Monuments - New Zealand - Wellington Region
Group standing at the lookout on Mt Victoria, Wellington
Date: Mar 1940
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: PAColl-7796-27
Description: Group standing at the lookout on Mt Victoria, Wellington, with Wellington Harbour in the background. Shows the bronze geographical distance guide and map of Wellington, and the bronze busts of the Duke of Wellington and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in the middle of the lookout. Photograph taken in March 1940, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - 16 Mar 1940 [Date stamp]; Verso - top right - Copyright / Photograph / 15 Mar 1940 / "The Evening Post" / Wellington, N Z [copyright stamp]; Verso - centre - The new lookout on Mount Victoria, officially opened by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T C A Hislop, yesterday afternoon. The lookout gives a magnificent panoramic view from the Tararuas to Cook Strait. Left, geographical distance guide in bronze and map of Wellington in the mjiddle of the lookout. [Pasted clipping from original publication]; Verso - bottom right - 3 col x 4 1/2 / Sat Original Evening Post caption reads: `The new lookout on Mount Victoria, officially opened by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr T C A Hislop, yesterday afternoon. The lookout gives a magnificent panoramic view from the Tararuas to Cook Strait.' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.2 x 14.9 cm
Wellington City Council. Electricity Department :[Two plans for the Cenotaph (War Memor...
Date: 1953
By: Wellington (N.Z.). City Council. Electricity Department
Reference: Plans-2001-099
Description: One plan (EA 314/1) is a locality plan, and the other (EA 314/2) shows elevations from four sides. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - EA 314/1 [and] EA 314/2 Quantity: 2 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on waxed paper, 560 x 765 mm. Transfers: From Cartographic Collection -. Processing information: Transferred from Cartographic Collection in 2001.
Godber, Albert Percy 1875-1948 : The Jubilee Pole, Te Pou Ipiri - Otaki, with the Te Ra...
Date: [1934]
By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949
Reference: MS-0850
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 numbered pages). Physical Description: Ms (24 cm; red linen)
Petone Public Library :Photographs of the Carillon, a Royal visit to Wellington, and th...
Date: 1901, 1935
By: Petone Public Library
Reference: PAColl-0249
Description: Both prints mounted on cardboard. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: These two prints were part of a donation which included seven postcards which have been put into the Postcard file..
McKenzie, Albert Lyndsay fl 1940: Photographs of Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland
Date: ca 1938-1940
By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998
Reference: PA1-o-909
Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Wakefield Memorial, Basin Reserve in Wellington
From: Fearnley, Charles James, 1915-1988 :Photographs of New Zealand buildings
Reference: 1/4-075447-F
Creator of collection unknown :Possibly Evening Post
Date: ca 1930s
Reference: PAColl-3514
Description: Mother and child; Wellington city and suburb scenes; reception Government House Wellington; Greymouth and Grey River from the air; China; Wallabies; etc Arrangement: Negative numbers allocated: G68289-G68317-1/4 Quantity: 29 b&w original negative(s).
Miscellaneous Maori papers
Date: 1845-1990
From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Maori Manuscripts Librarian working notes
Reference: MS-Papers-6373-21
Description: Contains copies of papers from the Grey collection manuscripts, mostly from Te Rangikaheke's material. Also contains copy of published work by Samuel Locke about the history and traditions of Taupo and the East Coast. Includes various indexes and inventories to the collection with some holographic notes by Piripi Walker. also contains papers and correspondence between Keith Cairns, the Alexander Turnbull Library, the Masterton Borough Council and the Wairarapa Tribal Committee about Maori records contain within the Monument of Peace erected in Masterton in 1921. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Dedication ceremony of the Cenotaph, Wellington
Date: 17 April 1932
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/2-086172-G
Description: Photograph related to a dedication ceremony at the cenotaph, corner of Bowen Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington, taken on 17 April 1932, for the Evening Post newspaper. Source of descriptive information - From negative register only. Image not seen. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
W. Parkinson & Co. :Lest we forget, 1914-1918. [Monument to World War One soldiers, Mas...
Date: 1921
By: W Parkinson & Company (Auckland, N.Z.)
Reference: Plans-79-0519
Description: Shows a design for a commemorative granite obelisk for Masterton, with an accompanying letter giving specifications Aperture card shows Jowett, R O as an associated name, with no indication of the reason for his involvement Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour
Creator unknown :Gower photograph album
Date: [Circa 1935-1945]
Reference: PA1-o-200
Description: Album of snapshots, chiefly family groups. None are labelled, but it appears the album is of Arthur James Luke and his wider family; two dogs, a spaniel and a small terrier; his home at 84 Bolton Street, Wellington; family holidays at Napier; views of Lowry Bay; and views of unidentified people linked with tennis. Views in Napier include the Napier Botanical Gardens, various monuments including the monument to the South African War, and buildings damaged by the napier earthquake in 1931. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey cloth-bound album, entitled Photographs (in gold lettering); 16 x 22 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available
Brathwaite, Isabel :Parliament grounds, royal visit ; from the top of Government Buildi...
Date: 1963
By: Braithwaite, Isobel, active 1963
Reference: C-053-020
Description: A large crowd in Parliament grounds, seen from a high viewpoint Believed to be a late entry for N Z A F A Exhibition Mounted on Whakatane board Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 485 x 655 mm
Macmillan, Ethel d. 1942 :[Wellington and harbour from Todman Street] 1934
Date: 1934
By: Macmillan, Ethel Louisa, -1942
Reference: A-006-032
Description: Subject: View down Todman Street to Somes Island and hills beyond, Mt Victoria at right, war memorial statue on Sugar Loaf Hill, left foreground Inscribed on backing board (now discarded) in donor's hand: "Ethel Macmillan, Tauranga" Inscriptions: Recto - Signed and dated Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 252 x 332 mm
Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949 :The Campanile, Wellington - [193-?]
Date: 1930 - 1939
By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949
Reference: A-197-034
Description: Subject: Carillon from Buckle St., National Museum and Art Gallery behind Edition: 20/50 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed in pencil Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching; plate mark 234 x 171 mm on sheet 292 x 219 mm Provenance: Purchased at Harnett & Wedde's auction 8/3/1986.
Hyde, William Julius, 1889-1962 :As a light that shineth in a dark place [Design for pr...
Date: 1948
By: Hyde, William Julius, 1889-1962
Reference: A-122-019
Description: Photograph of design drawing in the shape of a beacon, possibly intended as bomb or bullet-shaped. The top conical portion was to be of stainless steel and would reflect light. Just below this top was a thin layer of 52 windows shining light from within. Comment at lower right "Suprema a situ / Lone Pine e[ast] of Cenotaph". A note below indicates that the height was to be "three score and ten" feet. Inscriptions on verso of photograph show that the inscription around the lower part of the circular monument would read: "Where'er they fought / Where'er they fell / This might[y] rock / Their deeds shall tell". The monument was to be "built of materials freely given by the people personally and by their own personal labour". The plan was to be circular with an entrance on the south side, with steps leading up and down. A light lift could be incorporated. There would be an entrance charge of a shipping for adults and 6d or 3d for children, for the upkeep of the monument. The verso also has references to "Letters to the editor", in the Evening post, 27 August 1948; Dominion, 6 September 1948; Observer, 1 September 1948. Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph, 150 x 126 mm, of pencil and ink drawing Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1948.
Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial, Petone
Date: [ca 30 Jul 1959]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: PAColl-7796-29
Description: View of the Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial in Petone, Wellington. Shows the areas where the building has been restored to its cream colour, as the green surfacing material is removed. A painter can be seen to the left. Photograph taken circa 30 Jul 1959, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Petone memorial; Verso - centre - Sp/cond / Thurs; Verso - centre left - 64; Verso - bottom centre - 30 Jul 1959 [date stamp]; Verso - bottom centre - PETONE'S Wellington Provincial Centennial Memorial which is slowly reverting to its cream colour as the unsatisfactory (wouldn't stick on) green surfacing material is being chipped off - deliberately this time. [Glued-on clipping from original publication] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.1 x 14.7 cm, on file print card
Tamahau Mahupuku Monument, Papawai Pa
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Papawai Pa
Reference: 1/2-003160-F
Description: Photograph of original Tamahau Mahupuku monument at Papawai pa Papawai pa was the seat of the Maori Parliament at the turn of the 20th century, and Tamahau Mahupuku was the premier of the Parliament Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
General Post Office, Wellington
Date: [ca 1905]
From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Wellington
Reference: 1/2-008003-F
Description: View of the General Post Office from Jervois Quay with the statue of Queen Victoria on the left. Photographer unidentified. The statue of Queen Victoria in Post Office Square was later removed to its present site on Kent Terrace. The clock tower was removed from the Post Office as an earthquake risk. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
T G Hoar & Sons :[Featherston War Memorial. ca 1920]
Date: 1920
By: T G Hoar and Sons (Firm)
Reference: Plans-80-2300
Description: Elevation of War Memorial, Featherston with inscription `Their duty nobly done' Stamped : T G Hoar & Sons, Sculptors, Masterton Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream paper
[T G Hoar & Sons] :[Featherston War Memorial. ca 1920]
Date: 1920
By: T G Hoar and Sons (Firm)
Reference: Plans-80-2301
Description: Elevation and plan of base of monument Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream paper