Lakes - New Zealand - South Island

Date: 1977

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; E C Keating (Firm)

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1977-01

Description: Shows a photograph of a southern lake and snowy mountains, in the shape of a roaring stag. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 900 x 645 mm (untrimmed) Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: [ca 1968]

From: Thorn, Benji, fl 2005 :Colour slides taken on holidays in the South Island

Reference: PA12-3423

Description: A Bus trip in Cental Otago and the town of Tarras; views of Timaru; views of an unidentified lake; People sunning thenselves at the youth hostel at Waimate; Views of Christchurch. Photographed by an unidentified photographer about 1968. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1950s-1960s]

From: Bailey, Margaret (Dr), 1945-: Collection of Margaret and John Bailey

Reference: PA12-7811

Description: Transparency slides of various locations in the Southern Alps, taken ca 1950s-1960s by John Bailey Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

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

By: Guthrie, Robert Neil (Dr), 1882-1953

Reference: Pan-1668-F

Description: Panoramic view of snow-capped mountains in the background. Photograph taken from a steep tussocky hill looking down over a large lake on the right, with a small lake centre foreground. There is a large barn and other farm buildings centre left, other buildings hidden among trees. Road behind the farm buildings leads between hills into the distance. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Mountain and Lake Scene. No. 713. N.Z.; Marginal notes on negative - Dr. Neil Guthrie. 9 Cranmer Square. ChCh. 4 sepia; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 127.4 cm

Date: [ca 1940s-1950s]

From: Cowan, James Robson, 1918-2006: Collection

Reference: PAColl-10756-01

Description: Photographic prints documenting tour of the South Island by Roy Cowan driving his MG (Registration plate 211-688). Prints depict Aoraki/Mount Cook, forest landscapes, mountain huts, glaciers, lakes, mountain valleys, lombardy poplar trees, rivers, roads, campsites, scree, valleys, and a portrait of a weka. Many views include the motor vehicle driven by Cowan. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 64 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic prints.

Date: 1932

From: Barkas, Mary Rushton, 1889-1961 and Barkas, Frederick, 1854-1932: Family Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12530-1

Description: Contains a 55 page typed letter by Frederick Barkas to his daughter Mary Barkas, between January and March 1932, regarding a three month excursion tour of the South Island to and from his home town of Timaru, The letter includes photographs of people and places visited during the tour; handwritten letters from acquaintances; collected ephemera such as postcards and newspaper clippings; and a sequence of typed "Daily pages" numbered 56-70 , addressed to Mary Barkas which outlines his day to day activities. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 74 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Interleaved typescript papers, some with photographs affixed.

Date: [1970-1993]

From: Wellman, Harold William, 1909-1999 : Papers

Reference: 2003-374-01

Description: Working papers on lakes Ohau, Pukakai, Rotoiti, Sumner, Coleridge, Hawea reservoir, Tekapo, Wakatipu, Rotoroa; includes maps, data etc Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

Reference: PA1-o-331

Description: Album of New Zealand views by Thomas Pringle, in two sequences. The first sequence are scenic views of famous beauty spots; the second sequence are tourist photographs of young and old Maori women. Other Titles - Art photos of New Zealand Other Titles - Maori studies Inscriptions: Album page - Art photos of New Zealand. 18 exquisite photos of famous beauty spots in N.Z. Copyright Thos. pringle, Wellington, N.Z."; Album page - Maori studies. Permanent carbonette photos. Copyright Thos. Pringle (Sequence after the landscapes) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Tan suede cover with poker work design and title, and embossed hei tiki, coloured green; entitled Maoriland pictures; 26 x 32 cm

Date: [Between 1885 and 1919]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-0959-15

Description: Views of the Southern Lakes District, interspersed with a few scenes in the North Island taken by the Burton Brothers and Muir & Moodie between about 1885 and 1919. Most of the places mentioned are listed above. Image no. 63 shows a party of men and women at Sandfly Point (Milford Sound) showing some of the women wearing veils over their hats for protection from sandflies; image no. 79 "Phantom canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera" is an artist's impression of the phantom canoe which appeared to a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera on May 31st prior to the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10th 1886 and which was considered to be a bad omen; image no. 82 shows a collage "No. 1. Maori Land. The portraits are originals - taken from life"; image no. 094 shows a close-up view of the "wire tram" over the Taramakau River; no. 095 shows a logging tramway in the Taupaki Kauri Bush belonging to Matthew Henry Roe, while no. 120 shows his Kauri Point Sawmill, with the paddle steamer "Oregon" in the background; no. 096 shows a self-acting tramway incline at Wairongomai used for gold extraction; nos 104 and 105 show gold dredges, "the Dunedin Gold Dredge" and "Sew Hoy's Dredge". Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Some items retouched with white, showing snow-covered peaks. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1960 - 1965

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Old homes & sheds, farms made by pioneers in Norsewood. [1950s-1964].

By: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973

Reference: E-029-q-101

Description: View looking over an unidentified lake in the South Island. There are two large cabbage trees growing at the lake edge in the foreground. A snow-capped mountain range can be seen in the far distance. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 245 x 315 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist available.. Provenance: Donated by Mrs J. Brenkley in 1964.

Date: 1937 - 1945

By: Midland Coachlines (Firm); Bailey, Robert, active 1940s; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-D-BUS-1940-01

Description: A poster advertising a South Island bus company based in Christchurch. Shows a couple sitting in the left foreground, looking out at a lake and distant snowy mountains. On the foreshore below them is a Midland tour bus, of the Bedford 29-seater model introduced in 1937. The string of a large luggage label encircles the couple. The Midland bus company used the Bedford 29-seater bus from 1937 until about 1950. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 765 x 508 mm.

Date: 1977

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; E C Keating (Firm)

Reference: Eph-D-TOURISM-1977-01

Description: Shows a photograph of a southern lake and snowy mountains, in the shape of a roaring stag. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 815 x 535 mm Provenance: Acquired in 1980.