Places

Date: [23 Sep 1950]

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

Reference: 114/199/18-G

Description: Four professional golfers walk up the fairway during a game at the Shandon Golf Course in Petone. Photograph taken circa 23 September 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: December 1956

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177222-F

Description: Duke of Edinburgh in conversation with a man in the packing department, Gear Meat, Petone. Beyond them are a number of other people. Photograph taken in December 1956 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 6 x 6 cm

Date: 22 Jun 2013

From: Tymar Lighting: Photographs of predominantly New Zealand bands and musicians

Reference: PADL-001275

Description: Performance by Bloodshot at Wellington Water Ski Club, Petone, on 22 Jun 2013 by Wendy Collings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "20130622_NZ_Bloodshot" Quantity: 13 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1909-1999, [ca 2012]

From: Edward, Jock, fl 2012 :Various papers relating to research interests

Reference: MSDL-1963

Description: Comprises digitised scans of the Baptismal Register of St David's Presbyterian Church (Petone) 1909 to 1999, and electronic documents which support discovery of information within the register. Includes spreadsheets which index family or surname, date of birth and baptismal date, and a 'Welcome' document which gives information on the use of the indexes. Each index entry notes the relevant page number of the register. Arrangement: The 'Welcome' document is linked to three of the spreadsheets. The spreadsheet 'Baptismal Register master' is a stand alone document. Quantity: 5 Electronic document(s). 163 electronic scan(s). Processing information: The access copy of the 'Baptismal Register master' index has been modified to include an 'Image Reference' column which lists the relevant scanned page of the register.

Date: 1893

From: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947 :[Sketchbook, 1893 and later by Frances and William Hodgkins]

By: Hodgkins, Frances Mary, 1869-1947

Reference: E-448-q-005

Description: Unfinished sketch looking down from the western hills into Petone and towards Eastbourne. A few houses indicated on the flat below. Other Titles - Hutt The artist made her first visit to Wellington in 1893 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 176 x 256 mm

Date: 1840 - 1845

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Day & Haghe (Firm); Smith, Elder & Company; Wakefield, Edward Jerningham, 1820-1879

Reference: C-029-009-a

Description: Shows the huts of the first settlers at Petone, and the first four ships to bring settlers to Wellington, anchored between Somes Island and Petone Beach. A view from the western hills looking out towards the harbour entrance. Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. The ships arrived between 22 January and 28 February 1840 Other Titles - Petone Extended Title - Published in 'Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand' by Edward Jerningham Wakefield (London, 1845) Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Presented to the Hutt Mechanics' Institute, with E. Jerningham Wakefield's best wishes for the success of the Institution [on separate card, in E J Wakefield's hand, in ink] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, 240 x 405 mm on sheet 355 x 510 mm Provenance: Originally a donation from E J Wakefield to Hutt Mechanics Institute, a predecessor to Lower Hutt Public Library

Date: 7 Oct 1959

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

Reference: EP/1959/3365-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 22 Jun 2013

From: Tymar Lighting: Photographs of predominantly New Zealand bands and musicians

Reference: PADL-001037

Description: Performance by Tsunami House at the Wellington Water Ski Club, Petone, taken 22 June 2013 by Wendy Collings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "20130525_NZ_Mark_Vanilau" Quantity: 14 digital photograph(s).

Date: 22 Jun 2013

From: Tymar Lighting: Photographs of predominantly New Zealand bands and musicians

Reference: PADL-001034

Description: Performance by Burning Embers at the Wellington Water Ski Club, Petone, taken on 23 June 2013 by Wendy Collings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "20130622_NZ_Burning_Embers" Quantity: 23 digital photograph(s).

Date: 22 Jun 2013

From: Tymar Lighting: Photographs of predominantly New Zealand bands and musicians

Reference: PADL-001036

Description: Performance by The Whiskey Show at the Wellington Water Ski Club, Petone, taken on 22 June 2013 by Wendy Collings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "20130622_NZ_The_Whiskey_Show" Quantity: 17 digital photograph(s).

Date: 22 Jun 2013

From: Tymar Lighting: Photographs of predominantly New Zealand bands and musicians

Reference: PADL-001035

Description: Performance by Into Orbit at the Wellington Water Ski Club, Petone, taken on 22 June 2013 by Wendy Collings. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "20130622_NZ_Into_Orbit" Quantity: 13 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1910

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

Reference: APG-0403-1/2-G

Description: Locomotives in the construction shed at the Petone railway workshop. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1910. Original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber album Vol 110, p 85) Inscriptions: Album page - Engine Erecting Shop. Petone Shops. 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1940]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955

Reference: 1/2-100850-G

Description: Mural inside the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial in Petone, photographed circa 1940. Photograph taken by William Hall Raine. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1924

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

Reference: 1/2-048301-G

Description: Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Company in Petone, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Looks over a stone wall towards a factory building with a brick chimney. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - No 322 Box 127 W W Mills Petone Wgtn 1924 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1924

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

Reference: APG-1701-1/2-G

Description: View of the side of the cab of steam locomotive "J" 118 (2-6-0 type) at the Petone Railway Workshops. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under Box 78. Loco J118. Petone shops. 1924. Side of cab.) "J" 118 was built by Neilson (maker's no. 2463/79), went into service in July 1880, and was written off in December 1932. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 15 November 1961]

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

Reference: EP/1961/3840

Description: Children playing in a paddling pool at Petone Esplanade, taken ca 15 November 1961 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 5.7 x 5.7 cm Finding Aids: Print available in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations files at EP-Petone to 1969 (12/2).

Date: [ca 1939]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-6388-66

Description: Locomotive construction at the railway foundry, Lower Hutt (probably Petone), circa 1929, photographed by Robson & Boyer. Unidentified men pour molten metal into moulds. Inscriptions: Verso - Railway workshops Lower Hutt; Filling the moulds with molten metal in Foundry Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.3 x 20.4 cm

Date: 1846

By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855

Reference: A-024-021

Description: A track at the edge of a cliff, with water and hills beyond, probably where the Hutt Road meets Petone foreshore. Formerly identified wrongly as located at Eastbourne Other Titles - Petone Road For identification of location compare William Mein Smith's watercolour "South Eastern Bay, Petoni Road, March 1852" (A-034-005), showing the view looking in the opposite direction towards Wellington. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 135 x 210 mm

Date: ca 1900

From: Howard, B J : Chiefly photographs of Somes Island during World War I

Reference: 1/2-090508-F

Description: Workers at the Gear Meat Company, Petone, photographed circa 1900. Shows 18 men, many wearing sacking tunics and bound sacking footwear, standing outside a door to the works. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 25 Apr 1956

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

Reference: EP/1956/0912-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm