Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909

From: McNamara, G :Portraits of Sir Harold and Lady Beauchamp and James and Vera Bell's house

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0674-3

Description: Exterior view of house designed and built in 1909 by Wellington arts and crafts architect, Walter Chapman-Taylor for James and Vera Bell. The house is constructed of wood, has many-paned casement windows, rough cast capped chimneys, and a marsailles tiled roof. Corrugated iron water tanks can be seen ranged against a tiled shed. The house is newly completed, and the garden is in the first stages of being developed. Photographed by Sarony Studio, Wellington in 1909. The interior doors of this house are braced by planks which have adzed-shaped sections cut into them. This was a trade mark of Walter Chapmen-Taylor. This photograph originally belonged to Andrew Bell, the son of Katherine Mansfield's sister Vera Bell (nee Beauchamp). This house burnt down in 1911 (info - Judy Siers). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15.4 cm, on cardboard mount

Date: 1901-1933

From: Duncan, Miriam Darwin, 1893-1981 :Photographs relating to life and work of Dr James Malcolm Mason

By: Cameron, J J, active 1917; Hardie Shaw Studios; Isaacs, Jacob Nathan, 1877-1962; Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Stewart, W, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-4342

Description: Photographs of the opening of the Wellington Bridge Club in 1933 with about 30 tables of four in a function room; a large group of students including some men in shorts so it may an athletics club, in front of a spectators' stand with a memorial clock; James Malcolm Mason and his son crouching next to arum lilies beside a house; health department officials Dr J M Mason and Dr Gilruth (Head of the Animal Division) standing in a doorway; James M Mason sitting at his crowded desk in his study; a studio portrait of Malcolm Mason as a young boy in 1901; a sub-section of the 27th Field Artillery of the NZEF grouped at the end of their barracks with their beds, kit bags, boots and other equipment laid out; and three of the Victoria College representatives at the Inter-University College Debating Tournaments in 1907, 1908 and 1909. They are captioned with the following names (names are not repeated where they appear in more than one year): 1907 - H T Thompson, Miss C McIntosh, J L Short, Miss F Scott, W Tudhope, Miss G F Cooke, B E Murphy, Miss L M MacKellar, H F O'Leary, A H Bogle, F W B Goodbehere, G S Prouse, Miss J Scott, G F Dixon (Manager), Miss M E Cox, G V Bogle, T N Holmden, A J Luke, A T Duncan, M H Oram, D S Smith, J McL Hogben, J W A Heenan; 1908 - F A Wilson, Miss B I L Reeve, F N Mansfield, R St J Beere, Miss Atkinson, T Rigg, J Mason, H E Evans, 1909 - C H E Strack, J D Brosnan, J Ryan, E E Rutherfurd, S Eichelbaum, E C Prendeville, Miss G Lawry, G S Strack, G M Cleghorn, Miss G M Saxon, Miss V Saxon, G H Gibb. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909

From: McNamara, G :Portraits of Sir Harold and Lady Beauchamp and James and Vera Bell's house

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0674-4

Description: View of the living room of house designed and built in 1909 by arts and crafts architect, Walter Chapman-Taylor for James and Vera Bell. The wooden floor is covered with large eastern rugs, on one of which stands a chair and gate-legged table. The internal walls are lined with bookshelves near which stand armchairs. The lower walls are covered with hessian, and the upper walls and ceiling with rough-cast plaster. Many-paned casement windows light the room, and a part of the dining room can be seen through the far door. There is no electric lighting. Photographed by Sarony Studios, Wellington, in 1909. The interior doors of this house are braced by planks which have adzed-shaped sections cut into them. This was a trade mark of Walter Chapmen-Taylor. This photograph originally belonged to Andrew Bell, the son of Katherine Mansfield's sister Vera Bell (nee Beauchamp). This house burnt down in 1911 (info - Judy Siers). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15.4 cm, on cardboard mount

Date: [1910 or 1911]

From: New Zealand Employers' Federation :Photographs of annual conferences

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-D-1013

Description: Group photograph of delegates at an annual conference of the New Zealand Employers Federation held at Wellington ca 1910-1911. Photographed by Sarony Studio. Many of those in the photograph were delegates at the conference held in 1907 (see PAColl-D-1011 for names) The Wellington Club is in the background. To the left is a building with a dome situated on the corner of Woodward Street and The Terrace. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 295 x 370 mm on mount 435 x 530 mm

Date: [ca 1920s]

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0420

Description: Photograph of two open coaches, each pulled by three horses and laden with passengers, in Arthur's Pass. There is snow on the ground. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 202mm x 147mm on mount 305mm x 254mm

Date: [ca 1890s-1910s]

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940

Reference: PAColl-9983

Description: Photographs taken circa 1890s-1910s relating to the family of Mr Michael T and his wife Elizabeth Marshall who emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and became part of the Catholic community in Newtown, Wellington. Images show: -The Marshall's house and garden at 1 Owen Street, Newtown, Wellington. Two of the Marshall children standing outside. One child is possibly Kathleen Johanna Marshall (born 1888). Cabbages in a vegetable garden in foreground. Photograph taken circa 1892 by Sarony Studio of Wellington. -Unidentified group of men and children near a bank, circa 1910s, possibly during a 'Children of Mary' outing in the Wellington district. Photographer unidentified. -Unidentified group, circa 1910s, on horse-drawn cart, featuring a family friend of the Marshall's named Mary Hanrahan. Photographer, and location, unidentified. -Unidentified group, circa 1910s, on horse-drawn cart, next to Lake Tikitapu. Hand-coloured. Photographer unidentified. -View of Wonderland at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition in Christchurch (1906-1907), from the top of the water chute. Hand-coloured. Photograph taken by Robert George Stanley Marsh. Other - Michael and Elizabeth Marshall emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand. They lived in Martin Square, Te Aro, Wellington and later moved to 1 Owen Street, Newtown, Wellington. They had six children and their daughter Kathleen married John Chambers. K and J Chambers had one son, the donor's husband Desmond John Chambers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Michael and Elizabeth Marshall emigrated from Ireland to New Zealand and lived in Martin Square, Te Aro, Wellington. They later moved to 1 Owen Street, Newtown, Wellington. They had six children and their daughter Kathleen married John Chambers. K and J Chambers had one son, Desmond John Chambers, who later married Bernadette Chambers. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Photographs came from the donor's husband's grandparents, Michael and Elizabeth Marshall. Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Bernadette Chambers: Ephemera: Music programmes, Victoria College graduates menu and toast list, and accommodation ephemera. Also items for appraisal sent from Ephemera to Published and Cartographic..

Date: [ca. 1932, and undated pre-1950s]

By: Cochran, Christopher, 1945-; Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-10441

Description: Collection of three photographs collected by Chris Cochran. Comprises photograph of Wellington Cenotaph with Bowen House and Buildings of Parliament in background, most likely taken shortly after it was dedicated in 1932, and two undated group portraits of police staff in uniform, one taken in yard of Mt Cook Police Barracks, in Wellington, by Sarony Studio, Wellington. Donor collected the prints as part of his work as a conservation architect. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Loose and mounted silver gelatin photoprints. Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - Plans-2015-071-001/014: Plischke, Ernst, 1903-1992: 1. [Plans relating to the Cashmere Community Centre, Khandallah, Wellington. ca 1952].

Date: 1926-1947

From: St Giles' Presbyterian Church (Kilbirnie, Wellington): Photographs

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Wellington Photographic Works; Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-10469-2

Description: Comprises formal and informal group portraits relating to the clubs, bible classes, committees, and early significant events associated with St Giles Church, Kilbirnie. Taken by a range of photographers between 1908 and 1957, including Charles Boyer, Sarony Studios, and Wellington Photographic Works. Several of the photographs are annotated or captioned with names. Some photographs are accompanied by typescript notes [possibly written for display of the photographs]. Includes two photographs showing a crowd posing outside the church while it is under construction circa 1908. The views are taken at opposing angles and reveal a timber yard and a 1900s villa on either side of the church. One image is annotated "St Giles Kilbirnie laying of the foundation stone 7 October 1908". Includes a group portrait inscribed "Evans Bay Presbyterian Church Bazaar stall holders and committee Kilbirnie Wellington 1909". The accompanying note identifies the first church minister "Mr Douglas". Includes three group portraits of the St Giles tennis club [probably all taken during the 1930s]. Typed captions on the reverse list names of individuals. One image is annotated "St Giles tennis Club opening day Sept 26th 1936". One portrait of a crowd seated in a sports stand is annotated "Easter Camp 1932". One portrait of a group of women (including two men) seated outside a brick building is annotated "B.C. conference Napier 1946'. Annotations on the reverse list the first names of individuals. Three formal group portraits show the church session and the board of managers of 1957. Two proof sheets and photographs show mothers and children at a cradle roll party [probably taken during the 1950s]. An accompanying typescript sheet identifies some individuals. Three group portraits taken circa 1977-1982 show the women's cabinet 1977, and bible class members. A typescript note attached to two photographs lists the names of individuals. Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s) including two proof sheets. 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera typescript notes. Physical Description: Black and white photographs, many bearing pasted on typescript captions or handwritten annotations. Two photographs are mounted on card. Three photographs are laminated.

Date: [ca1900-1920]

From: James, Edna: Photographs relating to the Elliott, Mills and Jupp families

By: Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934; Herrmann, Louisa Marian, 1864-1955; Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Tesla Studios

Reference: PAColl-10608-2

Description: Group and individual portraits of men, women, and children, many unidentified, taken circa 1900 to 1920, by a variety of studio photographers. Includes three group portraits of the employees of E W Mills & Company in front of the building, with John Elliott identified in each; an unidentified group on a boat at Hamurana Spring, Rotorua; a group with a memorial stone with the inscription 'This site was presented by Walter Buchanan...'; Mr Prouse and his child, Alma, on the verandah of a house in Wainuiomata; Mr and Mrs McKennis; and three wedding photographs, one captioned Lizzie McKennes. Quantity: 24 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1902

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-D-1181

Description: Studio portrait of Melrose Football Club first fifteen, winners of Senior Championship 1902, taken by Sarony Studio of Wellington. Back row: A Day, E Claridge, E Osborne, C Sullivan, W Adams, J DeBlois, W J Spencer, Wal. Spencer, G Payne (President) Second row: L Sievers (Hon Secretary), C McInness, W King, G Spencer, J Spencer (Captain), J Foothead, H McGrath, A H Fulford (Vice-President) Front row: G Hardham, H Wrigley, A Claridge, R Carswell Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Melrose Football Club. First fifteen. Winners of Senior Championship, 1902.; Recto - bottom right - Sarony Studio Ingestre St Wellington; Mount recto - beneath image - Absentees - A. Goodwin, W. Thacker. Matches played 10; Won 8; Drawn 1; Lost 1. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 28.1 x 37.3 cm, on mount Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2008

Date: 1909

From: McNamara, G :Portraits of Sir Harold and Lady Beauchamp and James and Vera Bell's house

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0674-6

Description: View of the living room from the gallery of house designed and built in 1909 by arts and crafts architect, Walter Chapman-Taylor for James and Vera Bell. The wooden floor is covered with eastern rugs. The lower part of the internal walls are covered with hessian, topped by a shelf on which a picture and some pottery are displayed. The fire place is of brick and the opening in the form of a gothic arch. The upper walls and the ceiling are covered with rough-cast plaster finish. The gallery leads to a braced plank bedroom door, to the left of which is a built in plank cupboard. There is no electric lighting. Photographed by Sarony Studios, Wellington, in 1909. The interior doors of this house are braced by planks which have adzed-shaped sections cut into them. This was a trade mark of Walter Chapmen-Taylor. This photograph originally belonged to Andrew Bell, the son of Katherine Mansfield's sister Vera Bell (nee Beauchamp). This house burnt down in 1911 (info - Judy Siers). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15.4 cm, on cardboard mount

Date: 1909

From: McNamara, G :Portraits of Sir Harold and Lady Beauchamp and James and Vera Bell's house

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0674-5

Description: View of the dining room in house designed and built in 1909 by arts and crafts architect, Walter Chapman-Taylor for James and Vera Bell. The wooden floor is covered by a large rug. The view includes a gothic arched brick fireplace with curtained inglenook, lower wall of planks, and braced plank door. Two dining chairs can be seen, a morris chair, and part of a sideboard. The upper walls are covered with hessian, and the roof has dark beams over a tongue and groove plank ceiling. The wooden panneled fire surround supports decorative china plates, candle sticks, and pewter mugs. A hanging shelf above the inglenook beam also contains decorative china. Three prints above the fireplace are from paintings by the British symbolist artist, G F Watts, and two others are from Italian renaissance paintings. There is no electric lighting. Photographed by Sarony Studios, Wellington, in 1909. The interior doors of this house are braced by planks which have adzed-shaped sections cut into them. This was a trade mark of Walter Chapmen-Taylor. This photograph originally belonged to Andrew Bell, the son of Katherine Mansfield's sister Vera Bell (nee Beauchamp). This house burnt down in 1909 (info - Judy Siers). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 15.4 cm, on cardboard mount

Date: [ca 1890s-1900s]

From: Pickard, Rose, fl 2011 :Cabinet card portraits

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Berry and Company

Reference: PAColl-9853-2

Description: Cabinet cards portraits, as follows: Standing portrait of girl, taken ca 1900s by Sarony Studios, 9 Ingestre Street, Wellington. Young boy, leaning on arm of rustic seat, taken ca 1890s by James Bragge, Manners Street, Wellington. Boy and girl, taken ca 1900s by Berry & Co, 64 Cuba Street, Wellington. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cabinet card photographs

Date: 22 June 1901

From: Taiaroa, Hori Kerei, d 1905 :Photographs relating to the Robinson, Brown and Peck families, and portraits of politicians and governors

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-4558-3-03

Description: Carriage conveying Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York passing under Maori Arch, Charlotte Street, during their procession through Wellington. Photograph taken circa 18 June 1901 by Sarony Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected. Sarony. A.W.9 22/6/01 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver print 15.6 x 20.9 cm, on mount 24.7 x 30.4 cm Processing information: Description updated 17 January 2023 following information provided by a staff member.

Date: Between 1900 and 1903

From: Cooper, Jeanne and Peter :Album, photographs and press cuttings relating to the Pollard Opera Company

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-1097-1-02

Description: Charles Carter and Alice Pollard in the Pollard Opera Company production of Florodora, photographed ca 1900-1902 by the Sarony Studios of Auckland. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 139 x 197 mm on mount 174 x 254 mm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-5745-1-24

Description: Viscount Northland, Thomas Uchter Caulfield Knox Ranfurly, photographed circa 1900 by The Sarony Studios of Auckland. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - The Sarony Studios Auckland NZ Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 199 x 139 mm, mounted on card

Date: 7 December 1929

From: Tairoa, Jan :Photographs of Roseneath School, 1929 ; Thorndon Tennis Club

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: 1/2-148078-F

Description: Offical opening of the Roseneath School gates by R Semple, 7 December 1929. Photograph taken by Sarony Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: June 1898

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-5745-1-21

Description: Governor of New Zealand, Lord Ranfurly, photographed in June 1898, by The Sarony Studios of Auckland. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - [embossed] The Sarony Studios Auckland NZ; Backing board recto - beneath image - Ranfurly June 98 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 182 x 132 mm, mounted on card

Date: ca 1900

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Eltham Historical Society

Reference: 1/2-165879-F

Description: Photograph of group of South African War soldiers, taken by Sarony Studios, Wellington. Identified in the group are G Simpson, W Carbis and R Lash (all of Eltham, Taranaki). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copy of original print returned to owner). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative 100 x 125 mm Finding Aids: Photocopy on shelf at PAColl-1490.