Postcard photographer. Began publishing postcards around 1906 and was initially based in Wanganui, before moving to Northcote, Auckland. Lived and practiced in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. From 1911 until death in 1948, lived at 21 Masons Ave Ponsonby. From 1920 until ca 1930 operated as Price Photo Co from studio at 300 Ponsonby Road. His early postcards were imprinted "The W.A.P. Colour Photographic Series, Wanganui Photo Co NZ", which became "Wanganui Photo Co, Northcote, Auckland, NZ" and then "W.A. Price Photo Co". A research paper has been compiled by Andrew Coffey and is available at the Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland.
Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
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W A Price Photo Coy :Photograph of an audience of 3000 people during a gramophone recit...
Date: April 22
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PA7-17-59
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
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Vincent, Melva G fl 1979 :Photograph of R M Vincent and postcards of New Zealand scenes
Date: 1900-1914
By: Vincent, Melva G, active 1979-1982; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PAColl-0176
Description: Tourist views of New Zealand, its cities, towns, countryside and scenery. One portrait of Reginald Henry Vincent taken ca 1908. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 40 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
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Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society, Wellingt...
Date: Nov 1891
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PAColl-D-0736
Description: Group photograph of 20 men. All extant names on bottom of the photograph have been indexed in name field (ie 16 names) Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names (some missing); Recto - bottom right - Price & Co (embossed) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen photoprint, 380 x 490 mm mounted on card
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Photographs of the ship "Julia Luckenbach"
Date: ca 1920s
From: New Zealand Seamen's Union: Photographs
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PAColl-6249-1
Description: Photographic survey showing parts of the interior and exterior of the "Julia Luckenbach". The back half of the ship is shown tied up at a wharf, and there are views of details of the deck and parts of the ship's superstructure. Most of the interior views relate to accomodation for the crew (bunks and lockers), the crew's dining room, and the latrines. There is also a view of the interior of the bridge. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s) All mounted on cardboard.
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Boaden, Frank Bruce :Photographs of Bruce Boaden at school and in the airforce, his par...
Date: 1920-1942
By: Weigel, William George, 1890-1980; Price, William Archer, 1866-1948; Broadway Studio
Reference: PAColl-3203
Description: Quantity: 12 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Assortment of photoprint formats. Includes two photoprints mounted on card and two photoprints in studio folders
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Whangaparapara logging mill, Great Barrier Island
Date: 1910
From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PAColl-5521-05
Description: View of the logging mill and ships in Whangaparapara harbour, Great Barrier Island, 1910. Photograph taken by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Whangapara Gt Barrier 2300D Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Print made from loaned negative
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Price, William Archer, d 1948 : Sailing ship Rangi at Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Bar...
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Young, L R, fl 1972 :Photographs, including ones of Great Barrier Island and the timber industry
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: PAColl-5521-08
Description: Sailing ship Rangi at Whangaparapara Harbour, Great Barrier Island, unloading logs for the Whangaparapara mill. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, circa 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 206 x 158 mm
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Artist unknown :Log b[ridge] Coal Creek [ca 1900].
Date: 1900 - 1910
Reference: G-172
Description: Shows a group of seven men and women in Edwardian dress, standing and seated on a log bridge over a stream, in a bush setting. The subjects are probably coal miners and their wives The title label on the surface of the painting is partly missing, so that the title reads: "Log b ... Coal Creek". Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On label stuck to surface of painting): [Title] Compare a very similar photograph 'Man and woman standing on a log bridge across Coal Creek, near Greymouth [ca 1903]', photographer William Archer Price, reference number 1/2-000112-G. The painting may be based on another photograph of additional members of the same group. The Library holds other similar but not identical views, including F-009368-1/4, showing a group of four seated men, three standing men and two women and a child on the same bridge, but taken from a closer point from the nearby left bank; also F-009369, showinga group of eight men, a child and two women at Coal Creek mining settlement. In each case, the people are all dressed in their Sunday best and the photographer is William Archer Price. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on board, 365 x 515 mm.
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Capital of a column at the construction site of the new General Post Office, Auckland
Date: ca 1910
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948
Reference: 1/2-011071-F
Description: Capital (head) of a column at the construction site of the new General Post Office, circa 1910. Photograph taken by the Price Photo Company. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Date: 1900 - 1930
By: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948; Price, E (Mrs), active 1948
Reference: PA-Group-00719
Description: Photographs taken in all parts of New Zealand. There are images by other photographers included in this collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives catalogued at 1/2-000001 to 1/2-001954 Negatives made by Price Photo Co, 30 Ponsonby Road, Auckland (proprietor, W A Price). Quantity: 1954 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 1993. Reference number changed from PAColl-3057 to PA-Group-00719 in 2011.