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Views of Auckland, Kawau Island, the Tarawera eruption, and a waka race
Date: Between 1880 and 1900
From: Harris, Esme Enid, 1913-1993 :Photographs
By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916
Reference: PA11-042
Description: Scenic views in the northern half of the North Island, mostly by Josiah Martin, showing Sir George Grey's house on Kawau Island, yacht and waka raced at the auckland Anniversary Regatta, and the aftermath of the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Quantity: 6 b&w original transparency/ies lantern slides.
Adventures in Geyserland/ Alfred Warbrick
Date: [1858-1886, 1934, 1941]
From: Cowan family: Collection
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: MSX-9414
Description: Published by A. H. and A. W. Reed, Dunedin, 1934. Contains a preface by James Cowan. Loose material laid in to the volume comprises: a newspaper clipping about the Tarawera eruption; a postcard of the Mission Church, Wairoa, before the Tarawera eruption; a photograph of a painting of the Mount Tarawera eruption mounted on card which has a cartoon pasted on the back called 'Native auction' that shows a group of Māori people auctioning off missionaries' bones while standing on a platform in front of what looks like a pātaka (food store); a photograph of Rewiri, sitting in front of a small hut covered in mud and ash after the Tarawera eruption; a photograph of a sketch by S. Percy Smith of Puwai Island (Lake Rotomahana) dated 1858; and a typescript of an annotated draft article titled 'Manx Memories: The mermaid's 400' dated Oct 1941 by Cowan, relating to the migration of his mother's father James Qualtrough, from the Isle of Man to New Zealand, in the 1850s. The photograph of Rewiri is taken by the Burton Brothers at Te Wairoa, 1886, and is wrongly attributed as being a photograph of 'Tuhoto the tohunga' on an inscription on the back. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Printed volume, loose papers, and photographs Photograph, cartoon and a photograph of a painting.
Grave of Edwin Bainbridge
Date: [ca 1900-1908]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001908-G
Description: View of the grave of and memorial to a young man, Edwin Bainbridge, who died on 10 June 1886 at Te Wairoa, being accidentally killed by the falling of a balcony during the Mt Tarawera Eruption. The grave is in Kauae Cemetery, Ngongotaha, near Rotorua. The obelisk memorial has a photograph of Bainbridge on the front and an inscription on the side. The grave is surrounded by a spiked wrought iron fence. Photograph taken by William A Price, ca 1908. Source of descriptive information - ATL Biographies index. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protd W.A.P. 10.1.08. 1830. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches