Municipal buildings - New Zealand - West Coast Region
Borough Council Building, Ross
Date: 1956
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: 1/4-129886-F
Description: Related index card reads: Buildings. Westland. Borough Council Building Ross, May 1956. [Stamp no.] 260. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: 60mm single frame film negative
Public gathering outside the Ross Borough Council Chambers, West Coast
Date: [191-?]
From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-072796-G
Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Laying foundation stone of Greymouth Town Hall and Carnegie Library
Date: 30 December 1904
From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: 1/1-027028-G
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Public gathering outside the Ross Borough Council Chambers, West Coast
Date: [191-?]
From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-072798-G
Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Carnegie Library and Town Hall, Greymouth
Date: [ca 1904]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-041278-G
Description: Carnegie Library and Town Hall, Greymouth, taken circa 1904, by an unidentified photographer. In the distance, on the left, is the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. The foundation stone for this building was laid in 1904. (Information from 1/1-027028) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Public gathering outside the Ross Borough Council Chambers, West Coast
Date: [191-?]
From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-072799-G
Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Greymouth, Westland District
Date: [ca1904]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-041255-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/2 plate Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
South Island prints one
Date: 1942-1956
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-2
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints