Places

Date: [ca 1900s]

Reference: PA1-o-1258

Description: Photograph album comprising views of Marlborough, chiefly Picton, taken ca 1900. Includes an image of the Edwin Fox. Possibly compiled by Charles Chilton and his family, and given to Dr William Redman. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - to Dr & Mrs Redman with best Christmas wishes from Dr, Mrs & Frank Chilton. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey card covered album 15.6 x 20.3 cm containing 24 photographs Provenance: Album presented to Dr and Mrs Redman by Dr, Mrs and Frank Chilton. Possibly compiled by Dr Charles Chilton and family.

Date: ca1880-ca1935

By: Nielson, Debbie, active 1996

Reference: PAColl-5036

Description: 5 albumen prints of New Plymouth and Waitara, 46 snapshots and postcard photographs of the thermal district, Napier, Waitomo caves and other places in the North Island Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Found at Hunterville dump in January 1996 by Ms Neilson, who offered them to the Whanganui Regional Museum, giving them permission to dispose of as seen fit.

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Holm, J C :Photographs of Greymouth flood, ca 1890s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-19

Description: Elevated view overlooking Greymouth during a flood showing the railway station and areas near the waterfront under water. The Royal Hotel can be seen in the middle distance. The barquentine `Rio' is in the far distance berthed alongside the quay. One of a series of photographs taken by James Ring during the flood (in late 1890s or as late as 1905) Same image at PA7-51-20 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 205 mm

Date: ca 1895- 1930

From: East, Pamela: Photographs of groups visiting the Canterbury outback, family portraits, and Maori

Reference: PAColl-6917-3

Description: Portraits of Maori dating from the 1895 to 1914 period, family photographs, and postcards of New Zealand scenic views and of Taumarunui and Dunedin. There is also a five part panorama of Whangarei dated 1930 Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

Reference: PA1-o-1242

Description: Album containing photographs of Port Chalmers, Riverton, Moeraki, and Lake Te Anau, taken ca 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Black leather album 19.2 x 25 cm

Date: 1899-1909

From: Heath, Henry C, fl 1890s-1920s :Photographs of New Zealand scenes and Heath's family

Reference: PAColl-8432-2

Description: Unidentified family photographs, most of which are portraites. Included are three group photographs, in one of which the people are holding musical instruments. Photographs of Whangarei and district. These include views of Whangarei Harbour and the Railway Wharf; Tourists in a boat and standing in a large group; the Wairoa Falls; an unidentified railway station; People in carriages and on horseback on the road to the Wairoa Falls; Maori selling gum; the Kamo coach; views of streets, countryside, and a raupo dwelling; bridges and limestone cliffs at Whakapara; views of Whakapara; the Whangarei Falls; Maori women on horseback; the Mauna Falls; views of Whangarei and Kamo; the Victoria Bridge; local creeks; Parahaki Hill. Quantity: 76 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 box(es).

Date: 1875-1921

From: Craig, Elsdon Walter Grant, 1917-1980 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-8066-10

Description: Three photographs of Auckland, a photograph of Mechanics Bay Auckland, Herd's Point Hokianga 1875, a group of Maori at Te Umuroa in 1896-1897, and Tuhoe women photographed at Ruatahuna in 1895. Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Holm, J C :Photographs of Greymouth flood, ca 1890s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-20

Description: Elevated view overlooking Greymouth during a flood showing the railway station and areas near the waterfront under water. The Royal Hotel can be seen in the middle distance. The barquentine `Rio' is in the far distance berthed alongside the quay. One of a series of photographs taken by James Ring during the flood (late 1890s or as late as 1905) Same image at PA7-51-19 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 205 mm

Date: [1890s-1900s]

From: New Zealand News Ltd :Photographs from the Auckland Star

Reference: PA1-q-014

Description: Views of a trip along the Whanganui River with views of Paranui kainga (listed as Parinui in the album), showing groups of whare, groups of Maori, various activities in the kainga, canoes on the river, and many scenes of waterfalls along the river. These include Taraipokiore (or Tarei-po-Kiore), Otuitu Falls, Ohura Falls, Kakahi Falls. The "Ladder scene", copy of Denton photograph, and other views of the Whanganui River and Ohura River. There is a gap in the album, followed by a separate sequence on Napier. These images include panoramic views of Napier from various locations, church buildings (including exterior and interior views of St John's Cathedral), hotel buildings and other public buildings and memorial statues. Photographs taken by Auckland Star photographers circa 1900s. Inscriptions: Album page - top right - Wanganui trip. Napier. Relationship complexity - Most images are represented by original negatives donated to the Library by the Auckland Star in the 1950s Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth bound album, labelled "This book must be returned to Mr H Brett's room"

Date: [Between 1890s and 1920s]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-095

Description: Album containing photographs of Ballarat (Australia), areas in Otago and Southland (NZ), and images of the France family and their relatives the Farquhar family and the Little family. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown front cover, purple back cover; 31.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: 1990s-1920s

By: Leighton, Grace, active 1994

Reference: PAColl-6002

Description: Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies laser prints.

Date: [ca 1890s-1940s]

From: Cornwall, James Caleb, 1879-1964: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10268

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenes taken between circa 1890s and circa 1940s, chiefly by James Caleb Cornwall. Many images have a brief explanatory captions. Contains images including a kapa haka group performing on a barge, a building decorated for Royal [Coronation 1937?] with cameo portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, animals at a zoo (pelican and [thar?]), a thermal area, and a bush scene. Transportation is featured, with photographs showing trains (locomotives and carriages, including a Fairlie locomotive) and railway architecture (train tracks and Main Trunk Line viaduct) as well as car and horse and cart scenes. Places and buildings include Hastings Main Street, Blenheim Memorial (clock tower and fountain), Palmerston North (including birds on pond [Domain?], a church, shops, and the main square), Arthurs Pass and Porters Pass, a Coromandel homestead, house and garden of Cara [Sawings?], and [Otago Settlers?] Museum, Dunedin. Unidentified figures appear in some photographs. Quantity: 10 loose album pages, with 38 b&w original prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints adhered to loose card album pages

Date: 1890s-1970s

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

By: Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Inksters Ltd; Quinn, Joseph, -1998; Ring & Inkster (Firm); Ring, James, 1856-1939; Sidney Riley Studios

Reference: PAColl-9680

Description: Photographs from the Ring & Inkster Studio taken from the 1890s to the 1970s relating to floods and slips, and dredges in the Greymouth area. Views of Greymouth include: aerial view of the town, circa 1950s; Mawhera Quay after a flood, circa 1890s; Gilmer's Corner after a flood, circa 1890s; aerial view of subdivision, circa 1970s. Group photographs include: group of women in the 1950s [possibly a reunion]; school photograph of girls attending a convent school, 1937; wedding group taken in Sydney, Australia, by Sidney Riley Studio, circa 1923; family group seated outdoors on a large rock, circa 1920; Grey County Councillors, circa 1912; Inangahua Silver Band taken in Greymouth during band competitions, 1975. Blackball aerial tramway (or ropeway) crossing the Grey River on large pylons, seen from the foot of Coats' Terrace, circa 1900s [this tramway began operation in 1893, and was replaced by rail in 1910]. Views of landscape and countryside include: two panoramas of the Punakaiki River, 1927; panorama of Nine Mile coast road, 1927; two panoramas of a landscape featuring nikau palms and damaged bush, 1927; panoramic view of Punakaiki, 1927; two panoramas of Ten Mile on coastal road, 1927; and a country race track and surrounding countryside, circa 1970s. Accompanying material - An inventory of shipping, Greymouth by the Inksters Ltd. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1925]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9827-2

Description: Includes - Unidentified river in a gorge, ca 1925. Small river or lake surrounded by trees. Staff at Blue Cliffs Station grouped outside the woolshed, ca 1890. Anama homestead. Photograph of SS Tainui under steam and sail, ca 1885. Photograph of a painting of SS Irnie, ca 1885. Family group on a lawn, ca 1905. Cust village, Canterbury. St James Church Cust, 1891. Views of people on ship's deck. Native forest scenic reserve, ca 1905. Woman and dog, ca 1890s. Quantity: 13 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1890s-ca1923

From: Brusey family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-974

Description: The first and largest section of this album records a trip in Canada and possibly the United States, made by a young man with a motor car about 1923. The second section are photographs taken on a visit to possibly Hawaii or Tahiti. Local people are recorded as well as a number of yachts tied up along the waterfront of a town, and a white warship. The third section include family photographs taken in Britain in the 1890s, and several shipboard views, two of which show what are probably crossing the line ceremonies involving a canvas swimming pool. Towards the end of the album a group of family photographs are associated with a large wooden New Zealand house. There is no information with the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6244

Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1934-1961

By: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society

Reference: PA-Group-00589

Description: Included are - Views of Auckland and events such as the fly past of planes from HMAS Melbourne 22 August 1961. Auckland university student capping procession. Visit of the naval training sailing ship `Esmeralda' 23 June 1961. Views of seatoun and Owhiro Bay, Wellington, 19 June 1938. Lyall Bay, Wellington 29 July 1944. Central Wellington 1934. Awahuri Bridge under construction, 17 December 1937. Views of the Bluff and Napier Port, 3 July 1935. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-120153-F to 1/4-120198-F, and 1/4-120199-G to 1/4-120201-G. Quantity: 50 b&w original negative(s) three of which are glass. 32 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1860s, 1934

From: Photographs of the Richmond family, their relatives and friends

Reference: PAColl-7075-08

Description: All but one of the photographs depict towns and other locations in the Otago and the West Coast regions of the South Island. These include the towns of Cromwell, Dunedin, and Charlston. There is a view of the Matukituki River and Gorge as well as the Clutha River below Cromwell. Apart from these prints there is a mounted image of HMS Cairo passing through the Keil Canal in July 1934 photographed by Arthur Renard Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1870 - 1920

From: Various artists :[Seven loose watercolour drawings of New Zealand (Timaru) and Australia (Sydney and Tasmania), 1874 and 1888].

By: Neville, Louis, 1852-1919

Reference: A-128-018

Description: Shows a view of the coastline at Timaru, seen from the water. Shows a long low cliff with a small jetty at the right-hand end. Red-roofed houses stand among trees in the town, and the foothills are seen faintly in the distance. Similar in style to Louis Neville's 1918 view of the same subject from a different angle on the shore (at B-079-010). Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet, 139 x 223 mm.

Date: 1895 - 1900

By: Drummond, Martin & Matheson (Firm); Clayton, Charles A, active 1895-1906; Rodger, Robert, -1952; McKee & Company

Reference: Eph-B-TOURISM-Gore-1899-01

Description: Includes photographs of a general view of Gore looking east (panorama in 2 parts); traffic and railway bridges looking from the East Gore Esplanade; Main Street looking north; Fleming & Gilkinson's Flour mills and Tothill Watson & Co's Grain stores, Gorton Street; Mersey Street; Southland Frozen Meat Co works, Mataura; Churches; view of the Hokonui Hills from the Gore cemetery; Suspension bridge at Mataura; Graham Bros mining dredge on the Mataura River; Railway garden and main street after a snowstorm. The last leaf advertises W McGruar & Co (draper) and Vitadatio the great herbal remedy, manufactured in Wellington but obtainable from J Duncan & Co Gore. Dated from a reference to the valuation of the town in 1899. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 13 leaves, each 205 x 255 mm.