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Railways album 5
Date: [Circa 1937]
Reference: PA1-f-054
Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways between 1937 and 1938 by unidentified photographers. Photographs in the North Island include tours between Stratford and Ongarue; Ngaruawahia celebrations in 1938 (including views of King Koroki's house which was built in 1938); Rotorua and six lakes trip; and opening ceremonies for the Hutt Railway. In the South Island views include Caroline Bay with events at the soundshell; in Timaru, views of a two-storied clubhouse and men playing bowls, a person practising croquet, and several games of tennis on a series of tennis courts; areas in Queen Charlotte Sound, Portage, Pelorus and Kenepuru Sounds and Blenheim Aerodrome; Tasman and Franz Josef Glaciers; Milford Sound; Punakaiki; and Cromwell. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, dark green spine, entitled `Tours 5'; 40 x 60 cm
N.Z. Shipping Co. album 2
Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]
By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.
Reference: Pa1-o-389
Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm
Photographer unknown: Views of Christchurch and Lyttelton
Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]
Reference: PAColl-6940
Description: A miscellaneous collection including: two of HMS Hood in Lyttelton harbour; an old Christchurch City Council truck; Michael Savage and a group of people on a city street; a GPO Royal Mail van; a bush railway probably for logging; the sailing ship Whitepine moored probably in Lyttelton harbour; a Thew Shovel Co steam shovel loading a cart with a man holding the horse; and a view of Manchester Street showing the Jubilee Clock Tower. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-057408 to 057416 Quantity: 9 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives
Dunford album 1
Date: [1890s]
From: Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, fl 1980 :Photographs
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-068
Description: Album of photographs taken by T W McKenzie or H R Morns. Some taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns. Album includes a photograph of retirement certificate presented to Stephenson Percy Smith. Views include a copy of a print by W&B of an early settler's home in the Manawatu; Kaiwarra [i.e. Kaiwharawhara] Creek; canoeing on the Otaki River; sailors on a path between nikau palms in Lower Hutt; a man wearing a formal suit with bow tie, and fuschia flowers in his buttonhole; a number of large houses (possibly in the Canterbury area); views of buildings in Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin, including the Thomas Burns memorial in front of the Town Hall in Dunedin; and the Waimate Anglican Church. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album of photographs, red cover entitled `Album', decorated with a gold tui, 30.5 x 26.5 cm
Donor unknown: Christchurch trams
Date: [ca 1920s]
Reference: PAColl-6745
Description: 4 negatives of trams on the streets of Christchurch, two passing the Anglican cathedral. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028756 to 028759 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives
Haylock album
Date: 1880-1889
From: Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898?-1980 :Photographs
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-q-116
Description: Album compiled by Arthur Lagden Haylock, containing views of Lyttelton, Christchurch, Wellington, Nelson, New Plymouth, Tauranga, Ohinemutu, Mangarewa Gorge, Pink & White Terraces, Napier, Timaru, Porters Pass, Castle Hill (West Coast Road), Craigieburn, Waimakariri River, Arthur's Pass, Otira Gorge, Otira, Jacksons, Taipo River, Mount Alexander, Dillmanstown, Hokitika, and Greymouth. Also includes photographs of ships Annie Bow, Ganymede, and City of Perth and Benvenue stranded at Timaru in 1882. Photographs taken 1880s, by James Ring, Burton Brothers, Wheeler & Sons (including prints made by Wheeler from the negatives of D L Mundy) and others. Other Titles - Ramblings through New Zealand. By A.L. Haylock Quantity: 1 album(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Brown album with gold borders, entitled `Ramblings through New Zealand. By A.L. Haycock', lettered in gold; 36.5 x 31.5 cm
Photographer unknown: Views of Christchurch and the Canterbury area
Date: [ca 1895-1915]
Reference: PAColl-6904
Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.
Railways album 4
Date: [Between 1920s and 1930s]
By: New Zealand Railways
Reference: Pa1-f-053
Description: Publicity photographs taken for New Zealand Railways, chiefly taken circa 1936, by unidentified photographers. The main sequences cover views in the Christchurch area, the Southern Alps and West Coast in the South Island; and Gisborne, East Cape, and Taranaki in the North Island. Many of the images were used in the New Zealand Railway Magazine which is available in full-text on the internet at http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-railways.html Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled Tours, Book 4; 39 x 59 cm
New Zealand scenery album 3
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1885]
By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-387
Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers before 1886, of whom F A Coxhead and James Ring are identifiable. Most of the images have captions, and names of places and buildings etc. are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 20 x 26 cm
McLennan album
Date: [1900s]
By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department
Reference: PA1-o-316
Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm
Rose (Photographer) :Clock Tower, Christchurch
Date: ca 1880
Reference: PA4-0822
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Clock tower, Christchurch, taken by a photographer form Rose studios Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Clock Tower, Ch.Ch.; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - Rose - Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: [1896-1899]
Reference: 1/2-031842-F
Description: Cathedral Square in Christchurch, circa 1896-1899, with a cast iron drinking fountain in the foreground. The Post Office, with clock tower, is in the background. Two horse drawn carriages can also been seen. Photograph taken from `Inheritors of a dream: a pictorial history of New Zealand' by Dick Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Waimate Post Office
Date: 1913
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
By: Russell, Walter Gurney, active 1914-1918
Reference: 1/2-001033-G
Description: View of the Waimate Post office and clock tower. Postcard printed by Walter G Russell, bookseller in Queen Street, Waimate, 1913, from an original photograph by Arthur James Cox. Other - Photographer originally wrongly identified as Russell from label attached to back of file print reading "W.G.R.", and from research in Wise's Post Office Directory between 1910 and 1920. Established as the printer from an article in Waimate Daily Advertiser 20 October 1913 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDA19131020.2.7. April 2021. Correct photographer supplied by a researcher. Other - File print has been cropped and lacks the inscription at the bottom, and an area of telegraph wires and sky to the left of the clock tower Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 52. Waimate. Post Office.; Marginal notes on negative - top left - W.G.R. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Canterbury University College, Christchurch, showing clock tower
Date: [192-?]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/1-000566-F
Description: Photograph possibly taken by Frank James Denton See 'Other notes' at PA-Group-00380 regarding negatives 1/1-00502 to 00582 Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Clock tower, railway station, Christchurch
Date: [between ca 1962 and 1970]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-5344-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: [circa 1915?]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000510-G
Description: View of Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Photograph taken by William Archer Price, ca 1915. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Cathedral Square. ChCh; Photographer's title on negative - centre left - Cathedral Square Ch.Ch Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Avonside GHS, K...
Date: 8 Mar 2012
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000708
Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 8 March 2012. Includes photographs of Avonside Girls' High School (pupils, replacement buildings, and salvaged crest), Quake Cafe (in a container) at 1027 Ferry Road, road works on Kennedy Bush Road, white zoned land on Kinsey Terrace, residental buildings in Mt Pleasant which are green zoned but many to be demolished, a dressed rock at the corner of Clifton Terrace and Clifton Bay, Scarborough Clock Tower, cliffs above Wakefield Avenue, and Out of the Box contemporary furniture store operating out of a container. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 08 - Avonside GHS -Kinsey -Sumner -Ferry Rd" Quantity: 60 digital photograph(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of Christchurch city
Date: 1 Apr 2012
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000730
Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 1 April 2012. Particularly of Oxford Clinic Hospital demolition, Canterbury Society of Arts building prior to demolition, Christchurch Convention Centre, City Centre Map detailing the 'Red zone' which remains cordoned off from public access, signs protesting the demolition of heritage buildings, businesses notifying customers of continued business despite demolitions, demolition site of St Mary's Merivale, art installations on Kilmore Street, Victoria Clock Tower, Knox Presbyterian Church, Blax Espresso Bar, Dorset Towers under demolition, Brigittes (Aikmans Road, Merivale), Oxford Terrace builing demolition, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Demolition machinery and trucks, new buildings being erected in Armagh Street, The Grange Motel (Armagh Street), rubble of Amuri Courts carpark, Crown Plaza Hotel in later stages of demolition, photograph installations on boarded up portions of Cranmer Court building, Guardian Trust building at Petersborough Street, Ironside House, Quinns specialist ladies department store in shipping containers in Merivale. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 01 - City" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of damage and rebu...
Date: 6 Feb, 22-26 May 2013
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000866
Description: Comprises views of rebuild efforts and effects of effects of Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs and Ferrymead. Taken on 6 February, 22, 25 and 26 May 2013 by Photographer Ross Becker. Includes roadworks on Maffeys Road, McCormacks Bay, temporary bridges at Ferrymead, views of Lyttelton showing London Street, Dublin Street, temporary fire station, new Lyttelton Civic Square on Canterbury Street corner, PortHole bar, empty site of demolished Harbourlight Theatre, childrens' art on fence on site of demolished Empire Hotel, windows from demolished building on site of demolished former Lyttelton Fire Station on corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road, work on retaining walls and damaged substation on Sumner Road, damaged wharf and ships at Lyttelton Port area, resealing work on Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton Seafoods in portacom building, new buildings and site of demolished Shadbolt House on Norwich Quay. Includes views of Scarborough Clock Tower rebuilt, demolition site and damaged houses at Redcliffs, people on Sumner Beach promenade with Scarborough Hill behind, wide views of Sumner and Richmond Hill, Sumner Beach with South Brighton Spit and Avon Heathcote Estuary behind, Godley Head walkway with reconstructed path, Castle Rock on Port Hills showing rockfall caused by February 22 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs & Ferrymead" Quantity: 36 digital photograph(s).
Post Office, Kaiapoi
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-006142-G
Description: View of the post office building with clock tower in Kaiapoi, Canterbury, taken by Frederick George Radcliffe, circa 1910. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office, Kaiapoi. F.G.R. 6305. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative