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Masterton Historical Society :Photographs of early Masterton
Date: 1860-1900
By: Masterton Historical Society
Reference: PAColl-7329
Description: Photographs of Masterton including: Bannister's farm on the north bank of the Waipoua River at Akura with Charles Bannister standing on the bank; the militia of 1866, presenting arms, led by Captain Walter Perry (all names given in the caption); the Coles' house on Bridge Street (now Queen Street) and a studio portrait of what may be the Coles family; views of Queen Street; a crowd in the street for the opening of the new Post Office with the Public Institute behind it; a sale of sheep at the saleyards; a procession by friendly societies past the Prince of Wales stables; James Wrigley and his family outside his bootmaking business; James Wrigley and his wife and son John; a cart travelling over the Te Ore Ore bridge; the Anglican church; the first Post Office next to Iorn's Bannister store ca 1856; panoramic views of the town; the Waipoua River near the site of the old Kaikokirikiri Pa; Masterton school picnic at Woodroofe's farm; a painting of Worksop Farm owned by the Dixons by Charles Barraud; a band and procession on Queen Street passing Westlake's saddlery and Winzenberg's photography shop; Masterton's first band outside the Royal Hotel with E Braggins, the licencee and conductor (other names given on the reverse of the print); a ballast train coming from the ballast pit near the railway train with men standing on the carts; the Wrigley family in a field of cattle at their farm; a baby show; an 1854 land receipt for a section purchased by Iorns; a group of eighteen blacksmiths holding their implements; Liberal Party celebrations at Solway Show Grounds after the 1905 election with Seddon, Ward and others (named on the reverse of the print); William Hodgson Donald; Sergeant Price of the Masterton police; Donald Solway Donald; Mr and Mrs Charles Dixon; W W McCardle; and a tinsmith, one of the early residents. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 30 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Processing information: Negatives were allocated at 1/2-003434 to 1/2-003471 and 003673 to 003674 (duplicate at 1/2-004343) although only sixteen of these were made. Replacement negatives for two images at 1/2-132742 and 151351. 1/1-000763 to 1/1-000778 may also relate to this collection.
Dixon family :Family photographs
Date: [1860s-1940s]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; New Zealand Academy of Photographic Art; Elmar Studios; Goldsmith, Lynley, active 1990s
Reference: PAColl-2971
Description: Portraits and snapshots of the Dixon family and genealogical notes about their English background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - [Various, relating to Dixon family] Quantity: 10 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 photocopy/ies Genealogical charts. Provenance: Donated by Lynley Goldsmith, Christchurch, 1993
The Terrace from Tinakori Hill - Photograph taken by James Bragge
Date: [1869]
From: MacQuarrie, J T : Photographs of early Wellington
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Taylor, Robert H, active 1907-1910
Reference: PA7-57-06
Description: View looking down from Tinakori Hill towards The Terrace, the harbour. Te Aro and Mount Victoria are in the far distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge, and print made from negative by R H Taylor ca 1907 Identical image at PA7-57-05. Image is on the far righthand side of a panorama at PA6-271 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Protected RHT Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 30 x 37 cm
J C Crawford album 1
Date: 1870s - 1880s
From: Crawford family :Photographs of James Coutts Crawford and family
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920
Reference: PA1-q-059
Description: Album of views of New Zealand and Europe. The New Zealand views were mostly taken by James Bragge, during the 1870s and 1880s, and were chiefly of the Wellington Region. One loose photograph inserted in the album shows the laying of the foundation stone at Scots College, Wellington, by Mr. Aitken, in April 1918. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, 37.5 x 29.2 mm
Turner album
Date: [Circa 1880s]
By: Phillips-Turner, Roland Glyndwr, 1902-1988; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916
Reference: PA1-f-077
Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1880s by various photographers including James Bragge and Josiah Martin. Photographs of the Manawatu Gorge were taken by James Bragge, some of which show the horse and carriage in which Bragge carried his equipment. There is one photograph of English explorer and adventurer Captain Speedy who spent many years in Abyssinia and other parts of Africa, and who came to New Zealand in 1864, where he fought with the Waikato Militia before returning overseas. He is shown wearing Abyssinian costume (p 15). Some photographs relate to the Haultain family, with a view of St John's College, of which Thomas Minet Haultain was a governor, anda view of Colonel Haultain and his family at their home in St Stephen's Avenue, Parnell, Auckland Inscriptions: Album page - "Frances Aplin Haultain, 14, August 1886"; Album page - "To I & E Phillips Turner, Easter 1905" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, brown leather corners and spine; 31 x 42 cm
Bragge, James 1833-1908 :View of part of Lower Hutt, including river and bridge
Date: 1869
From: Bragge, James 1833-1908 :View of Lower Hutt, 1869 ; unidentified group of people in front of a meeting house in Masterton
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA7-30-16-1
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
McArthur, L M :Photographs relating to the Barnes family
Date: ca 1898-1971
By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914
Reference: PAColl-0580
Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).
Bragge, James, 1833?-1908 :View of Wellington Harbour and The Terrace School
Date: 1869
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Taylor, Robert H, active 1907-1910
Reference: PAColl-D-0790
Description: View looking down onto the Terrace School and beyond that to Queen's Wharf and recently reclaimed land, and across the harbour to Roseneath and Oriental Bay. In the middle distance is the department store, Kirkcaldie & Stains, on Lambton Quay. Photograph taken by James Bragge in 1869, and print made from negative by R H Taylor ca 1907 Identical image at PA7-30-09, PA7-57-07, PAColl-D-0009. Image is in the centre of a panorama at PA6-271 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Protected R Taylor; Mount recto - beneath image - 1869 Lambton Quay & Queens Wharf from above the terrace 1869 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 290 x 390 mm mounted on card 485 x 550 mm
Reade album 2
Date: [Between 1841 and 1929]
By: Reade, M A (Mrs), active 1969; Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tyree Brothers (Firm); Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-o-430
Description: Recent prints from old photographs of Wellington, originallty taken between about 1841 and 1929. Includes one photograph of a painting of Wellington waterfront from 1841, by Charles Heaphy. Only a few images identify the photographers, the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers and James Bragge. The Bragge photograph (looking down to the Harbour from Hill Street taken in the 1880s) was identified from his horse-drawn carriage with his name and occupation emblazoned on the side. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red mock-crocodile textured cover, entitled `Photographs'; 26.0 x 36.5 cm Processing information: Most of the photographs have reference numbers linking them with items in the Alexander Turnbull Library photographic collections.
Bragge, James, 1833?-1908 :Kaiwharawhara at the foot of the Ngaio Gorge
Date: [ca 1869-1879]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA7-57-14
Description: Photograph looking down the gorge to buildings at Kaiwharawhara in the distance. There are two children sitting in a paddock in the foreground surrounded by thistles. Photograph taken by James Bragge ca 1869-1879 The Market Hall was erected in 1865 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print (hand-coloured), 21.5 x 29 cm on mount
Nairn album 1
Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]
From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji
By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA1-q-167
Description: Album of photographs taken between the 1860s and 1890s by various unidentified photographers, with one identified as being possibly by Daniel Louis Mundy, and one by James Bragge. Two early photographs, one of `Oakbourne Station', the home of John Davis Canning was taken circa 1860s, and one of `Orua Wharo' the home of John Johnston, and later his son Sydney Johnston, was taken circa 1870s, before the new house was built in 1879. Page 7 contains pressed ferns. Non-New Zealand photographs include several of Fiji, including Levuka, Taveuni, and an avenue of palms; one of the carving on Sir Joshua Reynold's bed at Tarrington; one of an Elizabethan glass cup; a carved overmantel; two views of Arundel House at Brighton, and one of Heston Church near Osterley Park. In the North Island, apart from the views of Oakbourne and Orua Wharo in the Hawke's Bay region, there are several views of the Pink and White Terraces, two showing the White Terraces both empty and full, Clay Island beneath the White Terraces; two views of the Manawatu Gorge and Seventy Mile Bush; and a view of Wellington City. South Island views include Milford Sound, Stewart Island, Braida Crags, the Wyndham River; a large group of people at celebrations surrounding the laying of the foundation stone for St John's Church in Invercargill; and two views of an exhibition of a Japanese village displaying such things as banners, lanterns and furniture, held in a hall in Invercargill. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown leather cover, gold decoration; 31.0 x 27.5 cm
Bragge, James, 1833?-1908 :Kaiwharawhara, looking towards Wellington
Date: [ca 1875]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA7-30-22
Description: View over Kaiwharawhara, looking south towards Wellington. There is a horse and cart in the immediate foreground, and a train on the tracks heading towards Wellington. Photograph taken ca 1875 by James Bragge. Copy negative 1/2-004358 attached to PAColl-1574-02 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 21 x 29 cm
Carey, Alison :Photographs relating to Alfred Lindsay
Date: 1860 - 1935
By: Carey, Alison, active 1994-2006; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Greenwood, Mary Elizabeth, 1873-1961; Pollard, Edwin Kelah, 1855-1905; Frisco Photographic Company; Muir & Moodie (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-3724
Description: Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Dadley, Sarah :Albumen prints
Date: 1870-1890
By: Dadley, Sarah, active 1992-2002; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-2739
Description: Albumen prints by James Bragge, Wrigglesworth & Binns and others, showing scenes in Wellington, the Rimutaka Railway and Australia. Includes good views of the General Post Office, Wellington, Aro Street, meeting house at Te Ore Ore Pa, the Rimutaka railway, and scenes coastal scenes in Australia, featuring a British warship. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints
Creator unknown: Views of Wellington and Invercargill trams
Date: ca 1878-1901
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-6607
Description: 8 images of trams: one captioned "Horse Tram Wellington 1882-1901" from the Evening Post; a copy and two detail enlargements of an image by James Bragge of steam trams outside the Adelaide Road depot (see also PAColl-6208-11); another image of a steam tram outside Government Buildings possibly also by Bragge; one of a tram at the Hokitika and Kanieri Tram Station; one captioned "..South tram car in the world, Invercargill, NZ" possibly by Burton Bros; and an electric tram. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015789 to 015796 Quantity: 8 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives
Poulson, Benjamin :Photograph by James Bragge of Benjamin Poulson's house, Wellington w...
Date: ca1875
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Sharp, Lisa Frances, active 1980s?
Reference: PAColl-1885
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted on card).
Bragge, James, 1833-1908: Photographs of early Wellington
Date: [ca 1860-ca 1902]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-10423
Description: Three photographic prints of images taken in Wellington by photographer James Bragge between circa 1860 and circa 1902. A wide view overlooking Thorndon, Wellington City, taken from The Terrace circa 1870. It shows the city buildings, including St Mary's Cathedral, Government House, Old St Pauls's Church, domestic houses, and early reclaimation work on the harbour's edge. On extreme lower right of frame, two women walking on a path are visible. A view taken of four men posing on Swinburne's Wharf, Wellington. Visible in the background are wooden buildings on the shoreline and some moored sailing vessels at the wharves. Print is captioned "Swinbourne Wharf Willis St". A view of colonial wooden buildings lining Lambton Quay, with a horse and cart on the Quay beside the shoreline. In the foreground is a pile of planks; and to left of frame is a large wooden building. Print is captioned "Lambton Quay showing back of the Central Club". Also includes a card matt with an embossed photographers stamp pasted on to it reading "James Bragge Portrait & Landscape Photographer Wellington N Z". Record title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera card matt. Physical Description: Black and white albumen prints, mounted on card which has been trimmed, two prints are captioned by hand in ink; and a card matt Provenance: Private purchase, 2015. No further provenance information known. Processing information: The prints came to the Library with card mounts which were a later addition to the prints. One card mount was retained as it has the photographer's stamp attached. The other mounts were discarded as they were not of an archival housing standard.
Bragge, James :Wellington Harbour about 1876 showing early reclamations and, on left, G...
Date: ca1876
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA6-273
Description: Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Wellington Harbour about 1876 showing early reclamations and, on left, Government Buildings under construction (printed text) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Panorama consists of three images forming one print, mounted and matted
Wellington Tramway Company's steam trams - Photograph taken by James Bragge
Date: 1879
From: James Smith Ltd :Photographs of personnel, activities and shops
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PAColl-D-0523
Description: The Hibernia and Florence steam trams being prepared for service outside the sheds at Adelaide Road, Newtown, Wellington. Inscriptions: Mount recto - bottom left - Typed caption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 280 x 390 mm mounted on card
Bragge, James, 1833-1908 :The Terrace from Tinakori Hill, Wellington
Date: [1869]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908
Reference: PA7-30-14
Description: View looking down from Tinakori Hill towards The Terrace and the harbour. Te Aro and Mount Victoria are in the far distance. Photograph taken by James Bragge, and print made from negative by R H Taylor ca 1907 Righthand section of a three part panorama of Wellington [PA6-271]. Same image at PA7-57-05 & PA7-57-06 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - RHT Protected Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).