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Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor), b. 1835 :Mt Ruapehu. [1895]

Date: 1895

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook of Mary C. Medley nee Taylor...1895. No. 14.

Reference: E-379-033

Description: Shows Mt Ruapehu topped with snow Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mt Ruapehu Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 130 x 225 mm (page size)

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Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-ca 1919 :[Mt Cook?]. F A Coxhead. [ca 1870s-1890s]

Date: 1870 - 1898

From: [Buchanan, John] 1819-1898 :Scrapbook [1856-ca 1890]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: E-207-q-025-2

Description: View of a mountain, possibly Mt Cook Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - F A Coxhead, photo, Dn., NZ (stamp); Recto - beneath image - Is this Mt Cook ? Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Sepia photograph, 100 x 153 mm

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Levin Jubilee and a South Island holiday

Date: [ca 1898]-1953

From: Waldie family : Photographs

By: Neville Studio (Levin, N.Z.); ACME Studio; Starlite Studios; Andrew, Stanley Polkinghorne, 1878-1964

Reference: PAColl-8736-1

Description: Levin Jubilee procession and school jubilee February 1940. Levin School reunion ca 1950. A group of housemaids dating from the 1890s. South Island landscapes and mountains 1953. Places and events such as a view of Caroline Bay Timaru, people on the deck of the Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu, a tent in the bush, and the deck of the Tamahine in Picton, all 1953. A portrait of a man and a woman taken by S P Andrew during the Second World War. Quantity: 48 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833?-1898 :Mount Iron. Lake Wanaka. [1860-1880s?]

Date: 1860 - 1890

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-186-043

Description: Shows a wash drawing of a hill with flat land or lake in the foreground. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Monotone wash on sheet 92 x 217 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Brian Groshinski, Australia, in 2003.

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Langlois, Paul fl.1890 :Region alpestre. dessin de P. Langlois, d'apres une photographi...

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Various artists :[Two engravings from "Le Tour du Monde" 1890?; Hotel Bealey /Dessin de Taylor; and Region alpestre/ dessin de P. Langlois]

By: Maynard, Louis Charles, active 1890; Langlois, Paul, active 1890; Charton, M E, active 1860-1890s; Tour du Monde (Periodical)

Reference: A-109-064

Description: Shows Southern Alpine view with scree and rocks. location unidentified. Image based on a photo. Published in :"Le Tour du monde: nouveau journal des voyages". Paris: M.E. Charton, 1860-1894. 61 volumes. "Voyage a la Nouvelle Zelande" p. 232, volume unknown, 1890? Other Titles - Voyage a la Nouvelle Zelande. Extended Title - From: Le Tour du Monde: nouveau journal des voyages. Paris: M. E. Charton, 1860-1894. 61 vos. "Voyage a la Nouvelle Zelande" verso of p. 232, volume unknown, 1890? Verso of Hotel Bealey / Dessin de Taylor; d'apres une photographie; Armand Kohl sc. (A-109-063) Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Region alpestre. - Dessin de P. Langlois, d'apres une photographie.; Recto - bottom left - MAYNARD Sc.; Recto - bottom right - Paul Langlois Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, image 119 x 159 mm, on sheet 216 x 297 mm.

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Creator unknown :Photograph album page of views of Otira Gorge and Mount Cook

Date: [ca 1890s-1900s]

Reference: PAColl-9669

Description: An album page with views of Otira Gorge and Mount Cook. Shows horses pulling a carriage on the Christchurch and Hokitika Road in Otiria Gorge. Shows Mount Cook from the Hooker Glacier. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album leaf with 2 b&w original photographic prints. Physical Description: 41.5 x 31 cm mounted album page

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Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor), 1835-1922 :Mount Peel, Canterbury. [ca 1896-1899]

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-057

Description: Shows a house and possibly a small chapel amidst tall trees, beneath Mount Peel Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Mount Peel Canterbury Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 mm (page size)

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New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs :Framed panorama of the Southern Alps taken by...

Date: [188-?]

By: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA9-053

Description: Panoramic photograph of the Southern Alps, taken ca 1880s by Edmund Wheeler and Son. Includes views of Mount Cook, Ball Glacier, Hochstetter Glacier, and De La Beche. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Panorama comprising five photographic prints, 29.3 x 175.5 cm [visible image], in wooden frame 36.6 x 183.3 cm Provenance: Donated by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1982

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Cundy album

Date: 1896-1897

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910; Cundy, Horace Gordon, 1907-1983

Reference: PA1-o-124

Description: Photograph album of West Coast scenes, compiled, and in part photographed by surveyor George John Roberts. Several images show Roberts, including one image of him with L Cockayne and C E Douglas standing on ice at the Bealey in April 1897. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black bound album with cream cotton spine, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32 cm Provenance: Donated by Mr H G Cundy, Palmerston North, 1977. The album was compiled by surveyor George Roberts, uncle of Mr Cundy.

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Kenyon, May :Dome. Wanaka Lake looking up from Russells. [1880s?]

Date: 1880 - 1890

From: Hodgkins family :[Album of sketches 1880s, 1890s]

By: Garden, Isabella Mary Bedford, 1868-

Reference: E-312-q-100

Description: View across Lake Wanaka towards the mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 171 x 285 mm

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Medley, Mary Catherine (Taylor), 1835-1922 :Hills beyond Masterton. Wairarapa. [Between...

Date: 1896 - 1899

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Mary Medley's sketchbook No. 15. 1896-1899.

Reference: E-380-036

Description: A rural scene in Masterton showing three houses with a backdrop of trees, hills and the snow-capped Tararua Range in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Hills beyond Masterton. Wairarapa Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 165 x 230 (page size)

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Mountaineers, glaciers, and mountains

Date: 1879-1892

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9826

Description: Photographs of mountaineers, glaciers, mountains, lakes and rivers. Included are - Crossing the Hooker River by cable car (flying fox?). Percy Hawkins Johnson, W Low, J W Annan, George Edward Mannering, and Marmaduke J Dixon in the Murchison Valley, 1880. Irishman Rev William S Green and his two guides, Ulrich Kaufmann and Emil Boss, 1882. Mountaineers George Edward Mannering, Percy Hawkins Johnson and Mamaduke J Dixon photographed in 1889. Lake Pukaki, 1889. Tasman Glacier. Lake Tekapo. Hut in the Godley Valley. Mount Aorangi and the Hooker Glacier. Mount Aorangi seen from Ball spur. Panoramic View of mountains seen from Mount Sealy. Murchison glacier and river. Views of Aorangi, De la Beche Peak, and Tasman Glacier. Views of the Godley Glacier, 1892. Volynteers digging for Smith and Morrison in the avalanch of snow on the Rollesby Range, 28 August 1879. Quantity: 10 card mounts containing 33 images.

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Rose, George, 1861-1942 :The Hochstetter Ice Falls, Mount Cook, New Zealand

Date: [1890-1990]

By: Rose, George, 1861-1942; Praite, R (Mr), active 1961

Reference: PA4-0474

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of a man viewing the Hochstetter Ice Falls, taken by George Rose of Melbourne ca 1890-1900. Inscriptions: Mat recto - left of image - Rose's stereoscopic views copyright; right of image - Sold only by George Rose Melbourne; beneath image - Photographer's title: The Hochstetter Ice Falls, Mount Cook, New Zealand, showing the rugged character of these glaciers Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

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[Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Lake Te Anau series. 1889-1890, 1900-1901.

Date: 1889 - 1900 - 1890 - 1901

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Canterbury, Central Otago, Southland and Stewart Island sketches - 1889-1920

Reference: A-026-09

Description: Includes sketches of Lake Te Anau, Limestone Mountains,Head of South Fiord, Mount Oile, Waterfalls on South Fiord, Mount Lyall, Pisgah, Falls near Clinton River, Looking down the Clinton, Lake Mintano and Mount Hart, Sutherland, S Kelmorti, Pinnacle Peaks from Maori camp Te Anau, Mount Kane, Mount Mawry, Forward Peak, Beehive, Leaning Peak. Quantity: 45 drawing(s) on 22 sheets. Physical Description: Pencil drawings on sheets 183 x 277 mm, folios 190 x 290 mm, green buckram Provenance: Purchased from the artist's widow, Mrs A R Moreton, Christchurch, 1926 (see IA 93/3 Mss Coll)

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Brewster's Rare Books :Photographs of Port Chalmers, the Franz Josef Glacier, and the S...

Date: ca 1890, 1923

By: Brewster's Rare Books (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6819

Description: View of Port Chalmers taken ca 1890s, and views of Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier, Waiho River and Lake Kanieri taken in March 1923. Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Smith, William Walter, 1852-1942 :Photographs of New Zealand scenery

Date: [190-?]

By: Smith, William Walter, 1852-1942; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931

Reference: PAColl-9825

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery, taken by photographers including A E Winzenberg and Josiah Martin, collected ca 1900s by William Walter Smith in the course of his work with the Scenery Preservation Commission. Photographs comprise: Great Wairua Falls Sunrise on the Ruamahanga River Native bush and Tararua Range Red deer in forest Paranui Pa, Whanganui River Source of title - Title supplied by Library Accompanying material - MSS contents list on verso of Department of Tourist and Health Resorts letterhead Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Provenance: Donated by Lindsay Garlinge, Port MacQuarie, Australia, in 2010

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Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :Mostly Otago. No 2 Folder. [1878-1890]

Date: 1878 - 1890

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: E-177-f

Description: Views of Central Otago and the lakes. Also Lake Te Anau and surrounding mountains. Supplied titles; individual titles from labels on folios Quantity: 49 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sheets 195 x 329 mm Provenance: Purchased from the artist's widow, Mrs A R Moreton, Christchurch, 1926 (See IA 93/3, Mss Coll)

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Field album 13

Date: [Between 1868 and 1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-q-085

Description: Album of photographs. Most of the views of Canterbury and Thames were taken by Daniel Mundy, between 1868 and 1872. New Zealand scenes are mostly taken by Daniel Mundy, and include many landscapes; a few taken in Christchurch City; several show the Raukapuka Station and Raukapuka Bush, near Geraldine; several taken in and around the Thames Goldfields, at Moanatiri Valley and Te Puhi Flat, with one view of the workings of `The Wild Missouri. Quartz crusher. Thames'. A section of the album shows parts of England, including a number of Glastonbury Abbey and St Joseph's Chapel, Wells, Mitford and Mitford Castle, and Pang bourne [i.e. Pangbourne]. Near the end of the album is an obituary and lithograph of William Charles Wentworth (1790-1872) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cover with gold decorations entitled `Scrap album', 28.5 x 24.5 cm

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Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908 : Photograph album of scenes taken in New Zealand

Date: [ca 1864-1890s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-1889

Description: Photograph album of prints, showing images of scenes around New Zealand, taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead from circa 1864 to circa 1890s. Compiler of album unidentified. Most prints have captions. - Includes images of scenes around Milford Sound, Queenstown-Lakes District and George Sound, which include images of lakes, ships, people, and buildings. - Also includes images of Christchurch, including the Christchurch Cathedral, the Victoria Bridge (with a caption inscribed in pencil saying 'Law Courts'), the Avon River, the Christchurch Botanical Gardens, Sumner and Shag Rock. - Also includes images of Auckland including Albert Park, North Shore, Auckland Hospital and a waterfall at Lucas Creek. - Also includes a series of images taken from what is described as the 'Hokitika Road' (Arthur's Pass) including the Otira Gorge, the Devil's Punchbowl, Mount Rolleston and Mount Philistine. - Also includes images of Dunedin including the Octagon (which includes images of horses and carts, buildings and roads), North East Valley, Leith Valley, Port Chalmers, and Dunedin Botanic Garden. - Also includes an image of a group of Maori standing outside Tamatekapua wharenui (meeting house) at Ohinemutu, and an image of (mainly Maori) people at Ateamuri [sic], Waikato. This includes two pairs of men shaking hands, and horses and carts. Other - A reference card from the Parliamentary Library tipped into the album includes the following: "919.31 NZ Scenery (Photographs). N 532. c 1884 68797. NZ Collection" Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Backing board recto - centre - "General Assembly New Zealand Library" [insignia]. Also on spine "919.31"; "N532" and "New Zealand Scenery".; Backing board verso - centre - "General Assembly Library, NZ" bookplate with reference numbers, stamped with a "withdrawn" stamp. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue and black bound album, with gold embossed lettering. 18.5 cm x 26 cm Provenance: Donated by Parliamentary Library, Wellington, 2014 Transfers: From Book Collections - From NZ&P Book Collections as part of a large ongoing donation of mainly published material.

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Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971 :Lyells Bay January 18th/93 / with Harry and chicks. 1893

Date: 1893

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-046

Description: A view from Lyall Bay, looking toward Pencarrow Head with the Rimutakas in the distance Other Titles - Lyall Bay Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Lyells Bay January 18th/93 / Harry + chicks [in pencil]; Verso - top centre - E M Stowe [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose sketchbook page, 127 x 183 mm

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