Places

Date: 1927

Reference: PA-Group-00431

Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.

Date: ca1900-1956

By: Bailey, Colin Lennie, 1906-1997; Bailey, Sue, active 1998

Reference: PAColl-6025

Description: Views of Westport, Denniston, Blackball, Ngakawau, Millerton, Inangahua Junction, Seddonville, Dunedin, Gore, Milford Sound, Greymouth and Taupo Quantity: 10 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 12 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. Provenance: The late Professor C L Bailey, from the VUW Department of Education, collected photographs and other items relating to New Zealand history from members of the public.

Date: 1870 - 1879

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook. 1870s?]

Reference: E-030-q-2-005

Description: A view along the main street of Nokomai township, looking towards mountains. In the right foreground, the United States Hotel is identified, with a small dray outside. Futher down the street are shops and houses. Other views of the Mataura by Hodgkins are dated 1871 and possibly 1875 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on cream paper, page size 137 x 223 mm

Date: 1881

Reference: A-260-052

Description: Shows cows and horses grazing in a field, houses, the hotel and a horse-drawn cart. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Coloured photograph 220 x 400 mm Provenance: Photograph donated by Mr & Mrs S Mouat, Southland, 1979

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6881

Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1940]

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0888

Description: Small captioned photographs, commercially produced by Tanner Bros: of Invercargill - basilica from the Gardens; Queen's Park Gardens; water tower; Boys' High School; Esk Street; Kew Hospital; two of Dee Street; First Presbyterian Church; and the new Post Office. Of Gisborne - two of Gladstone Road; panorama of Kaiti; general view; river bank gardens; looking across the river; nurses' home, Cook Hospital; Poho-o-Rawiri Maori house; Intermediate School; and Cook Hospital. Also included are the original envelopes the snapshots came in. Produced by Blennerhassetts of New Plymouth of Taranaki - six of Mount Taranaki; two of a mountain hut in the snow; Mount Taranaki with a shelter in the foreground; the old house in the snow; and the hotel with the mountain behind it. Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1957

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1957 to 1960]

Reference: C-076-258

Description: Four scenes depicting tourists and Swiss-style accommodation Published in New Zealand Free Lance, 8 Nov 1957, page 4 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 185 x 660 mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Graham, G, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2297-F

Description: Panoramic view of Balfour with the two-storeyed wooden Longridge Hotel in the centre of the image. Decorative edging along the top of the verandah over the pavement at the entrance. Balfour Railway Station on the far left, then Wright Stephenson & Co. Grain Merchants warehouse, and H N McLean (Butcher) on the left of the hotel. A car is parked outside the butcher (number plate: NZ75-154), and two men wearing caps are seated in an open touring car outside the hotel. Group of men and women standing on the pavement outside the hotel and another man standing by a driver with a horse and cart. Bus parked further down the road on the right. Bank of New Zealand partially visible on the far right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - [Partly obscured where the emulsion is lifting] [Longr]idge Hotel. Balfour ... Block out. G. Graham Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 118.8 cm

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-10789

Description: Photographs taken in Fiordland National Park, and one of Mount Cook. Also an aerial view of an accomodation house. Quantity: 6 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1958 to 1959

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

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-8813

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. Several of these were taken by Neville Hatwell. This sheet shows Queenstown Lakes District, and Milford. Views include Queenstown; the Remarkables in the evening with the launch 'Moana' moored at a pier on Lake Wakatipu in the foreground; Lake Manapouri; Te Anau township; the Eglinton Valley and Hollyford Valley, both taken by Neville Hatwell; portal of the Homer Tunnel, and views the other side en route to Milford Sound, including Mount Tutoko and the Cleddau River; the Milford Track; views of the Sound, Sutherland Falls, Lake Ada, Sandfly Point and Sinbad Gully; and the Milford Sound airstrip with a small plane on the runway. The slides are not filed in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1042-F

Description: Panoramic view of reflections on Milford Sound with the Milford Hostel in the distance centre left, Mitre Peak centre right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Milford Sound" New Zealand. No. 816; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Reflections on Milford Sound Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1040-F

Description: Panoramic view of Milford Sound taken from up above the Milford Hostel. The back of the hostel is seen in the centre foreground with Mitre Peak centre background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Milford Sound" - Southland. New Zealand. No. 820; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Milford from back of hostel Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1041-F

Description: Panoramic view of Milford Sound taken from View Hill above the Milford Hostel. The back of the hostel is seen in the centre foreground with Mitre Peak centre background. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Milford Sound" Southland. New Zealand. No. 819A; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Milford Sound from View Hill Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.5 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1043-F

Description: Panoramic close-up view of the Milford Hostel. Long single-storeyed building with two accomodation wings. Sign for the "Post Office" on part of the building to the left. Eleven people on the verandah in the central portion, covered walkway leading from central portion to accomodation wing on right. Trees and very steep hill at the back, flat uneven ground in foreground. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Hostel" Milford Soundand" New Zealand. No. 815 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 104.8 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1038-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Government Hostel in Milford Sound. The building is on the left, a large single-storeyed building below steep hillside. There are seven people on the verandah in the middle portion of the hostel with flat marshy ground in the foreground and water of the Milford Sound on the right. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Milford Sound" South Island. New Zealand. No. 817; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Hostel Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 110.7 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-1039-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Bowen Falls and Milford Sound with the Milford Hostel centre right in the distance. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore between 1923 and 1928. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Bowen Falls" and Milford Hostel. Milford Sound New Zealand No. 814; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Bowen Falls & M. Sounds Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 111.0 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Govan, Ernest Charles, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-0987-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Te Anau Hotel by Lake Te Anau. Two single-storeyed buildings. A group of people wearing coats are standing in the porch of the left-hand building and a car is parked in front (number plate NZ-23-408). Five people are seated on a verandah on the right-hand building and a windmill is seen near the lake. The SS Tawera is visible in the middle distance at a jetty. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - "Te Anau Hotel, Lake te Anau, New Zealand. 3 Govt. 1 B&W Govan. Dark red roof, roughcast building. Yellow funnell [i.e. Funnel], black top, on boat"; Marginal notes on negative - 6 6 6 [in list formation]; Photographer's title on negative - Te Anau Hotel - Lake Te Anau - New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 122.1 cm

Date: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: 1889

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-Otago-1889-01

Description: Unfolded brochure, showing various scenes (Sketch of carriage outside Wanaka Hotel, Lake Wakatipu, The Remarkables, Mt Earnshaw, Greenstone Gorge, Pykes River, Lake Alabaster, Lake Harris, Mount Aspiring, Lake Hawea, Kingston), and a map of the lakes area. Drawings done by W Deverell. Verso shows an advertisement for Cook's Tours (Thos Cook & Son). Other Titles - The western lakes & sounds, Middle Island, New Zealand Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Engravings and letterpress on folded brochure, 475 x 603 mm (unfolded)

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-003272-F

Description: The main street in Riverton with the Great Western Hotel on the left and the Globe Hotel on the right. Further up the street is a branch of the Bank of New South Wales on a corner. Also visible is a combined hairdressers and tobacconists. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative