Places

Date: 1950 - 1959

By: Felicity Card Company; Fenwick, Peter, active 1950s

Reference: E-278-q-102

Description: Photograph by Peter Fenwick reproduced as a photolithograph on a postcard. The stained glass window of the Galilee Chapel shows Christ wearing a korowai with a taniko hem. He is pictured walking on Lake Rotorua. Extended Title - Colourchrome Series W.T. 610 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 105 x 102 mm

Date: [ca 1900s-1910s]

By: Leatherby, (Mrs), active 1973; William Beattie & Company; Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7230

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes, taken ca 1900s-1910s. Includes: Auckland Hospital and Grafton Road; rowing boat on the Waikato River; Palmerston North Railway Station taken by Muir & Moodie; Trafalgar Street, Nelson looking towards the cathedral; view over Lake Rotorua with a Maori woman and child in the foreground and St Faith's Church next to the lake (published by W Beattie & Co); port of Onehunga; and High Street, Dunedin Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 postcards. Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 1905 - 1916

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by May Stephens. ca 1905-1915].

By: Fergusson Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-1-062-3

Description: Postcard shows a general view of Ohinemutu, steaming pools, St Faith's Church, and other buildings. The verso shows an handwritten message to May Stephens from her Aunt Violet. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 140 mm.

Date: July 31 - August 1, 1948

From: Tongariro Tramping Club :Photographs of tramping and mountaineering activities

Reference: PA1-o-496

Description: Photographs of a bus tour to Rotorua and environs by members of the Tongariro Tramping Club, in 1948. Views show scenes at Whakarewarewa, including a carved gate; feeding trout in a freshwater spring; St. Faith's Anglican church at Ohinemutu; and a group photograph taken at a meeting house. Other Titles - Rotorua trip, July 31, Aug 1, 1949 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cardboard cover tied with shoelace, entitled "Rotorua Trip, July 31, Aug 1, 1948"; 9.5 x 13.5 cm

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [Circa 1932]

By: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984

Reference: PA1-f-131

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Roland James Searle, circa 1930s. The first subject is the opening of the Wellington Citizens' War Memorial (Cenotaph), and includes a programme of the dedication and handing over on Sunday 17th April, 1932 (p 001-012). That is followed by the consecration ceremony for the National War Memorial and War Memorial Carillon (again with a copy of the programme), held on Anzac Day, April 25th, 1932 (p 015-023). Pages 029-033 show the arrival of the Wellington Jubilee Dock in 1931, the floating dock which was towed from England by two Dutch tugboats. The next sequence is entitled "The Express pulls out - Thorndon", and follows the Express to Wanganui where views show a river-boat trip up the Whanganui River (p 037-056), and include a map of historical areas on the river compiled by Annabell & Marchant, surveyors of Wanganui (p 055). The train trip is continued in the next section, and includes an illustrated diagram of the Raurimu Spiral, then arrival at the new Beach Road Auckland Railway Station. Photographs of Auckland include the Auckland Institute and Museum, Auckland University, Grafton Bridge, a sailing ship at the wharves, and the Auckland Zoo. Further North there are scenes of ploughing, a mine entrance, rock formations at Waro, and the Taheke Falls; before travelling to Rotorua and the surrounding thermal regions. A number of images were taken at Whakarewarewa, including photos of Paul Thomas and his wife, along with scenes showing women washing clothes in hot pools, a woman with a baby on her back holding a rope with a food basket cooking in the pool, children in a hot pool, and men at work carving. Paul Thomas wrote to thank Searle for sending him copies of photographs (p 101, written on May 1st 1932). Later photographs again with the train often in view show timber felling and milling, and views of the Arapuni hydroelectic power station. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured grey cloth cover, entitled "Snapshots"; 28.5 x 39.0 cm

Date: [1903-1920]

By: Grant, F J, active 1980s; Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0362

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of New Zealand made by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Many of the images are of military inspections and displays by school children. There are also displays of Maori dancing and singing, the sailors of the HMS Renown, on which the prince had travelled , prior to their soccer match in Dunedin, the prince addressing the crowds etc. A number of the images are in two-part panoramas. Also included are four scenic photographs by the New Zealand Tourist Department which may have been taken in 1903. The photographer for the tour photographs was Guy. Other - Similar images at 1/2-032642, 045102 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1922 - 1940

From: Brooks, Catherine, 1884-1980 :[Thirty (30) watercolours of Auckland, Onehunga and Rotorua. 1922-1940].

Reference: A-306-052

Description: Shows St Faith's Church, Ohinemutu, a white church with brown roof, on the water's edge beyond a small inlet, with arched wooden footbridge. There is a motorboat on the inlet, and horse grazing in a field near the church. A woman walks at the right of the footbridge. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 107 x 184 mm.

Date: 1975 - 1990

By: Thomas Holdsworth & Sons Ltd

Reference: Eph-F-GAMES-1980s-02

Description: Box cover shows a reproduction of a photograph of St Faith's Church Rotorua, with its reflection in the lake. The other three puzzles in the same series are: 1. Mt Peel Homestead, Geraldine 2. Victoria Park Gardens, Waimate 4. Oriental Bay, Wellington Quantity: 1 box(es) containing jigsaw puzzle. Physical Description: Photolithograph on puzzle 720 x 490 mm, in box with illustrated lid, 342 x 240 x 56 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1587-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Rotorua from the Hospital Tank. Lake Rotorua is on the left with boats moored on either side of a jetty. The township is centre right, with houses below a row of tall trees in the foreground. A horse is grazing on a large field in the centre of the image. St Faith's Church is visible in the midlle distance centre right. Photograph taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1582 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Rotorua from Hosptial Tank. N.Z. 1923. No. 75. New Zealand. No. 75A; Marginal notes on tape - Rotorua from Hospital Tank; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.7 cm

Date: Circa 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1582-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Rotorua. Lake Rotorua is on the left with an arm of the lake still visible in the centre middle distance. St Faith's Church can be seen near the grounds of the Government Sanatorium in the centre of the image. The roof of the Sanatorium is visible behind trees with the lake behind. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1587 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Rotorua. New Zealand. No. 75A; Marginal notes on tape - Rotorua; Marginal notes on negative - 9 9 9 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.1 cm

Date: [ca 1928]

By: Mayne, Elsie Florence, 1909-1996

Reference: PA1-o-1768

Description: Photograph album documenting a trip to New Zealand in circa 1928 made by Mrs Elsie Florence Mayne (nee Cannan) of Australia and her husband Allan Mayne. Comprises photographs likely to have been taken by Mrs or Mr Mayne, also postcards, and tourist photographs. Album probably compiled by Mrs Mayne. Images comprise scenes taken around New Zealand. North Island locations include Auckland, Rotorua and Taupo districts, the Wanganui River, and Wellington. South Island locations include Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch city, and the West Coast region, including Franz Josef Glacier. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Soft-covered photograph album, entitled 'Portraiture'; 18 x 25.5 cm, containing 65 images Provenance: Ms Shepherd is the niece of Mrs Elsie Mayne.

Date: [ca 1942-1943]

From: Pugh family: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10208-1

Description: Photographs and postcards relating to Mary Helen Pugh (nee Ensor) when she nursed at Rotorua 1942 to 1943. Taken by unidentified photographers. Most prints inscribed on reverse, apparently by Mary Helen. - One set of prints show views of nurses with babies at a nursery. Also views of a group of nurses posing at a kitchen afternoon tea for a nursing sister, and two nurses at the gate to their home 'Casaloma' at 106 Arawa Street, Rotorua. Nurses include Sister Elwood with baby Yoko, B Holland with baby Elizabeth Cooper (at 3 months), E Mitchell with baby B Whatu (premature), Olive Bell, Sister Ford, and Ray McIntosh. - One set of prints show views of Ohinemutu; an interior view of St Faith's Church, a carved figure with a bell, tekoteko figure, carved doorway, and the refurbished Tamatekapua meeting house circa 1943. Also includes a pakeha woman standing underneath a carved gateway, and Guide Tiki (Dick) Papakura. - One set of prints show scenic views taken during cycling and recreational trips including: trees on Hongi's Track, Lake Rotomahana, Tarawera, Lake Rotokawa, Mokia Island on Lake Rotorua, the Green and Blue Lakes, Rainbow Rapids on Waikato River, various geothermal attractions at Orakei Korako, the Wishing Well, Aladdins Cave, Golden Fleece Terrace, Devils Throat, and Artist's Palette. Also includes views of Aratiatia Rapids and Huka Falls, Bridal Cascade geyser at Wairekei Valley, and pine trees surrounding Pohaturoa Peak at Atiamuri. - Also includes memorial service song sheet for opening day of Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu 1943. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, printed matter

Date: 1916

From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-215

Description: Snapshots of the Rotorua area, taken on a holiday at Christmas, 1916. Images include one of two women looking at the remains of Sophia's whare; views of thermal activity; and views of Maori life, including scenes of children diving for pennies, and women washing clothes in hot pools or in a river or lake. Other Titles - Rotorua. Xmas 1916 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey soft card cover entitled `Rotorua. Xmas 1916', lettered in white ink; 14.5 x 17.0 cm

Date: [ca 1930s]

By: Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0355

Description: Photograph looking over Ohinemutu towards the lake with steam rising round the houses in the foreground and St Faith's Church on the lakeside. Also visible is the canopy of the monument to Queen Victoria on the right. James R Blencowe was the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1935 - 1939

By: Kahler, Hans, 1912-1983

Reference: B-061-014

Description: Shows Ohinemutu with St Faith's Church and several whare in the right foreground, looking towards Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island. There is a small canoe on the lake, being poled towards a landing, possibly holding tourists. Steam rises from several points in the land in the foreground. Title from pencil inscription on verso Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed H Kaehler [umlaut over the a] in red brushpoint. On the back, title in pencil on brown paper glued to board, reads 'Lake Rotorua und [?] Mokoia Island New Zeland' [sic] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board 245 x 415 mm

Date: 1975

By: Woods, S J, active 1970s-1980s; Tisdall Fine Arts

Reference: A-426-087

Description: The portfolio shows a photolithograph illustration of the Pohutu Geyser on the front cover, the Huka Falls Waikato River on the back cover, and six individual photolithographs within, of: Thermal terraces Rotorua; Mt Maunganui Bay of Plenty; Bath House Government Gardens Rotorua; St Faiths Anglican Church Ohinemutu Rotorua; Lake Taupo and Tongariro National Park; Rainbow Springs Trout Pool, Rotorua. There is also a vignette of three circles of boiling mud on the inside back flap. Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-6388-44

Description: Scene at Ohinemutu in 1959, showing tourists taking photographs alongside the Queen Victoria monument. St Faith's Church is in the background. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 202 x 159 mm