Grandstands - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1926 - 1939 - 1953

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell (Firm); Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm); Seaton, Sladden & Pavitt (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-028-004/014

Description: Shows the layout of the racecourse (drawn from a Seaton Sladden & Pavitt plan of November 1926); also shows floor plans, sections and elevations of the grandstand 1939, proposed additions and alterations to the stewards' stand in 1953. Photographs taken at the time these plans were made are at PAColl-7666. Quantity: 11 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink drawings on tracing paper, and diazo print, sizes varying around 570 x 800 mm.

Date: [ca 30 July 1965]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Municipal-Athletic Park-06

Description: Aerial view of Athletic Park, Newtown, Wellington, showing the park set up for a rugby game, taken ca 30 July 1965 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Inscriptions: Recto - centre - W.; Recto - centre right - N.; Recto - centre left - S.; Recto - bottom centre - E. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20 x 25.1 cm

Date: 29 May 1909

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; West Coast Historical Museum

Reference: PAColl-9844

Description: Postcard photograph by Joseph Zachariah (Zak) showing part of the crowd in stand at Athletic Park, Wellington, watching a rugby match between Oriental and Petone, 29 May 1909 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - top centre - At Oriental-Petone Match 29-5-09 "ZAK" photo: Welln:NZ 5499; Verso - centre - Mrs H Melville c/o Mrs Houlton Ghuznee St Wellington; Verso - bottom left - P.C. as Promised From AC [?] June/09 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print postcard

Date: 1929-1948

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7666-1

Description: Photographs of the stands and other buildings at Tauherenikau Race Course taken by Photo News Wellington on the 24th of February 1948. Portions of the facade of Briscoe's Building which was located in Victoria and Harris streets, Wellington, photographed about 1930. Designs and plans for the Dominion Museum, National Art Gallery, and Carillon, Wellington, for the 1929 competition for these buildings. Quantity: 28 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1126: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd: Records. See also Drawings and Prints collection Plans-2002-058: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd : [Architectural plans.1906-1995]. Note: Photographs at PAColl-7666-1 are associated with Plans-2002-058-08 (for Tauherenikau Race Course buildings). Plans-2002-058-Folder 033 (for Briscoe's Building). Plans-2002-058-Folder-080 (for Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery)..

Date: 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2060-F

Description: Panoramic view of a crowd watching an international rugby match between the British Lions and New Zealand at Athletic Park in 1930. On the right is a very steep stand crowded with people. The playing field is centre left with the two teams on the field. Scoreboard at the back of the field in the centre of the image. Houses and hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1930. Refer also Pan-2006 Source of descriptive information: Internet articles giving details of a rugby match between New Zealand and Britain which was played at Athletic Park in 1930 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 116.5 cm

Date: 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-2006-F

Description: Panoramic view of a crowd watching an international rugby match between the British Lions and New Zealand at Athletic Park in 1930. On the right is a very steep stand crowded with people. The playing field is centre left with the two teams just visible lining up outside the covered stand on the left. A scoreboard at the back of the field in the centre of the image reads "W.R.F.U. Britain 0 - New Zealand 0". Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1930. See also 1/2-134190-F Refer also Pan-2060 Source of descriptive information: Internet articles giving details of a rugby match between New Zealand and Britain which was played at Athletic Park in 1930 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 97.3 cm

Date: 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2004-F

Description: Panoramic view of crowds behind barriers and in grandstands with the racetrack in the foreground. The grandstand on the right has been built in with a roof added since the 1929 Wellington Cup Day. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1930. Refer also Pan-2001, Pan-2002, Pan-2003, Pan-2005 for images of the 1929 Wellington Cup Day Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Cup Day at Trentham. 1930. Wellington, N.Z. Relationship complexity - See also 1/2-134194-F Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 109.8 cm

Date: 28th October 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2002-F

Description: Panoramic view of a busy race meeting on Wellington Cup day, 28.10.1929. The race track is in the foreground with crowds of people behind barriers and in the grandstands. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1929. See also 1/2-134198-F Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Wellington Cup Day. Trentham. Racecourse. 1929 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 103.3 cm

Date: 28th October 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2001-F

Description: Panoramic view of a busy race meeting on Wellington Cup day, 28.10.1929. The race track is in the foreground with grandstands and grassed areas in front crowded with people. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1929. See also 1/2-134184-F Inscriptions: No marginal notes - "Trentham Racecourse" 28.10.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 104.0 cm

Date: 28th October 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2005-F

Description: Panoramic view of a busy race meeting on Wellington Cup day, 28.10.1929. The race track is in the foreground with grandstands and grassed areas in front crowded with people. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1929. See also 1/2-134185-F Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Wellington Cup Day. Trentham Racecourse. 1929 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 103.1 cm

Date: 28th October 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2003-F

Description: Panoramic view of a busy race meeting on Wellington Cup day, 28.10.1929. The race track is in the foreground with grandstands and grassed areas in front crowded with people. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1929. See also 1/2-134189-F Inscriptions: No marginal notes - "Trentham Racecourse" 28.10.29 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 96.0 cm

Date: 1930

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2015-F

Description: Panoramic view of a large crowd of men and women outside the totalisator building with one of the grandstands on the far left. There are a number of umbrellas (parasols?) in use. A clock shows it was 2.0 pm with the totalisator closing at that time before the next race. Hills in the background. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1930. Refer also Pan-2001, Pan-2002, Pan-2003, Pan-2005 for images of the 1929 Wellington Cup Day Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Trentham Racecourse. Cup Day. 1930. Wellington, N.Z. Relationship complexity - See also 1/2-134205-F Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 131.6 cm

Date: 28th October 1929

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-2027-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across the ractrack in the foreground to crowds of people attending Cup Day at Trentham Racecourse. The main grandstand is centre left, a totalisator building to the right. Many people lining the fence as well as those in the stands. There is also crowded open seating in the people's stand on the right, which was covered for the 1930 meeting. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1929. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - Wellington Cup Day. Trentham Racecourse. 1929 Relationship complexity - See also 1/2-134187-F Relationship complexity - Print at PA6-334 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 102.4 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-0946-F

Description: Closeup view of Trentham Racecourse with one of the Totalisator Houses visible between the Members' Stand and the Grand Stand. There are crowds in the stands, and standing along the fenceline watching a race. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1925. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 110.6 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-0947-F

Description: Back view of the Trentham Racecourse taken from a totalisator house showing crowds between the two grand stands and the race track visible in the middle distance. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1925. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Trentham Race Course Wellington, N.Z. 1925. Members [i.e. Members'] stand and one of the totalisator houses"; Marginal notes on negative - Members Stand Trentham 1925 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 103.5 cm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Crichton & McKay (Firm): [Six lots of plans for buildings in the Wellington region, and in Palmerston North]

By: Crichton & McKay (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2019-0084-003

Description: Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and watercolour on artists' paper, 635 x 460 mm

Date: 16 December 2000

From: Tume, Clayton, fl 2000-2015 :Panoramic photographs of Wellington Region

Reference: PA6-705

Description: Te Wananga o Raukawa graduation ceremony at Otaki Racecourse, taken 16 December 2000 by Clayton Tume. Shows a crowd of people gathered in the grandstand at the racecourse. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Te Wananga-o-Raukawa Graduation Otaki Racecourse, New Zealand 16th December 2000 www.bigshotz.co.nz 097 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Resin-coated paper print 25.3 x 126.4 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-0951-F

Description: View of part of the saddling paddock at Trentham Racecourse showing the tea kiosk and end of the members' stand. There are no people or horses in this image. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1925. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Trentham Race Course Wellington, N.Z. 1925. Portion of saddling paddock showing tea kiosk & end of members stand"; Marginal notes on negative - Wellington Racing Club. 1925 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 63.4 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-0949-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Grand Stand and the Members' Stand with a totalisator house visible between the two stands. Crowds of people are in the stands and below in the field next to the birdcage. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1925. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Trentham Race Course, N.Z. 1925"; Marginal notes on negative - Trentham Summer Meeting 1925 grand Stand, Totalisator House & Members Stand Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 122.0 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Wellington Racing Club

Reference: Pan-0945-F

Description: Back view of the members' stand and teahouses at Trentham Racecourse. There are no people or horses in this image. Photograph taken by R P Moore in 1925. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Trentham Race Course Wellington, N.Z. 1925. Back view of members [i.e. members'] stand and teahouses on right" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 61.3 cm