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Date: 1865-1915

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Gungall, Arthur Frederick, 1863?-1927

Reference: PA1-q-1134

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1865-1915, with emphasis on 1893-1898 and 1911-1914. Series include: scenes from Cheviot (including Gore Bay boarding house, Port Robinson landing stage, farm displenishing sale (sheep), Baxton Creek, and Cathedral Bluffs); construction, testing, and opening of Ashley ferro-concrete bridge (with W McIntosh and Governor Islington); Wilson, Oram and Leithead family photographs in New Zealand (Lindean, Beauthorne, and Marston) and South Africa, featuring Christmas holidays, three generations portrait, grandchildren (Josie, Lionel, Bobby, and Alan) and pets (cat Billy Buster, various dogs); Ketches Amelia, Joseph and Emma Sims in Wellington and Kaiapoi, including naming ceremony; collected images of castles and estates in England; scenes from South Africa (Port Elizabeth, Bird Island, indigenous women, bullock train, and British cruiser off Capetown); and Winchester School. Events include Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral shows of 1912 and 1914 (with J L Wilson and Dr Levenge present), King George V inspecting troops during royal tour, coronation parade at Woodford (including participants in fancy dress), Governor Ranfurly's 1898 visit to Kaiapoi, Silver Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs R Wylie (Kaiapoi), rifle volunteer camp at Pareora (Timaru), and Victoria Jubilee. Named figures include A G Ashby in his motorcar, Lieutenant-Colonel Cossgrave, R J Alexander and son William, C Treleaven, J Leech and daughter at Brooklands (Rangiora), John O'Halloran, Henry Lauder, R S Bean and family (Ashburton), Thomas [McLeon?], and Jack Hardwick-Smith and teddy bear. Group photographs include: Dr C Nedwill, Captain Tom Bowling, J L Wilson, and shipmates at 'Chariot of Fame' jubilee; Mr Charles Leech (president) with Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Society Committee; Miss Barlow's class at Kaiapoi School (with Leonard Wilson); Mrs J Pattinson of Cumberland, and her eight grandchildren; North Canterbury Ploughing Match Committee at Mr [Peaches'] farm (Ashley); volunteer rifle officers, J H Hayman (superintendent) with Kaiapoi Fire Brigade; and Colonel Lean and officers and Springbank camp. Wedding portraits of Anderson and Scott (Lindean), Henry and Wright, Dr Hardwick-Smith and Friggs, Oram and Wilson (Beauthorne), and Leithead and Wilson (Marston) weddings. Buildings include Junction Hotel (Rangiora), interior of Press Newspaper building (lithographic department and main entrance), Bass residence at Bristol Street (Christchurch), Hansen's building (Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company, F Gabites, W R Pengelly Tailor and Outfitter, Richards Watchmaker and Jeweller), St John's Church (Rangiora), Mansion House (Cheviot), and W Robinson's residence (Cheviot). Kaiapoi buildings and scenes include Bank of New Zealand, Golf Club pavilion, Emma Matthew's cottage, [Leonard?] Wilson's villa, Anderson's store, Press agency, Borough Council Chambers, Borough School, J Harold Evans' House, Parish Church, suspension bridge, Beswick and Birch's wharf, Kaiapoihia monument, gardens at Beauthorne and Marston, and various streets. Miscellaneous images include picnicking at Birch Hill, wood carvings by Thomas Leech, Waimakariri water supply scheme (Brown's Rock intake and luncheon), George V swimming baths (Rangiora), chickens, Skiddaw, P C Threkeld's prize dairy cows and Leicester ram, Waitangi Falls (Bay of Islands), cooking bullock [hangi?] at Rangiora New Year sports day, Timaru breakwater construction, Otira Gorge, and a Maori woman identified as 'Kaiapoi Maori Queen'. Postcards depict bath house at Hamner Springs, 'Land of the golden fleece', and an illustration of Port Elizabeth. Collected images by named photographers include Mt Egmont (A Gungall). Some hand coloured photographs in album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1901

Reference: PA1-f-064

Description: Photographs taken during the royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Scenes include the arrival of the royal visitors at various places, by ship, Royal carriages, and Royal train; ceremonies and rites welcoming them; views of triumphal arches erected for the tour, including Marble Arch (Queen Street, Auckland), the Auckland Harbour Board Arch, the Citizen's Arch (Wellesley Street), and the Government Arch (City of Wellington). Other ceremonies are associated with the presentation of war-medals; the laying of foundation stones (Victoria College for Maori Girls, Parnell, Auckland), the Wellington Town Hall, and the Queens Memorial Statue in Dunedin); and the march past and inspection of various guards, troops and veterans. One photograph shows Lord Ranfurly in Auckland, reading the proclamation extending the boundaries of the colony to include the Cook Islands (p 16). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Visit of Duke of Cornwall and York (King George V.). 1901. Maoris - Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch". Hand-printed in ink on slip attached to front cover.

Date: [1901]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-73

Description: The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and their entourage, with Lord and Lady Ranfurly and their party, photographed at Te Koraha, Christchurch, by an unknown photographer, during the Royal Visit of 1901. Identified people are: Commander Godfrey-Faussett (left), Sir Charles Cust (2d from left), Hon Charles Hill-Trevor (4th from left, rear), Duchess of Cornwall and York (11th from left), Lady Ranfurly (12th from left), Duke of Cornwall and York (13th from left), Lord Ranfurly (14th from left, front), Duke of Roxburgh (15th from left, rear), Prince Alexander of Teck (16th from left), Lord Wenlock (19th from left, seated), Lady Mary Lyon (21st from left, seated), Captain Dudley Alexander (extreme right). Identified from PA1-f-194-01, a print from the same negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print mounted on album page 286 x 416 mm

Date: 1901

By: Brett Printing and Publishing Company Ltd; Young, Henry William, 1840-1903

Reference: A-216-010-b

Description: An invitation with elaborate lettering, surmounted by portraits of the Duke and Duchess, and surrounded with landscapes of (clockwise from top left) Mts Ruapehu and Tongariro; Mt Egmont; Mitre Peak; Wellington; Mt Cook. The Royal Arms and those of New Zealand appear at the sides. Futher copies at A-216-010, -a & -c Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 230 x 304 mm on card 284 x 358 mm Provenance: Donation: Mrs Arthurs, Wellington? 10 February 1954.

Date: 1901

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s; Turnbull and Palmer (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-ROYAL-1901-02

Description: Invitation card showing a lion and British and New Zealand flags at the top, portraits in the top corners of King Edward VII and his wife Princess Alexandra of Denmark; motifs of rata and clematis flowers and a tui; scenes of Mitre Peak (left) and Mt Cook (right). Below these are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary). Under the text is a scene of Wellington Harbour, with the New Zealand coat of arms. This copy does not have the words "F Sears del" at lower left, but is the same in other respects to the copies at A-216-009/009-d Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 235 x 270 mm.

Date: 1901

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 15

Reference: PAColl-7081-01

Description: The Duchess of Cornwall and York (second from left), and entourage, in Rotorua during the 1901 royal tour, waiting for the Wairoa Geyser to play. The woman on the far left is possibly Airini Donnelly. The man behind her, with a beard, is possibly George Prior Donnelly. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9 x 12.1 cm, on board

Date: 1901

By: Sears, Frederick W, active 1890s-1900s; Turnbull and Palmer (Firm)

Reference: A-216-009-a

Description: Invitation card showing a lion and British and New Zealand flags at the top, portraits in the top corners of King Edward VII and his wife Queen Alexandra ; motifs of rata and clematis flowers and a tui; scenes of Mitre Peak (left) and Mt Cook (right). Below these are portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later George V and Queen Mary). Under the text is a scene of Wellington Harbour, with the New Zealand coat of arms. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 235 x 270 mm. Provenance: Unknown. The invitation is made out to Mr and Mrs G. V. Goldie

Date: ca 1900 - 1920

From: Commons, Jeremy Paul Axford, 1933- :Postcards of the ANZACS during World War I ; photographs of New Zealand, and of the Suez Canal

Reference: PAColl-2297-1

Description: Set of eight postcards from the Daily Mail series on the ANZACS in France, including ones of troops cheering the king, the arrival of the New Zealand Prime Minister by air, and a Maori butcher chopping up meat; other postcards of the Tauranga area particularly of houses damaged on the beach; and three prints of shipping on the Suez Canal including one of a dredge (photographer possibly named Langahi). Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-075321, 075324 to 075333 and 075335 to 075343 Quantity: 12 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1901

Reference: PA3-0360

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1919

From: [Ephemera relating to peace celebrations after World War I. 1919. Folder 1]

By: J. Wilkie & Company; Port Chalmers (Dunedin, N.Z.). Borough Council

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-Peace-1919-03

Description: Programme for the Port Chalmers peace celebrations on Saturday 19 July and Monday 21 July 1919. Floral tributes were to be placed on soldiers' graves and school children were to assemble at Port Chalmers District High School, march down Ajax Road and Wickliffe Terrace and line up on George Street. The Mayoress Mrs J D Stevenson was to hoist the flag on the Municipal Building. A procession was to take place, and the route is listed. All traffic was to cease for 5 minutes at 12 o'clock and bells to ring for 5 minutes. Later would follow a children's lunch, sports and picture shows, highland dance entertainment. The SS "Westmoreland" would release a rocket, and the fire brigade would proceed to the Recreation ground to attend a fireworks display. On the Monday there would be a social dance for the returned soldiers. The last page shows a list of the men of the district, killed during the war. The front cover shows a head and shoulders oval portrait of George V between the New Zealand and British flags. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 4 pages, each 222 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Otago Heritage Books in 2002.

Date: 1901

By: White, Benoni William Lytton, 1858-1950; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm); Corrigan, D W (Mr), active 1960s-1970s

Reference: A-216-008

Description: An illustrated blank invitation. Top left is the royal coat of arms, surmounting a double portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. A Maori child is holding a wreath alongside with a banner marked 'A thousand welcomes'. Top centre are portraits of King Edward VI and Queen Alexandra. Top right is a tondo with a tattooed Maori warrior, surmounted by a New Zealand flag. Bottom left is a Maori woman, holding a banner inscribed Haere mai, with another marked Te Manuhiri Tuarangi. The wording of the invitation is flanked by Maori carvings. Bottom right is a view of Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island with native clematis in the foreground --Same. 3 extra copies. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 192 x 275 mm

Date: ca 1891-1901

Reference: PAColl-0731

Description: Photographs of a military parade on Lambton Quay as part of the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York consisting of teams of eight horses pulling small carriages on their way to the Battery with spectators lining the street; No.3 Gun Detachment at a military tournament in November 1891 at Hutt Race Course standing with their gun the participants being Sgt Carter, Br Daniels, Gunners Brown, Petrie, Curtis, Bott, Renwick, Raynor, and Quilice(?); No.1 (Gun Detachment?) with their gun, standing next to a tent in Miramar in 1898 the participants being Gibson, Coombes, Coleman, Pettiecuck(?), Lyon, Boyes, Fraser, Feeney, Hill, Brown, Spence, Courtney, and Truman; and a large group of men possibly of D battery of Wellington militia holding poles with paddles at the end with circles painted on them (markers). Some of the men are in uniform or partial uniform and there are targets behind them. Photographer(s) unidentified. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-004

Description: A series of vignettes making comic suggestions about a range of current topics, starting with the implications of an Anglo-German friendship league and an Anglo-American arbitration treaty. The figures depicted include George V shaking hands with Kaiser Bill, 'The new John Bull' dressed in top hat and the Stars and Stripes, references to William Massey, Herries 'Sir Wilfrid' and Sir Joseph Ward, references to penny postage in Australia and to the growing population of the North Island vs the South Island and their respective electoral representation Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 530 x 403 mm

Date: 1915

By: North-East Valley School (Dunedin, N.Z.); J. Wilkie & Company

Reference: Eph-B-SCHOOLS-NEV-1915-01

Description: Certificate of attendance, sighned by the headmaster O D Flamank, and the chairman of committee D J Calder. At top left is an inset oval head and shoulders portrait of King V flanked by the draped British and New Zealand flags. Below are two scenes, one of the warship "Queen Elizabeth", and the other showing a battle scene on the beach at Gallipoli. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph on card, 230 x 304 mm.

Date: June 1901

From: Zachariah (Zak), Joseph 1863-1965 :Photographs

By: Zimmerman, A K, active 1901

Reference: PA4-0463

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Duke and Duchess of York, viewing a geyser, during their visit to Rotorua, June 1901. Photograph taken and published by A K Zimmerman. Inscriptions: Mat recto - left of image - New Zealand Scenery. Copyright 1901.; Mat recto - beneath image - The "Yorks' visit to Rotorua June 1901 - a geyser at play; Mat recto - right of image - Photographed and published by A K Zimmerman, Auckland and Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1901

By: White, Benoni William Lytton, 1858-1950; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm)

Reference: A-216-008-a

Description: An illustrated blank invitation. Top left is the royal coat of arms, surmounting a double portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. A Maori child is holding a wreath alongside with a banner marked 'A thousand welcomes'. Top centre are portraits of King Edward VI and Queen Alexandra. Top right is a tondo with a tattooed Maori warrior, surmounted by a New Zealand flag. Bottom left is a Maori woman, holding a banner inscribed Haere mai, with another marked Te Manuhiri Tuarangi. The wording of the invitation is flanked by Maori carvings. Bottom right is a view of Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island with native clematis in the foreground Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 192 x 275 mm

Date: [ca 1900-1931]

From: Connell, Marjorie Bertha, 1907-1995 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8805-2

Description: Photographs relating to the Seed family, taken ca 1900-1931 by various photographers. Includes: Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of York Photographs of Australia taken ca 1903, including Indian soldiers, lions at Sydney Zoo, American maize at Darling Island, scenes at Katoomba and Wentworth Falls Photographs of New Zealand scenes, including group portrait outside Wellington College, 1894; Princes Street, Dunedin; boxes of Sunlight Soap being loaded onto a ship bound for Queensland; Wellington wharf Photographs of Lasswade, home of George Allen at 57 Thorndon Quay, Wellington Photographs of a training camp for field medical volunteers Photographs of Maymorn Mill, taken ca 1913-1915 Photographs of damage caused by the Napier earthquake, 1931 Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1901

From: Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[1. King Tawhiao lying in state. 1894; and, 2. sketch of a woman's head. ca 1901].

Reference: A-176-046-2

Description: Shows a profile sketch of a young woman on the left, and a view of a garden fountain and the ceremonial arch erected for the Royal visit to the Rotorua Baths in 1901. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on sheet, 258 x 350 mm Provenance: Purchased from Dunbar Sloane, Auckland, in 2001.

Date: 1901

By: White, Benoni William Lytton, 1858-1950; Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm); Morice, Louisa Jane Spotswood, 1873-1957

Reference: A-216-008-b

Description: An illustrated invitation to Dr C. G. & Mrs Morice. Top left is the royal coat of arms, surmounting a double portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. A Maori child is holding a wreath alongside with a banner marked 'A thousand welcomes'. Top centre are portraits of King Edward VI and Queen Alexandra. Top right is a tondo with a tattooed Maori warrior, surmounted by a New Zealand flag. Bottom left is a Maori woman, holding a banner inscribed Haere mai, with another marked Te Manuhiri Tuarangi. The wording of the invitation is flanked by Maori carvings. Bottom right is a view of Ohinemutu, Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island with native clematis in the foreground Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 192 x 275 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-003

Description: A set of vignettes, headed 'The Christchurch Press last week celebrated its jubilee'. At the top left, are two people wrapped up in newspapers (the Press and the Lyttelton Times) shaking hands above a sea marked 'politics' and titled 'hands across the sea'. Top right, two large hands, one marked England, one Germany, pushing the Prince of Wales (later George V) and a German princess towards one another to accompany a text -' it is whispered that there are prospects of a match between the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Germany'. Below that is an angry man holding a Post Office savings box, with accompanying text 'Once money has been placed in the new Post Office money boxes it cannot be removed except by the P. O. officials. The man had been hoping to retrieve money to catch a tram. Below that is a drawing titled 'The other cheek' and featuring Prime Minister William Massey, holding his lower back and facing Auckland M. P. George Fowlds. Surrounding text explains that Massey has offered to pay Fowlds' expenses if he would tour New Zealand repeating his Pukekohe speech. Centre left is an Irish musical group, one with an Irish harp, with Christchurch tossing them coins - 'The Irish envoys on tour in their specialty 'Shell out for Liberty'. To the right is 'The catch of the season' showing a man leaping to catch a ball with accompanying text explaining that Dan Reese anticipates no trouble in rasing the £2000 for Lancaster Park. Bottom left is a scene in Cathedral Square showing the statue of John Robert Godley on top of a tram shelter, with a clock for a face, 'next tram' for a hat, and one arm pointing to Railway, the other to Opawa. The accompanying text reads 'The good old tram-shelter - Godley statue question has cropped up again... Why not do away all sentiment & put the statue to some practical use?'. At the bottom right is William Massey swinging a cat labelled 'Supreme Court allocation' facing 'Mrs Conservative Press'. The accpmanying text reads 'Mrt Massey in spite of the protests of a section of the Opposition press continues to support Mr Allen's legislation for Supreme Court judges. Mrs Conservative Press" For goodness sake, William, go & bury the pore thing! Cant you see it's quite dead?' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - David Low 11 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink 520 x 430 mm