Bandstands - New Zealand - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

Date: 1927

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

Reference: Pan-2221-F

Description: Panoramic view of dignitaries on a dais beside a decorated band rotunda. There are rows of soldiers in the midst of a large crowd of spectators on the left. People are lining the upper verandah on the Commercial Hotel in the left background, with the Clarendon Hotel visible in the centre right middle distance. Flags and bunting flying. Taken by Robert Percy Moore during the royal visit of the Duke and Duchess of York in 1927. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Reception to T.R.H. Duke & Duchess of York, Palmerston N. New Zealand. 4.3.1927. No. 1; Marginal notes on negative - Reception to TRH Duke & Duchess of York. Palmerston N. No. 1. 2nd shot Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.0 cm

Date: [ca 1914]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008220-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1914]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008216-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [1870-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/4-017184-G

Description: Photograph of a brass band posing in front of a band rotunda, Wanganui. Also present are three young women wearing aprons and a boy. Image is very out of focus. Taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.25 x 3.25 inches Processing information: Record updated on 20 April 2015 as it had incorrectly described the negative and digitised image as showing Whanganui River.

Date: [1887]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008351-G

Description: Photograph of a large crowd at the Queen's Park band rotunda, Whanganui, probably for its opening by the Governor as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, 17 June 1887, taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Description of the opening in Wanganui Chronicle, 18 June 1887, Page 5 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18870618.2.25.2 (accessed July 2022) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1887]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008352-G

Description: Photograph of a large crowd at the Queen's Park band rotunda, Whanganui, probably for its opening by the Governor as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, 17 June 1887, taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Description of the opening in Wanganui Chronicle, 18 June 1887, Page 5 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC18870618.2.25.2 (accessed July 2022) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches