Wonderland (Amusement park)

Date: ca1908

By: Skinner, V (Mrs), active 1986; Warren, Gertrude, active 1908?; Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: PAColl-1357

Description: Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s) and. 7 photocopy/ies in one envelope. Provenance: Photographs taken by "Gertrude Warren, mother of (illegible)"

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

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: 1/2-046690-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: 1/2-046691-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1906-1913

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-o-1040

Description: A rich period record of Barker family members, relatives, and friends, many formaly grouped on the verandah at home, in gardens or at school. Many more images are informal, taken during picnics, walks, on the beach, in parks, in the country, and dressing up. There are small panoramas and other views of Naughton Terrace Kilbirnie, Seatoun, Kilbirnie and Evans Bay, Newtown, Karaka Bay, Houghton Bay, Island Bay, Lyall Bay, Maranui, and Miramar. Places outside Wellington are Palmerston North, Wanganui, and Blenheim. Some images record the Wonderland ammusment park at Miramar, especially the interior plantings of the fernery Inscriptions: (On opening page of album) To Frank with Love from Jess, Christmas 1909 This album was a present to Frank Barker from his sister Jess, Christmas, 1909. All of the photographs are by Frank Barker and most of them post date 1909. They are all uniformally consistant in quality of toning, style of image and layout in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 21 Aug-23 Sep 1914

From: Malone, William George (Lieutenant-Colonel), 1859-1915 : Diaries and letters

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: MSX-2548

Description: Letter book records letters from Malone to his wife, family members, friends, business colleagues, military commanders and well-wishers. Letters cover the period from 21 Aug 1914 when Malone was based in the Awapuni Camp through to his leaving the Camp on 23 Sep 1914 to entrain to Wellington with the Wellington Infantry Regiment. Published as No better death: the great war diaries and letters of William G Malone : edited by John Crawford with Peter Cooke. (Auckland : Reed Books, 2005) Quantity: 1 volume(s) (100 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph, carbon copy pages (21.5 cm, manifold book) Contains small ink sketches including a drawing of Miramar, showing the golf links, tram line, Wonderland and sandy ground (on page 88). Processing information: Digitisation details - Part of WW100 digitisation project. 111 digitised images. Pages 44 and 45 have been removed from the letter book.

Date: 1907

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 5

Reference: PAColl-5800-41

Description: View of the Wonderland amusement park in Miramar, Wellington, looking towards the slide. Taken by an unidentified photographer in 1907. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wonderland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: May 1912

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1040-35-2

Description: View south over Miramar. In the middle distance can be seen the "Wonderland" amusement park and the sports ground. In the distance there are groups of houses and a gasometer, and beyond a view of the sea. Photographed by Frank Barker in May 1912. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Miramar looking south, May 1912. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.3 x 9.6 cm

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Skinner, V (Mrs) :Photographs of Wonderland Park at Miramar and other Wellington scenes

Reference: PAColl-1357-02

Description: A small locomotive drawing two open carriages full of chilren at "Wonderland" amusement park, Miramar, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1907. "Wonderland was originally built in Hagley Park, Christchurch, as the amusement park for the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-1907. After the exhibition closed in April 1907, "Wonderland" was dismantled, brought to Wellington and rebuilt at Miramar where it opened in November 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 7.6 cm

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Skinner, V (Mrs) :Photographs of Wonderland Park at Miramar and other Wellington scenes

Reference: PAColl-1357-03

Description: View looking over "Wonderland" amusement park, Miramar. To the left can be seen part of the Miramar sports ground. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1907. "Wonderland was originally built in Hagley Park, Christchurch, as the amusement park for the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-1907. After the exhibition closed in April 1907, "Wonderland" was dismantled, brought to Wellington and rebuilt at Miramar where it opened in November 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 7.6 cm

Date: 1910

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

Reference: 1/1-022712-G

Description: Part two of a two part panorama of the Wonderland amusement park, Miramar, Wellington, taken from near the boating lake. There are a crowd of people on a type of bridge near the lake. Some seem to be in line for the helter skelter, which can also be seen. Taken by Sydney Charles Smith in 1910. Forms a panorama with 1/1-022711 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/1-024918-G

Description: Wonderland Park in Miramar, Wellington. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Skinner, V (Mrs) :Photographs of Wonderland Park at Miramar and other Wellington scenes

Reference: PAColl-1357-01

Description: Photograph looking down on the crowd visiting "Wonderland" amusement park, Miramar. The water slide can be seen in the foreground and the beyond it the tower of the helter skelter, and the band rotunda. Beyond "Wonderland" is part of the Miramar sports ground and its grand stand. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1907 "Wonderland was originally built in Hagley Park, Christchurch, as the amusement park for the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-1907. After the exhibition closed in April 1907, "Wonderland" was dismantled, brought to Wellington and rebuilt at Miramar where it opened in November 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 7.6 cm

Date: 1910

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

Reference: 1/1-022711-G

Description: Part one of a two part panorama of the Wonderland amusement park, Miramar, Wellington, looking towards the boating lake. Crowds can be seen around the lake and in the surrounding area. The view was taken by Sydney Charles Smith from outside the park in 1910. Forms a two part panorama with 022712-1/1 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1907

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2

By: Wonderland (Amusement park)

Reference: PAColl-5584-04

Description: Postcard depicting Wonderland amusment park in Miramar, Wellington, 1907. Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Wonderland, Miramar, Wellington, N Z Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) hand coloured.

Date: 1909

From: Various artists: [Postcards donated by Mrs E F Goldsmith, Levin. 1905-1910]

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Goldsmith-02

Description: Postcard shows a photograph of the water slide at the Wonderland amusement park in Miramar. The message on the back of the card is addressed to Mr R N Johnson, Tweed Street, Enwood, Invercargill, and is postmarked in Wellington, on January 6 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard 89 x 138 mm