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Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1920

Reference: PAColl-4628

Description: Men operating commercial cheese making machinery in a factory at Kaupokonui. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Prints housed at PAColl-6304-31 and PAColl-6304-32.

Date: ca 1950s-1960s

By: Robin Smith Photography Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0530

Description: Set of photographs of work and leisure in New Zealand, the majority of cattle and sheep mustering and skiing but including a woman water skiing, a woman painting a vase of flowers in oils, a Maori man carving wood, portraits of individual Maori, a procedure in the wine making process, men in the oyster fishing industry, a woman testing eggs, a man looking up at a tree with a chain saw etc. Photographer was Robin Smith. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1929-1948

By: Kendall, Leslie Frank, active 1920-1950

Reference: PA1-o-717

Description: Album compiled by Lesley Frank Kendall. The first section relates to tramping and the Mount Egmont Alpine Club. This includes - A large group of people on a mountain tramp ca 1929. Climbers on Mount Egmont. Building the first Syme Hut on Fantham's Peak, Mount Egmont, 1930. Military training camp at Long Bay. Emerson Street, Napier, in ruins, 1931. Two men on a motorcycle holiday. Group of photographs of the Wairarapa and Tararua Ranges. This includes - Men hunting in the Palliser Bay area. Views of the Rimutaka Range and road. Climbers on Mount Hector, Tararua Range, and at Kime and Field's huts. View of the Balclutha road bridge (built between 1933 and 1935). Kendall family members and a motor holiday in Central Otago ca 1936. This group also includes Queentown, the Buller Gorge, the DH 86 aircraft `Karoro,' and Canterbury. Views of Napier rebuilt. Sports matches include - New Zealand versus India, hockey, 1938. Otago versus Canterbury, rugby (probably Ranfurly Shield) 1938. Photograph group relating to a holiday in Auckland. Photograph group relating to a holiday at The Portage, Kenepuru Sound, Marlborough. Family gathering. Lesley Kendall in military uniform and Norma Clout on their wedding day, ca 1940. Group of photographs of unidentified children, people and places. Pig hunting trip, locality unidentified. Group of photographs of Lesley and Norma Kendall's first baby. Holiday on the South Island's West Coast. Wanganella on Barrett Reef, Wellington Harbour, 1948. Views of Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa. Group of photographs relating to the Royal New Zealand Air Force training school at Levin, Second World War. Family photographs, views of Wellington, the Putangirua Pinnacles Palliser Bay, and Picton. Groups of people on holiday at Paraparaumu, 1930s. Groups of people on a day out at Ohariu Valley, Wellington, 1930s. Wellington College Mod. VB class, 1929. Lesley Kendall with athletic trophies for the 1929-1930 season. Family photographs, 1920s-1940s. House on Maungakiekie Avenue, One Tree Hill, Auckland. Group photograph of a dance party, Mount Eden, Auckland, 1930s. Two photographs of New Zealand Air Force groups, Second World war. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 13 December 1982

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

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1982/4359-F

Description: Prime Minister Robert Muldoon and Minister of Social Welfare Venn Young being shown the Kapuni ammonia-urea plant by Natural Gas Corporation project manager Ben Ridler. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson 13 December 1982. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1925

By: McAllister, James, 1869-1952; Brewster, Barney, active 1991-2019

Reference: PAColl-7963

Description: Group portrait of Pukengahu Football Club, 1st Juniors team, taken in 1925 by James McAllister of Stratford. Back row: P. Caskey, J. Lash, F. Forbes, S. McGuinness, D. McGuinness, W. Hills, C. Diamond, C. Booker (coach). Middle row: R. houghton, L. Caskey, T. Walsh, A. Bloomfield, H. Martin, A. Bilski. Front row: M. Grieg, C. Gibbons. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - McAllister.; Mount recto - above image - Pukengahu Football Club 1st Juniors, 1925; Mount recto - beneath image - Back Row-P. Caskey, J. Lash, F. Forbes, S. McGuinness, D. McGuinness, W. Hills, C. Diamond, C. Booker, (coach.) Middle Row-R. Houghton, L. Caskey, T. Walsh, A. Bloomfield, H. Martin, A Bilski. Front Row-M. Greig, C. Gibbons. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 20.7 cm, on mount 28 x 35.6 cm

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Old, Janet Haldane, 1928-2003

Reference: 1/2-137280-F

Description: Freezing workers at Waitara freezing works, photographed circa 1910 by an unidentified photographer. A man in the foreground is skinning a carcass. Leonard William Old is in the centre, with a striped shirt. On his left is Jack Zeier. 2nd left is Mr Bailey. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: Between 1895 and 1900

From: McArthurs Auction :Photographs of early drawings and paintings of Taranaki, and photographs of Hawke's Bay, Greymouth and others

Reference: PA1-o-405-13

Description: Group of Pakeha men and women (some thought to be relatives of surveyor Lewis Coster Sladden) photographed in front of a whare at Parihaka with Maori children in the late 1890s, by an unknown photographer. Source of descriptive information - Sladden family named by a library client, she has a copy of this image Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.8 x 15.3 cm, mounted on album page 15.1 x 20.3 cm

Date: [195-?]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios

Reference: PAColl-8983-54

Description: Men rolling Egmont Brand bacon at a factory in Hawera, circa 1950s. Photograph taken for the National Publicity Studios by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.3 x 21.6 cm

Date: [ca 1913]

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-913

Description: There are six general groups of photographs making up this album. The first relates to a surveying tramp through part of the the south eastern Rimutaka Ranges. It begins at Wharepapa outstation west of Lake Onoke (Lake Ferry). There are views of Palliser Bay, Lake Ferry, Wharepapa outstation, the surrounding farmland, and people attached to the station. The survey team's tramp into the mountains followed the Wharepapa River north west of the station and then up the Papatahi stream to the Papatahi trig. Here they set up camp which is depicted under snow. They then moved south to the trig on Mount Matthews where they again set up camp. There are images of tents, men, native forest, Mt Matthews, the trig, dogs, the surrounding ranges, and views of Palliser Bay. The party descended with their equipment via Matthews Stream to Eglington's Whare at Mukamuka. The second group is a record of a family holiday at Tokaanu and Lake Taupo. Again there are views of the tents, and the party consisted of women as well as men, including Girdlestone's mother. There are images of the Tokannu River, the Tokaanu Stream, the Tongariro River, views of Tokaanu township, the Tokaanu wharf on Lake Taupo, boats, the Waimarino track, hot springs, rod fishers on Lake Taupo and the rivers, and the Tongariro Bridge. There are a group of images taken during a fishing trip and picnic at Waihaha, Western Bay, Lake Taupo, and a view of Waihi Village and the Waihi Falls. Another group of images of Maori were taken at Otukou west of Lake Rotaira, and include views of the meeting house "Okahukura". The third group of images relate to a survey camp in the Tokaanu/Waimarino area, though there may be camps in more than one location. The main camp was located at Tokaanu, but another is described as being on the Waimarino plains, and another is located on the Pihanga Saddle. There are views of the camp, tents, men, and of life in the camp such as hair cutting, and Maori visiting on Sunday (one of the team's members was Maori). Images of bush and distant views were taken along the horse track from Otukou to Tokaanu, and there are views of the Volcanic Plateau and Mount Ngauruhoe, Otukou Village, hot springs, Ketetahi hut cookhouse and springs on Mount Tongariro, Pihanga hill south of Tokaanu, the countryside and a climbing party on Ngauruhoe. The fourth group consist of twelve photographs taken in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. The fifth group of 46 images record a climb up Mount Egmont. There are views of the mountain, native forest, climbers in the snow, and the accomodation house. One group of images consists of close ups of native alpine plants in flower. The sixth group relate to a walking trip on the Volcanic Plateau through forest and open country. There are views of the mountains, cliffs, a stream and celmisias in flower. At the end of the album there is a small group of miscellaneous images Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).