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Date: [ca 1890]

By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925

Reference: PAColl-8123

Description: Mills & Co Wool and Grain Stores at Port Chalmers. Photographed ca 1890 by David Alexander De Maus. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Mills & Cos Wooland Grain Stores Port Chalmers; Mount recto - beneath image - De Maus exhibition photo. And fine art publisher, Dunedin and Port Chalmers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 20 x 14 cms, mount 27 x 22.4 cms

Date: ca 1891

From: Reid, Robert Stuart :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Fischer, Adolf Gottlieb, 1858-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1236

Description: Views of Timaru showing buildings, streets, harbour, and wharves. Three principal buildings are shown, the Bank of New Zealand, the Post Office, and the Public Hospital. Three landscape and coastal views, and two images of a water reservoir complete the album. Photographed by Adolph G Fischer in about 1891 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1895-1932]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

By: Manning, Charles Henry, 1848-1895; Taylor, T E, active 1899

Reference: PAColl-8788-2

Description: Photographs taken and collected by Louis John Daroux, between 1890s-1930s. This set includes Wellington street scenes and city views, circa 1900s; photographs taken at Trentham Military Camp circa 1914; New Zealand scenic and harbour views; miscellaneous photographs including three taken or collected in Australia, Germany, and the Pacific Islands; and portraits. Wellington scenes include: the unveiling ceremony for statue of John Ballance in Parliament grounds, April 1897; group portrait of armed militia outside Alexandra Barracks, Mount Cook; Queen Victoria statue in Post Office Square; men laying cable for electric trams in Courtenay Place ca 1905; interior of tram sheds; funeral procession for Mr Andrews, (who died of exposure while deer stalking near Martinborough) in Rugby Street 1904; intersection of Willis and Manners streets; a two-part panorama of Lambton Harbour and city buildings circa 1906; an elevated view of Lambton area; a view from Tinakori Hill across houses in Thorndon towards Wellington Harbour; two buildings on Customhouse Quay; ship HMS Powerful in Wellington Harbour in February 1906, showing the ship's company on the forward bow; schooner Rongo after capsizing in 1906. Photographs taken at Trentham Military Camp, circa 1914, include group portraits of Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers (who have joined the 8th Contingent), Petone Military Brass Band and unidentified soldiers. One scene shows men waiting in a queue to be interviewed for cooking jobs. There is also a view of hospital buildings and a broad elevated view of the camp. Other New Zealand scenic views include: the Rangitikei River at Mangaweka, showing mudstone (papa rock) cliffs; ships docked in front of Hawke's Bay Farmer Association Co-operative Ltd building at Port Ahuriri, Napier; a woman and child on a promenade planted with pine trees [Marine Parade, Napier?]; breakwater and railyards at Castlecliff, Whanganui; an elevated view of Upper Hutt township; a broad view of Akaroa township in 1895; a coastal scene showing a radar station and ship near rocks (location unidentified); a fire at a building (location unidentified); views of a public garden (location unidentified); ship 'Doto' at [Nelson?] wharves; a mounted image of a town [Queenstown?] during heavy snowfall; an unidentified man sitting by lakefront with paddle steamer on lake, probably Queenstown; two views of Fiordland. Miscellaneous buildings include: Anderson's Private Hotel (location unidentified), R Smyth, General Blacksmith (location unidentified); Robertson Brothers Woolworks, Nelson; exterior view of a municipal building (location unidentified) housing a public library and business premises (legible signage identifies Barleyman Land Agents, Madame de Launay, and solicitors R Spence). Miscellaneous images include: a table piled with floral tributes, probably in a church; a dining room strung with garlands; a church interior in the Pacific Islands; a postcard depicting Lombard's Bridge, Hamburg, Germany, and one of 'The Dog on the Tucker Box' pioneer's monument at Gundagai, New South Wales ca 1932. Also men wearing ceremonial regalia, possibly Masonic aprons, queuing in an unidentified street; three small girls outside Islay Cottage (location unidentified); a postcard of two small naked girls in a river, published by A G Steglitz in 1904; a crowd outside the assembly rooms at Mangaweka in 1905 awaiting the government land ballot. Portraits include groups of men from various professional and recreational organisations, depicting members of [Masterton?] fire brigade; stewards and officials from Masterton racing club [1903?]; forgery workers, blacksmiths and moulders from government workshops at Petone, and employees of New Zealand Railways. Portraits of women include a group of maternity nurses holding infants; an unidentified Maori woman wearing a cloak, sitting outdoors; three women, possibly sisters; and an unidentified woman feeding young deer. Portraits of children include one of a school group from New Plymouth convent school and one of school cadets [Foxton?]. Quantity: 98 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Circa 1890s]

Reference: PA1-o-286

Description: Scenes of New Zealand, taken by unidentified photographers, chiefly of the South Island. The North island views include Whakarewarewa, especially Pohutu Geyser, Parliament Buildings in Wellington, Ohinemutu, Albert Park & Queen's Wharf in Auckland, and a stretch of the Okoroire-Rotorua Coach Road. South Island views include Lyttelton, Kaikoura, Cathedral Square in Christchurch, and a stretch of the Blenheim-Kaikoura Coach Road. Photographs of Sydney and the Conway River have been removed from the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Soft brown school notebook (E. Wolff & Son, London, [printers]), with hand-printed label attached, entitled `Views. Lyttelton, Christchurch, Conway R., Kaikoura, Sydney, Auckland & Picton Wharves'; 21.5 x 25.5 cm

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: [ca 1857]

From: Government House Collection : Prints of Te Aro flat, Lambton Quay, Parliament Building, Government Buildings, Post Office and Governor's residence

Reference: PAColl-D-0008

Description: Te Aro Flat, Wellington, ca 1857. View looking south-east along Manners Street and Courtenay Place with Mount Victoria in the background and the harbour on the left. Shows Rhodes Wharf and residence on the far left; the arched roof of Kebbell's Mill, middle ground, centre; te Aro Pa with swamps, beyond the mill. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Title on print gives an incorrect date. The Grand Opera House was later built on the site of Kebbell's Mill. Photograph was taken after the 1855 Wellington earthquake. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Building with arched roof is Kebbell's Floor Mill, now the site of the Grand Opera House, and Te Aro Pah beyond.; Recto - beneath image - Te Aro Flat - 1846; Recto - beneath image - Manners Street is shown connecting with track now Courtenay Place Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: 37.5 x 30.5 cm

Date: ca 1880s

From: Creator unknown : Australia, New Zealand, Colorado

Reference: PA1-f-012-17-2

Description: Right half of a panoramic view of Lyttelton, including the wharf, railway lines, houses, and other buildings. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1880s

From: Creator unknown : Australia, New Zealand, Colorado

Reference: PA1-f-012-17-1

Description: The left half of a panoramic view of Lyttelton, including the wharf. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1879

From: Richmond, Christopher William, 1821-1895 :Sketch book ; sketches numbered 1 to 74 [i.e. 95] / [by] C W Richmond.

Reference: E-284-040

Description: Part of the front garden (a lawn ringed with shrubs) of Sir James Prendergast, Bolton Street in the foreground. To the left is the wooden Parliament Building with its square tower, in Bowen Street. To the right are the wooden Government Buildings in Lambton Quay. Other buildings and the wharf area can also be seen and the view looks across the harbour, with a steam ship and Somes Island and the eastern hills in the background Other Titles - Government buildings. Parliament Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 123 x 201 mm

Date: ca 1860

From: Pharazyn, W N (Major) : W Hughes Field album

Reference: 1/2-048814-F

Description: Overlooking Dunedin city buildings, harbour and wharves, in the late 1870s. Shows rooftops in the foreground. The Dunedin Post Office (middle ground, far right), is alongside the Exchange Building (with clock tower). Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative