Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: 1907-1921, 195?

From: Dominion Farmers Institute : Photographs

By: Sarony Studios (Auckland, N.Z.); Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0004-1

Description: Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: Between 1910-1913

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PA5-0173

Description: Breaker Bay showing entrance to Wellington Harbour NZ, taken by F G Barker, no. 1003 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 85 x 135 mm

Date: 1930-1931

By: Aked, M S, active 1990s; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-3228

Description: The photographs show the construction of and the completed Kelburn Viaduct, and one photograph of W E Aked the chief engineer for the site. Several of the photographs are long views that show large portions of the suburb of Kelburn Quantity: 27 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Twenty-six 160 x 210mm photoprints and one 145 x 95mm photoprit mounted in a folder

Date: 1933 and 1940

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-6825

Description: Collection comprises: Wellington Symphony Orchestra and committee in Wellington Town Hall, 1933, with soloist Joseph Szigeti. Photograph taken by F G Barker. Choral concert in Wellington Town Hall, probably on 25 June 1940, during Centennial Music Week (a photocopy of a flyer advertising this event is enclosed). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donated by Mr Paul Magill in 2001.

Date: [between 1925-1926]

By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-8434

Description: Albums of photographs depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington during 1925 and 1926. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker and Horace R Maybury. Other - Some of the original negatives, from which these photographs were printed, are amongst the Wellington City Council collection at PAColl-5448. Quantity: 2 album(s).

Date: 1931 - 1950

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Whites Aviation Ltd; Orr, R W, active 1950; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Dunstan, Harold J, active 1939-1947; Wilson, James Lloyd, 1915-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-033

Description: Photographs of the Hawke's Bay Region, 1931 to 1950, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of the Hawke's Bay flood of 1938, Lake Waikaremoana, Napier city and Cape Kidnappers. Photographers include R W Orr, Lloyd Wilson and White's Aviation. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1924

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-6686

Description: Views of Wellington Harbour Board sheds. These are shed 35, and shed 37 which stood on Pipitea Wharf, and was the largest cargo handeling shed on the Wellington waterfront. Photographs taken by Frank G Barker of Wellington. The photographs belonged to the firm C A Wilkinson Ltd of Napier who had supplied the corrugated fibrolite roofing for the sheds. Shed 37 on Pipitea Wharf was built 1923-1924. The contract was entered into between the Harbour Board and the contractors, Swanson and Ashton, on 21 February, 1923. The completion date in the contract was 30 November, 1924. (info-Wellington harbour Board annual reports). Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from Brewster's Rare Books, September 2001.

From: Estate of Mr and Mrs E S Knight :Photographs of Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: PA1-o-252

Description: Photograph album of views of Wellington, ranging from copies of early paintings from the 1840s, and early photographs up to the 1870s, to a series of postcards from the 1920s. Most of the early images have clear descriptions, giving year made, location, and in some cases further information about buildings that can be seen. For example, one view shows Kebble's house, now the site of the Grand Opera House. Views in the postcards are identified, but no dates are given. Most of the postcard views were taken by Sydney Charles Smith Inscriptions: Album page - `To E.S.K. with all good wishes for the 8th Nov. 1925, from a wellwisher' (illuminated inscription inside front cover) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black album, entitled `Photographs'; `E.S.K.' lettered in lower right-hand corner; 26 x 33 cm

Date: Between 1924 and 1944

By: Luke, Kenneth Ewart, 1890-1965; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-o-279

Description: Photographs of road construction, rubbish tip construction, earthquake damage restoration, relating to engineering projects in Wellington between 1924 and 1944; album created by city engineer Kenneth Ewart Luke. Photographs include scenes of construction of the Hutt Road, in 1924 and in 1926; the Liardet Street Tip before filling operation started in 1939, and during progress in 1943 (later becoming Macalister Park); the site of the Salamanca Road Tip (later becoming Kelburn Park), with views of Victoria University and the Mount Street Cemetery in 1944; interior and exterior views of the Hobson Street Air Raid Shelters, and the Kaiwarra (Kaiwharawhara) Air Raid Shelter; a visit by the Minister of Public Works and local dignitaries to the weir site for the Hutt Water Supply Development Scheme in 1944; scenes of the Karori Reservoir showing shortage of water in 1943; earthquake damage restoration at the Wellington Town hall and King's Chambers, 1943-1944 (after the 1941 earthquake); views of the outdoor Karori Swimming Pool (constructed in 1936) after the addition of a beginners' pool in 1945; and a photograph of a plan drawn up by S. Drake for a proposed development of Te Aro (in 1944). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown embossed cover, entitled `Photographs'; 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1909 - 1948

From: Wellington Free Kindergarten Association :Photographs of kindergarten activities in the Wellington region

By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Robson and Boyer (Firm); Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-1693-1

Description: Quantity: 119 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1914-1915], [ca 1930]

From: Treadwell family: Photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-10230

Description: Photographic prints collected by Lancely Treadwell comprising: -two group portraits of men in army uniform, relating to Bob Davidson's service during World War I, taken circa 1914 and 1915 by unidentified photographers. One shows a group in Egypt with a pyramid and a sphynx in the background behind the men. -Parade on Courtenay Place/Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, circa 1930, taken by Frank Giles Barker from the site of what is the Embassy Theatre in 2014. One of the floats is a locomotive. The donor said Davidson was from Feilding. The Davidson recorded in the name authority by the archivist is the only Robert Davidson on the Centotaph database that is listed as being from Feilding. He is not identified in the photographs. The name M A Bassett features as an inscription on one of the prints but this name is not known to the donor. Relationship complexity - The image at PAColl-10230-1 is also at the beginning of album PA1-o-1821. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Bob Davidson is the brother of the donor's grandmother.

Date: [ca 1900-1929]

From: Simonds, Sheila, active 2005: Collection

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Fleetway Press (London, England); Frank Duncan and Company; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-10048

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes, particularly in the Wellington and Rotorua districts and a few in Oamaru. Also a portrait of an unidentified soldier - a captain of the NZ Artillery, possibly World War I. Images are taken circa 1900-1929. Some photographers are identified: Sydney Charles Smith, Frederick George Radcliffe, Frank Giles Barker, and Robert George Stanley Marsh. Publishing companies include Tanner Bros Ltd, Frank Duncan & Co, and Fleetway Press. Scenes feature landmarks in Wellington and Oamaru, various geothermal scenes at Whakarewarewa, and scenes of Maori life and customs. Also includes single images of harvesting lucerne at Marlborough, Riddiford Gardens, and an unidentified geyser [Waimangu?]. A number of the postcards are inscribed, with identified writers including Olive Edmond and W Barnes. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints

Date: [1999-2000]

From: Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd: Papers and records

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-10651-11

Description: Comprises six original photographic prints of the interior of Kirkcaldie & Stains store, by F G Barker, taken in 1950; one original photographic print of the front of the Kirkcaldie & Stains store with a welcome sign for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, taken by Photo News; and several photogrpahic prints by unknown photographers, including one original photographic print of the storefront decorated for the visit of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, showing crowds watching the royal procession; one original photographic print of four Italian models; three copy photographic prints of Italian models at a fashion show at the store in 1955 (Alexander Turnbull Library references 1955/2023, 1955/2036, 1955/2031); and one copy photographic print of Lambton Quay circa 1958. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Four black and white copy photographic prints and nine black and white original photographic print mounted on board. Transfers: Removed from folder at Library reference MS-Papers-12313-62..

Date: 1900s-1970s

From: Gambrill, Mollie Dilnot, 1911-2001 : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-7369-10

Description: All of these are loose prints from album PA1-q-763. Most are of family members, relatives and friends. One is a sepia coastal landscape by Frank Barker. Another is of a Mrs Stace spinning. There is a view of Levin Railway station dating from the 1900s with Station Master Arthur Seaward and his staff standing on the platform. Two dating from about 1908 show men of the Department of Lands and Survey sitting outside a tent playing instruments and singing. There is a view of Kibirnie, Wellington, dating from about 1912, and two images of the Gambrill family plot at Karori Cemetery Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). 41 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1919-1929]

By: Mote, David, active 2009; Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948; Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-9566

Description: Photographs of Wellington Municipal Fire Brigade trucks, taken ca 1929 by R P Moore and F G Barker David Mote's father James Francis Arnold Mote was a fireman and possibly a member of the Wellington Municipal Fire Brigade. Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by David Mote, England, 2009 Transfers: Collection as a whole was received by Photographic Archive; material transferred from there - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Print of the White Terrace by Brett Printing Co. - To Ephemera Collection - Postcard album (Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-23) - To Manuscripts & Archives - Certificate of Discharge and British Passport of James Francis Arnold Mote..

Date: [between 1925 and 1927]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926- :Photograph albums depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-q-268

Description: Photographs taken between 1925 and 1927 depicting the ashphalting of roads in the Wellington region. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker. Inserted in a pocket inside the back cover there are three loose photographs showing the Hutt Road alongside Wellington Harbour. Photographs of the Hutt Road include those alongside the harbour, and also some of the "Main Hutt Road" in Lower and Upper Hutt. Most of the photographs have good captions, with the title at the head of each one which reads "Asphaltic concrete pavement". Other - Some of the original negatives, from which these photographs were printed, are amongst the Wellington City Council collection at PAColl-5448. Other Titles - Asphaltic concrete pavement Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cloth cover, entitled "Photographs", 65 black paper pages of black and white photographs; 28.5 x 38.5 cm

Date: 1930

By: Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm); Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-2108

Description: Taken shortly after completion. The building is on the corner of Taranaki Street and Courtenay Place. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photoprints 310 x 370mm Transfers: From Drawings & Prints Collection - photographs relate to Plans 91-1389 and 91-1398 in Drawings & Prints Collection.

Date: 1909 - 1948

By: Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association; New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Robson and Boyer (Firm); Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PAColl-1693

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s). 119 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [between 1925 and 1926]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926- :Photograph albums depicting the ashphalting of roads in Wellington

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955; Maybury, Horace R, active 1907-1943

Reference: PA1-q-267

Description: Photographs taken between 1925 and 1926 depicting the ashphalting of roads in the Wellington region. Includes photographs taken for the Wellington City Council by Frank Giles Barker and Horace R Maybury. Other - Original negatives, from which some of these photographs were printed, are amongst the Welllington City Council collection at PAColl-5448 Quantity: 112 b&w original photographic print(s) on album pages. Physical Description: Album with beige fabric cover and 58 brown paper pages, entitled "Album"; 27.5 x 38.5 cm