Wellington photographer. Established his studio in 1891; member of the Wellington Camera Club in 1890s. Took up position with Government Publicity and Tourism. Buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington [Source: Auckland City Library photographer database 2009]
Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
General Post Office, Wellington
Date: [188-?]
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: 1/2-008084-F
Description: Looking towards the General Post Office from the harbour, before the land reclamation, with the Pier Hotel on the left, taken ca 1880s by Francis Tomlinson (F E T) This Post Office was built after the 1887 fire. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Remington, Wilma :Photographs of Kilbirnie School groups and activities
Date: 1900 - 1925, 1959
By: Remington, Wilma, active 1993; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-3299
Description: Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
McArthur, L M :Photographs relating to the Barnes family
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).
Peak, J C :Photograph of Mr Signal in Oriental Bay, 1891
Date: ca 1891
By: Peak, J C (Mrs), active 1976
Reference: PAColl-0247
Description: View of Oriental Bay, Wellington from city end with Mr Signal in foreground. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-068689 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Fordham, F (Mrs) fl 1975: Postcards of scenes around the North Island of New Zealand
Date: 1903 -1912
By: Fordham, F (Mrs), active 1975; McBeth, Constance Robinette, 1877-1959; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; McAllister, James, 1869-1952; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-3274
Description: Includes views of Auckland, Wanganui, Rotorua, Napier, and Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - many of the cards include correspondence (see note under Provenance) Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s). 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 12 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Most of the postcards are addressed to Miss Stancie Burnett at "Oneida", Fordell, Wanganui or "Chester House", Victoria Avenue, Wanganui. Three are addressed to Mrs C McBeth, Gonville, Wanganui.
Wellington City Rifles Shooting Team. Palmerston North Military Tournament, 1908 - Phot...
Date: 1908
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-D-0359
Description: Champion Bayonet and Physical Drill Team (rest missing). Back row: L-Corp C Spurway; Pvte B Strangemure; L-Corp M Baker; Pvte T Sherwood. Middle row: Pvte D Rankin; Col-Sergt T J Davis (Instructor); Captain J J Esson; Corporals J Chandler and W Milford. Front row: Privates W Flack and C Thompson. Absent: Sgt R Teasey Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names of those in the group Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 275 x 358 mm mounted on card
Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944 :Photographs of voyages to the South Island and Au...
Date: [ca 1890s]
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-8137
Description: Album compiled to commemorate journeys by Lord Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand 1892-1897, to the South Island and the Auckland Islands ca 1890s, taken by F E Tomlinson and other unknown photographers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). 8 album leaves with 11 black & white original prints.
Arcus, L : Postcard of the salmon ponds at Masterton
Date: ca 1904
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-7331
Description: Postcard of a small boat on the salmon ponds, Masterton. Photographer was Tomlinson. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Isn't this a pretty one. Quiet like an English scene. Best love Nana 8/1/04.; Verso - centre - Miss Nisbet, 63 St Mary's Mansions, St Mary's Terrace, London, England Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Wellington City Rifles Shooting Team, 1903-4-5 - Photograph taken by Francis Ernest Tom...
Date: 1905
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-D-0358
Description: Back row: Pt Westwood; Pt D Rankin (scorer); Pt Moran; Pt Lee (scorer). Middle row: L-Cpl Jackson; Pt A J Jackson; Pt W M Jackson Snr; Col-Sgt Davis; Cpl Chandler; Sgt Tollock; L-Cpl Hook (Emergency). Front row: Pt Spurway (scorer); Sgt Love (marker). Absent: Sgt Wood; Sgt R Feasey Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names of those in the group Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 280 x 368 mm mounted on card
Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944 :View of the Government Buildings, Wellington
Date: [ca 1890-1915]
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-D-0347
Description: View of Government Buildings, Lambton Quay taken from across the road inside the grounds of Parliament. Parked by the side of the road in a food vendor's cart. Photograph taken by F E Tomlinson, ca late 1890s-early 1900s From the O R Smith estate, 20 Oct 1958 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 415 x 570 mm with mount
Heine, C M (Miss), fl 1966-1969 :Photographs relating to Wellington College
Date: [ca 1882-1900]
By: Heine, Clara Mathilde, 1891-1975; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Hardie Shaw Studios; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-2232
Description: Photographs of Wellington College including pupils, school masters, a group of school cadets in uniform with rifles, and an exterior view of the school. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Transfers: Original print at PAColl-5932-31.
Wellington City Rifles. Champion Bayonet and Physical Drill Team, 1899-1906. New Zealan...
Date: 1906
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-D-0360
Description: Back row: Lance-Corpl Spurway; Private Sherwood; Lance-Corpl Baker; Private C Thompson Third row: Corpl Chandler; Corpl Milford; Lance-Corpl Moran; Corpl W H Jackson; Private D Rankin. Second row: Private Feasey; Lieut J J Esson; Capt W G Duthie; Colour-Sergt T J Davis (Instructor); Lance-Corpl Andrews. Front row: Private Flack; Corpl W Tanner Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names of those in the group Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 280 x 362 mm mounted on card
Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944 :Photograph of Wellington from Brooklyn, ca 1910
Date: ca1910
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-6171
Description: View from a garden above Helen Street Brooklyn looking north-east across Mount Cook and Te Aro towards Mount Victoria. Part of the lower stretch of Helen Street can be seen and its junction with Tanera Crescent. The Fitchett house is centre left, and beyond it is a plantation of pines above the corner of Brooklyn and Ohiro Road (which at this point can't be seen). The fresh cuttings and the track of the new Brooklyn Road can be seen in the middle distance (which may mean that this photograph is nearer ca 1908 than 1910). On the left of Brooklyn Road is a small section of Central Park, and beyond it is Nairn Street Park. Photograph taken ca 1910 by Francis E Tomlinson. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane art auction, 30 September 1999, lot 463.
Cass & Craigieburn, Midland Railway, Waimakariri Gorge
Date: [Circa 1860s-1940s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Williams, William, 1858-1949
Reference: PAColl-0959-05
Description: Scenic photographs of Cass & Craigieburn, Midland Railway, Waimakariri Gorge taken between circa 1860s and 1940s by various unidentified and identified photographers. Photograph (no. 13) shows the hut owned by the Canterbury Coleege Mountain Biological Station; photograph (no. 25) of the old Benmore Station (no. 25) was taken by D L Lundy circa 1860s, and view (no. 26) shows the same site much later with fully grown macrocarpa trees, and the house in poorer condition; the views of the Midland Railway Line including when under construction, with the line, tunnels, and viaducts seen over a number of years were possibly taken by William Williams who was a photographer and who worked for the Railways Department; other images were probably taken by Charles Beken including one of "the meeting of the Arthur's Pass tunnel headings" with two men and a woman beside the dark opening. Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944 : Photograph of the Wadestown Cricket Club, winner...
Date: 1909
By: St. Luke's Church (Wadestown, Wellington, N.Z.); Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-D-1018
Description: Group portrait of the Wadestown Cricket Club, winners of the Junior Championship 1908-1909, taken ca 1909 by F E Tomlinson. Back row (from left): W C Roberts (Umpire), W Roberts, W Burns, R Moffatt (Hon Sec), J J Hay, F W Larkin. Front row (from left): A Butler, B S Withers (Vice-Capt), F Bowles, D C Hay (Capt), J W Condliffe, H B Collett, D Roberts. Inscriptions: Mount recto - Title and names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver print 27.7 x 35.7 cm, on mount 45.5 x 56 cm Provenance: Donated by St Luke's Anglican Church, Wadestown, April 2003. The photograph was found behind a cupboard in the church office. It had probably been deposited with the Church by Jack Withers, whose father appears in the photograph.
Postcard album 1
Date: [Between 1890s and 1910s]
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Hillsdon, George, active 1890s; Powell, J S, active 1890s; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)
Reference: PA1-q-184
Description: Album of postcards of New Zealand (includes one of Molesey Lock, England). Images include landscapes, views of prominent buildings in locations listed above, gold mining, harbours, glaciers, bridges, parks and other scenes of interest. Towards the end of the album is a collection of tourist portraits of Maori, including `A Maori canoeist' (a young woman holding a paddle), `Maori chief Patarangukai', `Te Heu Heu, the great Maori chief', and `Maori girl'. Photographs taken by various professional photographers whose names are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover decorated with an Art Deco pattern in lighter blue and black, entitled Post Card Album in golden cursive script; endpapers with fine gold pattern of impressionistic leaves and irises; 28 x 22 cm
Lowe, H Anthony :Photograph of the Legislative Council
Date: 1922 - 1932
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-0717
Description: The interior of the debating chamber of the House of Representatives showing the leather seating and the marble pillars. Photographer was F E Tomlinson. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print 202m x 145mm on mount 305mm x 254mm
Treasury and Audit cricket team
Date: 25 February 1892
From: Stacey, Mary Sabrina, active 2016 : Stuart, Morgan and Lavin families
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-10549-2-01
Description: Team photograph of the Treasury and Audit Department cricket team prior to their match against the Railways Department team on 25 February 1892. Includes twelfth man and team scorer. Team members (including Alexander Morgan) listed underneath image. Photograph taken by F E Tomlinson. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photograph print mounted on cardboard which is inscribed with names of players, the date and match. "F E Tomlinson" stamped on back
Treasury and Audit cricket team
Date: 3 March 1892
From: Stacey, Mary Sabrina, active 2016 : Stuart, Morgan and Lavin families
By: Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944
Reference: PAColl-10549-2-02
Description: Photograph of the Treasury and Audit cricket team prior to their match with the Railways Department on 3 March 1892 Members of the team identified on the reverse. A pencilled note records that the match was "won by Railways". Photographer was F E Tomlinson. The photograph is identical with PAColl-10549-2-01, apart from the difference in dates given. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white original photograph mounted on cardboard. Names and other information written on reverse.
Album of portrait photographs
Date: [ca 1870s-1880s] - 13 April 1881 - 20 March 1877 - 3 August 1882 - 2 October 1875
From: Hughes, Helen Hannah, 1929- : Photographs relating to Rigg and Hughes families
By: Andrew, Thomas, 1855-1939; Baillie, Gordon, 1827-1875; Bardwell, William H, active 1858-1888; Bowness, Moses, 1833-1894; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton, Walter John, 1836-1880; Carnell, Samuel, 1832-1920; Clarke Brothers (Firm); Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Clifford & Morris (Firm); Clifford, Robert, active 1865-1885; Corbett, James, active 1873-1895; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Ferrier and Rock (Firm); Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Grand & Dunlop (Firm); Henry, J T, active 1866-1884; Isaacs, David Morris, 1824?-1909; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Lawson, Albert, 1844?-1901; Macey, William Henry, -1931; Martin, Charles, 1842?-1905; Nicholas, Richard John, active 1868-1881; Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Phillips, Samuel, active 1858-1910; Redfern, George W, -1901; Sargeant, Albert, active 1878-1885; Schourup, Peter, 1837-1887; Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913; Tait Brothers (Firm); Tassell, Frederick W, active 1901; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Tyree Brothers (Firm); Vorley, Herbert Henry, 1840-1880; Walmsley, Charles, 1862-1941; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-1295
Description: Photograph album with carte de visite and cabinet photograph portraits of unidentified subjects, mostly taken by New Zealand photographers and studios, circa 1880s. Includes portraits taken by at least 37 different identified studios and photographers operating in Blenheim, Hokitika, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, and in England and Australia, including Ballarat, Carlisle, and Ambleside. Some portraits feature hand colouring. Includes landscape photograph of a church building with spire, and Norfolk Island pine trees in foreground. Also includes carte with verse "Oh hear us when we cry to Thee | For those in danger on the sea"; and a birthday card with inscribed "I wish thee all the joys of earth | All peace that life can bring. | Contentment, happiness and mirth, | Free from misfortunes sting." Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) containing 69 photographs and 2 cards (carte de visite, cabinet photographs, and greeting cards). Physical Description: Photograph album, brown leather binding, 24 leaves with gilt edges, 29.5 x 23 cm, containing 53 cartes de visite and 16 cabinet photographs; 2 printed birthday greeting cards.