J J Craig Ltd

Auckland transport firm and supplier of building materials until 1968 when the company merged with Winstone Ltd.

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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

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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).

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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

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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)

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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).

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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)

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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