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Morrison, John M, fl 1883-1951 :Photographs of Takapuna and Milford

Date: [ca 1909-1925]

By: Morrison, John M, active 1883-1951

Reference: PAColl-6494

Description: Photographs of Takapuna and Milford. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-016625 to 016630, 1/2- 031823 and 101744 Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Manuscript material now held at qMS-1398.. Processing information: The majority of the prints do not have negatives.

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Main entrance to the Opera House, Wellington

Date: 1964

From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives

Reference: 35mm-40508-19-F

Description: Main entrance to the Opera House, Courtenay Place, Wellington, during the New Zealand Ballet Company production of Petrouchka, photographed in 1964 by John Ashton. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on 120 strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative

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View of Courtenay Place and Downstage Theatre

Date: 14 March 1968

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

Reference: EP/1968/1133-F

Description: View of Courtenay Place, Wellington, and Downstage Theatre from the Embassy Theatre Building. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 14th of March 1968. Photograph taken to show the Downstage Theatre site in context which was thought to be the most favoured location for the new Hannah Playhouse. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

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Walker, A (Mr), fl 1968 :Postcards of New Zealand towns

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

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New Zealand. Embassy (United States) : Two photographs of ANZAC Day 1950

Date: 1950

By: New Zealand. Embassy (United States)

Reference: PAColl-4551

Description: Two photographs of an ANZAC Day parade in Wellington in 1950. The first shows a military band and returned servicemen walking past the war memorial at the bottom of Bowen Street with spectators lining the streets. The second shows bands, including pipe bands, coming from the direction of the Hotel Cecil and Molesworth Street towards the memorial (which is not in the picture) also watched by spectators. The Artcraft Theatre can be seen on the right. Photographer unidentified. Photograph of people sun-bathing on Kaiteriteri beach ca 1950s with the printed caption "Kaitere Beach, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand". Photographer unidentified. A stamp on the reverse of the prints reads: To Be Returned To New Zealand Embassy 16 Observatory Circle N W, Washington 8, D C. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Wellington grows; an album of historical photographs relating to Wellington

Date: 1841-ca1930

From: Zoe Martin-Carter: Photographs of Wellington and the Centennial Exhibition

By: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928-; Martin-Carter, Zoe, 1870-1947

Reference: PA1-f-171

Description: views of Wellington and many of its principal buildings from settlement in 1840 to about the mid 1940s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Parnham, Robin :Photographs relating to Elsie Betts Vincent

Date: ca 1930-1970

By: Wanganui Newspapers; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964; Elmar Studios; Stapleton, V A, active 1932-1938; Richards' Studios

Reference: PAColl-0725

Description: Photographs of Elsie Betts-Vincent spanning her lifetime. Studio portraits of her as a young woman ca 1930s; class photograph with her pupils at Wanganui Girls College 1925; two photographs of the girls in costume for productions produced by Betts-Vincent ca 1938; with a group of unidentified men at an event in Sydney ca 1926-1932; four photographs of her as the nurse in a production of Romeo and Juliet ca 1940s; at a music teachers' conference with J J Murphy ca 1960s; playing the piano ca 1970s; and at a lunch ca 1970s. Also include an unknown shipwreck and a table laid out in a hall with a wedding cake and other food. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Exterior view of the Hannah Playhouse under construction

Date: 22 September 1972

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

Reference: EP/1972/4544-F

Description: Exterior view of the Hannah Playhouse, Courtenay Place, Wellington, under construction. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 22 of September 1972. Photograph taken the day after the roof was topped off. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

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Photograph of stage set and cast of Macbeth, produced by Ngaio Marsh for Canterbury Uni...

Date: 1950s-1960s

From: Marsh, Ngaio :Photographs of theatrical productions

Reference: PAColl-0285-1-001

Description: Ngaio Marsh seated on the left hand side of the stage set with the cast of Macbeth arranged across the rest of the stage. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Queen Elizabeth II and others at the St James Theatre, Auckland

Date: 7 February 1963

By: Kirkcaldie, Constance Violet Scott, 1917-2008

Reference: PAColl-9808

Description: Queen Elizabeth II and part of the audience at the Royal performance of `A Unicorn for Christmas' at the St James Theatre, Auckland, 7 February 1963. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Card inviting Mrs Constance Scott to the performance, attached to the back of the photograph. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 36.7 x 27 cm, mounted on cardboard

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Lovell-Smith, Mr :Photographs of the Hastings area

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).

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Teachers participating in training courses

Date: February 1966

From: Henderson, Carol, 1935- :Gordon Tovey Archive (photographs)/ Compiled by Carol Henderson and Luit Bieringa

Reference: PAColl-9189-03

Description: Photographs of teachers in groups executing dramtic, expressive, movement. These images were taken at an Arts of New Zealand Children course part II held in Lower Hutt in February 1966. Most of the activities are performed on stage sets made from paper, cardboard and fibre. Some of the participants wear masks made from painted paper. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s).

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The Pumphouse, Takapuna, and Pakuranga Culture Centre, Auckland

Date: [1980-1987]

From: Creative New Zealand: Collections relating to the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and Creative NZ

Reference: PA12-5800

Description: The Pumphouse, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Exterior and interior views of the building. The Pakuranga Community and Cultural Centre, Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand. An exterior and interior views of the building. Quantity: 16 colour original transparency/ies.

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Khandallah Arts Theatre

Date: 1961

From: Ashton, John Hammond, 1917-2010 :Negatives

Reference: PAColl-7208-03-42

Description: Photographs of Khandallah Arts Theatre, taken in 1961 by John Ashton. Arrangement: Negatives at 35mm-38700 to 38703 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) strips with 10 images.

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Godfrey, Jennifer : Photographs of the West Coast

Date: ca1900-ca1950

By: Godfrey, Jennifer, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-4904

Description: Mainly Westport and largly unidentified views from the West Coast Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-072055 to 072057; 1/2-177610 to 177611 Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s). 5 b&w original negative(s).

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Hannah Playhouse, site and finished building

Date: [ca 1973-1974]

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8663

Description: Photographs relating to the Hannah Playhouse include - Photographs of the site which include views of Cambridge Terrace, the Taj Mahal, lower Courtenay Place, the bus terminus in Courtenay Place, and the Hannah Playhouse under construction and completed. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

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Wellington hospitals, Ford Motors' factory, the Fortune Theatre, and a Girls' Friendly ...

Date: 1936-[ca 1978]

From: Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd :Photographs relating to New Zealand architectural projects

Reference: PAColl-9842-15

Description: Hospitals designed by Stephenson and Turner include - Six architectural perspective drawings of proposed additions to Wellington Hospital, 1936 and 1939. Architectural perspective drawing of proposed hospital, Lower Hutt, 1939. Exterior and interior views of the new Bowen Hospital, Crofton Downs, Wellington, August 1971 and March 1972. Other buildings include - Trinity Methodist Church and views of its interior adaped for the Fortune Theatre, Dunedin, ca 1978. Construction of a hostel for the Girls' Friendly Society, Wellington, 1976. Exterior and interior views of the Ford Motor Company factory, Seaview, Lower Hutt, ca 1960. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). 26 colour original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by Stephenson&Turner NZ Ltd, Wellington, in 2011

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Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Cathedral Square, Christchurch

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: PAColl-5197

Description: Two views of Cathedral Square taken from the Cathedral. One shows the Strand Theatre and the Post Office with trams passing in front of them and the other looking down Worcester Street with the offices of McKenzie & Willis, auctioneers and land agents on the left. Photographer possibly W W Stewart, as written on the reverse of one of the file prints. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-002337 and 002338 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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Stuart Macaskill Water Storage Lakes Te Marua, and Hannah Playhouse Wellington

Date: [ca 1975-1985]

From: Beard, James Albert, 1924- :Architectural and town planning photographs

Reference: PA12-8727

Description: Includes - Views of the Stuart Macaskill Water Storage Lakes, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, ca 1985. Interior views of the Hannah Playhouse, Wellington, ca 1975. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies 4 120 strips comprising 9 images.

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Princess Theatre, and Mrs Browne's confectionery shop, Hokitika, West Coast - Photograp...

Date: [ca 1915]

From: Shannon, W H, fl 1970 : Photographs of Hokitika and district

By: Thiem, Benno, -1934

Reference: PAColl-6351-07

Description: Princess Theatre, and Mrs Browne's confectionery shop, Hokitika, West Coast. Photograph taken circa 1915 by Benno Thiem. Print made in 1970 by the Library from a negative made circa 1915 by Bnno Thiem. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Princess Theatre Hokitika; Photographer's title on negative - B.T. 135 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.6 cm

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