Oriental Bay

Date: 1965

By: Fowler, Edward Michael Coulson (Sir), 1929-2022

Reference: E-278-q-056

Description: View of the boat sheds and yacht harbour at Oriental Bay, Wellington. Freyberg Pool can be seen in the distance, and St Gerard's Monastery on the hill above. On recto: `This sketch of mine is of the yacht harbour and St gerards. help me and the whole Citizens Team make this city an even more beautiful and exciting place in which to live. Michael Fowler, Citizens Mayoral Candidate'. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 108 x 155 mm

Date: [1880s]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-11-13

Description: View looking north-east along Oriental Parade from Oriental Terrace and towards Roseneath. Photograph taken by W H R Davis in 1880s Relationship complexity - The original negative from which this print was made is at 1/2-230685-G. Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 1950 - 1951

From: [New Zealand calendars and blank diaries of octavo size]

Reference: Eph-A-CALENDAR-1951-01

Description: Shows a photograph of Oriental Bay. Calendar can be hung from striped loop cord. Quantity: 1 calendar. Physical Description: Sepia photograph 80 x 135 mm, mounted in cardboard mat 155 x 175 mm, with calendar attached below. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in December 2002.

Date: [1950s]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-032

Description: Album contains coloured photographs with views of New Zealand, and some unlabelled family photographs, taken by Dr Ken Birrell, circa 1950s. Images also include three of Oregon and the Oregon State University. New Zealand views are concentrated mainly in the Wellington area including the Wairarapa, Milford Sound and the Dunedin area. Note handwritten at top right-hand corner of the cover reads "Aerial. Qtn-Milford 1957 & Chch-Qtn. (Air & bus)" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue covered album, with "Photographs" lettered in gold, 255 x 380 mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6952

Description: 13 miscellaneous images: a house with a verandah and deck chairs; two of battleships, one moored at Overseas Terminal; the marina at Oriental Bay with the boathouses and Mount Victoria in the background; a view over Island Bay; a field of hay stacks; a large railway junction with various rolling stock and chimneys in the background; a view over Days Bay including the pier; men and women rock climbing; two motor buses outside a large house, possibly a hotel, with people milling around; the door to the Observatory Tower at the University of Canterbury; HMS Hood moored at an unidentified location; and people cooking outdoors under an awning. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-058211 to 058223 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: [Between 1909 and 1914]

From: Smith, Len W : Photographs of yachting

Reference: PAColl-D-0023

Description: Photograph of the Rawene under sail with a dinghy in tow. Taken at close range with houses in Oriental Bay visible in the distance. Grass Street steps and track up the hill can be seen to the left of the yacht. The Rawene was built in 1909 and converted to cutter rig in 1914. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Rawene Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 36.5 x 28 cm with mount

Date: 1961

By: Gray Young, Morton, Calder & Fowler (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1480-2

Description: Measured drawing. Survey of building showing details of bedrooms, kitchen, dining rooms, duty room, residents' sitting room and steps leading to verandah. No aperature card Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on pink paper

Date: 1893-1971

By: Wellington Convalescent Home

Reference: 80-025

Description: The records comprise minute books, 1893-1967, legal documents re titles, licences, bonds, contracts; Trustees correspondence, annual reports, from 1895; rules for the home; correspondence, reports etc on buildings, rights of way, roads and plans of buildings The Home was opened in 1893 in Wadestown Road and then moved to Bayview Terrace (Hay Street), Oriental Bay in 1894 where it operated until 1971 Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, and printed matter Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Architectural plans (see list in back file).

Date: [between ca 1962 and 1965]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-1014-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 colour original negative(s). Physical Description: Dye coupler negative

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901 :Photographs of Wellington and district

By: Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901

Reference: PA7-10-16

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6968

Description: Photographs of boys practising their diving at Te Aro Baths. One looks as Also includes an image of passengers leaning on the railings of a steamship, possibly one of the harbour ferries such as the Cobarl, and a group of cars and people on the shore at Karaka Bay looking out towards some small boats. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-059174 to 059184 Quantity: 11 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: ca 1880s-1890s

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4290

Description: Photographs of: Maori children on the bank of the lake with the houses of Ohinemutu behind them (taken by F A Coxhead); the shipwreck of the SS Wairarapa on the cliffs of Great Barrier Island 28th October 1894 (taken by F Pulman); two of an unnamed shipwreck (taken by H T Lock so possibly near Westport); an open boat on George Sound with seven men and women on board, the women doing the rowing (taken by F A Coxhead); Parkvale Road in Karori with old wooden buildings on the right and four boys playing in the street; view looking west along Oriental Bay with a row of large houses on the left (one with a conservatory) and a heavily laden cart on the street (taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns); view looking south down Customhouse Quay and Willis Street from the tower of the Post Office showing the NZ Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd and other commercial buildings; and a view of the front of Christchurch Cathedral with a tram and horses and carts near it (taken by F A Coxhead). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-016632, 019743, 071699, 071721, 071722. 1/2-018865 is a copy negative from the same image as one in this collection. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1961

By: Gray Young, Morton, Calder & Fowler (Firm)

Reference: Plans-80-1480

Description: Measured drawing. Survey of building showing details of bedrooms, kitchen, dining rooms, duty room, residents' sitting room and steps leading to verandah. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on pink paper

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0314

Description: Oriental Bay taken ca 1910-1913 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: 1972 - 1976

From: James Beard & Company :[Architectural plans and drawings. 1960-1990s?]

By: Gabites, Toomath, Beard, Wilson and Partners

Reference: Plans-2009-082-4033-001

Description: Shows the contours of a portion of the land above Oriental Bay, with land subdivided into sections. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on draughting paper, 595 x 840 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-1803 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at Ms-Group-1803, and in the Photographic Archive.

Date: 1975

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[2 newsclippings of cartoons on Wellington published in the Evening Post in 1974 and 1975]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: J-059-015

Description: While his wife talks to her friend, Frank has his telescope trained on bathing beauties at Oriental Bay. Exhibited in 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington: Celebrating the life and works of cartoonist Nevile Lodge' exhibition of cartoons By Nevile Lodge on Wellington topics over the period 1943-1988, curated by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive for the Wellington Museum of City and Sea, and exhibited at the Museum from 25 May to August 2004. Published in book 'Lodge Laughs at Wellington' by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive, 2004. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy on poster paper.

Date: 1905 - 1928

By: Forbes, Alexander, 1875-1945; Pearson, Joan, active 1940s-1990s

Reference: E-457-q

Description: Photocopies of pencil, pen & ink and watercolour sketches of Wellington scenes between 1905 and 1928, with some scenes from other parts of the country. Includes views of Island Bay, Evans Bay, Houghton Bay, Oriental Bay, Roseneath, Central Wellington, Melrose, Newtown, Kilbirnie, Carterton, Levin, Thermal area, Auckland and Gisborne. Includes introduction with biographical notes and copy of a photograph of the artist and his family, an index and location map for the Wellington sketches (the majority of the views). Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Photocopies (colour and black and white) of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches A4 size page in clear plastic covers with plastic spiral binding

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0316

Description: Oriental Bay taken ca 1910-1913 Same as PA5-0315 (this copy has lower left corner missing) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: [ca 1929]

Reference: PAColl-6887

Description: 16 views of Wellington and Murchison including: Oriental Bay from the west and the east; a park on Oriental Bay looking towards the harbour with a family with a pram pic-nicking; two of J O Smith's gentleman's outfitters on the corner of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, one with the Government Buildings in the background and one taken from them; the Carillon from Buckle Street; the Hikitia lifting a buoy in Wellington Harbour; Seatoun taken from the north; the steamer Cowan (location unknown); three men, one in a uniform, standing next to a car with Newman Bros Ltd on the windscreen; a display for visiting dignitaries in the form of a human Union Jack possibly in Athletic Park for the Duke of York's visit; the Public Library building on Mercer Street with the Technical College and the Town Hall in the background and Wakefield Street to the right; Willis Street looking south; and three showing the damage after the 1929 earthquake to H J Hodgson & Co General Merchants and Ross's Hotel in Murchison and Nelson Boys' College. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044200 to 044215 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives