Rotorua photographer, fl 1911-1912 (Flourishing dates from Auckland City Libraries Photographers database)
Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912
Creator unknown :Photographs of Wellington, Te Aroha, Gisborne and Rotorua
Date: 1899 - 1912
By: Brown, John Henry, active 1899-1906; Ellerbeck, Laurence Anderson, -1963; Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Watson, Alexander James, -1920; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940
Reference: PAColl-3405
Description: Includes school groups in Te Aroha and Gisborne, NZ forces on Queens Wharf, Wellington, prior to departure for South Africa in 1899, and groups of tourists in the Thermal District Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).
Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, NZ. Raphael Tuck & Sons. C Parkerson photo.
Date: Between 1910 and 1913
By: Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912
Reference: PA5-0061
Description: Whakarewarewa, Rotorua NZ, taken by C Parkerson and published by Raphael Tuck and sons. (Oilette postcard) Verso consists of letter to Eva from Rose and Will and addressed to Mike? Crisp .... Birkenhead, Auckland. Quantity: 1 colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph 85 x 139 mm
North Island
Date: [Circa 1890s-1930s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970; Winkelmann, Henry, 1860-1931; Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Beattie, William, 1864-1931
Reference: PAColl-0959-06
Description: Scenic photographs of the North Island taken between circa 1890s and 1940s by various unidentified and identified photographers. Identified photographers are Tudor Collins, W A Kennedy, H Winklemann, C Parkerson and W Beattie. Views include Litte Barrier Island, including a view of a rock named as "Queen Victoria"; views of Mount Ngauruhoe in eruption, one of Mount Ruapehu covered in snow; various unidentified geysers in the Wairakei and Rotorua areas; Arikikapakapa (listed as Arikikahakaha); hot bath on the White Terraces; various named geysers including Prince of Wales Feathers, Great Wairakei Geyser, Waimangu Geyser (computed height 800 ft in 1908), and Tuatahi (or Tuhuatahi) Champagne Cauldron. One or two images show towns that have not been identified, including one that has the premises of "S A Dumbleton, General Storekeeper"; identified towns and cities are listed above. Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Parkerson, C. P. :War canoe 'Te Irori' of Rotoiti. Parkerson Photo. [ca 1910]
Date: 1908 - 1912
By: Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967
Reference: A-111-099
Description: Reproduction of a photograph, possibly clipped from a magazine showing Lake Rotoiti (Rotorua) with a large war canoe being paddled by men in white shirts Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 131 x 191 mm
Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua - Photograph taken by C P Parkerson
Date: [ca 1911-1912]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs
By: Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912
Reference: PAColl-3033-1-29
Description: Lake Rotoiti, Rotorua, photographed circa 1911-1912 by C P Parkerson. View includes a waka and a row boat. Other - Note on back of backing board reads "[Arero?] Bay. Old Pa Ohoukaka on Peninsular" Source of descriptive information - Notes printed on postcard. Dated in relation to the flourishing dates of the photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - Return to J Cowan Brooklyn, Wn "For [Enzer ?] Junior" Story Ngakuru Pana, of Hokianga JCowan Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photo-mechanical print (postcard), 8.7 x 13.7 cm
Stout album
Date: [Circa 1895 to 1919]
By: Stout, Thomas Duncan Macgregor (Sir), 1885-1979; Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928; Beattie, William, 1864-1931; Billens, Henry, 1846-1936; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963; Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Miller, C, active 1900s; Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Parkerson, C P, active 1911-1912; Preen, Edith, active 1907; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Whalley and Company; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: PA1-q-226
Description: Album of postcards with subjects ranging from religious, humourous, British scenes, greetings, old paintings, New Zealand scenes, interspersed with some family and personal photographs. None of the personal subjects are named, but where possible the names of photographers are listed above. A loose envelope is inserted inside the back cover, containing a few more general postcards, but also including an envelope containing a group portrait of boys from the VIth standard at Terrace School, Wellington, in 1895. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, entitled "Album" in stylised white lettering; 34 x 24 cm