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Album of photographs of Maori

Date: 1860s-1949

From: Mackrell, Brent fl 2012: Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949; Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Johnston, Owen, active 1940-1987; New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch

Reference: PA1-o-1038

Description: Contains photographs of a Maori group at Wanganui, Te Rangitahau of Waitahanui, inscription at Wairaka meeting house (Whakatane), Pohaturoa Rock (Whakatane), Tainui anchor stone at Mokau, Matahourua anchor stone at Dominion Museum, Tokomaru anchor stone at New Plymouth Museum, hui at Rangitukua (March 1945), Ngarimu hui at Ruatoria (1943), hui at Hiruharama (1945), Tahi hohepa at Otukou (1947), reception to Field-Marshall Montgomery at Ohinemutu (1947), Sir Apirana Ngata speaking at erection of Porourangi meeting house (Waiomatatini), scenes in Parihaka, and Sir Peter Buck at Te Araroa (March 1949). The photographers represented are W J Harding, A P Godber, Burton Brothers, Owen Johnston, and the New Zealand Railways Publicity Department. A number of images were provided by the Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Graphic drawing book 23 x 31 cm

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[Taylor, Richard], 1805-1873 :Mission house, Wanganui N.Z. [1848?]

Date: 1848

By: Taylor, Richard (Rev), 1805-1873; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-247-029

Description: Shows Taylor's two-storeyed mission house seen across a field. See Richard Taylor Sketchbook, E-296-q-055-3 for a similar view Other Titles - New Zealand Inscriptions: In K. A. Webster's hand: "by Rev. Richd Taylor" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 177 x 110 mm Provenance: Purchased: Geo. Legges Esq.

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Schaef, A W :The business side of the Avenue, Wanganui

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0963

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Business side of the Avenue, Wanganui, taken by A W Schaef ca 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Business side of Avenue, Wanganui; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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Peter Webb Galleries :Photographs of New Zealand scenes

Date: 189-

Reference: PAColl-2084

Description: Maori woman with pipe; Maori family outside their house; Maori canoe. Buildings, streets, parks, gardens, river and coastal scenes - locations include Wanganui, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Napier, Rimutaka Hill Road and Masterton Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s).

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[Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[Township with redoubt, houses and church in foreground,...

Date: 1848 - 1850

From: [Turnbull, Henry Hume] d 1858 :[New Zealand and Pacific sketchbook, 1848 to 1856]

By: Turnbull, Henry Hume, -1858

Reference: E-454-q-029

Description: The roof and fence of a house in the left foreground, a road crossing the picture plane, clusters of houses, a small church with steeple. A flat-topped hill in the middle distance is topped with a redoubt and there are higher hills in the distance. The scene is reminiscent of Wanganui, although the topography is not quite right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page 180 x 259 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Kate Kavanagh, England, 1993

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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Wanganui, 1847?]

Date: 1846 - 1847

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :[Sketchbook]

Reference: E-346-1-070

Description: View looking east along the Whanganui River from the opposite bank, with Putiki in the foreground, military tents on the town side, churches including Christ Church, houses, Rutland Stockade not yet complete and a fenced area around what was later York Stockade on the left. Jetties can also be seen. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

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Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Libra...

Date: 1870 - 1984 - 1880

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-013-a/018-a

Description: Contains 6 images: Wanganui family and possessions, 1870s; Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s; Mrs Morgan and child, Wanganui, 1870s; Staff and premises of the Wanganui Evening Herald, 1868; Mr and Mrs Thomas Roots and their twelve children in front of their home at Springvale, 1870s; Mother and child, Wanganui, 1870s. Title from illustrated container, also bearing descriptive notes. Container has not been assigned its own location number and is therefore not recorded separately. However, the individual photolithographs have separate entries. Other Titles - Imagers of a new land. Other Titles - Portraits by W. J. Harding. Inscriptions: (On verso of container/ envelope): Portraits by W.J. Harding,/ chosen by Brian Brake and John Sullivan / and published with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited.; Recto - beneath image - (On each photograph): Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 6 photolithographs, 259 x 213 mm, and 213 x 259 mm, on sheets 415 x 350 mm, in container 510 x 390 mm. Provenance: Deposited under Legal Deposit regulations, 1986.

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[Ephemera and programmes of quarto size for variety, comedy, and music-hall shows and p...

Date: 1880 - 1889

By: Anthony Sellars & Company

Reference: Eph-B-VARIETY-1880s

Description: Includes programmes for the following: 1880s?: Mr Harry Hooper and Hooper's Colossophone and Vaudeville Company with the re-appearance of Trixie Le Mar. Exchange Hall Wellington, 1880s or 1890s? Programme (The Lorgnette) 1880: Princess Theatre (Wanganui). Grand amateur entertainment under the auspices of the Young Men's Literary Association. Thursday, 26th February 1880. Programme, concluding with a farce entitled "Make your wills!". H I Jones, Machine printer, &c, Wanganui. 1882: Princess Theatre, 27 October 1882. Anniversary tea meeting and entertainment of the Loyal Wanganui Lodge, I.O.O.F., M.U. no 4738. Stage manager Bro W J Rainbow. H I Jones, Printer, Wanganui. Flier / programme Court Theatre Upokongaroa. Startling event, Friday Dec. 8 19982. Grand musical and dramatic entertainment ... "The loan of a lover"; "Handy Andy"; songs, duet and Double Irish jig!, the whole to conclude with a mirth-provoking farce, "The rose and thorn". Flier. 1883: Complimentary benefit to Mr and Mrs Polk, with Millis (ventriloquist and puppetteer), comedy "Lend me five shillings!", Moulton (calculator); to conclude with thethird act of "An Arabian night". Abbot's Opera House, Queen Street. Programme (L'Entr'Acte), with a programme on the back cover for a Grand Farewell Complimentary & Testimonial Concert tendered to Mr Gordon Gooch. Choral Hall, 29 November 1883, prior to Mr Gooch's departure for Melbourne on 6th December. 1884: Oriental bazaar under the patronage of Lady Jervois, at the Drill Shed Wellington, September 6th 1884. Bock & Cousins, lithographic and letterpress printers, Lambton Quay Wellington. Programme of opening ceremony. Programme with list of stallholders and assistants (in pieces). 1886?: The Jungfrau Kapelle Swiss Band, Mountain Singers and Tyrolese Jodellers [sic]. Opera House [Christmas 1886?]. Programme (The Royal Footlights) The Rickards-Raynor Company. Mr Harry Rickards, Miss Kate Leele, Mr Harry Phillips, Mr Edgar Austin, Miss Nellie Wilson, Miss Ada Juneen, Mr Henry Cremar, and Harry & Charles Raynor. Performance of "On guard", by Mr Harry Adams. Theatre Royal Wellington 1886. Programme (The Theatre) 1887?: Hugo's Buffalo Minstrels (under Mr Charles Hugo, with Will Hugo, Miss Priscilla Verne, Tom Mkinini, Pattie Bavin). Opera House ca 1887? Programme (The Bulletin) 1889: Beresford Street Congregational Church Mutual Improvement Society. Programme of entertainment. 10 October 1889. Programme. Mr Frank Lincoln. Promotional pamphlet with engraved portraits, ca 1889. St John's Literary Association. Musical, literary and dramatic entertainment With selections from "King Henry IV", and musical selections. Open meeting, 13 August 1889. Evening Press. Flier / programme. Theatre Royal Christchurch. Grand Costume concert, with selections from the popular comic operas "Favart", "Socerer", "Mikado", "Patience", and "Iolanthe". 19-20 July [1889]. In aid of the funds of the St John Ambulance Association. Anthony, Sellars & Co., Printers. (4 copies, two cream and two red) Quantity: 13 programmes. Physical Description: Printed programmes, under 300 mm.

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[Barraud, Charles Decimus], 1822-1897 :Wanganui about 1860.

Date: 1855 - 1865

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926

Reference: B-084-009

Description: Shows a distant view of the town from the far bank of the Whanganui River. York and Rutland Stockades can be seen on the hills at the left, with the spire of Christ Church beyond the houses below. Shakespeare Bluff is across the river to the right. The peak of Mt Ruapehu rises in the distance Title appears to have been added at a later date. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title in pencil in the hand of C D Barraud Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 355 mm

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Schaef, A W :A scene at the Wanganui Racecourse Grounds

Date: ca 1890

From: Campbell, Eve, fl 1976 :Stereographs

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0707

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of women and children standing by the lake in the Wanganui Racecourse Grounds, taken by A W Schaef ca 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - In Wanganui Racecourse Grounds; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Photograph by A W Schaef Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print Provenance: Donated by Mrs E Campbell, July 1976

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Wheeler and son album 1

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-532

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

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Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and T...

Date: ca 1878-1902

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: PAColl-3722-3

Description: Arrangement: In order by copy negative number - 1/2-11800-F to 1/2-11861-F (some missing) Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box. Provenance: Contact prints made ca 1970s from plates no longer in existence

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Donor unknown :Possibly Harding Collection

Date: ca 1885

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899

Reference: PAColl-3501

Description: Studio portraits and street scenes Arrangement: Negative numbers G174782-85-1/2, G26822-25-1/1 Quantity: 7 b&w original negative(s).

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Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919 :Kairanga school. 1888.

Date: 1888 - 1957

By: Atkins, Alfred, 1850-1919

Reference: Plans-90-0401

Description: Shows front, back and end elevations and longitudinal section Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Replaced 1957; Recto - centre - A Atkins, architect to the Wanganui Education Board, June 1888; Recto - bottom right - This is the drawing referred to in the contract signed the 13th day of June 1888. signed Smith & Marsh Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and colour drawing on pink paper

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Wanganui

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: 1/4-019109

Description: A main street in Wanganui with some passers-by, a laden carriage in the middle of the street and a horse tethered at the side. The Bank of New Zealand is on the right with the Munro Store further down the street. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864 :Mrs D'Arcy's house, Wanganui [1852]

Date: 1852

From: Wynyard, Robert Henry 1802-1864 :[Drawings of New Zealand scenes] / R.H.W. - 1852.

Reference: A-081-035

Description: A small single-storied house with shingled roof and a verandah, in a garden setting, with round beds set into lawns, trees behind Other Titles - Mrs Darcy's house Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 200 x 247 mm

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Sigvertsen, Jeffery R :Album of Burton Brothers photographs

Date: ca1880-1903

By: Sigvertsen, Jeffery R, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-q-546

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand, New Zealand Cities and Maori Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Lewis, Janet K :Photographs of Charleston & Wanganui

Date: Ca 1867

By: Lewis, Janet K, active 2001; Lewis, John, active 1863-1869; Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928

Reference: PAColl-7114

Description: Photographs of Charleston, Addison's Flat and Wanganui taken ca 1867 by Thomas E Price. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-197495 to 197501-F Photocopies on shelf at PAColl-7114. Quantity: 7 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negatives 10 x 12.5 cm Provenance: The prints were collected by the donor's grandfather, John Lewis, when resident in Otago and Westland 1863-1869.

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Harding, William James 1826-1899 :Unidentified man, Wanganui, 1870s. [Wellington], Alex...

Date: 1870 - 1880

From: Harding, William James 1826-1899 :W. J. Harding. [Wellington], Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited, 1984. (Imagers of a new land, series 3).

By: Harding, William James, 1826-1899; Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Kodak New Zealand Ltd; Sullivan, John Paul, 1948-; Brake, Brian, 1927-1988

Reference: C-106-014

Description: Shows top-hatted man with long (legal?) collars standing in front of narrow hanging and holding open book. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Reproduced from the original negative by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust, Wellington, with the assistance of Kodak New Zealand Limited. / [Title]. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 259 x 213 mm, on sheet 415 x 350 mm.

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Saxby album 2

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

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