Places

Date: 1922 - 1923, 1931 - 1933

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-644

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: 1896 - 1906

From: Shaw, V, G [Mrs] :[Scenes of Napier] / V G Shaw. - 1896, 1906.

Reference: A-176-032

Description: Looking south towards Bluff Hill, Napier, with the railway line, with a small side line passing under a large structure. Three buildings are close to the water in the background, Bluff Hill is on the left and there are two small rail carts or jiggers beside the line in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper glued to card, 120 x 170 mm (oval)

Date: 28 January 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643-092-2

Description: The Mohaka viaduct under construction, showing the first 13ft lift of caisson D3 ready for lowering. Photograph taken 28 January 1931, probably by a New Zealand Railways staff photographer. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - East Coast Main Trunk Railway - Mohaka Viaduct; Album page - beneath image - 189; Album page - beneath image - First 13' lift of Caisson D3 ready for lowering (40 tons) 28.1.31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 129 x 87 mm mounted on album page

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927, 1929 - 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s).

Date: [ca 1925-1935]

By: Lovell-Smith, Hubert John, 1881-1948

Reference: PAColl-0451

Description: Photographs of Hastings and the surrounding area taken by H J Lovell-Smith. They include photographs of earthquake damage to shops in Hastings; the flooding of the Ngaruroro River; excavation of the site of the new swimming pool in Havelock North; a man and a boy sheltering from the rain outside a barbers shop; the Soldiers Memorial Hospital; Taradale Post and Telegraph Office with the library across the street; two men working on a steam locomotive; neon sign on Queen's Wharf, Auckland; wedding photograph of a couple named Harper and Ward (the groom was a minister); five men next to a crashed aeroplane on a snowy hillside; a Windsor chair made from New Zealand birch; schoolgirls leaving Hastings High School; a view across Hastings, possibly from the Clock Tower, over Railway Road and towards St Andrew's Church; two of the Cosy Buildings (possibly previously the Douglas Buildings), one when the picture theatre had the electric sign "Cosy" hanging from it and was showing the film Nurse Marjorie and the other without the sign and with the ground floor closed up; and the new Post and Telegraph Office built to replace the old one after the earthquake. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931

Reference: PAColl-0603

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes mostly in Waikato and Northland, including the new Awanui Wireless Station at Kaitaia; a steam locomotive on the railway bridge next to Victoria Battery; the interior of Union Battery; view of Whakatane with Regan's Commercial Hotel on the left and a billiards hall at the end of the street; a view over Port Chalmers; Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; a steam ship docking at the wharf at Tauranga; a steam ship pulling away from the wharves at Whangarei; view over Dargaville from Mount Wesley; view down Victoria Street, Dargaville looking towards the railway station; view over Kaitaia from the hotel; sheep mustered next to the Kaeo River; the road and rail bridges over the Waikato River in Hamilton; the Hauraki Pumping Plant in Thames; the extension works at Waihi Grand Junction Battery; the steam ship Clansman at the wharf at Mangonui; the Mokau Coal Mines on the Mokau River with boats moored at the jetty; the school and church at Mangonui; the Topeheihei Falls near Morrinsville; a crowd of people outside the mountain house with Mount Taranaki in the background; Marine Parade, Napier looking north; view over Petone towards Somes Island showing the carriage works and the mill next to the jetty; Glaxo factory at Matamata; a viaduct near Te Kuiti; a train on the Rimutaka Incline; and three views from the Northern Steam Ship Company's annual summer cruise of Port Fitzroy, Whangaroa, and Doubtless Bay. Quantity: 50 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1964-1965

By: Cole, John Reece, 1916-1989

Reference: PAColl-7259

Description: Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Wairoa Centennial Library, the interior image showing one of the library staff; a train going down the middle of the main street in Kawakawa with a Bank of New Zealand on the street corner; Junction Hotel, Kawakawa in the process of demolition; Bream Head; and the front of the Hukerenui Hotel. Photographs probably taken by Cole. Quantity: 13 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: Probably March 20 - 21 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA12-8794

Description: Transparency slides of Mr E G Williams' (Edmund Gardner Williams') travel in New Zealand in 1959. This sheet of slides was probably taken earlier than those on some of the preceding sheets (information from his diary). This sheet contains images taken in the Wairarapa, in Napier and Gisborne. Included are a view of Burnside Church near Pirinoa; several images of the road into, and views of the rock formations known as the Pinnacles (Putangiroa Pinnacles), including a close-up of shell fossils; Massey College at Palmerston North; street scene with the Majestic Hotel and the railway line passing through Palmerston North; the Domain Gardens, and Stortford Lodge Hotel at Hastings; the Hawke Bay province from Te Mata Peak; Cape Kidnappers and the gannet colony; Napier beach looking north; the Napier Sound Shell; flower beds as a border in Napier; and Gisborne from the hill. Slides on this sheet are numbered 554-578, with gaps for 556, 559-560, 567 and 577. Arrangement: Mr Williams transferred slides (nos. 556, 559-560, 567, 577). These showed the river valley on the way to the Pinnacles; Pinnacle Valley "towers" and "castles"; railway line through Palmerston North; Gisborne area showing the beach looking south. They were removed to be included in his representative collection on New Zealand for various lectures which he gave when he returned to England. The lecture series are filed in later sequences. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: circa 1880, 1934 - 1955

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Powell, Arthur Walter, 1893-1970; Wade, Keith Reginald, 1920-1992; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-029

Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island, 1934 to 1955. Includes Manawatu - Wanganui, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Taranaki, Northland and Auckland Regions. Also includes photographs of the first school in Palmerston North and the Bank of Australasia Corner, Palmerston North, circa 1880. Photographers include W. Hall Raine, Keith R. Wade, Harold J. Dunstan, J M S Beale, A W Powell, and aerial photographs by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1910, 1930, 1960]

By: Dominion (Newspaper); Hardie Shaw Studios

Reference: PAColl-0450

Description: Photographs taken for The Dominion including a number of aerial views, a large photograph of a brass band and members of the public singing christmas carols and a captioned photograph of The Dominion literary staff, possibly from the time of its inception. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1957

From: New Zealand Railways :[Ephemera relating to railways, railway trains, rail timetables, rail travel in New Zealand. 1950-1959]

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1957-02

Description: A pamphlet showing the timetable of a train leaving Wellington at 12.10 am on 14th September, to reach Hastings at 7.33 am. The homeward journey left Hastings at 7 pm, arriving back in Wellington at 1.55 am. Pillows were available for hire, luggage could be stored free at the Railway Station, and there would be refreshments available at Palmerston North and Hastings. Other attractions of Hastings included a Blossom Festival dance, fencing and wrestling contests, the musical "Naughty Marietta", a fair, drum majorettes, and roller skating hockey championships. The train fare for adults was 5 shillings. The front cover shows the Hastings clock tower, and a sprig of blossom. Quantity: 1 pamphlet. Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet, folded to 168 x 109 mm.

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).

Date: [ca 1929-1938], [ca 1942], [ca 1980], 1990

By: Kelliher, Patrick, active 1935-1990

Reference: PA1-o-1803

Description: Album compiled by Patrick Kelliher. Chiefly photographs relating to the construction of the power station at Tuai in the 1930s taken by Kelliher, a keen amateur photographer who worked in the powerhouse. Includes images of pack horses, heavy machinery and trucks, the construction of tunnels, spillway, a bridge, pipes, the power house and the huts in which workers lived. Also includes five images taken after the Kopuawhara flash flood of 19 February 1938 (in which 21 people were drowned) and a newspaper cutting from a year after the flood. Also a set of 14 images taken at Wairoa railway station at the the opening ceremony of the 97 mile Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu portion of the Napier-Gisborne railway, also taken by Kelliher. Images include steam and diesel engines, visiting dignitaries and Maori performers. Also one photograph of Kelliher on a horse drawn cart in Masterton, Wairarapa, taken circa 1980s and a 1990 certificate to Kelliher from the Lions Club of Wainuiomata. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 32 x 24 cm album with an embossed synthetic cover featuring a spear-bearing rider on a horse taking aim at a lion (or similar animal). Provenance: Donated by Christine Hayvice, New Zealand/Vancouver, Canada, 2013. Donor is the niece of Patrick Kelliher. The album was passed down to Ms Hayvice from her mother.

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025810-G

Description: Pukehou swamp and Napier railway line, photographed circa 1890 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025772-G

Description: Scene by the East Coast Railway line at Hatuma, Hawke's Bay, with a man on a jigger, and landscape with cabbage trees behind. Photographed circa 1890 by William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print: "The East Coast Railway at Hatuma, showing cabbage trees in background. ca 1890. Identified from lantern slide. Dated from W Williams residence in Napier, ca 1887-90" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 30 Jul 1931

From: Smith, R Trevor :Photographs of railway and road construction

Reference: PA1-o-643-098-2

Description: Maungaturanga railway viaduct under construction, part of the Wairoa section of the Gisborne-Napier line. Photograph taken 30 July 1931 by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Album inscriptions. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Gisborne-Napier Railway - Wairoa Section; Album page - beneath image - Maungaturanga Viaduct - Progess View 30:7:31 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12 x 16.4 cm, on album page

Date: 14 May 1976

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-73508-F

Description: Aerial view of Hastings looking west photographed by Leo White 14 May 1976. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 14 x 12.3 cm

Date: 8 Jul 1939

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

By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PAColl-9150-02

Description: Opening of the Napier-Wairoa-Waikokopu railway, at Wairoa, 8 July 1939, photographed for the Railways Publicity Department. Shows a crowd. Source of descriptive information - Evening Post caption attached to back of print. Dated from ink stamp on back of print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 12.4 x 19.8 cm

Date: ca 1914

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006642-G

Description: Railway yards, and station, at Waipukurau, photographed by Frederick Radcliffe circa 1914. Shows stacks of railway track in the foreground. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Railway Station Waipukurau FGR 4870 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative