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Cathedral Square, Christchurch, including tram shelter, tram, a horse-drawn carriage, a...
Date: [ca 1900]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007699-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River
Date: ca 1880s
From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.
Reference: 1/4-019613-F
Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Wheeler and son album 2
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-533
Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm
Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: ca 1900
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-019445-G
Description: Cathedral Square, Christchurch, circa 1900. View of horse drawn carriages, trams and people walking in the Square. Photograph taken by Steffano Francis Webb. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Edmund Wheeler and Son (Firm) :Photograph of horses and wagons in Cathedral Square, Chr...
Date: 28 April 1886
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA7-22-23
Description: Six wagons and teams, owned by Murray and Forbes, carriers of Amberley, pose in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Photographed 28 April 1886, by Wheeler and Son. Reported in the 'Sun' newspaper 28 April 1886 page 3. The teams were brought in to be photographed before being offered for sale. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print
Bridge over the Hurunui River, North Canterbury
Date: ca 1900
Reference: 1/2-004417-F
Description: Horse drawn carriage crossing the bridge over the Hurunui River, North Canterbury, circa 1900. Taken by unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Width of tires; by-law regulating width of tires on the wheels of vehicles to be used o...
Date: 1894 - 1895
By: Costall, Samuel, 1840-1932
Reference: Eph-D-TRANSPORT-1895-01
Description: States the width of tyres to be used, in a table, with factors being the presence or absence of springs, and the number of animals used for pulling. Other Titles - Tyres Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on fabric.. Physical Description: Letterpress on cloth, 560 x 445 mm.
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Bit of the Otira Gorge ; On Porter's Pass, the way...
Date: 1880 - 1888
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895
By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898
Reference: A-182-086
Description: Several sketches combined onto one page. The main image is of a horse-drawn carriage pulling up Porter's Pass. The other two sketches show the same carriage on different parts of the route across the Alps from Canterbury to Westland Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 160 x 240 mm