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Wilson album
- Date
- circa 1890-1910
- 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
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/2-C-110621 to 1/2-C-110650; 1/2-C-136014
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm
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UnknownGroup around a campfire
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-47-2
Description: Unidentified group of men around a camp-fire, circa 1900. Two rabbit carcasses hang from a log. Location unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer from display dates of PA1-q-269. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9.5 x 13.8 cm, on album page
People standing outside a whare in Plimmerton
Date: ca 1890-1910
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-09-1
Description: Four men and a woman standing outside a whare in Plimmerton. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer between 1890-1910. Library client identified the young woman in the photograph as Kamiria Violet Mullen, born 1893, died 1984. Named Harriet Toomer at birth, her mother was Annie Toomer (Father's name not yet known.) She was adopted at three months by Ani Retimana and Te Kairangi Kerehoma and renamed Kamiria Waireti (Camelia Violet). She spoke te reo Maori only until she went to school. In 1917 she married Robert Mullen; she became a moving force in the Maori Women's Welfare League. Information December 2010. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Whare at Plimmerton Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Tukorehe meeting house at Kuku
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-14-2
Description: Tukorehe meeting house, and Maori group, at Kuku, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Coach and Club Hotel, Eketahuna
Date: ca 1890s
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-06-1
Description: Unidentified group on S J Harding's horse drawn coach alongside the Club Hotel (proprietor: F D Pelling) in Eketahuna, circa 1890s. Photographer unidentified. Hotel identified from information in the Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna, in which Frank Dearing Pelling was stated as being proprietor of the Club Hotel in Eketahuna before becoming proprietor of the Eketahuna Hotel. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Plimmerton Beach and houses
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-27-1
Description: Plimmerton Beach and houses, circa 1900. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mail coach of S J Harding, carrier of Masterton, Wairarapa, Wellington
Date: [190-?]
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-03-2
Description: Mail coach of S J Harding, carrier of Masterton, Wairarapa, Wellington. Photograph taken, circa 1900s, probably in the Masterton area. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 15.2 cm, on album page
Coach and horses outside a hotel
Date: ca 1900
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-04-1
Description: Coach, horses, and men on a road outside a hotel and another building, possibly in Eketahuna. The name above the door of the hotel is S M George and the name on the coach is S J Harding. Photographed circa 1900-1910 by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 10.5 x 15.2 cm, mounted on album page
View of Plimmerton looking toward the beachfront
Date: ca 1900
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-43-1
Description: View of Plimmerton looking towards the beachfront. There are two unidentified men standing in the middle of some grasses looking towards the camera. Private homes and Plimmerton House can be seen on the left. In the background, a group of people can be seen standing in a circle while holding hands. They may be playing a game of some sort. Taken by an unidentified photographer ca 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Carrier S J Harding's horse-drawn coach in Eketahuna
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna
Reference: PA1-q-269-03-1
Description: Carrier S J Harding's horse-drawn coach, with passengers, in Eketahuna, circa 1910. `Stanley' is painted on the side of the coach. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).