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Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: ca 1880s

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PAColl-7271

Description: Photographs of the Rotomahana Terraces prior to the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. 1/2-058357 to 058358 Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-058357 to 058358 Quantity: 2 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1886

By: Didsbury, George, 1839-1893; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-065

Description: Chiefly photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera eruption in 1886, many taken by Charles Spencer. Images include Dr Hector's party; views of mud-covered country; damage to buildings at the village of Te Wairoa; Henry Lundius and J C Blythe standing outside the hen-house in which several survivors took refuge; and views of the new lake formed after the eruption. Several views show the area before the eruption. The last two photographs in the album show the Manawatu Gorge bridge under construction, and the engine room at the Government Printing Office in Wellington. Physical Description: Album bound in blue buckram; "Didsbury. Tarawera Eruption 1886" lettered on spine; 28.5 x 20 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available for this album.

Date: [ca 1869]

From: Mundy album 4

Reference: PA1-f-042-24

Description: Looking east across Lake Rotomahana, showing the Pink Terrace (Otukapuarangi) in the foreground, the White Terrace (Te Tarata) in the extreme left, background, and Mount Tarawera (centre background). Photograph taken ca 1869 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Dated from Hardwicke Knight, "New Zealand photographers, a selection" (Dunedin, Allied Press, 1981). Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - 195. "General View Roto Mahana. Looking East"; Recto - bottom right - Mundy Copyright This image was exhibited in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, as catalogue number 24; \"General view of Rotomahana, looking east\". This image was reproduced by the autotype process as plate I in \"Rotomahana and the boiling springs of New Zealand; a photographic series of sixteen views by D L Mundy; with descriptive notes by Ferdinand von Hochstetter\" (London. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle. 1875) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 191 x 251 mm mounted on album page

Date: [1880s]

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-212

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area. The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Date: [ca 1869]

From: Mundy album 4

Reference: PA1-f-042-28

Description: Roto Pounamu, or Cold Green Lake, Rotomahana, showing the steam holes, photographed ca 1869 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Dated from Hardwicke Knight, "New Zealand photographers, a selection" (Dunedin, Allied Press, 1981). Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - 190 - Roto Panamu [sic], or Green Cold Lake, Roto Mahana; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Mundy; Recto - bottom right - Copyright This image was exhibited in the New Zealand Pavilion at the Philadelphia Exhibition 1876, as catalogue number 22; \"Roto Pounamu, Rotomahana, or Cold Green Lake, showing the steam holes in the Hot Lakes\". This image was reproduced by the autotype process as plate VIII in \"Rotomahana and tyhe boiling springs of New Zealand; a photographic series of sixteen views by D L Mundy; with descriptive notes by Ferdinand von Hochstetter\" (London. Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle. 1875). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 187 x 250 mm mounted on album page

Date: [1890s?]

By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-o-172

Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-100

Description: A view of Rotomahana from the foot of the Pink Terrace showing a Maori canoe at the edge of the lake Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Rotomahana (Warm Lake) from foot of Pink Terrace Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 205 mm

Date: 1886

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 : Tarawera eruption, 1886

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-o-121

Description: Views of Mount Tarawera, Lake Tarawera, the Black Crater in eruption, Echo Lake Crater, and the point where the great Waimangu Geyser burst forth some years later. [The geyser played between 1900 and 1904]. (See Wise's New Zealand guide). Some of the photographs were taken by Charles Spencer, one of the members of Stephenson Percy Smith's party which surveyed the area in 1886 after the Tarawera eruption; and some photographs were taken by Josiah Martin. The album includes a hand-printed index card. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green linen cover with dark green leather spine and corners, spine title "Photographs. Tarawera eruption 1886. Presented by M. Crompton Smith. Vol. 14." 26 x 31 cm

Date: [1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-211

Description: Album of photographs, all taken by Charles Spencer, in the Rotorua District around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption of June 1886; except the last photograph in the album. This was taken by an unidentified photographer, showing "Waitangi Falls where Treaty with Maoris was signed". The views of Mount Tarawera showed the area before the eruption, including the village of Te Ariki, at the head of Lake Tarawera, the Pink and White Terraces, Lake Tarawera and Rotomahana. Views after the eruption showed the first group to ascend Tarawera. This was Percy Smith's party, of which Charles Spencer was a member. These images show the damage done to the village of Te Wairoa, the Pink and White Terraces, and showed the enormous changes to the landscape, including the rift which developed between Mount Tarawera and Rotomahana. Inscriptions: Album page - "Presented to J.F.L. Jetter by his Te Puke Friends. Te Puke, 12th August 1886" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black leather cover, impressed gold bands on spine; 31.0 x 27.5 cm

Date: 1886

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-260

Description: Shows terraced white cliffs at Rotomahana. Trees and grass are shown either side of the Terraces. People are visible standing in the water. Steam can be seen rising in the distance The drawing is signed 'M.Wills'. Mary Wykes married Thomas John Wills in 1886. The Terraces were destroyed in 1886 and this sketch may have been done from memory or from another picture The Pink and White Terraces were destroyed by the eruption of Mt Tarawera in 1886 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 216 x 385 mm

Date: 1849 - 1866

By: Illustrated Sydney news (Newspaper); Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863; Grosse, Frederick, 1828-1894

Reference: A-343-031

Description: Probably from a sketch or painting of 1849. Shows a view of the lake with Maori huts, water pipe into bath at right foreground, steam vents in the centre foreground, and two steaming islands in the lake. Artist attributed from other file photographs of the same subject, from paintings done in about 1849. Grosse was based in Melbourne and it is possible that this is a clipping from a Melbourne paper. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 120 x 190 mm.

Date: [1886]

From: Various artists :After the eruptions, July 1886. Supplement to the "Weekly press", July 16th, 1886. Printed and published by Francis Edward Buckland, of 159, North Town Belt, for the Press Co., Limited, at their offices in Cashel Street, Christchurch, July 16, 1886.

By: D. M. L. (Artist), active 1885-1886; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: C-032-019-1

Description: One of four images on a sheet entitled: "After the eruptions". Shows steam rising from behind foreground hills. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 130 x 203 mm, on sheet 446 x 565 mm.

Date: 1886

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Geare, Henry C, active 1886-1931

Reference: PA1-o-180

Description: Album containing photographs of the Mount Tarawera area before and after the eruption in 1886. Some of the images are signed "J M" (Josiah Martin), many showing the mountain after the eruption, with views of the great fissure, and probable locations of the Pink and White Terraces and Te Ariki Pa. At the beginning of the album there is an article from the Times (London), dated Friday, July 30, 1886, about the eruption and its probable effect on travellers to the area. This is followed by a letter to The Times from James Fergusson (previous Governor-General to New Zealand) who was writing to lessen the effects of dire warnings in The Times article. Following The Times article is a hand-written letter to `Henry C Geare, Esq., 67 Lincolns Inn Fields, London', sent from Auckland on 14 September 1886. (Signature indecipherable). Sketch maps of the Hot Lakes District are also included. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to the Library of the High Commissioner New Zealand, by Henry C Geare, 3/4 Clements Inn, Strand, Commissioner for Oaths for the Dominion of many years standing, 6 August 1931 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, black spine and corners; 24 x 31 cm

Date: Nov 1874

By: Collie, William, 1826?-1900

Reference: PA7-40-20

Description: Photograph of the silica formation. Photograph taken by William Collie in Nov 1874 Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - No 3, Nov 1874, The bottom of the boiling cauldron of Rotomahana when the boiling water has been sunk away Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 13.3 x 20.7 cm mounted on card

Date: [Between 1880s and 1906]

From: Wairakei Album

By: McKnight, Robert M, 1853-1933

Reference: PA1-o-509

Description: Album of photographs relating to a trip taken by a group travelling on the first "Motor Reliability Contest" in 1906; probably created and in part photographed by Robert M McKnight. The contest involved ten cars (4 Daracqs, 2 Cadillacs, and 1 Rover, 1 steam car, 1 Oldsmobile and 1 Leyland) travelling 400 miles from Auckland to Taupo and back. Photographs relating to the contest, including scenes photographed during the trip are on even numbered pages from 2 to 36, possibly taken by R M McKnight in 1906; odd numbered pages from 1 to 63, were taken by unidentified professional photographers, circa the 1880s to 1890s; all relating to the route taken on the 1906 road contest. Most of the earlier photographs are scenes in the thermal area around the Wairakei and Bay of Plenty Regions and include images of the Pink and White Terraces taken before and after the 1886 Tarawera Eruption. One of these earlier images shows "Macandrew and party at Wairakei." Views of the Motor Reliablity Contest show scenes taken on the route; groups of people involved; lineups of all ten cars; and one car fording a river. Loose print of view of Huka Falls, from this album, at PA7-49-08. The "Motor reliability contest" was held under the ausspices of the Auckland Automobile Association (Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12451, 14 March 1906, Page 7, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19060314.2.31). contests of the same name were held in Melbourne, Australia, and other countires. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover, heavily decorated border pattern in gold; 28 x 38 cm

Date: 1886

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-13

Description: View of the site of the White Terraces after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in June 1886 showing the altered landscape and fumarole peaks. The terraces were completely destroyed by the eruption. Photograph taken by G D Valentine between mid-Nov and Dec 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Fumerole peaks and site of the White Terrace, Rotomahana. 147. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19 x 29 cm on mount

Date: 1886

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-14

Description: View of the site of the Pink Terraces after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in June 1886 showing the altered landscape. The terraces were completely destroyed by the eruption. Photograph taken by G D Valentine in Oct 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Rotomahana looking to site of Pink Terrace. 134. G.V. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19 x 29 cm on mount

Date: [ca 1869]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: 1/2-025311-F

Description: Te Tarata, the White Terrace, looking down from the edge of the terrace upon Lake Rotomahana, photographed circa 1869 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Dated from Hardwicke Knight, "New Zealand photographers, a selection" (Dunedin, Allied Press, 1981) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - TE TER Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1865

By: Johnston, John Tremenhere, active 1850s-1860s

Reference: B-035-011

Description: Shows Lake Rotomahana with the White Terraces in the background. In the left foreground are three Maori with a horse or a large dog. Other Titles - Hot lake. Mount Tarawera (Mount Rotomahana) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 394 mm