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Date: 1849 - 1855

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Taranaki Museum; New Plymouth Public Library

Reference: A-284-031/035

Description: Show Taranaki scenes: Interior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Exterior of George Curtis' house, Omata; Alpha flourmill, Huatoki Valley and Victoria Road from Marsland Hill, New Plymouth; Henui (Weekstown) from the coastal dunes; Unidentified New Plymouth outskirts (possibly now Tukapa St / Westown). Attribution based on style. George Curtis arrived in New Plymouth in 1849 on the 'Pekin'. "As soon as a raupo house could be erected by the Maoris at Omata, George Curtis and his family went to live on his farm". (NZ Biogs, 1967, vol. 1, p. 53). Supplied titles. Inscriptions: Unsigned and undated.; Recto - beneath image - [Titles as supplied by donor]. Quantity: 5 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: Photocopies, black and white, varying sizes. Provenance: Original drawings in New Plymouth Public Library tipped into a book, until 1992, then transferred to Taranaki Museum.

Date: ca 1860s-1890s

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

By: Spencer, Harriet Dyke, 1866-1948; London Stereoscopic Photographic Company

Reference: PAColl-4721

Description: Photographs on album pages: photograph of Mount Peel Station, its interior and grounds including Mr Acland in his study, his daughters and their friends identified by inititals, including one of L D Acland and B B Acland, the latter knitting a sock, and the Church of the Holy Innocence viewed across a field of hay stacks with the forest planted by Acland behind it; more of the same women boating and picnicking, including a view of a gorge taken by Harriet Acland, a church interior and Bishop Harper playing cricket with a young boy; Ilam homestead covered in clematis with balconies and verandahs and extensive grounds next to the Avon River, and the Watts Russell family group at Pareora August 1894 with their dog and saddled horses in the background; the West Coast Times printing office with the men outside it, C G Tripp and family and a Centerbury view; and two views of Tripp's homestead at Orari. Photographs mounted on card: a studio portrait of Dr Shortland; John Charles Watts Russell taken by the London Stereoscopic Company; Rev R H Codrington's garden in Norfolk Island while a missionary in the South Pacific with eight local men, either Solomon Islanders and New Hebrideans; five interior views of a well-furnished house (possibly Wildwood, Christchurch) with heavy wooden furniture and fireplaces, gas lamps, drapery, paintings (including a copy of The Order of Release by Millais) etc.; the officers of HMS Invincible on the deck of their ship next to the lifeboats; a view looking down a street of two boats in "the bay of Taranaki" (probably near New Plymouth) one named SS Taupo ca 1860s; and a view over buildings near the shore in New Plymouth ca 1860s. Loose prints of: a brick-built house with a verandah, and a duplicate of the officers of the Invincible. Quantity: 11 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. 28 b&w original photographic print(s) on loose pages from an album. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: A-020-031-1

Description: Two women seated and weaving, their work stretched on on sticks on the ground. Kete hanging from the walls of the whare and food parcels hanging down from the ceiling, along with a large bundle of dried flax. A small fire burns outside the whare. The pa is almost certainly Taupo Pa at Plimmerton, visited by the artist in September 1844 and drawn on the other side of this sheet of paper. Original sketch for a lithograph reproduced in G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated, (Plate 59) under the title Domestic economy - women making mats etc. Interior of a house at Rangihireta's Pah. Other Titles - Te Rangihaeata, Taupo Pa. Rangihireta's Pah Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 348 x 249 mm

Date: ca 1870s

From: Bloch, Theodor Thorlacius, 1844-1935 :Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: PAColl-4256

Description: The loose prints: two of crowds at racetracks both showing the spectators' stand and one with a race in progress; a wooden church with clergymen in the doorway and what may be a vicarage next to it with three women in the garden; the wharves in Nelson showing a number of sailing ships and the premises of Franzen & Co; the interior of a church probably anglican; the view down Trafalgar Street, Nelson from the church steps; and a portrait of an unidentified freemason. Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) from Bloch Album 3.

Date: 1840 [1840-1940]

Reference: PA5-0409

Description: A pioneer Hut in the South Island Verso has note: North Island Pioneer Hutt - 1840. Women's Court, N.Z. Centennial Exhibition. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 138 mm

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: [1890s]

By: Hemus and Hall (Firm); Pitt, S L (Miss), active 1975

Reference: PA1-o-418

Description: Album of photographs, chiefly showing scenes in Western Australia, particularly around Coolgardie and Norseman. Most of the identified views were taken by Hemus & Hall (a photographic firm in Bayley Street, Coolgardie between 1895 and 1906). A number of views show the use of camels and camel trains in Western Australia, with one showing the first steam train entering Coolgardie on 23rd March 1896. Many of the images are unidentified, but two are shown as being in New Zealand. One shows the Thames Pharmacy, owned by George Denby; and the other is a bush scene at Waikawau. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black buckram cover; 25 x 31 cm

Date: ca1890-1941

From: Beauchamp family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-5260-1

Description: Relates to the Beachamp family of Anakiwa. Mainly photographs of family members, single and in groups Arrangement: Negatives at F 74003 1/4 and F 74004 1/4 Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). 1 colour original negative(s).

Date: 1895-1896

From: Brusey family :Photographs

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; St. George Company

Reference: PA1-o-973

Description: Auckland Hospital and nurses home. Two interior views of the men's wards showing patients, nurses, and furniture. There is one image of a man and a woman on horseback, the woman riding side saddle, and another of a group of fashionably dressed men and women cyclists. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1887-1891

Reference: PA1-q-610

Description: There are three main themes in this album. 1. The Royal Navy, Australian Squadron, based at Sydney. Pictures of naval cadets and war ships, some of which are in dry dock. The creator of the album, or a relative, seems to have been associated with HMS Orlando. Many photos of this ship appear in the album. The Orlando served as the flagship of the Australian Squadron from July 1888 to December 1897. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 11th Feb 1889 that HMS Orlando and Dart were docked in Calliope Dock, Auckland, because Sydney facilities could not undertake the work. There are a number of Photographs of HMS Orlando in dock at Auckland in this album. Thus the photos of officers and naval cadets may also have associations with the Orlando. There are also 3 photos of a gun accident which occurred on the HMS Cordelia of the Australian Squadron. This happened on the 26 June 1891 while the Cordelia was on a cruize from Fiji to Noumea. During Gun Practice a gun burst killing 6 ratings and wounding 13 others. The photos show the broken gun casing littering the deck. 2. Of the New Zealand section much of it concentrates on the town of Lawrence. Many of the captions and photographs relate to the Anglican parsonage at Lawrence. This suggests the possibility of the album belonging to the Vicar or a member of his family. If this were the case, and given the period of the late 1880s-early 1890s, it may be associated with the Rev George Pice Beaumont vicar and archdeacon from 1872 to 1900. On the other hand the name of Beaumont does not appear anywhere in the album. 3. Samoan civil wars of the late 1880s and the hurricane of 1889 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1899

By: Chatfield, William Charles, 1852?-1930

Reference: PA-Group-00660

Description: Photographs taken by architect William Charles Chatfield of his Island Bay home called Hurston in 1899. Includes exterior views of house, house in its garden setting, and the garden, with studies of native trees in garden. Also interior views of rooms, furniture and individual paintings and portraits. Photographs of people, including child with teddy bear, formal potraits, man with a dog, people in open carriage, and family in garden. People on south coast beach, and vistas of coast with studies of rocks and sea. Some views of the interior of a church, showing pews, altar and decorations. Also wood carving, probably done by one of the women of the household - a popular craft activity in the late 19th and early 20th century. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Some negative boxes have ink or pencil inscriptions about contents (on lid, and/or on bottom). Vendor has also labelled some boxes House called Hurston is apparently at 1-2 Mersey St, Island Bay and is now used by the Little Sisters of the Poor Quantity: 177 b&w original negative(s) (Chiefly glass, six are film). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s) colour original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Negatives, photographic prints Provenance: Private purchase, 2009. The collection had been purchased by the vendor ca 1990. The previous owner's father-in-law had been interested in photography and had been given the collection.

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-7053

Description: Views mostly in and around New Plymouth but including clergymen gathered for Archdeacon Govett's jubilee in 1898, crowds in Pukekura Park for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubliee in 1897 and a Floral Fete in 1896, a homestead called Tokotahi near the Tiraumea River in Pahiatua County, the old mountain house on Mount Taranaki, and an area called Grant's Braes (now Waverley) in Dunedin. All the views are captioned. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002136 to 002173 Quantity: 38 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film 1/2 plate copy negatives

Date: 1852

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Thomas, Robert Kent, 1816-1884; Day & Son (Firm); Horner, Clara Louise, 1856-1945

Reference: C-010-012

Description: Interior view showing Maori rafter patterns, tukutuku panels, Gothic windows, looking towards the pulpit with Hadfield preaching. Maori seated on the floor and standing near pillars Other Titles - Otaki Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 10/6 [in pencil, i.e. dealer's price] See also: Church Missionary Intelligencer, vol.5, 1854, p267, for another version of this. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 20.5 x 13.4 inches

Date: 1850-1860 [1940]

Reference: PA5-0408

Description: A pioneer room in the South Island Verso has note: South Island Pioneer room - 1850-1860. Women's Court, N.Z. Centennial Exhibition. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 87 x 138 mm

Date: 1949 - 1851

Reference: A-163-019

Description: Two women and a child seated inside an A-frame structure with a canvas roof. The women are seated at a table and sewing. Beyond them is a piece of furniture, possibly a dresser, with a clock, ornaments and books on shelves. There is a wooden door opened at the front of the view Copied from Dr Barker's sketch `Studdingsail Hall, Christchurch, Jan 22/51' in Canterbury Museum. Drawn for reproduction in Andersen, J C Old Christchurch, 1949, plate 37, p. 61. Inscriptions include in pencil, below the work 'Plate 38, p. 62' Artist's initials, lower left, illegible, but may read L E W On same sheet as A-163-018 Studdingsail (or Studding Sail) Hall was Dr Barker's name for his first, temporary home in Christchurch, whose roof was made from a sail from the ship Charlotte Jane Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink wash, 187 x 152 mm Provenance: Purchase: Smith's bookshop, Christchurch, 1963

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-q-231

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, many taken by Robert Henry Bartlett. Several of these were taken in Nelson, one showing Fairfield House, and one interior view of a room (on page 50) with the pencilled caption "Fell - Nelson". Possibly in what is now named Warwick House which was built by Alfred Fell in 1854. However pages 19 to 31 contain photographs taken by Josiah Martin in the Rotomahana hot springs area including the village of Te Wairoa, and the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 Tarawera eruption. The album contains 53 pages of which 32 to 49 are empty. Pages 51 to 53 show scenes relating to Florence (Italy), one of the city, and two showing art works (one a relief carving in the Campanile di Giotto, "La logica"). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, leather corners and spine; 33.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: 1895 - 1948

By: Terrace Congregational Church (Wellington, N.Z.); Deighton, Leslie Howard, -1955

Reference: PAColl-1771

Description: Photographs of Kempthorne Prosser & Co on Woodward Street, with H C Gibbons & Co and the Wairarapa Farmers Co-operative behind it, presumably the site of the Woodward Street Congregational Church or the building which was used by it; the interior of the Terrace Congregational Church, looking towards the organl decorated for its 60th jubilee in 1948; a group of people including a number of clergymen outside the Terrace Congregational Church with the notice boards behind them; and a group of people in front of the organ of the Napier Congregational Church taken by Deighton Studios. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: 1813 and 1864

By: Nan Kivell, Rex de Charembac (Sir), 1898-1977; Williams, Edward Arthur, 1824-1898; Dominion Museum (N.Z.); Hale, Charles, active 1940s; Photo Studios Ltd; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: PAColl-4529

Description: Photograph of a silver kettle presented to Sir Joseph Banks by Queen Charlotte (wife of George III) when she visited him in October 1813. Photograph of a watercolour by E A Williams of Camp Te Papa at Tauranga in April 1864. Attached to the back is an explanation of the painting by the Acting Librarian at the University of Otago in 1957. Both items are in the Nan Kivell Collection at the National Library of Australia. Two photographs of a display of New Zealand paintings held during the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition and a photograph of the engraving by Charles Barraud of the "Interior of Otake Church, New Zealand" which was included in the exhibition. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: PAColl-3072.

Date: ca 1890-1930

From: Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church :Photographs of the Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Hardie Shaw Studios; Muir, James, 1870?-1935

Reference: PAColl-4443-1

Description: Photographs of various groups associated with Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, mostly sports teams and bible study groups but including one group of young women. Some are unidentified but those that are include: Presbyterian Bible Class Rugby Reps with the names G Wallace, W H Incledon, J A Galloway, E C Chartres, A Mitchell, S Maxwell, A C Todd, B M Gibson (Captain), A J B Gray (Manager), F C Henry, L J Brooker, F H Brooker, W E Penno, H Tonks, E P Edwards and J Tolley; two copies of Kent Terrace Junior Bible Class 1927 with the names K Dunnett, M McLean, L McKay, R Howe, L Bogren, C Shewen, L Anderson (Sub-Leader), R Griffiths (Retiring Leader), Rev J Baird, E Brown (Leader), R Allen, K Burbidge, J Burbidge, N Burnette; Kent Terrace Football Club with the names C G Falconer, J W Mardon, N R Watt, J A Dalgleish, A G McFarlane, C R Gaylor, W A Penno, D L Irwin, J C Johnston, G Edmonston. Also included are some photographs of individuals including C S Falconer, co-founder of the Young Men's Bible Class on 2nd November 1902. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-071939, 071940, and 077766 to 077767. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s).