Wilson album 8

News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1864-1907, predominantly dated 1880s-1900s.

Homesteads, houses, and churches include: Beauthorne (Kaiapoi), with Wilson family group in garden, including Joseph Lowthian, Thomas, Leonard, and Estelle; Glenmark (interiors and exterior views); Dr Volckman and Dr Weld's Oxford house [including Volckman and Weld, wife, and daughter?] in the garden; Mr John Ingram's residence (Oxford); Eskhead, one image depicting Mr Kennedy with unidentified visitors, and another with the Kennedy family; Kaiapoi Vicarage; St John's Church (Rangiora), and [St Joseph?] Catholic Church, School, and Presbytery in Rangiora. Kaiapoi Woollen Mill, Oxford Public Library, Rangiora Post and Telegraph Office, and the Great Northern Hotel (Waikari) are other buildings of note.

Military photographs include Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and Cust Volunteer Rifles, groups of unidentified officers, the performance of various military exercises, and parades (Queen's Jubilee). Other images include training camps at Kaiapoi, Springbank, Hillsborough, Purau, and Oamaru (Redcastle), Canterbury Rifle Volunteers' Challenge Shield, veterans, cadets, South African War departures and victory celebrations. Also image of troops in Bloemfontein, South Africa (1900).

Events covered include celebrations surrounding the unveiling of the Ngai Tahu monument at Kaiapohia Pa site (Easter Monday 1899) by Premiere Richard Seddon, various weddings (Ms Winters, Stackwood and [Fear?], Smith and McDowell), the funeral of Mrs Wikitoria Mutu (Tuahiwi), Caledonian Society gatherings (Amberley and St Andrews), picnics, sports days, agricultural shows, Lyttelton Regatta, Brackenfield Hunt Club meeting, the opening of the rowing season on Avon River (Christchurch) and Kaiapoi River, stock sales, Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention at Kaiapoi, William Hall-Jones turning of the first sod of the Cheviot railway.

River scenes include Kaiapoi River (featuring boats 'Rock Lily', 'Huon Belle', and 'Emma Sims'), Grey River, Waimakariri River (road and rail bridge, water supply), Ashley Gorge bridge, and the temporary rail bridge over Patterson's Creek. Rural scenes include livestock (sheep, pigs, ostriches, horses (both farming and military), dogs (Brackenfield hounds) and cattle). Farming scenes feature Whiterock Station and haymaking. Scenic images show Weka Pass and Lake Sumner. Also various copies of early images of North Canterbury and Auckland.

Portraits include James Edward Fitzgerald, Mr Self and Lord Lyttelton, Paul Hiskins, E J Paul, Captain Caleb Whiteford, Captain Joseph Lowthian Wilson, Captain Thomas Millar, Surgeon H Compton Parsons, and Captain Williams. Group images include Rangiora Athletic Association Committee (all named), sports teams (men's and women's hockey, football, cricket), St Stephen's Church Choir (Tuahiwi), Kaiapoi Shakespeare Club, and Kaiapoi Brass Band. Also M J Dixon and G E Mannering on glacier during their attempted ascent of Mount Cook.

Quantity: 1 album(s).

Physical Description: Photograph album, 36.8 x 28.8 cm