Wellesley Street

Date: 1901

Reference: PA1-f-064

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Scenes include the arrival of the royal visitors at various places, by ship, Royal carriages, and Royal train; ceremonies and rites welcoming them; views of triumphal arches erected for the tour, including Marble Arch (Queen Street, Auckland), the Auckland Harbour Board Arch, the Citizen's Arch (Wellesley Street), and the Government Arch (City of Wellington). Other ceremonies are associated with the presentation of war-medals; the laying of foundation stones (Victoria College for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland), the Wellington Town Hall, and the Queens Memorial Statue in Dunedin); and the march past and inspection of various guards, troops and veterans. One photograph shows Lord Ranfurly in Auckland, reading the proclamation extending the boundaries of the colony to include the Cook Islands (p 16). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Visit of Duke of Cornwall and York (King George V.). 1901. Maoris - Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch". Hand-printed in ink on slip attached to front cover.

Date: 1900

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to the South African War. 1899-1902]

Reference: Eph-B-WAR-SA-1900-01

Description: Programme shows a head and shoulders portrait of Queen Victoria on the front page, the programme on the second and fourth page, and a cartoon "We must help the girl that Tommy's left behind him" by H A Hogg. His Worship the Mayor, David Goldie, Esq., in the chair. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on programme.. Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithographs, on folded programme, 285 x 220 mm.

Date: ca 1930 - 1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Sayers, Alan John, 1915-; Whites Aviation Ltd; Ely, Dunstan, active 1949; Smith, Robin Vaughan Francis, 1927-

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-019

Description: Photographs of Auckland City and Harbour taken circa 1930 to 1960 for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of suburbs, parks, the university, Queen Street, the Harbour Bridge and illuminated buildings during the coronation celebrations in 1953. Photographers include R V Francis Smith, Alan Sayers and Dunstan Ely. Also includes several aerial photographs by Whites Aviation Ltd. Quantity: 70 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1929

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

By: A & K Henderson (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-061-008/031

Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations. Quantity: 24 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints and ink drawings on waxed linen paper, 532 x 737 mm.

Date: 1949 - 1953 - 1954

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

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-061-034/043

Description: Includes floor plans, sections and elevations. Quantity: 10 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, 470 x 740 mm.

Date: 1886

By: Munro, W, active 1880s; Illustrated New Zealand Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: B-033-025

Description: A view of the Art Gallery building in Auckland At head of sheet: Pictorial supplement, Christmas, 1886 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 143 x 216 mm (image), ca 440 x 290 mm (sheet).

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1885 - 1886

By: Stevens, George Treacy, active 1880s; Auckland evening star (Newspaper)

Reference: D-001-006-b

Description: Birds eye view of central Auckland - "This view is compiled and drawn as from a point one thousand feet above and one hundred feet to the rear of the Hospital during the year 1885 and part of 1886 by George Treacy Stevens, Auckland, N. Z.". All the streets are named and every building is shown, as well as the wharves and part of the harbour. Grafton Road, the hospital and part of Auckland Domain dominate the foreground, and the view extends beyond St Mary's Bay (West Haven boat harbour) in the north-west, a block beyond Union Street in the west, to the beginning of Karangahape Road in the south-west and to Judges Bay and part of Hobson Bay in the east. The only known detailed birds-eye view of a nineteenth-century New Zealand city. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 674 x 910 mm (image) on sheet 766 x 1019 mm

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Commons family :Assorted negatives, photographs and postcards relating to the Commons family

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PA5-0001

Description: Views of Auckland by Muir and Moodie, comprising the following images: No 546, Auckland. [looking north along Queen Street] No 547, Auckland. [looking east up Wellesley Street towards Albert Park] No 309, Queen Street, Auckland. No 316, Auckland Harbour by moonlight. Two cards probably cut from folder. Quantity: 1 folder(s) comprising 4 b&w photo-mechanical prints. Physical Description: Card folder 112 x 150 mm (folded) comprising 4 photolithographs

Date: 1885 - 1886

By: Stevens, George Treacy, active 1880s; Auckland evening star (Newspaper)

Reference: D-001-006-a

Description: Birds eye view of central Auckland - "This view is compiled and drawn as from a point one thousand feet above and one hundred feet to the rear of the Hospital during the year 1885 and part of 1886 by George Treacy Stevens, Auckland, N. Z.". All the streets are named and every building is shown, as well as the wharves and part of the harbour. Grafton Road, the hospital and part of Auckland Domain dominate the foreground, and the view extends beyond St Mary's Bay (West Haven boat harbour) in the north-west, a block beyond Union Street in the west, to the beginning of Karangahape Road in the south-west and to Judges Bay and part of Hobson Bay in the east. The only known detailed birds-eye view of a nineteenth-century New Zealand city. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 674 x 910 mm (image) on sheet 766 x 1019 mm

Date: 1931

By: Donner, Tibor Karl, 1907-1993

Reference: A-128-009

Description: The church seen in close-up view from the street The artist "Tib" Donner was Auckland City Architect and a friend of architect Cedric Firth's Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 441 x 263 mm

Date: 1975 - 1978

By: Offset House (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-CAP-1975/1978

Description: Cards show views of the following locations: Lake Taupo, North Island Rangitoto Island, Auckland Mormon Temple and "Christus" statue Cambridge, New Zealand Wellesley Street, Auckland Hamilton, New Zealand Quantity: 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on cards, 150 x 225 mm.

Date: September 1963, June 1964

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: PA12-7637

Description: Transparencies of Wellesley Street and Albert Park, Auckland City, taken September 1963 and June 1964 by Whites Aviation Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies

Date: 1883

By: Young Men's Christian Association. Auckland Branch; Wilson & Horton (Firm); Munro, W, active 1880s

Reference: Eph-D-YMCA-1883-01

Description: Poster / calendar with a Biblical passage suggested for every day of the year. At the lower edge is a notice of the reading rooms and meetings scheduled for 1883. At top centre is an engraving by H or W Munro, of the YMCA Library and Reading Rooms on the corner of Wellesley and Albert Streets, Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and engraving on sheet 690 x 430 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1992 or 1993 (93-85; zbn92-70511)

Date: 2016

By: Woodville Examiner (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-B-FOOD-2016-01

Description: Plastic bag featuring the logo of a factory with a high smoking chimney. The large image on the front of the bag shows a beauty contestant with streaming mascara, grimacing as she raises her fists, possibly in triumph. On the back of the bag, the contact details of the Best Ugly Bagels HQ at the corner of Wellesley and Nelson Streets in Auckland are given. This example has an added "Best before" sticker for 27 October 2016. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on plastic cellophane bag, 290 x 128 mm.

Date: December 1965

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-4562

Description: Photographs taken by Susan Bailey showing locations in Auckland including the ferry terminal, Parnell Baths, Queen Street, Wellesley Street, and Cheltenham Beach. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Delivered in a postage envelope titled "Auckland Dec 1965". Quantity: 14 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1957 - 1958

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

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-061-044/050

Description: Includes floor plans, and details of assurance chamber. Quantity: 7 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on tracing paper, 470 x 740 mm.

Date: 1986 - 1988

From: [Posters advertising exhibitions of photographers, photographs and photography. 1988]

By: McCredie, Paul, active 1988-1993

Reference: Eph-D-PHOTO-EXHIBITION-1988-01/04

Description: Reproductions of: The site of the old City Chamber building, on the south-west intersection of Queen and Victoria Streets, during an archaeological excavation of the first gaol. Auckland, 1987. (2 copies) The intersection of Queen and Wellesley Streets, looking north-east from the Civic Theatre. Auckland, 1986 (2 copies) The south-west intersection of Queen and Victoria Streets, Auckland, 1987 (2 copies) The north-west intersection of Lorne and Wellesley Streets, looking towards Queen Street. Auckland, 1987 (2 copies) Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, 440 x 473 mm.

Date: 1901

Reference: 1/4-016075-G

Description: View of Wellesley Street, Auckland looking up towards the public library with a tram and pedestrians in the foreground. The library is hung with banners saying Welcome from Taihape, Welcome from Inangahua, Welcome from Woolston for the occasion of the visit of the American fleet. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1975

From: Angus Corporation: Photographs of building construction

Reference: PA1-q-501

Description: Photographs of the interior and exterior of the Civic Theatre, corner of Queen Street and Wellesley Street, Auckland, during its renovation January to November 1975, taken by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library.