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Artist unknown :Photographs in the "King Country" of New Zealand. The Illustrated Londo...
Date: 1887
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)
Reference: A-433-005
Description: Nine scenes in one engraving showing: 1. "Shooting" a native; an anxious moment [a European photographer photographs apprehensive Maori] 2. Terrified they take to their heels [photographed subjects take fright] 3. Reciprocity [a Maori girl looks back through the lens at the photographer] 4. Our mode of progression over rocks and shallows [A waka is steered through rocks by punters on board and guides in the water] 5. Taitua our helmsman in full dress [Maori man wears European hat and jacket and grass skirt] 6. The largest whare in the settlement [A Maori indicates a small hut to two European travellers] 7. Tangarakau, a hundred miles up the Wanganui River [Scenic view of the river in a narrow area] 8. Mouton [Moutoa] Island, the scene of battle between friendly and hostile natives 9. Ngatai, chief of the Ngatiawa Tribe, our host at Taumarunui [Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a bearded Maori] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on page 397 x 297 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, May 2010.
How not to take photographs
Date: [ca 28 December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/403/16-F
Description: A building out of focus photgraphed as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua district
Date: [between 1889-1910]
From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-020723-G
Description: Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua district, photographed by Henry Wright between 1889-1910. Includes two people standing by a camera tripod. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Dated from information at PAColl-5032. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Unidentified Maori group - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-003127-G
Description: Studio photograph of a group of men. Three are wearing feather cloaks, one is wearing a piupiu around his shoulders, two others as a skirt. The two younger men sitting in the front are wearing striped tops. Three of the men are holding taiaha. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, ca 1900, probably in the Wanganui district. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
How not to take photographs
Date: [ca 28 December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/403/14-F
Description: Woman photographed in the glare of the sun as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Greytown, looking south
Date: [ca 1870s]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: 1/1-000779-F
Description: Greytown looking south. Shows a hotel on the left, and other commercial buildings and houses. James Bragge's horse drawn cart (which also acted as a portable darkroom) is on the right. Photograph taken by James Bragge circa 1870s. Published in `Bragge's Wellington and the Wairarapa' by William Main, Millwood Press, 1974, page 52. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Rangitupu Take Take - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington
Date: [ca 1908]
From: Auckland Star :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-003105-G
Description: Studio portrait of an elderly Rangitupu Take Take sitting cross-legged on a mat in front of a scenic backdrop. He has tooth and ribbon ear drop in his right earlobe, is wearing a korowai and holding a patu. A tewhatewha is lying on the ground beside him. His facial tattooing (moko) is barely visible. A large tumour can be seen above his right elbow. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington ca 1908, probably at Wanganui. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
How not to take photographs
Date: [ca 28 December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/403/13-F
Description: Oriental Bay photographed at an angle as part of a series on how not to take photographs circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
How not to take photographs
Date: [ca 28 December 1951]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/403/12-F
Description: Blurred photo of women at Oriental Bay as part of a series on how not to take photographs. Photograph taken circa 28 December 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Nichols Creek, Dunedin
Date: [189-?]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/2-140226-G
Description: Gorge at Nichols Creek, a tributary of the Leith, Dunedin, photographed circa 1890s by William Williams. Includes a man with a camera, possibly William Williams himself. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Fishing group at Wainuiomata
Date: [ca 1882-1883]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025587-G
Description: Fishing group at Wainuiomata, circa 1882-1883. From left: William Williams, unidentified, T H Wyatt, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Toulson, A B Keyworth, Keverne [sic]. Shows them outside a house, with fishing rods, and cameras on tripods. Photograph likely to have been taken by William Williams using a self timer. Source of descriptive information - From file print (notes on back of print state : "Identified from photographers records and comparison with 1/1-025900. Dated from other Wainuiomata photos in collection") Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Scene in Bulls, with the business of J Riley, cabinet maker
Date: ca 1880s
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/1-000017-G
Description: Scene in Bulls, with the business of J Riley, cabinet maker, on the right. Chairs, and prams, are on display outside the front window of the shop. The man in the doorway, and the woman leaning out of the upstairs window, are unidentified. They may be Mr and Mrs J Riley. The two men in the left background are bakers, possibly from the Edward Reed bakery listed in Wise's Post Office Directory of 1878. Photograph taken by William James Harding, circa 1880. Note Harding's darkroom cart, right of centre. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Woman taking a photograph of thermal activity
Date: [ca 7 January 1903]
By: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935
Reference: PA7-17-41
Description: Woman taking a photograph of thermal activity, probably in Rotorua, 1903. Photograph taken by James Ingram McDonald. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - New Zealand Government Tourist Department Protected No3277 7.1.03 [with coat of arms logo] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
St Patrick's College (Wellington) camera club, Paekakariki
Date: [190-?]
From: Lynch, Eileen (Miss), fl 1978 :Photographs relating to the Lynch family
Reference: 1/2-080314-F
Description: Members of St Patrick's College (Wellington) camera club, in the grounds of the Lynch family house 'Emerald Glen', in Paekakariki. Shows 10 boys in school uniform, standing by a camera. Photograph taken 190-? by an unidentified photographer. Back row, from left to right: Howard Buckley, Willie Lynch, Bernard Chapman, Courtenay O'Rourke, Oscar Avonmore Lynch (standing next to his camera). Front row: unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Location identified by Curator of Photographic Archive, John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Peace celebrations after World War I, Broadway, Stratford, Taranaki
Date: 1919
From: McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district
Reference: 1/1-012587-G
Description: Peace celebrations after World War I, on Broadway, Stratford, Taranaki, photographed in 1919 by James McAllister. Shows a fleet of red cross cars alongside James McAllister's business premises. M882 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Aldersley, David James 1862-1928 (Photographer) : Memorial photograph of Mary Ann Alice...
Date: [ca 1899]
From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori
By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928
Reference: 1/2-106477-F
Description: Memorial photograph of Mary Ann Alice Burrell. An image of her is surrounded with flowers and text. Photograph taken by David James Aldersley, circa 1899. Inscriptions: [Below original photograph] - D J Aldersley 20 Moir Street, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy, Somes Island, Wellington
Date: 1969
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-016608-F
Description: Wellington City Councillor Olive Evelyn Smuts-Kennedy, with a camera, on Somes Island, Wellington, in 1969. A group (of other Wellington city councillors?) is in the background. Photograph taken by an unidentified staff photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Group including photographer William Williams, Wainuiomata
Date: 1882 or 1883
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/1-025900-G
Description: Four men, including photographer William Williams, seated outdoors on stones in Wainuiomata. Williams is second from left with a camera by his knee and a camera mounted on a tripod behind him. Thomas H Wyatt is on the right. The other two men are named Kevern and Toulson. They are all dressed in hats, suits, and boots. Two smoke pipes while the other two eat. Photograph taken in either 1882 or 1883, probably by William Williams with a self timer. Source of descriptive information - From lantern slide of identical image: "Kevern; Williams; Toulson & Wyatt at Wainuiomata, Wgton - 1882 or 3" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Government Tourist Court, New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-26
Date: Between 1925 and 1926
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-0468-F
Description: Interior view of the Government Tourist Court at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1925-26, Dunedin) with framed photographs of views and mounted deer heads. Two doorways carved with Maori designs lead to other exhibition areas, with one leading to the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts Court. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Govt. Tourist Court 1 B & W Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 109.7 cm
Group at limestone formations known as Devils Boots, at Collingwood
Date: Betweeen 1878 and 1894
From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts
Reference: 10x8-1016-G
Description: Group at the limestone formations known as `Devils Boots' at Collingwood, photographed by the Tyree Studio between 1878 and 1894. A photographer is shown, taking a picture of a horse and cart. Two women sit reading on the left. Similar to 1/2-137377-F Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Devils Boots Collingwood Tyree Photo 8051 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).