John Duthie & Company

Date: 1929 - 1941 - 1945

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-0989/1015

Description: Includes alterations and additions to premises (1929), alterations and additions to shop premises (1941), details of bath display department (1942), details of showcases and shop fronts (1929), electric lighting plan (1929), elevation and section details 1945. Quantity: 27 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying up to 550 x 760 mm.

Date: 1951 - 1952

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: V P Haughton & Son (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1091/1100

Description: Includes drainage plans, floor plans, joint details, sections, elevations, panel infill and foundation ties, new display fittings for household houseware department. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings, ink drawings and diazo prints, sizes varying up to 710 x 905 mm.

Date: 1900

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

Reference: Plans-91-0988

Description: Plans for a three-storey warehouse (see faint note in pencil on verso), with counters and shelving on the lowest floor. The premises may have been on Willis Street. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprint

Date: 1925

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Dawson, Joseph McClatchie, 1877-1956

Reference: Plans-91-1016/1019

Description: Includes floor plan, foundation plan, sections and elevations, details of walls and stanchions, for a building on the corner of Cable Street and Chaffers Street. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawings on tracing paper, sizes varying up to 530 x 700 mm.

Date: 1885-1948

By: E W Mills and Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-5343

Description: The collection comprises two wages books (1889-1893, 1893-1896); a handwritten volume listing tools of trade and everything associated with the hardware business; various catalogues of hardware fittings; a John Duthie circular (1885); a draft covenant between C J Pulley and E C Mills (1902); two press items; an E W Mills catalogue; `A glossary of Old Sheffield trade words and dialect', compiled and edited by B Ronald Dyson (1936); an `Illustrated price list, tools for all trades' no 18, November 1927 for McLean & Archibald; and `Machinery' (May 24, 1923) Relationship complexity - Minute books for E W Mills & Co Ltd at qMS-1367-1370 (1883-1892, 1891-1900, 1919-1945 and 1945-1965) and at Moult, E E (91-187) are Business records for E W Mills & Co Ltd, 1921-1950 A Wellington hardware and engineering firm Quantity: 1 box(es) (Hollinger box). 0.13 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Two small group photos, two large mounted group photographs, probably taken in Christchurch and one long rolled photograph. Catalogues include illustrations of hardware, plumbing, agricultural implements, tools and machinery

Date: 1950 - 1951

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1065/1090

Description: Includes verandah steel details, stairway section, ground and first floor plans, roof and verandah details, window details, elevations, sign writing, plastering, storage racks, lorry guard details, drainage and electrical plan. Quantity: 26 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo photoprints and ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying around 500 x 750 mm.

Date: 1946 - 1947

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm); Crichton McKay & Haughton (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1019/1024

Description: Includes floor plan, sections and details of shop and showroom. Two plans are by Crichton McKay & Haughton. Quantity: 6 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and ink drawings on dressed linen, sizes varying up to 600 x 720 mm.

Date: 1947 - 1949

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

By: Haughton & McKeon (Firm)

Reference: Plans-91-1025/1064

Description: Includes alterations and new fittings to offices, display fittings, lettering for hardware section, detail of sports department, amendments to counters and shelving, lighting plan, details of fibrous plaster ceiling, hardware and household departments, details of fittings for garden tools, method of hanging balconyconnection of hangers to joists, new tile and hardware section, new paint department. Quantity: 40 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings and diazo prints, sizes varying around 560 x 760 mm.

Date: 1984-1998

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

Reference: 2007-116-173

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

Date: 1906

Reference: Plans-80-0405

Description: Shows: Covering for automatic release; Height of opening and fusible link. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - CM 1-27-06 Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink

Date: [188-?]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008388-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1879-1888]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008362-G

Description: Photograph of the intersection of Taupo Quay (left) and Victoria Avenue, Whanganui, including the shop of John Duthie, ironmonger and importer of English and American hardware taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Location and date identified by a researcher, June 2022 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1892

By: Evening press (Wellington, N.Z.); Bell family

Reference: Eph-E-NEWSPAPER-1892-01

Description: A poster showing inset advertisements for many Wellington businesses, together with inset calendars for each month of the year, and a list of shipping to and from Wellington and San Francisco for the year 1892. Companies advertised include: Fielder's (furniture, Manners Street); H Trueman (boot and shoe maker, Petone); Colonial Mutual; John Duthie and Co (ironmongers); A J Bennett (ironmonger); Government Life Insurance; W R Leighton (Petone furniture maker); D Asher's furniture warehouse; Grace, Clarke & Co (knitting machine makers); T Shields (tailor), George Winder (cutlery); J H Powell (Petone grocer); T P Coveney (Cuba St grocer); Te Aro House; A Lindsay (boots and shoes); The Hat Box; Globe House (grocers); Potter and Farquhar (shoes); J C McKerrow (sharebrokers and accountants); T Dickson (grocer); Sykes's "Cura Cough"; Australian Mutual Providence Society. Shows a central head and shoulders portrairt of the mayor of Wellington, F H D Bell. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Lithograph and letterpress on poster 755 x 562 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Bell family in 1994.

Date: [ca 1930]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-2798-1/2-G

Description: Mercer Street and The Dominion Building, Wellington, photographed circa 1930 for the Evening Post by an unidentified photographer. View includes the premises of John Duthie and Co Ltd. Other - From box containing EP-2777 to 2816 Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Shows buildings on Mercer Street that were demolished in order to widen the street. Later, circa 1937, the Mercer Buildings were built on this site. These were demolished May 1987. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [11 Aug 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/184/06-G

Description: Trolley bus in front of the John Duthie and Co building, Wellington. Photograph taken circa 11 Aug 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1940

From: Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986 :Collection of prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-004275-F

Description: Willis Street, Wellington, 1940, photographed by Eileen Deste from the premises of John Duthie & Co. Note on back of file print reads "Looking towards the St George Hotel corner from John Duthie's, 1940. McKenzies on the right, next to the Britannia hotel, then Wardells, and the Evening Post building. St George Hotel, YMCA and the spire of St John's church in the background. Three saloon trams in the distance." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1925

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-048948-G

Description: Willis Street, Wellington, circa 1925, photographed by Sydney Charles Smith. Shows buildings on both sides of the street, cars, and trams etc. John Duthie and Co's hardware shop is in the left foreground. Other signs advertise Ensign Films, and the Southern Cross Assurance Co. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative