Invercargill Post Office

Date: [ca 1940]

By: Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers)

Reference: PAColl-0888

Description: Small captioned photographs, commercially produced by Tanner Bros: of Invercargill - basilica from the Gardens; Queen's Park Gardens; water tower; Boys' High School; Esk Street; Kew Hospital; two of Dee Street; First Presbyterian Church; and the new Post Office. Of Gisborne - two of Gladstone Road; panorama of Kaiti; general view; river bank gardens; looking across the river; nurses' home, Cook Hospital; Poho-o-Rawiri Maori house; Intermediate School; and Cook Hospital. Also included are the original envelopes the snapshots came in. Produced by Blennerhassetts of New Plymouth of Taranaki - six of Mount Taranaki; two of a mountain hut in the snow; Mount Taranaki with a shelter in the foreground; the old house in the snow; and the hotel with the mountain behind it. Quantity: 31 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1895

By: Deverell, Walter, 1853?-1920

Reference: C-018-006

Description: View across railway lines, towards trains and covered railway waggons, the Railway Station, the Post Office and Bank of New Zealand buildings Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing 203 x 571 mm

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :[New Zealand buildings. Greeting cards]. The Save the Children Fund. [1970s?]

Reference: E-279-q-174

Description: View of the Invercargill Post Office (front facade), on greeting card sold in aid of The Save the Children Fund Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 105 x 140 mm

Date: ca 1900-1925

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm); Strong, R, active 1905

Reference: PAColl-7261

Description: Invercargill Post Office and Athenaeum; Bluff east from the wharf; the view down Princes Street with shops on either side such as a chemists and an oyster bar, and trams, horses and carts and pedestrians in the street; Victoria Square, Christchurch with a tram and bicycles; looking south down Queen Street, Waimate; St Augustine's Church, Waimate; two young women next to a statue of Margaret Cruickshank, Waimate; the Alexandra bridge; tourists arriving in the spa grounds, Hanmer; an elevated view of Clyde; and tourists on the wharf at Queenstown waiting to get on the steamship. Quantity: 9 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1909

From: Various artists :[Postcards and greeting cards collected by McCarthy. 1880s-1940s?]

By: William Beattie & Company

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-McCarthy-006

Description: Postcard shows a coloured photograph of Invercargill Post Office, with its central clocktower. There are four horse-drawn carriages parked beside the kerb in front. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Part of the McCarthy Collection of greeting cards.

Date: 1970 - 1978

From: Gunson, D W, fl 1970s :[New Zealand buildings. Greeting cards]. The Save the Children Fund. [1970s?]

Reference: E-279-q-174-A

Description: View of the Invercargill Post Office (front facade), on greeting card sold in aid of The Save the Children Fund Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 105 x 140 mm

Date: ca 1937-1950

From: Jones, Winifred, fl 1950-2004 :Photographs relating to Frederick Jones

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966

Reference: PA1-o-1230

Description: Album containing photographs relating to the work of Frederick Jones as Postmaster General and Minister of Defence, including photographs of opening ceremonies for post offices around New Zealand, the Jones family, the Achilles arriving at Auckland, and Jones meeting various personalities. Album also contains souvenir items from the opening of the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black leather bound album 24.5 x 31.2 cm

Date: [ca 1860, 1870s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-q-328

Description: Album of original sepia prints photographed by Frank Arnold Coxhead circa 1860s and 1870s. Views include Lake Wakatipu and environs; various buildings and businesses in Invercargill and Southland, including First Presbyterian Church and Second Presbyterian Church (Invercargill), Kew Sawmills (Southland), the Invercargill Gasworks, Invercargill Post Office and the Albion Hotel. Includes a photograph of a drawing of Oamaru in 1860. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - Photographed by Frank A Coxhead, Invercargill, NZ Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cover, 29 x 25.6 cm

Date: 1925

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

Reference: APG-0875-1/2-G

Description: Exterior view of The Invercargill Post Office. To the right are the premises of McKay & Aitchison, Arcade Auction Mart, auctioneers, valuers etc. A number of people are walking in the square in front of the Post Office, and there is a tram centre left. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1925. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 229 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Post Office. Invercargill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-022524-F

Description: Post Office in Invercargill, circa 1910. Taken by an unidentified photographer. The first portion of this building was completed in 1876. The tower and clock were added in the mid 1890s. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).