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Date: [1880s]

From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-138

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0105

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Tikitere - Brandy Hill bubbling pool, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - top centre - Handwritten in blue pen: Tikitere - Brandy Hill - Bubbling pool. Burton Brothers, Dunedin, N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: 1898

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PA7-19-13

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

Date: 1898

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PA7-19-31

Description: Duplicate of PA7-19-13 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0102

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Tikitere, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Tikitere Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [1890s-1900s?]

From: Teale, Edmund Oswald (Sir), 1874-1971 : Birell album

By: Charles H Kerry & Company; Shearsby, A J, active 1913-1928; Star Photo Company; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-q-029

Description: Postcards, chiefly of Australia, including Tasmania, Adelaide, Queensland, New South Wales, with several showing various tin mines in Tasmania. There is a section of New Zealand postcards in the middle of the album, many taken by an Australian photographic company "Charles H Kerry & Co", labelled "Series 53. Hot Lakes District, New Zealand". These images are tinted, and include views of the Huka Falls, the Pink and White Terraces, Waiotapu, Ohinemutu, Whakarewarewa, Lakes Waikaremoana and Taupo, and the Aratiatia Rapids. The NZ images also include views of the Mount Cook region of the South Island, including Franz Josef Glacier, Hooker Glacier, Mounts Darwin, Sefton and Cook, and Lakes Te Anau and Wakatipu. Many of the postcards show the photographers' names, and include R C Harvey, A J Shearsby, the Star Photo Co., de Tourret, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown "Postcard album" with red, green and blue decoration, 285 x 240 mm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0106

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Tikitere, Hot lakes district, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Tikitere - Hot Lakes District Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1888

From: Hoare, E A, fl 1887-1888 :Drawings, watercolour sketches, photographs and notes of E A Hoare, Artiste, on board 'S S Tongariro'. December 1887 to March 1888

Reference: E-955-f-039-1/3

Description: Top photograph recto shows part of the settlement of Ohinemutu, with the native church (St Faith's) to the right, and Mokoia Island in the middle distance. Bottom image shows Tikitere, or 'Hell's Gate', near Rotorua, known for its many geothermal features including steaming lakes, mudpools and fumaroles. On the verso, a photograph of two men posed against a Tikitapu bush scene Photographs pasted to both sides of a loose sheet of paper, and placed into sketchbook Quantity: 3 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints, varied dimensions, on sketchbook page 255 x 370 mm

Date: 1887

From: Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919 :Sketches by John Henry Menzies of Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, drawn in 1887.

Reference: E-003-012/013

Description: Shows a panoramic view of Lake Rotorua at the left, with Mokoia Island in the centre middle distance, and Tikitere in the far right distance. St Faith's Church at Ohinemutu is in the right foreground. There is a photograph of Lake House at PA1-o-107-13. Extended Title - From Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919. Sketches by John Henry Menzies ... 1887, pages [12-13 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, on double page spread, 142 x 464 mm.

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0104

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Tikitere, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Tikitere Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PAColl-0959-40

Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Hannam, John (Sir), active 1936; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-111

Description: Photograph album of views of New Zealand and Australia, taken by various photographers. Three photographs taken by the Burton Brothers show the sunken pa at Ohinemutu (Burton Bros. 3880); two Maori rangatira, image entitled `Were Were & Kiriwere, Waipahihi, Lake Taupo' (Burton Bros. 3747); and Maori meeting at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country (Burton Bros. 3624). Other - Photograph `Maori meeting at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country' (Burton Bros. 3624) appears to have been taken at the same time as image at PA7-36-30 `Great chiefs at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka, King Country (Burton Bros. 3622). Several of the chiefs who were named in the Great Chiefs image can be identified in the view in this album. Other - Photograph `Were Were & Kiriwere, Waipahihi, Lake Taupo' (Burton Bros. 3747) appears to have been taken at the same time as the image at PA1-o-088-13. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram covers; 28 x 38 cm Provenance: Donated by Sir John Hannam, London, 1936

Date: 1890s

From: Mueller, Mildred Violet, d 1969 :Albums

By: Roberts, George John, 1848-1910

Reference: PA1-q-164

Description: Album of scenes in Westland and the Southern Alps, the thermal regions of the North Island, Russell, and Little Barrier Island, taken in the 1890s. Most of the photographs are by George John Roberts (1848-1910). The scenes in Westland and the Southern Alps include views of mountaineering expeditions in the Franz Josef Glacier, Okarito Forks and Waiho Valley involving A P Harper and Charles Douglas. The scenes in the thermal regions include portraits of Sophia Hinerangi and views in Ohinemutu, Whakarewarewa, Waiotapu and Tikitere. The scenes in the Far North and Little Barrier Island include views in and around the Shakespeare family home on Little Barrier Island. Accompanying information - Negative list compiled by Goerge Roberts Arrangement: PAColl-6921-1 was formerly interleaved in this album, as page 19 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Album from the collection of Gerhard Mueller (1835?-1918), Chief Surveyor for Westland Province 1868-1892. Donated by his daughter, Mildred Violet Mueller, Auckland, April 1967.

Date: 1887

From: Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919 :Sketches by John Henry Menzies of Menzies Bay, Banks Peninsula, drawn in 1887.

Reference: E-003-008/009

Description: Shows a panoramic view of Lake Rotorua at the left, with Lake Roto-iti behind, White Island in the distance, Tikitere and Lake Roto Ehu [Rotoehu], and the Tarawera Mountains grouped at the centre right. In the right foreground, at the top of a rise is a viewing platform with ladder steps leading up to it. Extended Title - From Menzies, John Henry, 1840-1919. Sketches by John Henry Menzies ... 1887, pages [8-9 Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital print, on double page spread, 142 x 464 mm.

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

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

Reference: PA4-0103

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Tikitere, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Tikitere Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1899

Reference: PA1-o-858

Description: Views taken on coach trip through Buller Gorge; also views showing the crossing of the Mohaka River, Taupo, Aratiatia, Wairakei, Hamurana Springs and Tikitere. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1930-1940

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11310-174

Description: Loose research papers mostly relating to New Zealand history, including stories about road-making during the New Zealand wars, a story titled 'How Tikitere got its hot springs' also includes a short poem about a 'Kye-wye' bird and a story about Maori games. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1880s]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-334

Description: According to the inscription inside the front cover (by an unidentified person), the date is firmly established as 1884, however the album has a number of photographs of the Tarawera area, both before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. These include views of the White Terraces, one of which has a group of Maori cooking food in the hot pools; a carved house at Te Wairoa, showing interior and exterior before the eruption, and the exterior afterwards; a group of Maori at Te Ariki (one of the places most devastated in the eruption with the loss of many lives. This image has the inscription `Natives of te Ariki first to be killed by eruption'); views of Mount Tarawera covered in mud and ash; and the Old Mill, destroyed in the eruption. Many of the images have the signature initials J.M. (Josiah Martin), and a few have the initials F.A.C (Frank Arnold Coxhead) who may have taken them, but which may just have been printed by him. The last few views are in Tasmania, including Burnie - Emu Bay, and the Guide Falls, near Burnie. Inscriptions: Album page - `Ex libris Brent Gration-Maxfield. 1967'; Album page - `New Zealand. 1884. An early series of 46 4to sepia photographs of New Zealand views. The date, 1884, is firmly established by the letter opposite [attached to album page. Unsigned and undated], which refers to both the album and G.A. Sala's visit in 1884 (see the D.N.B.) to New Zealand to gather information for his book "The land of the golden fleece" which was published in 1885' Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, leather corners and spine; 25.5 x 22.5 cm