Royal Botanic Gardens

Date: 1914-1915

From: Brocklebank, Norris Athol, 1904-1988 :Albums of scenes of New Zealand, and one album of shipboard life and views of Canada and England

Reference: PA1-q-051

Description: Photographs and postcards from a trip taken by Norris Athol Brocklebank to Canada and the United Kingdom, 1914-1915. Images at the beginning and end of the album are taken on board ships, the Makura en route to Canada, and the Rimutaka, returning to New Zealand. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown suede cover with painted illustration of the head of a Canadian Indian wearing a feathered headdress. Album labelled "Snap shot album", and on the back cover "Winnipeg, Canada", 29.5 x 34.5 cm

Date: 1932-1933

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1615

Description: Includes photographs of Kensington gardens; Hampton Court; Trinity College, Oxford; Kew gardens; Wilson's at Berkhamsted; Dog cemetery at Hyde Park; Box Hill in Surrey; Davis Cup matches between Australia and England in 1933; Virginia Water; buildings and castles in Warwick and Kenilworth; William Shakespeare's birth place, Stratford-on-Avon; Fire brigade display in Chelsea; Zillah and Mavis on ship (possibly their return voyage in 1934) In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

Date: 20 Nov 1916 - 15 Feb 1919

By: Cade, John Robert, 1879-1962

Reference: MS-Papers-11829

Description: Contains postcards with short messages written home by Cade during his service in World War I. Cards are addressed to his young son, Tom "Tiger", (1912-1933) and his wife, Ada (1885-1978), in Wanganui [Whanganui]. His correspondence includes descriptions of his health, places he has visited, information about the postcard he is sending, and places he has stayed (including people he was billeted with). Images on cards include church buildings, gardens, hotels, towns, a Red Cross hospital, rivers, bridges, a boat accident, symbolic military composite images (mainly young children dressed in military costume), and an illustrated series called 'Me and the Mule'. Cards are from France (Boulogne-Sur-Mer, Paris, Lobbes, Verviers, Rouen, Hazebrouck, and Le Treport), Germany (Leichlingen), and Great Britain (Glasgow, York, London, Wiltshire, and Oxford). Printed descriptions on cards in French, German, and English. Some cards are coloured, three of the cards are blank, and one is undated. Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - See also PAColl-10276 for images relating to Cade, some of his period in Europe. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing 33 postcards. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter Provenance: Donor is the daughter of J R Cade. Depositor is cousin of donor and nephew of J R Cade. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PA-Group-00945.

Date: [From about 1910]

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: PA1-o-150

Description: Postcards from around the world, some black and white, some coloured; chiefly English, with some Australian and New Zealand scenes. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - English Postcard album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown cover, entitled `Post cards', 24.5 x 33.5 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Crombie, George, active 1900

Reference: PA4-1248

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a scene at Kew Gardens, London, taken by [Geo] Crombie. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Narcissus, Kew Gardens, London; Backing board recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Backing board recto - left of image - Crombie - photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7071

Description: Photographs taken in the 1960s by John Ingle, when travelling from the outskirts of Lucerne, through France and Belgium to England. Views include countryside near Lucerne; May 1st holiday "fishing day" at a village in France; Government Buildings in Brussels, and the town centre; the Lion Monument at Waterloo. Views of England include a map of England, Wales and Scotland; Hampton Court and gardens; Kew Gardens showing a pagoda, pond, trees and bluebells; Windsor Castle; a map of south-west England; and the town of Mevagissey in Cornwall, with scenes of dicers and the coast. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1935-1937]

From: Hampton, Richard George, 1906-2006: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-1567

Description: Photograph album compiled by Richard George Hampton, circa 1935-1937, during an ocean cruise on the 'Strathaird'. Includes tourist views of Australia, voyage to London via Sri Lanka, India, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and Malta, the proclamation and coronation of Edward VIII, Mahmoud's Derby at Tottenham, Doddy's restaurants, British AAA Championships at White City, New Zealand Olympic team in July 1936 at White City and at the Berlin Olympic Games including Jack Lovelock, the McMahon Incident, Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: 155 x 230 mm