Photographs taken from an air-borne vehicle within the earth's atmosphere, such as an airplane, balloon, or kite.
Aerial photographs
[NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd] :[Part of City of Wellington, sheet unknown, showing Sefton and...
Date: 1980
From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Maps associated with architectural plans. 1906-1995].
Reference: MapColl-832.4799/Wa/[1980?]/Acc.46925
Description: Diazo print of aerial photograph showing buildings and parts of roads in vicinity of Sefton and Anne streets. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Diazo print, 42 x 60 cm. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - Gooch Mitchell & Macdiarmid. John Bamber D'Ulmt. Sefton St, Wadestown - Plans-2002-058-Drawer-010.
Various photographers: World war 2 photographs
Date: [1939-1945]
By: Caine's Studios (Suva, Fiji)
Reference: PAColl-9584
Description: An assortment of photographs concerning WWII including some relating to Fiji, with four pages of notes on National Patriotic Fund Board YMCA letterhead. cWWII. Six tiny photographs, the smallest 4.5 x 6.5cm. The detailed notes appear to relate to an album not present, the six images perhaps overflow. The list includes a reference to Camera Club enthusiasts. Annotation verso of interior shot (sleeping quarters), refers to a time exposure. Two photos stamped 'Caine's Studios, Suva'. Annotation verso of Caine photograph: 'The Fijian Police Team (Cause of the fighting)'. A football team, most players in uniform, jerseys with square blocks to front. Along with 10 photos mounted to 2 album leaves, RNZAF Fire Truck, aerodrome, aeroplanes, military buildings. Also 3 studio portraits of NZ military personnel. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s).
Wellington Regional Council :[Aerial photograph] Reikorangi, Akatarawa survey district....
Date: 1975
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R20/1B-Acc.
Description: Note reads: Photograph recorded under Photograph WW 13 no. 1 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) + transparency. Physical Description: Aerial photograph. 85 x 74 cm.
Price, Harold Ernest Anzac, 1915-1995 :Photographs relating to Allied bombing operation...
Date: 1945
By: Price, Harold Ernest Anzac, 1915-1995; J H Bethune and Company Ltd
Reference: PAColl-8064
Description: Photographs collected by Price while he served with the Royal New Zealand Air Force in World War Two. All are aerial photographs and mainly record British and American bombing raids over Germany. One group of eleven prints were taken during raids between 21 March 1945 and 4 April 1945. They include views of formations of B-24 Liberator bombers, and Lancaster bombers. One photograph is of a group of air force personnel which includes Harold Price Harold Price underwent training at the Levin Ground Training School in December 1940 and he left New Zealand in January 1941. For his service in the airforce he recieved the Distinguished Flying Medal. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfer from Manuscripts and Archives - MSX-6932 : Price, Harold Ernest Anzac, fl 1930-1984 : Diary scrapbook kept during World War Two (A2004-221).
Wellington Regional Council :[Aerial photograph] Lower Hutt and Upper Hutt Valley. Comp...
Date: 1975
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
Reference: MapColl-WRC-R20/1D-Acc.
Description: Note reads: Photograph recorded under Photograph WW 13 no. 1 Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s) + transparency. Physical Description: Aerial photograph. 85 x 74 cm.
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Aerial photographs of New Zealand defence installations
Date: 1938-1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: United States. Marine Corps. 2nd Division
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-057
Description: Aerial and other photographs of the following: Dunedin fortress area showing Wharf Street Hy.A.A., camp, Kensington Drill Hall, 1938, 1942 (Series 4/5); Blumine Island showing gun emplacements, Top Camp site and Lower Camp site (Series 2/5); Timaru showing general area, battery position, Drill Hall, Band Room (Timaru Municipal Band Inc), Patiti Point magazine (Series 20/4); Bluff coastal defence showing gun position disguised as cottage, Drill Hall (Series 2/4); Burnham Military Camp showing general area, magazines, school buildings, recreation field, NCO's quarters, etc, 1939-1942 (Series 2/7 & 8/9); Christchurch showing general view of battery position, District Headquarters in Malings Building, aerial view of 44 Riccartion Road (S.D.Constr. Sqr), 1946 (Series 3/4); Coromandel Council Chambers/Coromandel Orderly Room, 1938 (Series 3/5); Dannevirke Drill Hall, 1938, and general view of C.D.S.I Camp, 1943 (Series 4/1); Delta Military Camp showing power house and engine room under construction, 1943 (Series 4/2); Diamond Harbour, Lyttelton showing general area, 1942 (Series 4/3); Dunedin fortress area showing Taiaroa Heads, Harrington Point & Wharf Street A.A. site, 1942 (Series 4/4); Duntroon Drill Hall, 1938 (Series 4/6); Featherston Military Camp and Drill Hall (Series 6/1); Foxton showing general area including Manawatu River, township and racecourse (Series 6/2); Tomahawk, Dundein showing three houses taken by army for accommodation purposes (Healey's, Winefield's and Richard's), gun positions and B.O.P., 1943 (Series 20/7); Te Atatu showing Hy A.A. position, 1942 (Series 20/2); Pilots Beach, Dunedin fortress area showing general area and gun emplacement and camp, 1943 (Series 16/14); Plimmeron showing general views of camp (Series 16/15); Post Office Point, Sounds defence showing magazine construction, camp site, gun emplacement site, general views, etc, 1943 (Series 16/17) Some Dunedin and Bluff photographs taken by Captain A F Tylee. Quantity: 162 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.
Aerial views of the fire damaged ship Gothic, in rough sea, Cape Palliser area, South W...
Date: 6 Aug 1968
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
Reference: EP/1968/3313-F
Description: Aerial views of the fire damaged ship Gothic, in rough sea in the Cape Palliser area, South Wairarapa. The blackened bridge and accomodation area are visible. Photographs taken on the 6th of August, 1968, from a Wellington Aero Club aircraft, by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 5 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
Stout, T D M :One aerial photograph of Crete
Date: ca 1942
By: Stout, Thomas Duncan Macgregor (Sir), 1885-1979
Reference: PAColl-3367
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Photoprint 204 x 197mm
World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Coastal defences
Date: [1925-1945]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-046
Description: Includes: Construction, etc of 4th General Hospital, Dumbea, New Caledonia; unidentified Pacific campaign (US servicemen); NZ Military Forces display at the Dunedin Exhibition, 1925 (Series 30/1); aerial photographs of Whangaroa Harbour showing battery position, etc, 1942 (Series 23/12); aerial photographs of Whangarei Heads, including Bushy Head, 1942 (Series 23/11); Wellington (Series 23/16) including Garrison Hall in Buckle Street 1938, magazines at Kaiwarra, Central Park Camp, Kaiwarra US Camp, Anderson Park US Camp, Gracefield US warehouses; Wanganui (Series 23/7) showing Drill Hall 1938, position of aerodrome & coastal battery; Warkworth (Series 23/8) showing general area, Camp No 6, 30-bed hospital. Includes some photocopied prints Quantity: 174 b&w original photographic print(s).
Views of Picton and Wairakei and other scenes
Date: [ca 1910s-1950s]
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6866
Description: 152 views and portraits. They include: at least 22 of Picton and and the surrounding area showing boating in the harbour, people pic-nicking on the waterfront, people watching a rowing race, a speedboat called Pelorus Jack racing in the Sounds, and ferries coming in to the terminus; 10 images of the geothermal area around Wairakei inlcuding mud pools and geysers; nine images of a Studebaker Commander 6 either parked at scenic views or driving along country roads; eight images of men talking possibly at race meetings; six of the timber industry particularly the building of a timber boom; four aerial views of a liner coming into Auckland harbour; three views of groups of well-dressed men and women wearing what are possibly conference badges in an area decorated with bunting; three similar images of a large group of women photographed at Te Aro School near the Carillon also with conference badges; three general views of Wellington harbour; three images of the Spa Hotel, Taupo; two images of two women in bathing suits; two views of the railway station from The Terrace, Wellington; two views of a girl in Wellington Botanic Gardens; a scene on board the RMS Mononwai with a woman being photographed framed by the life belt; two of Aorangi; one of the ferry Cobar in Wellington Harbour; two of children riding on donkeys; two of the same elderly couple outside their house; two of young men on the boat Starlight; a group of what are probably sheep shearers outside their shed; Aotea Quay, Wellington; the yacht Ilex in Wellington harbour; children playing on swings; a large wooden gothic style house (location unknown); sheep droving; two women on a Bell Bus Company tour; various scenes on board ship including passengers watching an entertainer, a boxing match and a crossing the equator ceremony; a ship's officer climing down a rope ladder on the side of a ship; two of kauri trunks being transported on the Roxen, 1932; and a small child looking at an overturned carved wooden statue. The majority of the remaining images are of unidentified landscapes. Photographer(s) unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-030982, 030983, 030985, 030992 to 030996, 030998, 031005, 031007 to 031010, 031012, 031013, 031016 to 031045, 031049, 031051 to 031059, 031154 to 031192, 031198 to 031203, 031205 to 031217, 031227 to 031248, 031737, 031739, 031740, 092294 to 092305 Quantity: 114 b&w original negative(s) film. 38 b&w original negative(s) glass. Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives
Wellington Regional Council :Korokoro Stream and surrounding area. 3 February 1977. [ma...
Date: 1977
From: Wellington Regional Council : Marie Sang map collection
Reference: MapColl-WRC-C20/1A-B-Acc.
Description: Aerial survey Quantity: 3 map(s) [with annotations] + 1 transparency. Physical Description: Aerial photographs. 77 x 84 cm.
Wellesley College :Aerial views of Wellesley College
Date: ca 1968
By: Wellesley College (Eastbourne, N.Z.)
Reference: PAColl-5438
Description: Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Balfour, R H :Aerial photograph of Rabaul
Date: 6 August 1942
By: New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force; Balfour, R H, active 1990
Reference: PAColl-1578
Description: Aerial photograph of Rabaul, taken 6 August 1942 by RNZAF Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
World War, 1939-1945. British official photographs. RAF aerial. France
Date: 1939-1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-278
Description: Quantity: 1 box(es).
Gear Meat Company Ltd :Aerial photograph of Gear Meat Company, Petone
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co
By: Whites Aviation Ltd
Reference: PAColl-D-0106
Description: Aerial photograph of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking west towards the Hutt Road and Horokiwi Quarries. Includes Petone Esplanade, Petone Railway Station, Jackson Street, Cornish Street industrial area, etc. Probably taken by Whites Aviation Ltd in 1950s. Inscriptions: Mat recto - centre - Gear Meat Co. Ltd, Petone, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand coloured. Physical Description: 38 x 47.5 cm with mount
Aerial views of the Hutt Valley
Date: [ca 1950s]
From: Architectural Centre (Wellington, N.Z.): Photographs
Reference: PAColl-0811-14-01
Description: Aerial views of the Hutt Valley circa 1950s, taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, all 210 x 156 mm
Aerial photograph of Gear Meat Company, Petone - Taken by an unidentified photographer
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co
Reference: PAColl-D-0154
Description: Aerial photograph [?] of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking south-east towards Port Howard. The wharf is partially visible on the right. Jackson Street in in the immediate foreground on left (bottom). Identical image to PAColl-D-0166 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Gear Freezing Works. Copright. Petone. N.Z. A7164 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 297 x 377 mm on card
Southland scenes
Date: 1927-1951
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-143
Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance between 1927 and 1951. Includes: Number of photographs relating to Port Craig; roadmakers huts at Puysegur Point, 1940; Waikaia (including Jimmy Hamer's house), taken by J D S Roberts, 1951; Howell Memorial, Riverton, 1937; Queen's Park & Anderson Park, Invercargill; Gore WWI war memorial, 1951; Bluff oysters; many aerial photographs of places (all listed in Place Field), including Mataura township and freezing works. Quantity: 47 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Temple, Robert Philip, 1939- :Images of Wellington - 3. Heart of the city
Date: 20 Mar 1977
By: Temple, Robert Philip, 1939-; Clark & Matheson (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-D-0728
Description: One of a series of photographs taken by Temple entitled `Images of Wellington'. Aerial view of Wellington taken over the Central Business District from above the intersection at Lambton Quay and Willis Street, and looking north-east to Petone. The Westpac tower is in the immediate foreground. Photograph taken by Philip Temple at 9.30am on 20 Mar 1977. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title; Recto - bottom right - Photographer's signature and date Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-mechanical print 295 x 440 mm on sheet 430 x 565 mm
Wellington, Porirua and various locations
Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]
From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey
Reference: PA12-7828
Description: Transparency slides of Wellington, Porirua, and various locations, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides.