Places

Date: 1941

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-139835-F

Description: Mrs Popper (left), Henry Dan Broadhead (middle) and Karl Popper, near a waterfall at Akaroa, 1941. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-123

Description: A distant view of the outline of Mt Berard (Flag Peak), behind Akaroa in 1848 Mount or Mont Berard was later renamed Flag Peak. It lies south of Akaroa township Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.

Date: 1868

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, between 1860 and 1868]

Reference: E-033-4-039

Description: View of the front of a large house with twin gables, set amongst trees with a tall hill behind, a fence to the right running up the hill There is a drawing on the other side of the page of the view from behind Dr Watson's house Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on cream wove paper, 118 x 199 mm

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019537-F

Description: Akaroa, circa 1910, with mail coaches leaving outside the furnishing warehouse of T E Taylor. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1922]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-006507-G

Description: Akaroa, Canterbury region, circa 1922, including Brasenose peak in the distance. Photograph taken by F G Radcliffe. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated from Radcliffe 'Tourist Series' register held in Photographic Archive. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 11 Feb 1953]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-8163-06

Description: View of farmer droving a flock of sheep up a hillside on Akaroa Peninsula. Photograph taken circa February 1953, by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Pub. Studios Akaroa L 11/2/53 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 22 x 16.4 cm

From: K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives

Reference: 1/2-212061-F

Description: Hughes Family Hotel, Akaroa, photographed by K E Niven and Co of Wellington. [Copy]. Description from negative envelope and studio card index. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative Finding Aids: Studio card index: A.R. Harris & Co. Ltd. no 5086.

Date: [192-?]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-008950-F

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic negative

Date: 1939

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Akaroa-1939-01

Description: Shows a general photographic view looking down on the township of Akaroa, with rata blossom and a cabbage tree in the foreground. There is some light red colouring added to the monochrome photograph. The pamphlet describes the attractions of Akaroa, a township on Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, and describes road and rail transportation thither. It also lists hotels, boarding houses, tea rooms, launch trips, stores. Dated from the references to events to take place in early 1940. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 252 x 206 mm, on front of brochure, unfolded 505 x 308 mm.

Date: 1914

From: Marks, J M fl 1905 :Photographs of Christchurch and environs, 1890s-1910s

Reference: 1/1-000398-G

Description: Overlooking Akaroa and harbour, New Zealand, 1914. Photograph taken by J M Marks. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1868 - 1870

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-032

Description: Shows view of a collection of buildings adjoining the waterfront, including a circular glasshouse or pavillion. Of the closely grouped buildings, the verandahed two-storeyed building with pink side is Garwood's general store (identified by reference to Neg. 1/2-08561 in PRS), and the four-gabled building next-but-one, is Bruce's Hotel (identified in PRS Neg. 1/2-10294). There are willow and other European trees alongside the buildings. The hills behind are partially wooded. Probably painted around the end of the 1860s. The artist is known to have been in the vicinity after the wreck of the ketch (probably the "Crest") in 1868 - his picture of Akaroa Heads is dated 1869. PRS (Pictorial Reference Service) photo including Bruce's Hotel and dated "1860s" shows the hotel with only three gables, whereas another photo dated "1870s", shows it with the four gables, as in this painting. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 160 x 200 mm.

Date: 1868 - 1870

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-040

Description: Shows a partial view of the harbour, a rich turquoise, from a rutted dirt road in the foreground, through vegetation. Across the harbour, the hills of Wainui are in the background. A red-brown cow grazes beyond the road in the foreground Probably painted around the end of the 1860s. The artist is known to have been in the vicinity after the wreck of the ketch (probably the "Crest") in 1868 - his picture of Akaroa Heads is dated 1869. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 125 x 167 mm.

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-004

Description: Two drawings on one page. The upper view is a defensive fort with a surrounding fence, a house to the left, looking south along the foreshore at Akaroa. The lower drawing is a view from the jetty looking back towards two houses on the shore with Mount Berard (Flag Peak) in the background Other Titles - Blockhouse, Blockhaus Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, on buff-coloured sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm

Date: [192-?]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-008955-F

Description: Shows an unidentified woman standing beside a Kinman cannon (made in 1808) on display at the Britomart Reserve, Akaroa. A plaque on the cannon says 'Ordance gun from the HMS Britomart which arrived at Akaroa 10 August 1840'. Wooden colonial period building and bare tree visible in background. Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of additional descriptive information - Location provided by Library client. Information on cannon provided by the Akaroa Civic Trust (see website www.akaroacivictrust.co.nz 7 September 2012) Cannon placed on Britomart Reserve in 1908 and described as being from the HMS Britomart, a British naval vessel which came to Akaroa in 1840 to demonstrate British sovereignity over the South Island. The 1808 Kinman cannon had been sent out by the British Admiralty for display at the 1906-1907 International Exhbition held in Christchurch. The cannon had ben requested by Akaroa Mayor Etienne Le Lievre. After the closure of the Exhibition, the cannon was sent to Akaroa. It is the same type of cannon that would have been on the HMS Britomart, but is not from the Britomart itself. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic negative

Date: 1860 - 1880

Reference: PA2-2813

Description: Shows William Tonsend with child aged approx 10-18 mths on his knee Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-104

Description: View on the foreshore, with a soldier and cannon in the foreground, houses and the blockhouse prominent to the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm.

Date: 1861 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-072

Description: Shows wedding party, including two bridal couples in European dress, brides in white, and another couple with the woman in dark dress. Grouped around are men, women and children, making a total of 28 persons, all in European dress. They are standing in rural surroundings, the edge of a field with fence in right background, and scrub-covered hill behind. Man with child at left may be European. Artist Octavius Hurt, owner of the sketchbook, is known to have been in the Akaroa area in the late 1860s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label):[Title] Quantity: 1 photograph(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 104 x 158 mm, with top corners rounded.

Date: ca 1910

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-017755-G

Description: Scene in Akaroa, cica 1910. A 'Welcome' sign is visible. Christchurch Press photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1876

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PICT-000171

Description: House known as 'Annadale' at Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, with a group on the verandah. Photograph taken in 1876 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Copy of a unidentified published item. Publication note - Published in the New Zealand Free Lance, 13/8/52. The front part of the house was built in 1871. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.7 x 22.1 cm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 2] 1848

Reference: E-333-002

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a young man, his eyes lowered, his left hand to his mouth, his right arm leaning on a bench or table. He may be thinking or asleep in a sitting position Mantell was in Akaroa on 18 Sept 1848. The subject may possibly be a member of the Lewis family Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - date [in ink] From the sketchbook kept by Mantell during his journey down the South Island as Commissioner for the Extinguishment of Native Titles. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink on sketchbook page, 135 x 230 mm