Photographers - New Zealand - Southland Region

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: [1860-1900]

From: Packer, Robbie: Cartes de visite

By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; American Photographic Company (Dunedin, N.Z.); Bashford, James, active 1870-1873; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Caledonian Portrait Gallery; Cambridge and Cooper (Firm); H Chatteris Art Photographic Studio; Cherrill, Nelson King, 1845-1916; Christchurch Fancy Bazaar; Clifford, Robert, active 1865-1885; Clifford & Morris (Firm); Coxhead Brothers (Firm); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Coxhead, Harry, 1846-1885; Coxhead & Le Sueur (Firm); De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; De Maus, James, 1836-1871; Dutch & Bull (Firm); E Dossetter and Company; Dougall, William, 1845-1924; Easter & Wallis (Firm); Edinburgh Photo Company; Exchange Court Studio; Frederic, Robert Charles Edward, 1863-1945; Frost, William Row, 1845?-1911; Gaul, John, -1876; George & Walton (Firm); George Eden & Company; Gill, H J, active 1912; Girvan and Gill (Firm); Grand & Dunlop (Firm); Hagen, Carl, active 1878-1895; Hart, Campbell & Company; Jones, Francis Lawrence, -1898; Lawrence, Samuel Charles Louis, active 1833-1891; Leves, Nathaniel, active 1884-1885; London Portrait Rooms (Dunedin, N.Z.); McGregor, John, -1894; Manning, Charles Henry, 1848-1895; Martin & Lawson (Firm); Martin, Charles, 1842?-1905; May and Company (Firm); Meers, Robert Walter, active 1880s; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; National Portrait Gallery (Dunedin, N.Z.); New Zealand Photographic Company (Dunedin, N.Z.); Nicholas & Dougall (Firm); Nicholas Brothers (Firm); Nicholas, Richard John, active 1868-1881; Nicholas, James Martyn, 1833-1916; Rutherford & Company; Sherlock, William, 1846-1910; Schourup, Peter, 1837-1887; Spiller, John, 1850-1928; Standish & Preece (Firm); Tyree, William, 1855-1924; Vandyck Studio (Dunedin, N.Z.); Victorian Portrait Rooms; Walker, Charles F, active 1872-1876; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-1288

Description: Ring binder album containing cartes de visite studio portraits of women, men, children and groups, organised by location and photographer, circa 1860 to 1900. Almost all of the portraits are unidentified except for one of Walter Reynolds, taken by City Photo Company, Christchurch. Photographers are named, sometimes with a location and date. Christchurch photographers are May & Co, Martin & Lawson, Dutch & Bull, J Spiller, C H Manning, N Cherrill, H Chatteris, R Meers, W Sherlock, Parker & Harrison (?Crystal Palace), Grand & Dunlop, E Wheeler & Son, J Gaul, P Schourup, C Martin, Price & co, J Bashford, George & Walton, Eden George, C Lawrence, Standish & Preece, C F Walker, E Dossetter, Dossetter & Co, Cambridge & Cooper, City Photo Company, C F Walker, Christchurch Fancy Bazaar, Easter & Wallis, D L Mundy, and A V Gadd. Dunedin photographers are D Mundy & co, Girvan & Gill, Morris, Robert clifford, Clifford & co, Clifford & Morris, National Portrait Gallery, H J Gill, London Portrait Rooms, Burton Brothers, Carl Hagen (Mosgiel), J W Allen, New Zealand Photographic Co, Coxhead & LeSueur, Frank Coxhead, Coxhead Brothers, H Coxhead, F L Jones, Rutherford & Co, W R Frost, American Photo co, J G Wills, Eden George & Co, Hart Campbell & Co, Ries & Hart, Ries & Co, D A De Maus, James De Maus, Loves, Exchange Court Studio, Amphotoum Photographic Company[?], Victorian Portrait rooms, William Tyree, Edinburgh Photo Company, J McGregor, Caledonian Portrait Gallery,Vandyck Studio. Invercargill photographers are Dougall's Studio, R J Nicholas, J M Nicholas & Co, Nicholas Brothers, Frank Coxhead, Fredric's Portrait Rooms, Nicholas & Dougall, Hart Campbell & Co, and Ross Photographer. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) consisting of 220 photographs. Physical Description: White ring bolder of clear plastic enclosures containing carte de visite Processing information: Photographs and captions kept in original order