Ross Street

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

Date: [1918 to 1921]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-553

Description: Family photographs relating to the McCurdie family. Many are groups of friends and family, some of whom are identified with both Christian and surnames. These include wedding photographs of Marjorie Whitton who married J.W. Nicolls on March 31, 1921 at Oamaru, with Betty and Mary Whitton as bridesmaids. Several views of homes include Woodcroft (the home of Dr John Kinder), Werneth (a house at Atawhai, Nelson), The Moorings (the home of W. & Lucy Churchward at Springlands, Blenheim), and Stonycroft (home of Mr & Mrs Free, at Masterton). One view is of snow in Christchurch city in July 1918, and one shows decorations in the interior of Dunedin Hospital for the visit of the Prince of Wales in May 1920. Other scenes taken in 1920 show Hanmer Lodge and Hanmer Military Hospital. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 25 x 32 cm

Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-338

Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Southland Regions, by unidentified photographers. All the locations are well identified. Some of the images are related to railways, including railway tunnels (e.g. The Caversham Tunnel when under construction circa 1909), and the Hunts Road Tunnel; the Clutha Railway Bridge; the Wingatui Signal Box; the Balclutha Railway Station, railway yards, and sales-yards; railway barns; D-class engine (New Zealand Railways steam-engine No. 355); the Owaka Express; and bush tramway tracks, one sawmill typical of small mills in the Catlins area. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, including sunsets, stormy days on the coast near Dunedin, evening at Ocean Beach, storm clouds at Lawyer's Head, and "By beach and sand-hill". There are a large number of views of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the Winter Gardens, and the Dunedin Reservoir. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, gold lines down spine and across corners; 19.5 x 26.5

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1901]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-296

Description: Photographs, probably taken by G W Barltrop. Scenes in the first part of the album are of the South Island, mostly around the Dunedin area, and further south, in Invercargill and Bluff. There are two panoramas, one of Port Chalmers and one of Lumsden. Most are landscapes, but a few show groups of people, including five young girls in the Dunedin Botanical Gardens, and a man driving a horse and buggy at Manuka Creek, with two young women sitting beside him, and a third woman standing by the horse's head. A graveyard scene is a close-up view of two headstones, one for Catherine Louisa Schaw (widow of John S Schaw), who died in 1874 aged 71. North Island scenes show a church at Levin; and views of the countryside, a bullock pulling a laden cart, and at the Rimutaka Summit all taken on a train journey. Group portraits include one of a large family group, with two young boys in the foreground with a cricket bat and cricket pads; and two large groups of men and women associated with the Missions to Seamen. One image show a plaque erected `In memory of twelve officers and seamen who were drowned or died from exposure, by the wreck of the Barque Lizzie Bell near the Oeo River, July 24 1901, erected by members and friends of the Missions to seamen, Wellington, New Zealand'. There is also a photograph of the wreck of the ship Antiocco Accame, which was stranded at Katiki Beach, Otago, on 31 October 1901. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: [1890s to 1910s]

From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō

Reference: PA1-o-550

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken in the South Island, except for one view of `Woodcroft', the home of Dr John Kinder in Arney Road, Remuera from about 1880 until his death in 1903. Many of the South Island views are related to early surveyors William Duncan Ross McCurdie and his wife Olga McCurdie, and Ernest Herbert Wilmot, who were surveying land near Tahakopa, Tautuku, McLennan Valley and the Catlins. Several show the homes of early settlers in the Tahakopa Valley. Of particular interest are a view of women voting at their first election at Tahakopa (28.11.1893); one of an early settler's first home at Tahakopa; the first boat sailing up to Mr McCurdie's camp; and a group of horsemen on a beach, parading before going to war (1914). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light maroon cover, darker spine and corners; 25 x 20 cm

Date: [1850s-1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Hodgkins, William John Parker, 1866-1945

Reference: PA1-q-089

Description: Photographs of the Field and Hodgkins families, taken by William Hughes Field; and of New Zealand scenes. A number of views are of Dunedin taken between 1850 and 1868. Professional photographers include W J P Hodgkins, the Burton Brothers, F Finch and F A Coxhead. Individual views show scenes including a match played between the English cricket team vs Wellington, at the Basin Reserve, March 23-24, 1888; fire that destroyed the offices of Buckley & Co, a legal firm in Wellington, circa 1890s; views of a yachting party in Pelorus Sound; a house built of punga logs, circa 1858; various houses belonging to the Field and Hodgkins families, including Cranmore Lodge (Dunedin), and the Field house in Everton Terrace (Wellington). Also includes photographs of the Hodgkins' rented house in Ravensbourne. Inside the back cover is a black and white photographic copy of an illuminated address to Bishop Selwyn in farewell on his departure from New Zealand, with vignettes painted by Charles Decimus Barraud. Album signed `W Hughes Field, Terrace, Wellington, 1890-' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black covers, 30.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1885]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-387

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers before 1886, of whom F A Coxhead and James Ring are identifiable. Most of the images have captions, and names of places and buildings etc. are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 20 x 26 cm

Date: September 1925

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

Reference: APG-1561-1/2-G

Description: Rustic bridge at Ross Reservoir, Dunedin. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in September 1925. An original print is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 221 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Rustic bridge. Ross Reservoir. 9/25 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-0006-F

Description: Refer also Pan-0006-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Ross Street Reservoir Dunedin New Zealand No. 859" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.6 x 109.2 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

Reference: Pan-0008-F

Description: Refer also Pan-0006-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Ross Street Reservoir Dunedin New Zealand No. 860" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 110.1 cm Processing information: Title changed following information from a researcher, September 2023. Previous title: Ross Street Reservoir, Dunedin New Zealand.

Date: Nov 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-10709-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 6 Nov 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-10493a-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: September 1925

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

Reference: APG-1563-1/2-G

Description: Ross Reservoir, Dunedin. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, in September 1925. An original print is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 221 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Ross Reservoir. 9/25 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches