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Date: 13 Nov 1869

From: Seager, Edward : Photograph album

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: PAColl-4508-01

Description: Statue of John Robert Godley, Christchurch, with Dr Alfred Charles Barker seated below, 13 November, 1869. Photograph taken by Dr Barker. Note on back of file print reads: "In the background is the open tower where the bills were put up. The tower was for ringing the time." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 20.3 x 14.6 cm

Date: 1859

By: Hatton, Walter Scarlett, 1873-1938; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-078-009

Description: The first buildings around the Avon River, in what was to become central Christchurch. Flax growing in the foreground and a bridge over the river. The Port Hills are in the distance. The area shown is Oxford Terrace, with the Worcester Street bridge on the right in the middle distance. The dark two-storied house left of centre is the house of Dr A C Barker. The central two-storied house is that of William Guise Brittan. The Lands Office is left of the bridge Copied from an engraving in "Illustrated London News" April 9,1853 p. 268 which was after a sketch by Dr A C Barker Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed: W.S.H. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 387 x 228 mm Provenance: Purchase: A H Turnbull from English dealer Albert Berthel, of Richmond, 1914.

Date: 1864

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-075411-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1860]

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-034637-F

Description: Christchurch from the Provincial Buildings, photographed circa 1860 by Alfred Charles Barker. Notes on back of file print reads: "Royal Hotel top left hand corner - Wood's Mill. St Andrew's Pres Church (1856). No hospital therefore prior to 1862." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1949 - 1852

Reference: A-163-021

Description: A ballroom, lit by candles, with festoons of greenery on the walls, above leadlight windows. Several couples on the floor, dancing, others seated and standing to the right, left and rear. Copied, from a sketch by Dr A C Barker, and intended as an illustration for J. C. Andersen's 'Old Christchurch', 1949, but not published Artist's initials illegible, but may be L. E. W. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink sketch, 3 x 7.5 in

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022713-F

Description: Christchurch, in May 1860. Looks from the Provincial Buildings south west along Gloucester Street. The open paddock along Durham Street, in the middle ground ran through from Gloucester to Armagh Street. Photograph taken by Alfred Charles Barker. This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page 233, from which much of the Scope and Contents information is taken. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: [ca 1859]

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-034638-F

Description: Looking south from the Provincial Council Building (under construction) over Christchurch, circa 1859. Photograph taken by Dr Alfred Charles Barker. Note on back of file print reads \"Wood Bros windmill in background. To left of Wood's mill is Royal Hotel. Note on back of file print reads \"Christchurch in 1861, looking south east from Provincial Council Building (under construction), Worcester Street bridge left centre, Oxford Tce middle dist (Caption for this photo from :Christchurch: A city and its people, Philip Temple, 1973)\" Note on back of file print reads \"pl 114, p 228 Andersen's Old Chch, Dr Barber photo 1860\" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1852 - 1882 - 1889

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: A-353-022

Description: The first buildings around the Avon River, in what was to become central Christchurch. A flag flies on a flagpole in the centre. There are flax plants in the foreground on the river bank, and a bridge at far right. The Port Hills are in the distance. Lithograph based on a sketch by Dr A C Barker, published as an engraving in the "Illustrated London news" in 1853. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 160 x 243 mm, on sheet 200 x 286 mm.

Date: 4 Dec 1868

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: PAColl-3060-040

Description: Standing portrait, of James Edward Fitzgerld leaning against a tree. He wears a suit and a beret and holds a tobacco pipe. Photograph taken in Christchurch on 4 December 1868, by Dr Albert Charles Barker. Making New Zealand caption reads: "James Edward Fitzgerald, who was associated with the colonisation of Canterbury. As editor of the 'Lyttelton Times' and later of 'The Press', and superintendent of Canterbury, Fitzgerald did important work for the young province. His later career was marked by diverse activities. In this photograph Fitzgerald is wearing a fashionable smoking cap and jacket. His well cut suit of a light material, lapelled waistcoat, and elastic-sided boots show the characteristic dress of a gentleman of the period." Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 2, No 23, p 19 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre right - J E Fitzgerald Ch Ch NZ Dec 4 68 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.8 x 15.2 cm Provenance: Item lent by the Canterbury Museum to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 920. Fitzgerald, James Edward. ca 1860s

Date: [1872 or 1873]

From: Creator unknown :Museum album

Reference: PA1-q-166-052

Description: Group alongside a display of Maori artifacts. Standing (from left) Dr Alfred Charles Barker, Robert Heaton Rhodes (or possibly John Anderson), uncertain, James Hector, Thomas Potts, John Enys, unknown, M.B.Hart (future mayor), William Miles Maskell. Seated Rev Charles Fraser, Julius Haast. Image taken 1872 or 1873, Christchurch. Photographed by A C Barker. The Colonial and Vienna Exhibition was held to select New Zealand items for exhibition in Vienna. The display behind the group consists of items from the Colonial Museum (the poupou in the centre is from Te Hau ki Turanga, the meeting house still held at Te Papa), and the collections of Dr Alfred Barker and Sir Donald McLean. Source of information: Conal McCarthy, personal communication. Source of descriptive information - James Hector, John Enys, and Julius von Haast, identified by Library client, 2014.. Further names supplied by researchers, May 2022. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - E R [Withsap ?] John Anderson & [unreadable 6 words]; Album page - beneath image - Dr Barker R H Rhodes C [Fran ?] J [S Unreadable] [J M Haed?] W M Maskell Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 180 x 153 mm, mounted on album page

Date: 1867

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: PA7-01-23

Description: South Island Maori converts to Christianity, with Eliza Stack, wife of the Rev. James Stack, outside St Stephen's Church, Tuahiwi. Photograph taken 1867 by Dr A C Barker. Bearded man third from left is believed to be Hakopa Te Ata-O-Tu. Man in waistcoat, third from right, is believed to be Pita Te Hori, an assessor for the Native Land Court. Information from "Maori, a photographic and social history", by Michael King (Heinemann, 1983), p59 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 13.4 x 18.5 cm

Date: 1851

By: Ffitch, Henry, 1840-1918; Crowder, John, active 1986-2000

Reference: G-241

Description: Shows a view over the Avon River towards the Port Hills, with the houses of Dr Alfred Barker, Mr Guise Brittan and the Lands Office all on Oxford Terrace, close to the Worcester Street Bridge. Dr Barker's house is shown tarred. There is a flag flying outside the Lands Office. A more distant building is the Lyttelton Hotel. A bullock team waits by the riverside, and there is a horse and rider further away on Oxford Terrace. The near side of the river has flax, and a cabbage tree at the right. The view is similar to an original sketch by Dr A C Barker done in 1851, a version of which was reproduced in the Illustrated London news, volume 22, no 616 (9 April 1853), page 268. As the artist is thought to have been only 11-12 years old in 1851, the painting is probably done from memory, or copied from one of Dr A C Barker's sketches, or a reproduction of one of Barker's sketches in the Illustrated London news. There is another version of a very similar view by Ffitch or Fitch, in the Canterbury Museum, also an oil painting. It includes a tent, and has no horse. Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 500 x 330 mm. Provenance: Previously the work had been in a farmhouse on the West Coast.

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022722-F

Description: Christchurch, in May 1860. Looks south-east from the Provincial Buildings, towards Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street. Signs on buildings in the middle ground read `Papprill' and `[unreadable] & Manchester House'. Taken by Alfred Charles Barker. This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: "Possibly extension of view in 1/2-022732" Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Transfers: Other photographs in this series include (1/2-022712 to 022714, 022719, 022720, 022722, 022733).

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022719-F

Description: Looking west along Armagh Street in Christchurch, May 1860. Riccarton bush is in the left background. The long building with three dormers, under the left end of the bush is the Plough Inn. Taken by Alfred Charles Barker. Cranmer Square and Hagly Park are in the background, but not visible. The keeper of the Plough Inn was J Dilloway, who was also a gunsmith. The last house on the right, going towards the river, is near the corner of Armagh Terrace and Park Terrace, and was at some time occupied by Sir Henry Wigram (1857-1934). Note on back of file print reads: "Second house from right in background is Thacker's `Guardian' Printery where the first sessions of the Prov Govt were held - 1853-4." This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page 235. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Other photographs in this series include (1/2-022712 to 022714, 022719, 022720, 022722, 022733).

Date: 1866

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-066239-F

Description: View of Geraldine, looking towards the Waihi River. The building in the middle distance may be the Anglican Church. Photograph taken by Dr Alfred Charles Barker in 1866. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - right of image - [unreadable] Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022712-F

Description: Christchurch, looking north-east from the Provincial Buildings, in May 1860. Shows one house on Durham Street and a few scattered houses in the neighbourhood of the Normal School site on Kilmore Street. Taken by Alfred Charles Barker. This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page 240, from which much of the Scope and Contents information is taken. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022714-F

Description: Christchurch, in May 1860. Looks from the Provincial Buildings, south west along Gloucester Street. The open paddock along Durham Street, in the foreground, ran through from Gloucester to Armagh Street. Photograph taken by Alfred Charles Barker. This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page 233, from which much of the Scope and Contents information is taken. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).