Places

Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6866

Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1934-1936

From: National Council of Young Men's Associations of New Zealand: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-721

Description: Two YMCA holiday tours of the North and South Islands in the mid 1930s. In particular there are some good interiors of the Waitaki power station Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).