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Date: 1841

From: Various artists :[Album of watercolours, cards and published pictures, including scenes in New Zealand and European countries, belonging to Cherie Templer (nee Connell)]. 1830-1890

By: Connell, B, active 1840-1843

Reference: E-943-q-007-1

Description: Shows the Hutt Road (as a cart track) at the bottom of the steep bush-clad Western Hills on the right. There is a Maori canoe near the road, and three figures on the road, as well as one man in the foreground, possibly fishing. The suggestion of a settlement (Kaiwharawhara) can be seen at the water's edge in the distance. The same scene was reproduced by B Connell for the Hobson album (E-216-f-087-1), with almost identical details Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington 1841 [in blue ink]; Recto - bottom right - Petoni Road Wellington 1841 [in faint pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 112 x 182 mm, pasted to page of album 265 x 220 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs E. J. Templer, UK (formerly of Tasmania), September 2012

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 5 November 1913

From: Layton, Frederick G, d 1923 : Shipping photographs

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: PAColl-2197-03

Description: Kaiwharawhara, the Kaiwarra Wool Stores building, and the Hutt Road, Wellington, 1913, photographed by David James Aldersley. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - A2879 See also Library reference PAColl-5551-1. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print (postcard) 142 x 89 mm Processing information: Date and Related material updated in November 2022 after contact from researcher.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: PUBL-0020-09-2

Description: Shows Wellington seen from the Hutt Road with a rocky outcrop in the centre foreground. Other Titles - Petone Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving 75 x 190 mm. on page.

Date: 1843 - 1844

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: A-195-007

Description: View from lower Wadestown over the roofs of Thorndon houses, towards Kaiwharawhara, with the Hotel on the spit, and along the hills at the edge of the harbour towards Lower Hutt. A faint pencil drawing of a seated man is on the left in the foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 160 x 236 mm

Date: 1938

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038921-G

Description: Trestle table laid for celebrations at the opening of the new fire station at Silverstream on the Hutt Road. There are three vases of daffodils, with many plates filled with sandwiches and small cakes, and a smaller table in the corner is laid with cups and saucers. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15 (in 1/4 plate sequence. Listed under Box 37. F. Fire station. Silverstream. (4). 1938. Opening of new station. Hutt Road.) For three other images relating to the opening of the fire station see 1/4-038919, 1/4-038920 and 1/4-038922. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1845

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-191-010

Description: Shows a view looking southward along the footpath, site of the present Hutt Road and rocky shoreline, with the two-storeyed Kaiwharawhara Hotel building, and roofs of a few houses in Thorndon Quay visible in the distance. Two figures are walking along the shore in the middle distance. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W.S.; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing, 123 x 168 mm. Provenance: The vendor purchased this from a Wellington dealer in the early 1990s.

Date: [ca 1930]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

Reference: 1/4-032179-F

Description: Steam locomotive towing a crane somewhere between Wellington and Lower Hutt. The road in the foreground is the Hutt Road. Photographed by an unknown photographer in about 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 7.2 x 4.4 cm

Date: [24 Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/190/10

Description: Hutt Road, Ngauranga with a range of vehicles. Photograph taken 24 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001869-G

Description: A view taken from Korokoro looking down on Petone Railway Station, Hutt Road and south-east to the Gear Meat Company and to the wharf on the waterfront. Jackson Street runs from the railway station to the left of the image. A train has stopped at the station. Identifiable commercial premises are F G Reid; Hurrell & Cronin (G D Cronin. Empire Carriage Factory); Baker Brothers (Estate agents and auctioneers). Photograph possibly taken by William A Price, in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - The Gear Works. Petone. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1932]

Reference: 1/2-091142-F

Description: Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, photographed circa 1932. Overlooks the Hutt Road close to the edge of Wellington Harbour, with railway lines running alongside. Reclamation work for the Tawa deviation of the North Island Main Trunk Railway is visible in the centre. Commercial buildings are at bottom right. Houses and hills are on the left. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Reclamation for Tawa deviation recognised by Library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1847 - 1849

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-009

Description: Four huts surrounded by palisades on the sloping foreshore, two Maori standing near the water's edge, the two-storied building of the Kaiwharawhara hotel on its spit of land to the left and the Hutt Road and Hutt Valley beyond. Inscriptions: Verso - A picture of New Zealand by CEG [in pencil, probably in the artist's daughter's hand]. My dearres My dearrest Car [in ink, apparently written by the artist in his old age to his daughter Caroline] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 182 x 266 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1852 - 1856

From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]

By: Pearse, John, 1808-1882

Reference: E-455-f-035

Description: View from the Hutt Road, North of Kaiwharawhara, looking towards the Kaiwharawhara Hotel, with Thorndon and Te Aro in the distance. A sailing ship and smaller boats are on the harbour, and a canoe and small yacht are in the foreground. Other Titles - Kaiwharawhara Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 230 x 420 mm

Date: ca 1902

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0079-1/2-G

Description: View of Petone taken from Korokoro. Jackson Street on right and into middle distance, with Hutt Road in foreground. Oddfellows Hall visible in centre, and "Sunnyside", the two-storied Gothic home of Thomas Price (1839?-1905) known as "Price's Folly", is visible centre left. Photographed ca 1902 by A P Godber. Forms a two-part panorama with negative APG-0080-1/2-G. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1913

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048779-G

Description: Massey's Special Constables on horseback, Hutt Road, Petone, during the Waterfront Strike, Wellington, taken 1913 by Sydney Charles Smith. Brown & Allen, upholsterers and blindmakers, can be seen on the left and the premises of F G Reid is on the right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1865

By: Chesney, Francis Rawdon, 1824-; Fuller, Alfred Walter Francis, 1882-1961

Reference: A-196-025

Description: A rocky foreshore and cliff in the foreground, possibly Kaiwharawhara, or further along the Hutt Road at Rocky Point looking towards Khandallah and Ngaio. Only two houses are shown amidst bushy hills. In the foreground a European man is on horseback, accompanied by a Maori man and woman. Another European is standing near a Maori man while the latter pushes a small canoe out from the rocks. A single yacht is in the water. Date of 1865 is suggested because an F. R. Chesney wrote to James Coutts Crawford from Tasmania on geological matters in December 1864 and may have come later to Wellington as a visitor. Wellington became the capital in 1865. The view appears to be quite early with only two houses showing and Maori shown in partial European dress. The signature on the letter from Tasmania matches that on the watercolour. Chesney's letter makes it clear that he is a resident in Tasmania and that English is probably his first language, suggesting that the French title may have been added by a later owner Other Titles - Nouvelle Zelande, Port de Nicholson. New Zealand Port Nicholson, Wellington, near the capital [translation and correction] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - monogram FC in ink; also F. R. Chesney in brushpoint.; Verso - title in pencil in French; also inscriptions in pencil transcribing the title and repeating it in English along with a signature and date (17 Jany 1934) in the hand of A. W. F. Fuller. Further very faint illegible inscriptions in pencil. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on light card, 195 x 284 mm. Provenance: Collection of A. W. F. Fuller.

Date: 1899

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0002-1/2-G

Description: View of Petone looking east, taken from Korokoro. Railway line in foreground, with the intersection of Jackson Street with Hutt Road in centre right, photographed in 1899 by A P Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 30 Aug 1948]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-8557-29

Description: Industrial area in Petone, at the intersection of Hutt Road with The Esplanade. Shows the railway line and commercial buildings including Odlin's timber yard, and a hotel. Petone beach is on the right. Photograph taken circa 28 August 1948 by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Other - Published in the Evening Post between 28-30 August 1948 to show where the new over bridge was to be constructed Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 18 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048453-G

Description: View from Highland Park, Wellington, looking northeast across the Hutt Road, toward Kaiwharawhara and Petone. In the foreground cabbage trees and houses can be seen. Ships are visible in the harbour. Photographed by Sydney Charles Smith, circa 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: 1938

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-038922-G

Description: Opening of the new fire station at Silverstream on the Hutt Road. There are flags flying above the fire station, strung from the viewing tower, the fire engine is parked outside the fire station, and there is a large group of men standing around, many wearing hats and coats. The name "Silverstream Fire Brigade" is on the side of the engine. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15 (in 1/4 plate sequence. Listed under Box 37. F. Fire station. Silverstream. (4). 1938. Opening of new station. Hutt Road.) For three other images relating to the opening of the fire station see 1/4-038919, 1/4-038920 and 1/4-038921. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches