Places

Date: 19 Aug 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-08818-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 1856

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: B-103-001

Description: A view from the South Wellington coast, possibly around the Owhiro Bay or Red Rocks area, showing Mount Tapuaenuku in the Kaikoura Range in the distance, over Cook Strait. The view could also be from Island Bay. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - Kaikoura Kaikouras near Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Kikoras 1856 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 155 x 195 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-011393-G

Description: At Nelson racecourse, photographed circa 1910 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: Nov 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-58507-G

Description: Aerial view of Picton. Photographed by Whites Aviation in November 1962. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches Finding Aids: Print in Whites Aviation folder blue 381 Picton 1940s-1960s.

Date: May-August 2008

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000498

Description: Photographs of sporting events in Kaikoura, Marlborough. Includes photographs of netball, rugby and horsemanship. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (kaikoura (sports))" Quantity: 31 digital photograph(s).

Date: [ca 1915]

From: New Zealand. Department of Agriculture :Negatives

By: McCusker, Arthur John, 1868-1943

Reference: 1/1-007604-G

Description: Sons of George McCleod Gunn, with six horses, amongst stooks in a harvested oat field at the farm Marathon, near Seddon, Marlborough, circa 1915. George Alexander Gunn is on the left. Looks over a paddock, showing rows of oat plants after harvest, men and horses in the centre, and hills in the background. Photograph taken by Arthur John McCusker. This image was exhibited in the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, where it won a prize. Marathon was owned by George McCleod Gunn. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - A440 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1885

From: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925 :Pencil and watercolour drawings 1868-1891

By: Holmes, Katherine McLean, 1849-1925

Reference: E-326-f-091

Description: Shows Mt Dobson under mist Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - K Holmes; Recto - bottom right - Mist effect Mt Dobson; Recto - above image - Timaru 1885 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 179 x 332 mm

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-011

Description: Shows a general view of the Wairau Valley with the river and some vegetation. One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for information. Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 5" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: 1 June 1953

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

Reference: EP-Zoology-Whales-02

Description: Whale steak being striped from the carcass of an Humpback whale by staff at J A Perano's factory in Tory Channel. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on Sunday the 1st of June 1953. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 24.2 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1888

By: Murray, J P, active 1880-1890s

Reference: G-561

Description: Shows a mining camp in the Pelorus Sound-Havelock area, with tents, men cooking over a fire, a cart etc., beside the Pelorus River. There are felled trees on the flat and on the surrounding hills. Two men are cooking over a fire in the foreground Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 310 x 430 mm

Date: May 1951

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-28542-F

Description: Aerial view of Shakespeare Bay and Picton. Photograph taken in May 1951 by Whites Aviation. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Balaena Bay recognised by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 10.9 x 13.2 cm

Date: 1890 - 1900

By: Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925; McKenzie, Joan Christie, 1918-1995; Rawson, Joan Whiteley, 1910-1992

Reference: G-234

Description: Shows road in foreground leading off into distance, with bushcovered hill in right background. On the road a cowherd follows three cows walking away to background. Dated 1890s on the basis that Kirwood exhibited with the NZ Academy of Fine Arts from 1889 to 1895. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - HWK (in red paint); Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 oil(s) framed.. Physical Description: Oil, 222 x 150 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Miss Joan Whitely Rawson.

Date: [ca 8 April 1911]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

By: Edwards, (Mr), active 1911

Reference: 1/2-006163-G

Description: Picton wharf and vessels moored alongside. At left, closest to the camera is is the coastal steamer 'Breeze'. The ship behind her is the passenger ferry 'Pateena'. On the right, closest to the camera, is the barque 'Manurewa'. The ship further away is a NZ Shipping Company cargo vessel. Photograph taken circa 8 April 1911 by Edwards. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and Library client. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Picton Wharf; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Edwards photo 8/4/11 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1844

By: Drake, James Charles, 1821-1865?; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: A-108-009

Description: View into the valley of the Pelorus River, with flaxes growing on rocks on the left, bush-clad islands with the occasional cabbage tree below, amongst the meanderings of the river. One of series of 8 drawings; see A108/007, "View of the Moketap ..." for information Other Titles - bearing Inscriptions: At head of drawing: "No. 3" (apparently numbered out of sequence) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink 174 x 259 mm

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039438-G

Description: Pelorus river, showing bridge damaged in flood. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Pelorus River, showing where the bridge washed off cylinders. The flood ... rose 45ft at this point. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1872

By: Collie, William, 1826?-1900

Reference: PA7-07-10

Description: Blenheim wharf in 1872 with surrounding waterway and buildings. In the centre is the paddle steamer `Lyttelton' and on the right is the brigantine `Falcon'. Photograph taken by William Collie. Source of descriptive information - Historical notes supplied by Canterbury Heritage, September 2008. Inscriptions: Verso - SS Lyttelton & the Brigantine Falcon at the wharves Blenheim 1872 The information and date accompanying this record comes from the back of the original print. However, according to Canterbury Heritage, the paddle tug SS Lyttelton was launched in 1878. They also suggest that this photograph was taken during the vessel's delivery voyage in early November of that year (ref. http://canterburyheritage.blogspot.com/2008/09/lytteltons-second-tug.html). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1870]

From: Brierley, Kathleen Connaught, 1903-1979 :Photographs of New Zealand people and places

Reference: 1/2-004698-F

Description: The steamship Taranaki alongside the Picton wharves, circa 1870. Taken by an unidentified photographer. The `Taranaki' was built in 1865 by Blackwood & Gordon of Glasgow and operated by the NZ Steam Navigation Co, Wellington from 1865-68. She foundered on Boat Harbour Rock, Tory Channel, on 19 August 1868 but was raised in September 1869 and refitted for service. She was wrecked at Karewa Island on 29 November 1878. (Information from `Union Fleet' by Ian J Farquar) Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: [January or February 1867]

From: Hawkins, William Webster, 1842-1918 :Illustrations of New Zealand 1865?-1867

Reference: E-370-003-2

Description: Two of the Tetley boys, (Cadwallader and either the oldest, Willy, or the youngest, Frank) watching from the Picton Wharf while one of their horses is winched onto the deck of a steamer, and the other horse waits its turn. The artist also comments 'The busy people of Picton stand on the wharf admiring with hands in pockets' of the group of men and women also standing on the wharf, waiting with boxes. The ship, as recorded on the following page of the sketchbook, is the Ahuriri Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 87 x 205 mm

Date: Dec 2007 - Apr 2008

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000270

Description: Photographs of Kaikoura, Blenheim, Picton and Lake Grassmere buildings, 2007-2008 Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within folders called "Buildings Dec 2007 to Jan 2008" and "Buildings Feb to April 2008" Quantity: 29 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1848

By: Great Britain. Public Record Office; Taylor, N M, active 1998

Reference: MapColl-834.1at/1848/Acc.26557

Description: Part of a larger map, showing coastline from Massacre Bay (Golden Bay), Tasman Bay, part of the Marlborough Sounds, eastwards to Cloudy Bay, including hydrographic soundings in fathoms. Also shows topographical detail of the inland area, southwards to lakes Howick (Rotoroa) and Arthur (Rotoiti), including placenames of bays, rivers and ranges, with contour shading. Part of the coastline is represented with a dotted line, with note 'edge of sheal uncertain'. Uncertified photograph from Public Record Office, no. P/A 740, dated 11 Dec 1959, reference number C O 700/New Zealand/11/16. Stamped Public Record Office with copyright note Title supplied by cataloguer Inscriptions: On reverse of map: stamped Public Record Office with copyright note Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, scale indeterminable, 33 x 29.5 cm