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Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
- Date
- [ca 1895-1925]
- By
- Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942
- Reference
- PA-Group-00629
- Description
Photographs attributed to Robina Nicol, who lived for a time at 50 Austin Tce, Wellington, between 1895 and 1925. Show family of Thomas William Kirk (1856-1936), temperance activities, women and children, Baptist Church activities, scenes in Wellington, Wanganui and Rotorua. Robina Nicol is in several of the photographs, and it is likely that those were taken by her husband Alexander Scott Nicol.
Source of title - Title supplied by Library
Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-233533-G to 1/2-233930-G, and 1/2-234155-G, and 1/4-121268-G to 1/4-121474-G.
Quantity: 605 b&w original negative(s). 90 b&w original photographic print(s).
Provenance: Purchase, 2009
- Additional description
Many of these negatives are damaged from water (mould damaging the emulsion), and various forms of chemical degradation. But throughout there are groups of negatives in good condition.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 605 b&w original negative(s), 90 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs
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Copyright
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Photographic prints by Robina Nicol
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9766
Description: Photographic prints by Robina Nicol. Includes: Portraits and groups of people. Yachts on Wellington Harbour. Ship `Britanic' at a Wellington wharf. Ship `Morayshire' loading frozen mutton, Picton Harbour. Group on donkeys, Oriental Bay beach. Karori water reservoir and surroundings. Wellington central post office lit up for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901. View of Hill Street, Wellington. High Court building, Auckland. Wellington Harbour. Monument Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. Government Gardens, Rotorua. Views of unidentified New Zealand towns. Village, probably on Shetland. Native forest at Brachens, Ohinemoa. Coastal views. Group in Onahau Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound. Landscape views with native forest, rivers, and sea. Toi toi swamp and surrounding hills. Waterfall on forest river. Horses and oat stacks. Sheep in yards. Bull in paddock. Dogs. Cat. Potted lilly of the valley plant. Vase of flowers. Postcard of unidentified institutional building. Postcard of woman spinning. Photograph of a painting of a woman holding a fawn. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 83 b&w original photographic print(s).
Man with cat
Date: [Between 1895 and 1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/4-121313-G
Description: Man with cat. Photograph taken ca 1895-1916, probably by Robina Nicol of Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Waterfall
Date: [Between 1895 and 1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/4-121419-G
Description: Waterfall. Photograph taken ca 1895-1916, probably by Robina Nicol of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Waterfall
Date: [Between 1895 and 1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/4-121422-G
Description: Waterfall. Photograph taken ca 1895-1916, probably by Robina Nicol of Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Three women outdoors
Date: [ca 1895-1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233716-G
Description: Photograph attributed to Robina Nicol, taken circa 1895-1916 showing three older women standing outside, in front of the wall of a house or shed. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Woman standing on wooden footbridge
Date: [ca 1895-1925]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233873-G
Description: Photograph attributed to Robina Nicol, taken circa 1895-1925, showing a woman on a wooden footbridge over the Otepuni Creek in the Otepuni Gardens, Invercargill. Behind her is a garden and large chimney and factory of the Fleming Flour Mill. Location identified by a researcher July 2021 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Landscape
Date: [Between 1895 and 1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/4-121356-G
Description: Landscape. Photograph taken ca 1895-1916, probably by Robina Nicol of Wellington. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Jerome Sinclair and Florence Sinclair
Date: [ca 1895-1916]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233843-G
Description: Photograph attributed to Robina Nicol, taken circa 1895-1914, showing a portrait of Jerome Sinclair and his second wife Florence Sinclair in a domestic garden setting. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Bridge over the Whanganui River
Date: [ca 1895-1925]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233554-G
Description: Photograph attributed to Robina Nicol, taken circa 1895-1925, showing a bridge over the Whanganui River, with town buildings in the background. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Vivian Street Baptist Church pipe organ and pews
Date: [ca 1895]
From: Nicol, Robina, 1861-1942: Photographs
Reference: 1/2-233875-G
Description: Photograph attributed to Robina Nicol, taken circa 1895, showing Vivian Street Baptist Church pipe organ and pews, Wellington. A similar image is at Library reference 1/2-233760-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative