing the crowd from the driver's compartment. A railcar of the type in the photographs was trialed in May 1936 but these images look as if they were taken later. Seven railcars were built and the one in this collection is most likely to be Maahunui with the running number 4, as part of the name is visible in 1/4-029734. The railcar had a petrol engine, a lavatory, electric light and hot air heating and was driver controlled (information from Godber album PA1-q-101 p.96). Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-029731 to 029741 Quantity: 11 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1920 - 1945

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Humour-01/02

Description: "Roaring trade" postcard shows the proprietor of a ramshackle rural hut stuffed with boarders; she is pegging two boarders on to the clothesline in blanket "hammocks". "The main trunk; the well-known spiral" uses puns on railway features (the Main Trunk Line and the Raurimu Spiral), and shows a porter carrying a large luggage trunk for a lady; at right is a large corkscrew bottle-opener. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on postcards, 95 x 142 mm. Provenance: Purchased from ACW Ltd., Wellington, in 2006.

Date: 1880s

From: Three albums of New Zealand views

Reference: PA1-o-983

Description: Views of New Zealand, comprising Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Domain, Napier, bullock team hauling wool at Cheviot, Wellington, Manawatu Gorge bridge, Manawatu Gorge, Rimutaka railway, Mount Alexander, Otira Gorge, Lyttelton breakwater, Armagh Street bridge in Christchurch, and Christchurch Cathedral. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1909

From: Berwick, S W (Mr) :Albums of New Zealand scenes and coastal towns

Reference: PA1-o-834

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1906 - 1908

Reference: Eph-D-RAIL-1908-01

Description: Shows a tinted photograph of a small group of huts and tents amidst tall trees in a gully. The text beneath states: "Our picture shows a phase of the magnificent scenery which is to be met with along the route of the North island Main Trunk Railway, which links up the Cities of Auckland and Wellington, and is now practically completed. The numberless beautiful views and the impressive grandeur of many of the sights adjacent to the line should make one of the most popular routes for tourists in New Zealand, and the only thing to be regretted is that scenes such as that depicted above must vanish within a short space before the steady advance of the sturdy pioneer settler". Description of another copy at C-065-006, identifies one of the group shown, as Thomas Alexander Evans. Another fresher copy at C-065-006; from where comes the name of the publication with which this was published. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 430 x 560 mm.

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: 1950

Reference: PAColl-D-0015

Description: Plan showing the layout of the central city area and suggested future development, eg railway system. Insert at top - Entitled `View from air above The Square looking towards the station'. In envelope - Handwritten information relating to Natusch's plan Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Title Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: 56 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]

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

Reference: PA1-o-198

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1958

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1958-Siddle

Description: Includes: North Island main trunk golden jubilee. Jubilee dinner and social evening ticket North Island main trunk golden jubilee dinner. Order of programme (2 copies) Main Trunk Golden Jubilee Committee. Newsletter 14 October 1958 (2 copies) Passenger tickets for the train trip between Taumarunui and Ohakune, 9 November 1958, and for the Jubilee dinner Donor's parents attended the Jubilee dinner; the invitation is made out to them. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 5 tickets. Physical Description: Mimeographs and letterpress, sizes varying

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1589-F

Description: Panoramic view of snow-capped Mount Ruapehu left centre. Railway line in foreground. The backs of three houses in Horopito can be seen behind a wooden paling fence on the other side of the railway line, with another house in the middle distance between the two houses on the right. An area of tree stumps from land clearance on the left and between the railway line and the houses. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Mt. Ruapehu from Horopito. N.Z. No. 77A Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 74.4 cm

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1762-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Foxton. The Manawatu River on far left, railway station and railway line beside the river. Roof of a large warehouse in left foreground. Named buildings include the Post Office Hotel; H. Osborne, carrier; and R. Bryant, family butcher. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - No. 370. Panorama of Foxton, N.Z. 7/4/1923; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - Pan. of Foxton. N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 101.0 cm

Date: Between 1949 and 1952

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

Reference: PA1-o-004

Description: "Illustrating geological observations, Vol 4". Black & white photographs of geological aspects of NZ. Includes details of structure & stratigraphy in the Otaki formation at Forest Lakes Road near Manakau, Horowhenua; geomorphological and geological notes on the Paremata area, Porirua Harbour, shoreline features on the eastern side of Wellington Harbour; features of Turakina, Waitotara and Castlecliff; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Invercargill (April 25-May 6, 1950) with trips to Mataura Valley, Otamita River Valley, Bluff, Waiau River; visit to the Otaihanga tertiary outlier; features of the Wellington fault and escarpments (several images taken at different periods between 1949 and 1952); features of the Brocken Range and Kaiwhata Valley, East Wairarapa; geological notes on the Bay of Plenty area (December 7-14, 1950), including the causeway over the Waimapu Estuary at Tauranga, Mount Maunganui, Whakatane, Pohutaroa Rock; The Royal Society of NZ Science Congress, Christchurch (May 14-24, 1951), including an image of those attending the congress, with names (p 27); geological excursion to the Manawatu Gorge (November 24-25 1951); features of Rimutaka railway tunnels (Feb 1952); features of the south-east Wairarapa including Dry River and Ruakokopatuna Valleys, Eastern Palliser Bay and the Putangirua Pinnacles; NZ Geological Survey Staff Conference, Wellington (30 April-7 May 1952), with group photo of those attending, with names (p 41).

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039521-G

Description: Railway staff at Woodville Station. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Reference: PAColl-3902

Description: Includes Raurimu Spiral and Main Trunk Line Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1870 - 1899

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1800s

Description: Includes: 1885: Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co. Ltd. Prospectus for the issue of 40,000 new shares. 1885 1886: Sir Julius Vogel at the Theatre Royal [letters from Samuel Vaile, Auckland, 24-25 February 1886, re South Island railways. Offprint from a newspaper] 1890: New Zealand Railways Hurunui-Bluff section. Guards' booking tables. Culverden to Oamaru and branches. 1890 1892: Manawatu Junction Railway Company Limited. Statement by J Wright Stewart, consulting engineer. Foxton, 21 June 1892; with map of proposed railway line. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, sizes varying under 330 mm.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1397-F

Description: "Tikorangi" homestead, Manakau on the Manawatu Line pastoral scene. Cows in paddock on left with dirt road in middle, farm buildings behind in middle distance. Two-and-a-half storeyed homestead in centre middle distance. Verandahs between bays, rectangular windowed turret in the centre. Railway line seen on far left and far right. Driveway winding up to house through large flat lawns. Drive to garage through centre of image. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Tikorangi" Manakau Manawatu Line Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 116.7 cm

Date: Sep 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-162

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, Sep 1949 Includes: E G Christian, supervisor of staff training at New Zealand Railways correspondence school with his assistant A G de Joux; Mrs L Flower with her collection of jugs; Miss Margaret Haddon-Jones, music tutor for adult education department of Victoria University College and her pupils, making and playing woodwind instruments. Also: Damage done by an explosion to a house nextdoor to Mansion's Private Hotel, Ghuznee Street, Wellington; furniture and other items to be exhibited by the Dominion Museum, Wellington (after being in storage during the war years); new 5,000-line automatic telephone exchange at Lower Hutt. Also: Procession walking down `Royal Mile', Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama; construction of Auckland Electric Power Board building in Newmarket; Kent Wong sexing chicks at E Chambers' farm, Hornby; opening of Kahungunu War Memorial at Nuhaka by Rt Hon Peter Fraser; New Zealand Railways laboratory (chemists testing for faults); Molyneux River hydro-electric power scheme (Roxburgh camp); public gardens in Christchurch & Wellington in Spring; Omarama; Larry Frost of Ruapehu Ski Club; electric train on display in a London department store at Christmas time. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1870s-1920s]

Reference: PAColl-9494

Description: Collection comprises tourist and scenic views of New Zealand, including envelopes of collectible souvenir photographs of New Zealand cities Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) stereoscopic images. 7 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopic images. 93 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

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: 1924-1931

From: Miller, William Maxwell and Marjory :Photographs relating to Max and Marjory Miller

Reference: PA1-o-1837

Description: Mainly scenes around New Zealand, taken between 1924-1931 by unidentified photographers. Includes views of Auckland and photographs of the house in Upland Road Remuera, that the Bell family lived in when they first arrived in New Zealand. Animals in Auckland Zoo photographed in 1924. Horses and cattle at the Auckland Show, 1924. Photographs taken on an unidentified farm. Includes Marjory and her brother Robin on a horse called Maisie. Postcard views of Whakarewarewa and details of thermal action and formations. Views of Rotorua, and Rainbow Mountain. Photographs, postcards, and ephemera taken and collected during the `Government Round Trip' of Rotorua and surrounding thermal areas, January 1925. Includes views of Waimangu, Lake Rotomahana, Mount and Lake Tarawera, and the Green and Blue Lakes. Postcard views of Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. Postcard views of Taihape. A bach at Castlecliff, Wanganui, photographed in 1925. Postcards of the Manawatu Gorge, Napier, Cape Kidnappers, and Virginia Lake, Wanganui. A house called `Ballyclare' on the Great North Road, Wanganui, 1925. This may be the Bell family's home in Wanganui. View of the ship `Cyrena' wrecked off Wanganui in 1925. Photographs of Marjory and Robin Bell, and Ellie Clark, Wanganui, 1925. Photographs of Anna J Goodbody, 1930 and 1931, and of Lucy Friar Moreland, 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).