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Kirk album
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
Postcards and stereoscopes of New Zealand and Pacific
Date: [ca 1890s-1919]
From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9525-2
Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.
Bethunes album 1
Date: ca 1913-1919
From: Creator unknown :Photographs relating to New Zealand's involvement in World War I
Reference: PA1-q-908
Description: Photographs of soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, taken ca 1913-1919, consisting mainly of studio portraits taken in New Zealand and Britain, and images of military training camps. Also includes photographs of unidentified Maori soliders, scenes on board troop ships, weddings, bands and training marches. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand :Assorted photographs
Date: [ca 1885-1945]
By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951
Reference: PAColl-0422
Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).
Creator unknown: Photographs, chiefly images of Fiji and New Zealand
Date: [ca 1880], 1890, [ca 1890s], [ca 1900], [ca 1950s]
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Fiji. Public Relations Office
Reference: PAColl-10274
Description: Photographic prints comprising: - Six prints showing scenes in Fiji taken circa 1950s. Five were taken by the Public Relations Office, Suva: men with a bullock cart of harvested sugar cane, Nadi; a train hauling a load of sugar cane, Lautoka; aerial view of the Lautoka Sugar Mill in Viti Levu; and an aerial view of fields in the dry zone in Viti Levu; aerial view of Suva, Fiji. One was taken by an unidentified photographer and shows hospital buildings with open air walls, in Apia. - Five stereographs of scenes in New Zealand: overlooking the buildings for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1890, taken by F A Coxhead; scene near Mitre Peak taken circa 1890s by F A Coxhead; Colonial Museum interior, Wellington, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers; Dragons Mouth geyser taken circa 1900 by Brown and Stewart; White House Hotel exterior, Henley, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers. - One postcard featuring a collage of photographs of Maori women and children, arranged to form the words "Kia Ora". Photographers of original images are unidentified. Bottom right of postcards reads "Ellerbeck Protected 1.9?.05". Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Photograph of Colonial Museum identified from PAColl-3114-2 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) including one postcard. 5 stereographic cards, with 10 prints in total. Provenance: Purchase, 2014. (Note: The prints were all purchased at the same time but they are not a set of collected items.)
Yeldham album 2
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1890s]
From: Yeldham, A (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photograph albums containing views of New Zealand
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-o-542
Description: Photograph albums entitled 'Views of New Zealand', containing Burton Bros photographs of New Zealand scenes, as well as views in Tonga and Samoa. These island views include one of Princess Anaziene (grand-daughter of King Tupou I of Tonga) outside the palace at Nukualofa; another taken near Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu; one of Neiafu (Vava'u, Tonga); and one in Apia, Samoa. Places in in the North Island of New Zealand include the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera Eruption of 1886; Mangarewa Gorge (named as Mongarewa Gorge in the album); Rotokanapanapa, Lake Rotomahana; and Waiwera with the Waiwera Hotel centre left. The South Island images show Lake Moke; Wet Jacket Arm; Passage Point Cove in Dusky Sound; and Cabbage Tree Grove (Halfway Bay, Lake Wakatipu) in which a log hut with thatched roof is seen behind a large flax bush, surrounded by cabbage trees. Other Titles - Views of New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather cover with gold decoration, entitled "Views of New Zealand" in gold lettering; 23.5 x 31.5 cm
Photographs of girls on Tonga, Fiji and Samoa; Paetae at Whatiwhatihoe; and the volunte...
Date: [ca 1884-1887]
From: New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Warren, D M, active 1887
Reference: PAColl-4300
Description: Photographs all stamped Registrar of Copyrights with a serial number which has been put in brackets after the following descriptions: the Volunteer Camp on the banks of the Waiwhakaiho River showing many rows of bell tents, lines of carts and men gathered for an address - taken by D M Warren (551); Paetae, a Maori man with moko and holding a rifle with a whare behind him (700); a group of four young Samoan women sitting in a clearing in front of a house (661); a four Fijian women, one holding a young child (655); and a group of ten Tongan girls in front of a hut (675). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-031586 Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).
Samoa & New Zealand album
Date: [Circa 1880s-1890s]
By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Davis, John, -1893; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Valentine, James, -1880
Reference: PA1-q-210
Description: Photographs of Hawai'i, Samoa and New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s and 1890s, including John Richard Morris, John Davis, F Finch and Josiah Martin. Inserted in an envelope is a hand-written list of photos, but these seem to bear no relationship to the album. The list includes places in New Zealand (none of which are in this album), Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, New Caledonia and Fiji (again none of which are shown in this album). The photographs of Hawai'i include Iolani Palace in Honolulu, and Queen Lili'uokalani; Samoan images show children, a waterfall at Falefa near Apia, and a group of dancers in traditional dress. Images of New Zealand include landscapes, Maori children, a hongi with two women, and a collage taken by Josiah Martin of images of Maori chiefs, waka and meeting houses at Parihaka and Ohinemutu. One photograph taken in the Bounty Islands shows mollymawk and crested penguins. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, title "New Zealand and Samoa" hand-printed in white ink; 30 x 23 cm
Powles family photographs from Samoa
Date: [ca 1949-1960]
From: Powles family papers
Reference: PAColl-9769
Description: Contains photographs relating to Guy Powles' time as High Commissioner of Western Samoa. Includes: photographs of a ship preparing in Wellington Harbour in the late 1940s; photographs of coming ashore by longboat in Samoa; photographs of a welcome ceremony in Samoa; photographs of a large number of unidentified ceremonies in Samoa, including many people in costumes; photographs of chiefly Samoans, including paramount chief Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole; photographs of Samoan men and women in formal and everyday situations; portraits of Samoan children; photographs of Samoan buildings and villages; photographs of rivers, waterfalls and seascapes; photographs of official occasions and ceremonies relating to a visit to Samoa by the Governor General of New Zealand, Sir Willoughby Norrie; formal portraits of Guy and Eileen Powles. May also contain Powles family photographs unrelated to their time in Samoa Quantity: 215 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints