Chief Post Office (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1960 - 1970

By: Eiby, George Allison, 1918-1992

Reference: G-224

Description: View includes parking meters, cars, the Central Post Office on the left, with clock, and the Commercial Bank of Australia building (built 1936) in Lambton Quay. The building just beyond the Post Office is the Joseph Nathan Building. Dating of work based on dates inscribed on the artist's other oil paintings, as well as appearance of buildings, cars, etc. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas 511 x 666 mm

Date: 1919

By: Wakelin, Bertram Raphael, 1895-1983; Wakelin, Eric Ferrars, 1892-1962

Reference: A-166-002

Description: Shows the view from the waterfront with the facade of the building including the clock tower (removed after an earthquake in 1942). Also shows the small shop still standing in Post Office Square Mistakenly catalogued between 1970 and 2003 as the work of B. R. Walselm. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - B R W 1919 in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 200 x 250 mm Processing information: Originally in the Wakelin photograph album donated to Photographic Archive in April 1962 by Mr E. F. Wakelin, an employee of Wellington Chief Post Office. Transferred to Drawings & Prints in 1970.

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0232

Description: Wellington Post Office showing two domes Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: 1885

From: [Various artists] :[Exhibition certificates 1865-1924]

By: Bock & Cousins Lithographers (Firm)

Reference: C-098-009

Description: Exhibition certificate with decorative border using Maori carving and weaving patterns. Within the border are 5 circular vignettes, showing First Church Dunedin, Government House Wellington, the New Zealand seal, Custom House Auckland and Victoria Bridge with the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. In the bottom half framed on the left by a tree fern and flax and on the right by a nikau are the wharves and Post Office building in Wellington, the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition buildings and a Maori man and woman, with Mount Taranaki as a background. Surrounding the printed and hand-written text is a border of leaves and grasses (toetoe, hoheria and maidenhair fern) with taiahas and tekotekos (carved Maori weapons) on both sides Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph with holograph 460 x 355 mm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1841 - 1890 - 1900

By: Nattrass, Luke, 1804-1875; Richardson, William, active 1842-1877; McKee & Gamble (Firm)

Reference: A-220-001

Description: Panoramic view from the sea of Wellington a year after settlement by Pakeha, showing named houses, businesses, pa and ships, drawn from on board the ship London. This copy is joined to form one long panorama. For copies still in their original separated form, see C-029-004 or the framed versions at G-612 and G-613 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithographs, black and white in three sections joined to form a long panorama 194 x 2200 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

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

Reference: PA1-q-115

Description: Album containing family photographs (mostly unidentified); photographs of life in Wellington and the region nearby, including two group portraits of school children, views of public buildings in the city, the Kelburn Cable Car, shipping in the harbour, and views of fire fighters, the fire brigade building in Newtown, and fire fighting equiment. In the Wellington region are views of the Porirua Hospital, and the Maori meeting house at Otaki. Source of descriptive information - Biographical information for M E Coulter from Library client, 2007 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with ochre coloured buckram cover, entitled `Sunny memories'; 33 x 28 cm

Date: 1927

Reference: PAColl-D-0699

Description: Photograph of Wellington General Post Office taken at 9 o'clock at night to show the illuminations and decoration over the entrance way. Building in Post Office Square is in the foreground. Taken by an unidentified photographer during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1927. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 240 x 380 mm mounted on card 442 x 513 mm

Date: [Circa 1899 to 1920s?]

By: Wakelin, Eric Ferrars, 1892-1962

Reference: PA1-q-254

Description: Photographs relating to the Wakelin Family, none with captions or identification. Photographs include views of the Wellington Chief Post office; family group portraits; groups of young men, including a tennis team and football team; groups of soldiers in uniform, and military camps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, very light coloured decoration; 29.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: [188-?]

By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944

Reference: 1/2-008084-F

Description: Looking towards the General Post Office from the harbour, before the land reclamation, with the Pier Hotel on the left, taken ca 1880s by Francis Tomlinson (F E T) This Post Office was built after the 1887 fire. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1885

From: [Various artists] :[Exhibition certificates 1865-1924]

By: Bock & Cousins Lithographers (Firm)

Reference: C-098-056

Description: Exhibition certificate with decorative border using Maori carving and weaving patterns. Within the border are 5 circular vignettes, showing First Church Dunedin, Government House Wellington, the New Zealand seal, Custom House Auckland and Victoria Bridge with the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. In the bottom half framed on the left by a tree fern and flax and on the right by a nikau are the wharves and Post Office building in Wellington, the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition buildings and a Maori man and woman, with Mount Taranaki as a background. Surrounding the printed and hand-written text is a border of leaves and grasses (toetoe, hoheria and maidenhair fern) with taiahas and tekotekos (carved Maori weapons) on both sides Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph with holograph 460 x 355 mm

Date: ca 1900

Reference: 1/2-004384-G

Description: The upper image is of four women and a boy making tappa (sic) possibly in Samoa with a house in the background. The photographer was JM. The lower image is of Wellington Central Post Office on the waterfront. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) containing two images. Physical Description: Glass half plate negative

Date: 1841

By: Nattrass, Luke, 1804-1875; Richardson, William, active 1842-1877; Huggins Marine Mart (London, England); Dean & Munday (Firm)

Reference: A-220-007

Description: Panoramic view from the sea of Wellington a year after settlement by Pakeha, showing named houses, businesses, pa and ships, drawn from on board the ship London. Features numbered but with no accompanying text. See C-029-004 for text. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, black and white, 3 sections joined into one panorama 183 x 2000 mm

Date: [1902]

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

Reference: 1/1-039491-G

Description: General Post Office in Wellington illuminated to mark the coronation of Edward VII. Photograph taken 1902 by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [between 1887 and 1893]

Reference: PAColl-0486

Description: Photograph of Chief Post Office, Customhouse Quay, Wellington, taken ca late 1880s-early 1890s by an unidentified photographer Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post & Telegraph Office No 17. N [?] & B Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.3 x 21.4 cm, on mount

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872

Reference: C-026-002-i

Description: View of Te Aro, Wellington, from Clay Point, 1841 1st plate 2nd issue Printed by C Hullmandel. C-026-002-b same [1st plate, 1st? issue] No publisher. Hand-col (two-tone). Lower edge trimmed. C-026-002-c Same. [2nd plate, forged issue, ca. 1900] No publisher. b&w. C-026-002-d Same. [2nd plate, forged issue, ca. 1900] No publisher. Hand-col. 1/2-25173. C-026-002-e Same. [2nd plate, forged issue, ca 1900] No publisher. Hand-col. C-026-002-f Same. [2nd plate, forged issue, ca 1890] No publisher, col. lith. C-026-002-g Same. [2nd plate, forged issue, ca 1890] No publisher, Black and white. Probably issued for New Zealand's 50th anniversary. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph (two-tone), 370 x 540 mm

Date: 1841

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872

Reference: C-026-002-d

Description: Looking towards Te Aro, Wellington, from Clay Point, September 1841 Printed by C Hullmandel. 2nd plate, forged issue, ca. 1900 No publisher. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 370 x 540 mm

Date: [Between 1841 and 1929]

By: Reade, M A (Mrs), active 1969; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tyree Brothers (Firm); Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-o-430

Description: Recent prints from old photographs of Wellington, originallty taken between about 1841 and 1929. Includes one photograph of a painting of Wellington waterfront from 1841, by Charles Heaphy. Only a few images identify the photographers, the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers and James Bragge. The Bragge photograph (looking down to the Harbour from Hill Street taken in the 1880s) was identified from his horse-drawn carriage with his name and occupation emblazoned on the side. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red mock-crocodile textured cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26.0 x 36.5 cm Processing information: Most of the photographs have reference numbers linking them with items in the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collections.

Date: 1989-1999

From: Shephard, Wayne, active 1990-2001: Papers relating to Wellington buildings

Reference: 2007-116-057

Description: File comprises Archive of Wellington Architecture research forms. Some forms include newspaper cuttings. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Selected names indexed.

From: Estate of Mr and Mrs E S Knight :Photographs of Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PA1-o-252

Description: Photograph album of views of Wellington, ranging from copies of early paintings from the 1840s, and early photographs up to the 1870s, to a series of postcards from the 1920s. Most of the early images have clear descriptions, giving year made, location, and in some cases further information about buildings that can be seen. For example, one view shows Kebble's house, now the site of the Grand Opera House. Views in the postcards are identified, but no dates are given. Most of the postcard views were taken by Sydney Charles Smith Inscriptions: Album page - `To E.S.K. with all good wishes for the 8th Nov. 1925, from a wellwisher' (illuminated inscription inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs'; `E.S.K.' lettered in lower right-hand corner; 26 x 33 cm