Clock towers - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.

Reference: Pa1-o-389

Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PAColl-6940

Description: A miscellaneous collection including: two of HMS Hood in Lyttelton harbour; an old Christchurch City Council truck; Michael Savage and a group of people on a city street; a GPO Royal Mail van; a bush railway probably for logging; the sailing ship Whitepine moored probably in Lyttelton harbour; a Thew Shovel Co steam shovel loading a cart with a man holding the horse; and a view of Manchester Street showing the Jubilee Clock Tower. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057408 to 057416 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1916

From: [Ephemera relating to ANZAC events in New Zealand and overseas, as anniversaries of the landing at Anzac Cove. Undated, and 1916-1919]

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1916-02

Description: A card, on which is written words of resolve, to do one's best, to be honest, kind, fair-minded, helpful, clean hard-working; to take the gift of freedom and "carry on" in place of our honoured dead, etc. The verso shows the lyrics and musical notation for the "Hour chimes of the Ashburton Post Office Clock". The chimes were arranged by Dr Crotch in 1780 for an air of Handel's and are known as "The Cambrdige Chimes". The words are by the Rev Dr Taylor, London" Ashburton's chiming clock was installed in 1904. The card states that Dr Taylor wrote the words. Online sources say that they are derived from Great St Mary's and are an allusion to Psalm 37. They are: "All through this hour/ Lord be my guide/ And by Thy power/ No foot shall slide". Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on both sides of card, 89 x 114 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2017.

Date: [ca 1960]

From: New Zealand Railways: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9687

Description: Photograph of Christchurch Railway Station at night, taken ca 1960 by an unidentified photographer for New Zealand Government Railways Publicity Branch Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1920s]

Reference: PAColl-6745

Description: 4 negatives of trams on the streets of Christchurch, two passing the Anglican cathedral. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028756 to 028759 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PA4-0822

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Clock tower, Christchurch, taken by a photographer form Rose studios Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Clock Tower, Ch.Ch.; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Rose - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [1896-1899]

Reference: 1/2-031842-F

Description: Cathedral Square in Christchurch, circa 1896-1899, with a cast iron drinking fountain in the foreground. The Post Office, with clock tower, is in the background. Two horse drawn carriages can also been seen. Photograph taken from `Inheritors of a dream: a pictorial history of New Zealand' by Dick Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1913

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

By: Russell, Walter Gurney, active 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-001033-G

Description: View of the Waimate Post office and clock tower. Postcard printed by Walter G Russell, bookseller in Queen Street, Waimate, 1913, from an original photograph by Arthur James Cox. Other - Photographer originally wrongly identified as Russell from label attached to back of file print reading "W.G.R.", and from research in Wise's Post Office Directory between 1910 and 1920. Established as the printer from an article in Waimate Daily Advertiser 20 October 1913 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDA19131020.2.7. April 2021. Correct photographer supplied by a researcher. Other - File print has been cropped and lacks the inscription at the bottom, and an area of telegraph wires and sky to the left of the clock tower Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 52. Waimate. Post Office.; Marginal notes on negative - top left - W.G.R. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

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

Reference: 1/2-001845-G

Description: View looking east along High Street, Rangiora, with the post office and clock tower on the right and the premises of J B Cresswell (surgeon dentist), centre right. Photograph taken by William A Price circa 1910s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - High Street (Looking east). Rangiora. No. 3373 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [192-?]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000566-F

Description: Photograph possibly taken by Frank James Denton See 'Other notes' at PA-Group-00380 regarding negatives 1/1-00502 to 00582 Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 8 May 1923

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0458-F

Description: Panoramic view of the intersection of High, Manchester and Lichfield Streets, Christchurch, on the 8th of May 1923. A building called `Ridley's [?] Buildings' is in the centre and houses the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Also visible are signs advertising the businesses of J Rhodes - hatter, J O McGillivray - public accountant, Mrs Penhalluriack - confectioner, and Strange's. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Intersection of High, Manchester and Lichfield Streets, Christchurch NZ 8.5.23; Marginal notes on negative - "Christchurch" [Beneath] "36 2" [written randomly] Panoramic print taken from this negative at PA6-075. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [between ca 1962 and 1970]

From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs

Reference: DW-5344-F

Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: [circa 1915?]

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

Reference: 1/2-000510-G

Description: View of Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, ca 1915. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cathedral Square. ChCh; Photographer's title on negative - centre left - Cathedral Square Ch.Ch Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [Between June 1905-1910]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-009761-G

Description: Manchester Street, Christchurch, photographed between June 1905 and 1910. View includes a horse drawn tram by a clock tower. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - Chch Manchester St about 1904 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1913

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

By: Russell, Walter Gurney, active 1914-1918

Reference: 1/2-001032-G

Description: View of Queen Street, Waimate, looking north. The Post Office clock tower is visible centre right, with shops and commercial buildings lining the street on either side. Postcard printed by Walter G Russell, bookseller in Queen Street, Waimate, 1913, from an original photograph. Photographer unknown Source of descriptive information - Photographer originally wrongly identified as Russell from label attached to back of file print reading "W.G.R.", and from research in Wise's Post Office Directory between 1910 and 1920. Established as the printer from an article in Waimate Daily Advertiser 20 October 1913 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDA19131020.2.7. April 2021. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 55. Waimate. Queen St, looking north; Marginal notes on negative - top left - W.G.R. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 8 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000708

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 8 March 2012. Includes photographs of Avonside Girls' High School (pupils, replacement buildings, and salvaged crest), Quake Cafe (in a container) at 1027 Ferry Road, road works on Kennedy Bush Road, white zoned land on Kinsey Terrace, residental buildings in Mt Pleasant which are green zoned but many to be demolished, a dressed rock at the corner of Clifton Terrace and Clifton Bay, Scarborough Clock Tower, cliffs above Wakefield Avenue, and Out of the Box contemporary furniture store operating out of a container. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 08 - Avonside GHS -Kinsey -Sumner -Ferry Rd" Quantity: 60 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1 Apr 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000730

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 1 April 2012. Particularly of Oxford Clinic Hospital demolition, Canterbury Society of Arts building prior to demolition, Christchurch Convention Centre, City Centre Map detailing the 'Red zone' which remains cordoned off from public access, signs protesting the demolition of heritage buildings, businesses notifying customers of continued business despite demolitions, demolition site of St Mary's Merivale, art installations on Kilmore Street, Victoria Clock Tower, Knox Presbyterian Church, Blax Espresso Bar, Dorset Towers under demolition, Brigittes (Aikmans Road, Merivale), Oxford Terrace builing demolition, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Demolition machinery and trucks, new buildings being erected in Armagh Street, The Grange Motel (Armagh Street), rubble of Amuri Courts carpark, Crown Plaza Hotel in later stages of demolition, photograph installations on boarded up portions of Cranmer Court building, Guardian Trust building at Petersborough Street, Ironside House, Quinns specialist ladies department store in shipping containers in Merivale. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 01 - City" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).

Date: 22 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000728

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 22 February 2011. Particularly of traffic cones decorated for the Feb 22 anniversary, the first anniversary memorial service, diggers parked on Park Terrace, Petersborough Apartments, Victoria Street Clock Tower, mobile Lebanese food cart, wildflowers planted in vacant lot on Victoria Street and Petersborough Streets. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 22 - Cones, city" Quantity: 26 digital photograph(s).

Date: 23 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000729

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 23 February 2011. Particularly of '185 Empty Chairs' a temporary art installation tribute to the people who loss their lives Includes the demolition of 291 Madras Street, Edmonds Clock, various tributes to the 13 people (9 on the bus and 4 on the pavement) who died on Colombo Street on 22 Feb 2011, new carpark, pathing and landscaping on Colombo Street, Crowne Plaza Hotel under demolition, new building developments on Montreal and Colombo Streets, new housing and building sites in Salisbury Street, Gap Filler site 'The Book Fridge' on the corner of Barbadoes and Kilmore Streets, the new Herb Centre and Piko Cafe on Kilmore Street, building site of the demolished historic hotel at 192 Moorhouse Avenue, new front on 514 Colombo Street, and protest signs on fences around the city. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 23 - Cones, Tributes, new build" Quantity: 41 digital photograph(s).