Places

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-078

Description: View looking down onto Lyttleton from a hill. Ships can be seen docked at the wharves and in the harbour. In the foreground to the left are two carts, one filled with soil [?]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

Date: 1932

By: Bruce, Alfred Selwyn, 1866-1936

Reference: qMS-0287

Description: Original manuscript for work published in 1936, with same title. Concerns Christchurch, Sumner and Lyttelton, and covers early history, city geography, old identities, pioneer women, St Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Publication - The Early days of Canterbury; a miscellaneous collection of interesting facts dealing with the settlement's first thirty years of colonisation Canterbury historian Quantity: 1 volume(s) (201 pages). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (34 cm; maroon roan)

Date: 1889, ca1900, 1941

From: Lee, W C :Group outside hotel, 1889:Richard Seddon and party on board ship:Remains of torpedo boat in Lyttelton Harbour, 1941

By: Lee, W C, active 1990; Crawford, William Fitzgerald, 1844-1915

Reference: PAColl-1628-1

Description: Includes photo of hotel, probably in Gisborne district, taken by W F Crawford, and the remains of a torpedo boat, acquired during the "Russian scare" in Lyttelton Harbour Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1855-1900

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2910

Description: Selected papers from the records of James Baine and Co, the James Ireland letters (these include a letter written by George & Susan Patterson giving details of their voyage to Auckland on the `Rock City' 1855), and the William Midgley and Captain Henry Hatchwell papers, as well as journals of J T Deighton, F G Pearson and Sarah Stephens and one anonymous writer Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: [Between 1890s and 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-297

Description: Album of South Island scenes (except for a few taken en route to Wellington showing The Brothers, Pencarrow Head, and one of a group having a picnic at Muritai). Probably mostly photographed by George William Barltrop. The first section shows the Nelson and Marlborough areas, and several photographs of ships at sea, one shipwreck (the Antiocco Accame in 1901), and one aground (the Elginshire, 1902). People who are identified are: the Reverend Bennett (Frederick Augustus Bennett (later Bishop), with his first wife Hana Te Unuhi Mere Bennett, and young daughter, Rawinia Bennett (circa 1900); Abe Wells, photographed as an older man outside his cob house at Richmond (circa 1890s); and Isla Reid, photographed as a young girl, probably in the Dunedin area. Three scenes in cemeteries have clearly identified headstones, and include those for the Reverend Samuel Poole, Frank Churchill Simmons; and a group memorial for Charlotte McDonald, Annie McQuaid and Lizzie Crinrod, stewardesses who were drowned in the wreck of the SS Wairarapa, Great Barrier Island, 29th October 1894. This was erected by the stewardesses of the Union Steam Ship Company. Inscriptions: Album page - Geo W Barltrop Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, entitled `Photographs'; 16.0 x 22.5 cm

Date: 1863-1907

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

Reference: PA1-q-1135

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1864-1907, predominantly dated 1880s-1900s. Homesteads, houses, and churches include: Beauthorne (Kaiapoi), with Wilson family group in garden, including Joseph Lowthian, Thomas, Leonard, and Estelle; Glenmark (interiors and exterior views); Dr Volckman and Dr Weld's Oxford house [including Volckman and Weld, wife, and daughter?] in the garden; Mr John Ingram's residence (Oxford); Eskhead, one image depicting Mr Kennedy with unidentified visitors, and another with the Kennedy family; Kaiapoi Vicarage; St John's Church (Rangiora), and [St Joseph?] Catholic Church, School, and Presbytery in Rangiora. Kaiapoi Woollen Mill, Oxford Public Library, Rangiora Post and Telegraph Office, and the Great Northern Hotel (Waikari) are other buildings of note. Military photographs include Kaiapoi, Rangiora, and Cust Volunteer Rifles, groups of unidentified officers, the performance of various military exercises, and parades (Queen's Jubilee). Other images include training camps at Kaiapoi, Springbank, Hillsborough, Purau, and Oamaru (Redcastle), Canterbury Rifle Volunteers' Challenge Shield, veterans, cadets, South African War departures and victory celebrations. Also image of troops in Bloemfontein, South Africa (1900). Events covered include celebrations surrounding the unveiling of the Ngai Tahu monument at Kaiapohia Pa site (Easter Monday 1899) by Premiere Richard Seddon, various weddings (Ms Winters, Stackwood and [Fear?], Smith and McDowell), the funeral of Mrs Wikitoria Mutu (Tuahiwi), Caledonian Society gatherings (Amberley and St Andrews), picnics, sports days, agricultural shows, Lyttelton Regatta, Brackenfield Hunt Club meeting, the opening of the rowing season on Avon River (Christchurch) and Kaiapoi River, stock sales, Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention at Kaiapoi, William Hall-Jones turning of the first sod of the Cheviot railway. River scenes include Kaiapoi River (featuring boats 'Rock Lily', 'Huon Belle', and 'Emma Sims'), Grey River, Waimakariri River (road and rail bridge, water supply), Ashley Gorge bridge, and the temporary rail bridge over Patterson's Creek. Rural scenes include livestock (sheep, pigs, ostriches, horses (both farming and military), dogs (Brackenfield hounds) and cattle). Farming scenes feature Whiterock Station and haymaking. Scenic images show Weka Pass and Lake Sumner. Also various copies of early images of North Canterbury and Auckland. Portraits include James Edward Fitzgerald, Mr Self and Lord Lyttelton, Paul Hiskins, E J Paul, Captain Caleb Whiteford, Captain Joseph Lowthian Wilson, Captain Thomas Millar, Surgeon H Compton Parsons, and Captain Williams. Group images include Rangiora Athletic Association Committee (all named), sports teams (men's and women's hockey, football, cricket), St Stephen's Church Choir (Tuahiwi), Kaiapoi Shakespeare Club, and Kaiapoi Brass Band. Also M J Dixon and G E Mannering on glacier during their attempted ascent of Mount Cook. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album, 36.8 x 28.8 cm

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: 1900 - 1850

By: Wilkin, James Clunie, 1843-1907; Canterbury times (Christchurch, N.Z.); Lyttelton times (Newspaper)

Reference: B-033-028

Description: A view from the water looking across towards Lyttelton with Canterbury's first four ships (Charlotte Jane, Randolph, Cressy and Seymour) with a background of a few houses at Lyttelton on the lower slopes of the Port Hills Supplement to: "Canterbury Times" Jubilee number, December 16th, 1900. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 241 x 392 mm (image) on sheet 304 x 453 mm

Date: 1838-1903

By: Toomath, Edward, 1817-1885

Reference: MS-Papers-1120

Description: Papers, chiefly 1849-1955, include correspondence, testimonials, conveyancing deeds (Lyttelton), and school inspector's notebook, 1873 First school teacher in Lyttelton; first inspector of schools, Wellington district; lay-reader and Provinicial Councillor Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1880-1900

From: Gibbs, James Joseph, fl 1963 :Photographs of New Zealand towns and cities

By: Martin, Alfred, 1846?-1906

Reference: PAColl-0738

Description: One of the photographs, entitled by the photographer "Champion Course", shows a rowing course on the Whanganui river. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1859-1907

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1136

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1859-1907, predominantly dated 1900-1902. Series include: Akaroa (1876); 1901 Royal Tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, with events including review of volunteer rifles (Christchurch) and parade in Auckland; South African War departures, transport ships (including 'Tongariro'), and return celebrations (Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Christchurch), as well as training and volunteer camps (Woodend, Redcastle, and Newtown), peace announcement, and various related events and images; Birch Hill bush, logging, sawmill and bullock teams; flood damage to Ashley rail bridge; and potatoes being sent to South Africa. Events include opening of Lyttelton dock, jubilee celebration for deaf and dumb community, Amuri cattle sale at Culverden (with Captain R A Chaffey and Lieutenant Wynaham-Grey), wedding breakfast at Ashley, funeral in Rangiora [Mr A Foreman?], Lyttelton Regatta, Kaiapoi boat race, Grand National Steeplechase and races at Riccarton Racecourse, public school displays at Lancaster Park, wreck of the SS 'Taupo' at Greymouth (also 'Hesketh' run aground), crowd in Cathedral Square for Bishop Wilson's wedding, bazaar in Nelson, religious gathering in tent (Christchurch Showgrounds), Premiere Richard Seddon's visit to Kaiapoi, Rangiora sheep sale, J G Ward visit to Kaiapoi [Kaiapoihia monument?], Imperial Troops marching through Christchurch, Waikari sheepdog trials (judge W Rutherford), Rangiora Agricultural and Pastoral Show, washout at Cam flour mill (Leech Brothers), Governor Ranfurly at A & P Show, opening of Canterbury Hall by Ranfurly and Seddon, dispersal sale of R W Chapman's sheep, Mayor J Daly turning over first sod of Coronation Baths (Kaiapoi), unveiling of Queen Victoria Jubilee memorial, and Victoria Jubilee celebrations (Auckland). Identified figures include Reverend Garbett and Dr J E Weld, H Marton and Mark Scott, A S Clarkson (in South Africa), Rev Canon James Wilson, W Stapleforth (with dog), Colonel Stuart Newall, Miss Ethel Bell, Richard Seddon, E G Wakefield (bust), Pohipi and his wife, and Mr G Leech. Group photographs include: R J Alexander and [M J] Lynskey and Kaiapoi Borough School Cadets; Christchurch Hockey Club men's team; staff of A Moore coach builders, including H Land, J Jeffrey, A Moore, and W Baker; Kaiapoi Hinemoa Hockey Club (and instructor Mr Kinvig); Mrs W R May and troupe of entertainers from Richmond, Nelson; Amberley Caledonian Society; wedding of A Pearce and Miss Zuppicich; Colonel H Gordon and North Canterbury Volunteer Rifle group (including nurses), also Lieutenant A Horne with volunteers, and Lieutenant E B Millton, Captain H Lance, and Lieutenant Johnson of Cust Mounted Rifles; telegraph staff at Bloemfontein; Rev Wynter Blathwayt and St Stephen's Maori Church Choir; Rev H H Mathias and Kaiapoi Church Sunday School teachers and church choir members (including Estelle Wilson); Mrs J G Blackwell (chaperone) and campers on Sumner trip; Archdeacon B Dudley, Fanny Dudley, and Mrs Dudley at Earnley (Rangiora); Kaiapoi football [rugby] team; Dr H C Parsons and family; staff at Kaiapoi Woollen Mills; crew of the ship 'Discovery' (Tuahiwi visit); Rangiora Oddfellows; Mahaanui Maori Council; Rev Nicholls wedding (Ravenstone); and Wesleyan Church Conference. Also soldiers Rule, Moody, and Sanson (departing for South Africa). Buildings include Canterbury Provincial Chambers, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Kaiapoi Methodist Church, East Oxford Church, Johnsons Building (Rangiora), Press agency (Kaiapoi), Red Lion Hotel (Oxford), Masonic Lodge (Rangiora), Lyttelton Times and Warner's Commercial Hotel (Christchurch), Building and Land Society (Christchurch), Moore's Beehive store, round house with turf roof and punga trunk walls (Water of Leith, Dunedin), Rangiora Post Office, ruins of early Rangiora house, Kaiapoi Borough School, H Martin's house (site of murder) and St Thomas's Church (East Eyreton), Boys High School (Christchurch), Mrs Lamhert's house (Jack's Pass), Canterbury Museum, Bank of New South Wales and church (Amberley), Waiau ferry [terminal?], creamery (Woodend), A S Clarkson's office and Presbyterian church (Rangiora), Wilson residence Marston (Kaiapoi), Kaiapoi Railway Station, and Colonial Bank of New Zealand (Rangiora). Interior of Kaiapoi church (featuring decorated font) and Wellington Public Library. Also garden at Beauthorne. Miscellaneous images include Maori scenes [ca 1860s], motorised quadricycle, Purau Bay, unidentified sports team [rugby?], J Pearson's wool being carted and shearing at Burnt Hill, High Street (Rangiora), ambulance tent for mounted rifles (Tuahiwi), boats moored at Lyttelton, hot springs at Hamner, Boyd and Kier contractors, trappe bridge (Kaiapoi), brass band outside Mrs Moorhouse's dining rooms, Manchester Street and Hagley Park (Christchurch), Napier, Thames, Ashley Bridge protective works, race at sports day, and unidentified men on railway jigger. Illustrations include various scenes of early Kaiapoi, Queen Victoria portrait, and soldier [South African War?] by R Caton of Woodville. Named photographers of collected images are Burton Brothers and [Deale?]. A small number of photographs in album are hand coloured. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-291

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, chiefly showing facets of Christchurch and Lyttelton. The first scenes are a group portrait of men and women with the caption `Camera club (flashlight)'; two photographs of a wedding, the first a group portrait, and the second the bride and groom, both scenes taken outside on a lawn outside a conservatory; the altar at St Thomas' (Newtown, Wellington); and an exterior and an interior view of St Barnabas' Church, Norfolk Island. The rest of the album is scenes of the Christchurch and Lyttelton areas, including interior and exterior views of Christ Church Cathedral and of St Michaels' Church, Christchurch; views of Lyttelton and the Lyttelton Wharves; the Canterbury Museum and its gardens; Hagley Park and the Avon River. The wedding groups, a young woman wearing a mortar board and gown on the steps of a church, and a family of four with their dog, are the only portraits, none of whom are identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh VII' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1900s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-f-270

Description: Views of New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes photographs of Griffin and Rutherford families, and home of Dr Hogg of Timaru. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1897-1904

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Pulman (Firm); Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934

Reference: PA1-f-142

Description: Charles Hill-Trevor's personal album of the time he spent as personal secretary to Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand. It records the New Zealand contingents sent to the South African war and public events, personalities and patriotic entertainments associated with that enterprise. Visits to Government houses in Australia record other governors, officials and official residences. On one occasion in Melbourne a New Zealand versus Australia polo match was played. Hill-Trevor shows an interest in Māori, wildlife conservation (including the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island), and the sports of fishing, polo and horsemanship. There are photographs of members of the Ranfurly family and their principal servants as well as the Governor engaged in official functions such as opening the Kaiapoi council offices and laying the foundation stone of the Veterans Home, Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1903. Also photographs relating to the play 'The Geisha'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: between 1876 and 1906

Reference: 1/2-014577-F

Description: The ship `Hermione' in dry dock at Lyttelton. Taken by an unidentified photographer between 1876 and 1906. Hermione was built in 1876 for Shaw Savill & Co. She was sold to Italian owners in 1906 and broken up at Genoa at 1913. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1885-1909]

From: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909 :Negatives of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: 1/2-117250-F

Description: Ships `Wimmera' and `Mararoa' berthed at Lyttelton, circa 1885-1909. In the background houses and the Timeball Station are visible. Photograph taken by Daniel Manders Beere. Dated with the year a ship called `Mararoa' was built (listed in Watts Index) and the death date of Beere. Note on back of file print reads: "Beere no. 618" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-033

Description: View looking north, with a dinghy with two occupants in the left foreground, jetties and wharf sheds, houses along Sumner Road and the Timeball Station [?] and a signalling flag-pole in the middle distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.