Places

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0027-1/2-G

Description: Avon River at Wainoni, Christchurch, with weeping willow trees and unidentified house, photographed circa 1920 by A P Godber. On the left is the fence line of Professor Bickerton's Wainoni Park. The unidentified house is on the corner of Wainoni Road and the track which formed the western boundary of Bickerton's 30 acre estate. Other - Location formerly identified on back of file print as Burwood, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Location, and approximate date, from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-013/014

Description: A scene at Lyttelton Harbour showing several sailing vessels at sea Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Port Cooper in 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil & wash 175 x 520 mm.

Date: 1868

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PAColl-8216

Description: Photograph of the homestead at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury, photographed in 1868 (14th of June or August) by Daniel Louis Mundy. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - [barely visible] Mundy NZ No 27 14/[6 or 8 ?]/68; bottom left - Sheep station Canterbury 158 Relationship complexity - Another print of this image is in the Mundy II album PA1-f-040, page 45 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.9 x 21.5 cm

Date: Date unknown

From: New Zealand Railways: Photographs

Reference: 1/1-024992-G

Description: Christ's College, Christchurch. Photographer and date unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 22 Apr 1869

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: 1/2-022747-F

Description: Group alongside a triumphal arch in Lyttelton, during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in April 1869. A sign on the arch reads: "God bless Prince Alfred". Shows a (guard of honour?) holding oars and flags on the left, and a crowd on the right. Ship masts are in the background. Photograph taken by Daniel Louis Mundy on the 22nd of April, 1869. Inscriptions: Visible on original item: Mundy NZ 22/4/69 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: [between 1910s and 1920s]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Hopkins, Alfred Walter, 1882-1969

Reference: 1/2-000886-G

Description: General view of Ashburton, looking down East Street. Baring Square with two statues, one of John Grigg (1828?-1901), runs along East Street in the left foreground, and the business premises of Baker and Brown (coachbuilders at 164 Havelock Street), are visible behind the park. Photograph taken by A W H, probably Alfred W Hopkins, bookseller and stationer at 55 East Street, Ashburton Source of descriptive information - Photographer identified as Alfred W Hopkins from image at 1/2-000883 and from Wise's Post Office Directory between 1910s and 1920s Source of descriptive information - Note on back of file print reads "Looking down East Street. Baring Square with statue of John Grigg." [Information given by] R. Lambrechtsen, Aug 2002. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Ashburton Protd A W H [No] 374b Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-009034-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Date unknown, [ca 1910?]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 13

Reference: PAColl-6407-23

Description: Rocky shore in the Akaroa region. Date unknown, circa 1910? Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 203 x 124 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000890-G

Description: United Service Hotel centre right, with Barnett & Co. (chemists) in the left-hand corner of the hotel, and the Bank of New Zealand building centre with Colombo Street running between the hotel and the bank. Photograph taken by William A Price ca 1910. Other notes - For another image of the same view, with the same inscription and number, but in different lettering, see 1/2-000851. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Christchurch. 2472B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 3 May 1905

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008444-G

Description: At the parade celebrating the opening of the electric tramway in Christchurch, 3 May 1905. Shows a crowd in Cathedral Square, alongside a double decker tram decorated with foliage and a Union Jack. Press newspaper photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1880]

From: Creator unknown : Photographs of Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch, and Lyttelton

Reference: PAColl-8411-1

Description: Christ Church Cathedral, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Shows horse drawn carts alongside. Photograph taken circa 1880 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - right of image - Plate 54 Christchurch Cathedral, with the original spie and without the added western porch: about 1880 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print (hand coloured and re-touched) 19.5 x 14.2 cm, on card 19.6 x 16 cm

Date: 1949

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Geographic Board; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Dick, Russell Gladstone, 1898-1966; R E Owen (Firm)

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/15/209/Acc.54895

Description: Map - County Boundary Series - showing county boundaries of Tawera, Oxford, Malvern, Selwyn, Ashburton, Geraldine, Mackenzie, and Westland counties. Published by New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey, under authority of R G Dick, Surveyor-General, 1949. Printed by R E Owen, Government Printer, Wellington. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, scale 4 miles to 1 inch, 57 x 84 cm

Date: 1942

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/17/227/Acc.54913

Description: Topographical sketch map showing Lake Kaniere, Wilberforce, and headwaters of the Waimakariri and Otira rivers. Magnetic variant to North given for the year 1942. Numerous notes on the condition of tracks and variations means this map was possibly prepared for New Zealand Alpine Club, however this facsimile copy bears no imprint information. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photostat copy on paper, mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edge, scale 1.25 miles to 1 inch, 45 x 55 cm

Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0029806

Description: Cartoon shows a group of terrorists pointing their raft back into the ocean after arriving on Canterbury's shore. One of them says, "Rats, road cones, EQC, insurance, no place to stay, Tony Marryatt, this infernal east wind... Let's go! These people have been terrorised ENOUGH!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2014

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0029798

Description: Cartoon shows a person in the hospital, wrapped in bandages from head to toe, representing the city of Christchurch. There are three IV drip bags labelled 'Cathedral', 'Stadium', and 'Convention centre' feeding the patient. A doctor comes into the room holding another bag labelled, 'Fresh innovative thinking' and says, "Can't we try THIS instead? I'm sure he'll recover a lot faster!" Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1933

From: [Ephemera and posters relating to films, motion pictures, cinema. 1900-1969]

By: Sun (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-C-CINEMA-1933-01

Description: Pamphlet advises of the relationship between Christchurch picture theatres and the daily newspaper the "Sun" (1914-1935). The cover and text side shows a portrait photograph of Gordon Mirams, the motion picture editor of the "Sun". The pictorial side shows stills from the motion pictures screening at various Christchurch theatres in 1933: 1. Majestic: Laurel and Hardy in "Pack up your troubles" 2. Theatre Royal: Bela Lugosi in "White zombie" 3. Plaza: "Cynara" starring Ronald Colman and Kay Francis 4. Crystal Palace: "Money talks" with Judy Kelly and Kid Berg 5. Civic: Bobby Howes in "Lord Babs" 6. Liberty: Johnny Mack Brown, Evelyn Knapp and George Irving in "The vanishing frontier" 7. Regent: Warner Baxter and Herbert Mundin in "Dangerously yours" Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet, 288 x 342 mm., originally folded to 180 x 116 mm.

Date: 1852 - 1859

From: Norman, Edmund 1820-1875 :Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand [1855 or 1856?]

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: G-825-4-1

Description: The far left-hand section, one of 4 sheets forming a panorama. Shows Takamatua and the northern part of French Bay, with most of the township of Akaroa, harbour and hills from a point between Ohae and Opukutahi, near Wainui. The town's blockhouse is on the foreshore in the centre, settlers' houses, two roads leading up the hills, cleared land and native forest. A cabbage tree and flax line the ridge above the water in the foreground Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Grey ink, 225 x 290 mm, on sheet pasted on larger board 225 x 1225 mm

Date: 1852 - 1859

From: Norman, Edmund 1820-1875 :Akaroa Harbour, New Zealand [1855 or 1856?]

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: G-825-4-2

Description: The centre left section of a four-part panorama of joined sheets. Shows the township of Akaroa and hills across the harbour from a point between Ohae and Opukutahi, near Wainui. Includes the southern part of French Bay, settlers' houses and cleared land along the shore, the Maori kainga (Kaik) to the right. A three-masted sailing vessel is reflected in the still water Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Grey ink, 225 x 311 mm, the second of 4 sheets pasted on board 225 x 1225 mm

Date: 30 September - 3 October 2014

From: Love, Valerie J, 1980- : Photographs

Reference: PADL-001280

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City taken 30 September - 3 October 2014, showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes. The photographs show street scenes, damaged buildings, vacant lots, construction sites, rebuilding efforts, signage, and new buildings. The images also include photographs of transitional spaces and temporary art installations around the central city, including projects by GapFiller and Greening The Rubble, and the NZ Ice Fest, and art works by Sara Hughes, Chris Heaphy, Neil Dawson, Julia Morison, and Lonnie Hutchinson. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Valerie Love is a staff member at the Alexander Turnbull Library. The photographs were taken while she was in Christchurch attending the Archives and Records Association of New Zealand (ARANZ) 2014 annual meeting. Quantity: 154 digital photograph(s).

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0025676

Description: The on-site manager of the Chistchurch container village uses a crane to hoist a container containing an undesirable occupant onto a container truck for export. In July 2013 it was announced that the first shipping container village for workers involved in the Christchurch Rebuild would open in Addington later in the year. An on-site manager would 'keep an eye on things'. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).