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Date: 1949 - 1860 - 1880

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

Reference: A-163-015

Description: Drawings of early Christchurch buildings, copied from photographs or drawings by Dr Alfred Barker Copied from Dr Barker's sketch. Not as reproduced in Andersen, J C. Old Christchurch, 1949. Artist's initials illegible Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 64 x 180 mm

Date: [Circa 1860s-1900s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

Reference: PA1-q-023

Description: Album of photographs from around the world, including Panama, Mozambique, South Africa, St Helena. Images of New Zealand include the homesteads of T B Acland at Mount Peel, and Dr Alfred Barker of Christchurch; views of Wellington, and Orari Gorge. There are a large number of portraits of the carte de visite style, some named. At the back of the album is a series of newspaper cuttings, mostly dealing with shipping disasters in the 1870s. The album was in the possession of Miss Barker of Shooters Hill, London in 1958, the granddaughter of Dr Alfred Barker of Christchurch, New Zealand. Inscriptions: Album page - This book I bought from Miss Barker of Shooters Hill, London. She is a granddaughter of Dr Barker of Christchurch, N.Z. [Signed] K. Webster, 1958. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Hard-bound album, brown cloth with leather spine and corners, gold lettering on spine "Barker Album", 285 x 230 mm

Date: between 1863 and 1872

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

Reference: PAColl-0105

Description: Views of towns, houses and people in Canterbury including one of Dr Barker. Includes: (i) Avonside Church, 5 Feb, 1870, (ii) Prince Alfred, Market Place, 11 April, 1869, (iii) A. Cox and family 22 May 1871, (iv) St Michael's Church and parsonage, 15 June 1872, (v) Self [Dr Barker] at Lyttelton, 1868, (vi) Guise Brittan's Lansdowne on the Halswell, 4 Nov. 1863, (vii) Fairfield, 28 Aug. 1863, (vii) Orari Groge, 1872, (ix) Hoon Hay, 3 Jan. 1868, (x) Geraldine and (xi) Mount Peel?. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1860s

From: Haast family: Collection

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873; Haast, Johann Franz Julius von, 1822-1887; Lendenfeld, Robert Ignaz Lendlmayer von, 1858-1913

Reference: PA1-f-080

Description: Slip inside front cover reads "This album was given by Sir Julius von Haast to Lady von Haast on 21st November 1868. The scenes in it are of Mt. Cook; the Otira; J.D. Enys at his station, Castle Hill; Sir Julius & Lady von Haast & H.F. von Haast in their garden at Gluckauf, Avonside, Christchurch; Rakuia [i.e. Rakaia]; Sumner with Haast in front of Cave Rock; Hokitika; Christchurch scenes". Two photographs on page 45 have hand-written captions by Julius von Haast's son H.F. von Haast. One is of St. Mary's Church (Heathcote), and the other shows the von Haast family at their home at 62 River Road, Avonside, 1868. This inscription reads "Mr. B.W. Patterson, the Oamaru Woosted & Woollen Mills Ltd. sent me this photograph, labelled "Dr. von Haast & family, 62 River Road, Avonside, 1868, & wrote that it was 'a photo taken by my grandfather of your father's old house in Chch.' The date is marked on the photo". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark purple leather cover, impressed pattern, entitled "New Zealand views" in gold lettering; 31.5 x 39.5 cm

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: 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: 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).

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: 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: 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: 1/2-022713-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: 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: [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: 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: 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