Auckland transport firm and supplier of building materials until 1968 when the company merged with Winstone Ltd.
J J Craig Ltd
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Auckland and Lyttelton
Date: ca 1880
Reference: PAColl-7406
Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives
J J Craig Ltd : Photographs of J J Craig Ltd's carts and trucks
Date: Early 1920s and 1966
Reference: PAColl-4309
Description: Photograph of trucks and carts and employees outside the J J Craig Ltd premises at St George's Bay Road in the early 1920s; and a photograph of part of the fleet of trucks taken at a quarry in Marua Road, Ellerslie, Auckland in November 1966. Photographer unidentified. The earlier photograph is captioned: J J Craig Ltd Stables, Sadler, Wheelwright, Smithing and Machinery Departments St George's Bay Road. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).
Lady Jessie Richmond - Scrapbook
Date: [197-]
From: Richmond family : Further papers
Reference: 85-050-3/02
Description: Papers removed from scrapbook. Newspaper cuttings, correspondence, family trees etc related to Craig and Richmond families. Includes obituary for J J Craig, Raikes family tree, Rawson family tree, report on marriage of Jessie Craig to Maxwell Richmond, 1929, etc Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss (some photocopies) Includes photograph of J J Craig coal depot at Newmarket, Auckland, ca 1887 and at Taupiri
Newspaper cuttings re J J Craig Ltd and Craig family
Date: 1966
From: Richmond family : Further papers
Reference: AI-85-050-4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (photocopies)
The Campbells of Pinette, Prince Edward Island
Date: [ca 1970s]
From: Richmond family : Further papers
Reference: MSZ-0701
Description: Annotated by Lady Richmond, and includes many loose notes, newspaper cuttings, family trees; Messervy family tree; letterhead for J J Craig Ltd [191-]; J J Craig Ltd price list; photos of Captain Alexander Campbell and Marcella Campbell (nee Messervy), Campbell house at Pinette, Prince Edward Island, and St John's Church, Belfast, Prince Edward Island; Sir Maxwell and Lady Richmond at Waitangi Day celebrations Includes photograph of Miss Astley's and Miss M J Shaen's summer home in Scotland Quantity: 1 volume(s) (annotated).
Richmond and Atkinson family trees
Date: 1978
From: Richmond family : Further papers
Reference: AI-85-050-2
Description: Family trees connected to Richmond and Atkinson families privately printed by Lady Richmond and with some annotations in her hand Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter (photocopies)
Miscellaneous family papers
Date: [ca 1972]
From: Richmond family : Further papers
Reference: 85-050-5/08
Description: Includes an original letter written by Sam Smith; memo and articles of association of J J Craig Ltd, 1903; balance sheet and accounts of estate of J J Craig, 1933; copies of correspondence and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript (photocopies)
2nd Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front
Date: 10 Aug 1914
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000182-G
Description: View of soldiers of the 2nd Contingent, Auckland Territorials marching down Queen Street toward the Queen Street Railway Station on their departure for the Front. Crowds of people have gathered outside the General Post Office to watch. A J J Craig Ltd cart and two tram cars can be seen amongst the crowd. Taken by William A Price on 10 August 1914. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - 2nd. Contingent of Auckland Territorials leaving for the Front. 10th Aug. 1914. Protd. P.P.Co. 11.8.14. No 1253A Relationship complexity - An almost identical view is available at 1/2-000183 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Yards of J J Craig Ltd and surrounding area, Parnell, Auckland
Date: 18 Jul 1949
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-20924-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64891-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64894-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Factories and houses in Parnell, Auckland, including industrial premises of J J Craig
Date: 28 Jun 1949
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-20817-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64890-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64889-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64893-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
J J Craig loading hoppers, Kings Wharf, Auckland City Wharfs
Date: 29 Jul 1949
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-21157-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Industrial area including J J Craig industries, Parnell, Auckland
Date: Jun 1949
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-20826-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Premises of J J Craig Ltd, Wiri
Date: 21 Jul 1965
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-64892-G
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
La Gondas Ladies Wear, Thorn Electrical, and J J Craig, Eden Terrace, Auckland
Date: [ca 1957]
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-43962
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative