City & town halls - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Date: 1930 - 1950

By: Luke, Kenneth Ewart, 1890-1965; Wellington (N.Z.). Municipal Electricity Department

Reference: Plans-90-1540/1542

Description: Shows floor plans of foundation, first and second floors. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo plans, sizes varying up to 690 x 990 mm. Provenance: Donated by MED, 40 Cuba Street Wellington, in 1990.

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

By: Walker, A (Mr), active 1968; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; C M (Photographer), active 1905; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Pratt, A A, active 1900s

Reference: PAColl-6639

Description: Postcards of ferries at wharves in Auckland, interior and exterior of St John's Cathedral in Napier, Waihi from Martha Hill, bowling green on the Domain at Te Aroha, Lyttelton at regatta time, Lyttelton harbour, Opera House, St Luke's Danish Church and All Saints Church and the Municipal Buildings, Palmerston North; the Triangle, Dunedin; Auckland Hospital, Grafton Road; Palmerston North Post Office; a view over Auckland from Mount Eden; the bridge over to the Cafe Continental; Hastings Street, Napier; Perry Street, Masterton with a hall on the right; tea kiosk in the park, Masterton; two carts on the road to Lansdowne, Masterton; the tramline to Onehunga, Auckland; Queen Street, Auckland; and Auckland harbour and wharves. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negative at 151877 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 16 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: McCormack, Thomas Arthur, 1883-1973

Reference: C-094-008

Description: A close-up view of the front portico of Wellington Town Hall at night, with light coming from two open doors. A crowd of people enters the doors Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Drypoint etching, 300 x 213 mm Provenance: Purchased from J Travis & Co., Molesworth St., Wellington December 1966

Date: 1905

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

By: Hardie Shaw Studios

Reference: PAColl-7344-18

Description: Postcard of Wellington Town Hall without the buildings around it taken by Hardie-Shaw. Inscriptions: Recto - left of image - Rita Series - Hardie-Shaw Photo - Town Hall, Wellington. Love from Aunty Madge and Uncle George. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1930 - 1939

By: McCormack, Thomas Arthur, 1883-1973

Reference: B-096-009

Description: A view through the open front portico of the Wellington Town Hall, looking south towards the buildings in Wakefield Street, with Cuba Street on the left. People are entering and leaving the Town Hall. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink, lower left; signature in ink, lower right, T A McCormack in cursive script Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Drypoint etching, 255 x 180 mm Provenance: Purchased from J Travis & Co., Molesworth St., Wellington, December 1966

Date: 1969 - 1970

From: Alington, William Hildebrand, 1929- :[51 volumes of architectural plans]

By: Gabites and Beard (Firm)

Reference: E-928-f-025

Description: Includes exterior perspective drawing, site plan and drainage, floor plans, ceiling plans, roof plans, plans of ancillary buildings blocks A B and C, door schedule, window schedule, interior finishes schedule, fittings, furniture plans and details, lighting. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Red bound volume of diazo prints, red spine, 488 x 285 mm.

Date: 1950

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

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-019-101

Description: Shows floor plans before and after, and sections. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on tracing paper, 420 x 760 mm.

Date: [ca 1930s]

Reference: PAColl-6944

Description: Views of various buildings in Wellington including: three of the Victoria Laundry Co Ltd and Mike Walsh, tobacconist probably on Molesworth Street with a bill board advertising a show at the Opera House called So Long Letty; two of Scots College; a house either under construction or renovation; a public hall; and others of rather delapidated houses in other parts of the city. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057714 to 057726 Quantity: 13 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1876-1980

From: Knox Presbyterian Church (Lower Hutt) : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7848-1

Description: Images of Knox Church building Lower Hutt, the old Manse, the church hall built in 1960, bible class groups, congregation members and clergy. Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 13 colour original photographic print(s). 3 photocopy/ies laser prints.

Date: 1960s

By: Brown, Rachel, active 1990s-2022

Reference: PAColl-5519

Description: Hall designed by Ernst Plischke. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1877

Reference: Plans-81-0641

Description: Details of section A-B and C-D for a competition entry. Not as built In 1877, the Mayor of Wellington held a competition for a Town Hall design, won by Thomas Turnbull from 10 entries. By 1878, S. Brown had built one wing, as an extension to the Provincial Council Chambers in Molesworth Street. This plan is likely to be a competition entry. See also Plans-81-0638, -0639 and -0640 for the remainder of the plan from this unknown architect Other Titles - Pour le Roy [pseudonym] Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour drawing on cream card, 502 x 667 mm

Date: [1980s]

From: Sheffield House Publications Collection

Reference: PA12-11273

Description: Exterior views of the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. Quantity: 5 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2955

Description: Transparencies taken by Cyril Beavis in the 1960s showing a concert, likely of the National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, at the Wellington Town Hall. Also inlcudes portraits of a woman. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis circa 1970s showing a group camping, possibly at Waipukurau. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 11 colour original transparency/ies. 11 b&w original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in May 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-16.

Date: 1925-1956

From: St George's Church (Seatoun, Wellington) : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10038-2

Description: View of the sanctuary and altar in the first St George's Church building, Seatoun, Wellington. Vicarage, St George's parish, Seatoun, built 1925. St George's Parish Hall under construction, August 1949. Rev Jack Rushworth at work on St George's Parish Hall, August 1949. Bible class in St George's Parish Hall, 1950s. Three group photographs of sunday school pupils, mis 1950s. Two group photographs of members of the Seatoun Tennis Club, 1947. Old St George's Church seen beyond a tree trunk supporting news of the fund for the new church, ca 1955. Black and white photograph of architect's watercolour view of the new St George's Church, 1956. Wooden model of the new St George's Church, ca 1956. St George's Church boy's choir with vicar C E Willis, December 1938. Contact print and portrait of a clergyman, all subjects unidentified. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1930s-1950s]

By: Williams, L, active 1930s; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-9777

Description: Photographs of a variety of subjects, including Wellington buildings, ships, and tourist scenes, taken ca 1930s. A number of the photographs were taken by The Dominion. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: 1910 - 1918

By: Daniell, Frederick Charles, 1879-1953

Reference: Plans-84-0039

Description: Details of stage and hall, showing seating for 1000; supper room; basement plan showing kitchen and public lavatories; ground floor plan, facing Perry Street, with details of Municipal offices and first floor plan showing public library. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper

Date: ca 1870s

Reference: 1/4-010021

Description: View of Lambton Quay looking south with Oddfellows Hall on the east side of the street and the fire bell tower on the hill behind the street on the west. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1928

By: Page, William Meek, 1881-1953; Fearn, Stanley Walter, 1887-1976

Reference: MapColl-832.4799gmbd/A/1928/Acc.6207

Description: Plan of the new municipal buildings for the Wellington City Council, including the library and town hall, Wakefield St, Wellington, bounded by Mercer and Cuba streets and Jervious Quay. Also shows the fire station, boating shed, and a reserve. Written on map: No 2 Other Titles - Layout plan showing new municipal buildings for the Wellington City Council Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic print, scale indeterminable, 15.8 x 21.5 cm

Date: 1895 - 1903

By: Worsley, Charles Nathaniel, 1862-1923; Preston, A (Mrs) active 1959

Reference: A-166-012

Description: A view from the front of the town hall, with people hurrying in the front porch, in rain. Issuing body and place of publication unknown Reproduction of an original watercolour owned by the Library (A-166-001) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 182 x 273 mm

Date: 1960-1969

From: Beavis, Cyril Denis Archibald, 1911-2000: Transparencies, negatives, and photographic prints

Reference: PA12-2954

Description: Transparency taken by Cyril Beavis in 1968, showing a scenic view of Tolaga Bay, Gisborne, a woman and child with a boulder on the shore, and a church and waharoa/entranceway. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis, date unknown, showing a ship wreck at Tora, Wairarapa. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis circa 1964 showing images of the Wellington Winter Show. Also includes transparencies taken by Beavis in the 1960s showing a concert, likely of the National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, at the Wellington Town Hall. Transparencies showing the National Orchestra of the NZBS at Wellington Town Hall are continued at PA12-2955. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 9 colour original transparency/ies. 12 b&w original transparency/ies. Processing information: Reference number changed in May 2022 during re-processing of the collection. Formerly PAColl-7715-16 and PAColl-7715-90.