Places

Date: [Between 1910 and 1914?]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: PA1-o-247

Description: Album of photographs taken by Isaac H B Jeffares, circa 1900 to 1914. Most of the views are in the Wellington region, including a large number of the Star Boating Club, ships in the harbour, the Wellington Botanic Gardens, and some of target practice and a military camp, probably in the Hutt Valley. Other areas are in an around Napier, and on the West Coast. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Views'; 15.5 x 21.5 cm

Date: 1910 - 1915

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Lambert, Thomas Stoddart, 1840-1915

Reference: Plans-91-1338

Description: Shows the area of Kelburne Park, Botanical Road, Gladstone Terrace, Talavera Terrace, the Orphanage Endowment, Wesleyan Endowment, Kilburne [Kelburne] Tramway, Hospital Endowment, Salamance Road, and Botanical Gardens Road. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on dressed linen, 650 x 470 mm.

Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1910

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-2386

Description: Postcards: Ohura River, near houseboat, Wanganui River; a retouched one of a group of day-trippers on a punt ferry on the Manawatu River near Palmerston North; a retouched one of Newtown Park; the lake in Newtown Park with some penguins on the bank; a "Greetings from Wellington" postcard with the word Wellington filled in with photographs of the city; and two women in the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1901-1916

By: Mellor, C W (Mr), active 1901-1917

Reference: PAColl-9559

Description: Collection comprises: Album pages of New Zealand scenes including views of Dunedin, Invercargill, Wellington, Whanganui River, Rotorua, Rimutaka Incline, Christchurch, 1901. Some of the photographs are attributed to C W Mellor. Group portraits of officers during World War I, including C W Mellor Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 17 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: 1929 - 1938

By: Cook, Rodney, 1930-

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/A/[193-?]/Acc.37360

Description: Part of a map of Lambton, Wellington, from the New Zealand Railways Goods Yard, Thorndon, southwards to the Queen's Wharf, eastwards to the Botanical Gardens and northwards to the Tinakori Reservoir. Shows the outline of the proposed new wharves (Lambton and Thorndon), named streets, section numbers, some with acreage, significant dwellings, such as the Turnbull Library, Synagogue, Orphanage, cemeteries, parliament buildings, swimming baths, schools, part of the Botanical Gardens, part of the Town Belt, Ahumairangi Heights (now part of Wilton), and part of the Kaupapa Maori Land Block. Shows the Wireless Telegraph Station Reserve. Written on map: Certified correct (signed ? Clapperton, Chief surveyor) 1/12/[19]37 Stamped on map: 19937 Note on map in ink: 'Wgtn Railway Stn opened Dec 1937, not shown - makes this map doubtful in other respects. Note Jan 1988' (unsigned) Title supplied by cataloguer Quantity: 1 map(s). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale indeterminable, 40.7 x 46.7 cm Provenance: Donated by Rodney Cook, July 1999

Date: [ca 1945-1954]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Fitzgerald, F G, active 1945

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-230

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance in 1940s-1950s. Wellington houses under consideration as possible home for the Prime Minister, Hon S G Holland in 1950 - Mrs W E Herbert's residence [186?] The Terrace; Dental Clinic, Tinakori Road; former home of Stronach Paterson, Pipitea Street. House being moved by truck to Fairlie, South Canterbury, Mar 1950; Alex Lindsay String Orchestra playing at an outdoor concert held at the sound-shell glade of Wellington Botanic Gardens, 1954; debuntantes and committee at Marlborough College Golden Jubilee Ball, Mar 1950 (all named on verso). Series of mounted and captioned photograph taken by F G Fitzgerald of mountaineering in Southern Alps. Views include: cameraman on Harman Pass photographing snow on the Kelly Range Saddle; Cronin Glacier between Mounts Marion and Rosamund viewed from the Whitehorn Pass; Arahura River valley. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1997-1998

From: Scoble, Juliet Rosalie, 1955- :Chiefly photographs of New Zealand railway locomotives, rolling stock and stations

Reference: PA1-o-1873

Description: Photograph album containing colour prints of scenes around Wellington, taken by Juliet Scoble between 1997 and 1998. Most photographs are dated and identified. Inscriptions: On album cover: Wellington Album Book No 311 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with plastic pockets, 16.3 x 12.1 cm

From: Downie, Robert Ingram, 1879-1925 :[Scenes of New Zealand's North and South Islands, 1906-1914, and of England and Scotland, ca 1900 to 1905 and 1920-1925; also watercolours by the artist's brother James, including portaits of Robert Downie. ca 1900-1925]

Reference: A-463-001/050

Description: Early views of Wellington and surrounding area. Locations identified in pencil on the reverse of the paintings. Includes views of Wellington City from Kelburn, Petone, Evans Bay and Northland. The painting of Pencarrow shows the lighthouse. Also includes a view of Steeple Rock in Seatoun. The painting with reference number A-463-015 has a pencil portrait on the reverse - probably a self portrait of Robert Downie. Quantity: 50 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper

Date: 1980

From: Barnett, Leslie, 1919-1995: Colour transparencies of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PA12-9564

Description: Colour transparencies of scenes from the North Island of New Zealand taken by Leslie Barnett on family camping and caravan travels in 1980. Includes scenes from Rotorua, including the Barman's House at the Buried Village of Te Wairoa and thermal mud pools; Huka Falls, and Napier's waterfront and Mission Estate Winery. Also includes images from Wellington, including views of the Beehive, the Lady Norwood Rose Garden at the Wellington Botanic Garden, and a view from the top of the Wellington Cable Car. Two slides show the beginning and end of the ferry journey between Wellington and Picton. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: [ca 1900-1929]

Reference: PAColl-6911

Description: 8 miscellaneous images: 5 aerial views of Wellington, including Hataitai before the building of the Mount Victoria tunnel, the Botanic Gardens with Karori in the distance, inland from Point Jerningham, and the railway lines and Thorndon; two of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) greeting Maori performers; and a studio portrati of an elderly couple, the man holding an intricately carved walking stick. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048897 to 048904 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [From about 1910]

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: PA1-o-150

Description: Postcards from around the world, some black and white, some coloured; chiefly English, with some Australian and New Zealand scenes. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - English Postcard album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown cover, entitled `Post cards', 24.5 x 33.5 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: From 1911 to 1949

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-007

Description: Black & white photographs of the Wellington area, Vol 1 (images 1-240), taken by G L Adkin between 1911 and 1949. Earlier images include the house Fern Hill (at 324 The Terrace), and views from the house; Kelburn Cable Car tunnel, and view of the cable car from Kelburn Park; Wellington Botanic Garden; inner city views of Willis St., Lambton Quay (1913); Lyall Bay, Kilbirnie isthmus, Wellington Heads, Oriental Bay (1913); Harbour and city; swimming carnival at Island Bay; city from Mt Cook trig station (1918); panorama of Thorndon with Pipitea Point reclamation from the Nth end of Barnard St (1923); interior view of the Wellington City Corporation Trams Shed at Newtown; Kemp Point Powerhouse, Evans Bay; Miramar Gas Works (1923); Wider views of the city with Tinakori Ridge from Roseneath, Oriental Bay, Lyall Bay (1926); loading the Maheno (1926). Laying Foundation Stone of new railway station by the Duke of Gloucester, showing steel frame of the building under construction (17 December 1934). Views around the city in 1936, including Worser Bay, Breaker Bay, Dorset Point, Queens Drive, the city (panorama from Karepa St, Brooklyn); "wilds of Wellington" Mitchelltown, Highbury, Taitville, and Kelburn (from Karepa St); snow on hills and at Mt Kaukau (2 August 1936). Centennial Exhibition (6 March 1940). Views around the bays in 1948, Lyall Bay, Evans Bay, Kilbirnie, Eastbourne, Days Bay, Lowry Bay. Comparative views from Mt Alfred (1 taken in 1948, the other in 1905). Pamir sailing ship at Aotea Quay (December 1948); railway yards; Kaiwharawhara Gorge (1948); and the first visit of the Solent flying boat Ararangi to Evans Bay, October 1949.

Date: 1909-1910

From: Hislop, Harold Stevens, d 1933 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-029

Description: Photographs chiefly taken by Harold Hislop, including scenic views of Wellington Harbour (1909), and the Queenstown area (1910). Domestic scenes include interior views of three Wellington homes: Brentwood (Karori), Clovelly (Wadestown), and one on the Terrace (probably 148 Wellington Terrace, owned by David Milligan). Outings in the Wellington area include group portraits at the Botanical gardens, the Wellington Bowling Club, and the Wellington Zoo (one photograph of `King' the lion) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown mock crocodile cover, `Photographs' in gold lettering; endpapers decorated with gold tracery surrounding tiny blue-grey floral pattern; 19 x 40 cm

Date: Sep 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-162

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, Sep 1949 Includes: E G Christian, supervisor of staff training at New Zealand Railways correspondence school with his assistant A G de Joux; Mrs L Flower with her collection of jugs; Miss Margaret Haddon-Jones, music tutor for adult education department of Victoria University College and her pupils, making and playing woodwind instruments. Also: Damage done by an explosion to a house nextdoor to Mansion's Private Hotel, Ghuznee Street, Wellington; furniture and other items to be exhibited by the Dominion Museum, Wellington (after being in storage during the war years); new 5,000-line automatic telephone exchange at Lower Hutt. Also: Procession walking down `Royal Mile', Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama; construction of Auckland Electric Power Board building in Newmarket; Kent Wong sexing chicks at E Chambers' farm, Hornby; opening of Kahungunu War Memorial at Nuhaka by Rt Hon Peter Fraser; New Zealand Railways laboratory (chemists testing for faults); Molyneux River hydro-electric power scheme (Roxburgh camp); public gardens in Christchurch & Wellington in Spring; Omarama; Larry Frost of Ruapehu Ski Club; electric train on display in a London department store at Christmas time. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1980-1999

From: Young Women's Christian Association of Wellington & Hutt Valley :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7688-06

Description: Photographs of the YMCA creche, self defence classes, gentle and new mothers exercise class, piano class, motor workshop, holiday programme, preschool gym classes, young women's triathlon, preschool music classes, mothers alone group, the Vivian Street building, women's outdoor recreation trip, and Christmas party of 1989, taken during the 1980s and 1990s. Quantity: 81 b&w original photographic print(s). 367 colour original photographic print(s). Finding Aids: Detailed list available.

Date: 1880 - 1881

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980

Reference: E-060-3

Description: Landscapes and townscapes at Oamaru, Cape Campbell, Wellington Heads, Somes Island, Wellington Botanical Gardens, Mount Taranaki, Picton, The Sugarloaves, Mayor Islands and Tauranga from the sea. The artist appears to have begun the sketchbook in December 1880. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Pencil, page size 119 x 176 mm Finding Aids: Shelf-list with sketchbook.

Date: 1950 to 1957

From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 :Photographs of New Zealand geology, geography, and the Maori history of Horowhenua

Reference: PA1-o-014

Description: Adkin album. Wellington (2), nos. 241-441. Views of Wellington taken between 1950 and 1957. Includes harbour swim event at Evans Bay, 26 February 1950; speedboat contests at Evans Bay, 4 March 1950; Patent slip and the Union Steam Ship Co's wharf at Evans Bay; tulip Sunday at the Wellington Botanic Garden (15 October 1950); Evans Bay Yacht Club yard in use as a temporary base for Solent flying boats with the Ararangi at a mooring; various views of reclamation undertaken by TEAL for their flying boat service at Evans Bay, and flying boats. Many of the images in this album are linked with Evans Bay, as Adkin was living at 424 Evans Bay Parade in the 1950s, several images showing the house. Views of Wellington from the Mount Victoria lookout and from the Tinakori Ridge Radio Station, in 1952; the old Robert Hannah residence in Boulcott Street; views of the inner city including the upper end of Ghuznee St., Upper Willis St., the Children's Dental Clinic. Image no. 313 shows a house at 214 Upper Willis Street (known as Restwyn), taken in Feb 1953, while image no. 434 shows the same site in January 1957 after the house had been demolished. Numbers of images show preparations and decorations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. There are many photographs of preparation for extending the airport at Rongotai, showing Moa Point Hill in course of destruction to provide spoil for reclamation, and also Rongotai Ridge, with one view of a house being moved from the ridge, also showing development of the breakwater at Moa Point, all taken betwen 1953 and 1957. A 1954 image shows an extension to the Town Hall under construction for municipal offices in December 1953; the Hinemoa at No. 1 Ferry Wharf; preparations and decorations for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II in December 1953, including decorations at the Railway Station, Defence Stores Building in Featherston St., Kirkcaldie & Stains, James Smiths Corner, DIC, and the GPO. Image taken in March 1956 shows a house with turret on the corner of Upper Willis St and Aro St (a house which was shown in CD Barraud's painting of 1877). Views of yachting in the harbour, Ward Island, and the Eastbourne seawall. Outcast yacht is pictured.

Date: 1970 - 1990

From: Cook, Hinehauone Coralie, 1904-1993 :[Thirteen sketchbooks of Corrie Cook (nee Cameron), covering sketches of Britain, Australia and New Zealand. 1920-1990s]

Reference: E-905

Description: Includes sketches of stands of trees, children on swings and slide (probably in the Wellington Botanical Gardens play area), a computer and monitor, Wellington Harbour and Wellington houses. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Spiralbound sketchbook with teal cover, 210 x 148 mm.

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm