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Scenic photographs of New Zealand complied by the Scenery Preservation Board

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

From: Scenery Preservation Board :Scenic photographs of New Zealand

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; De Tourret, Ernest, active 1909-1912; New Zealand. Tourism Department; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Scenery Preservation Board

Reference: PAColl-0444-1

Description: Photographs of the following: a set of seven photographs by Collis and annotated by F P Corkill, land agent, re landholding around the Waiwhakaiho River; scenic views such as waterfalls, lakes, and the Pink and White Terraces; bridges with annotations re height etc; sixteen numbered photographs mounted two to a card of scenic views in the Taranaki Region, Rotorua and the far north (including ones of Taumaha Gorge, Taranaki and Lake Ora - location unidentified); a set of seven photographs of the Waipu Caves including Lot's wife, the anvil and the sugar loaf in Morrison's Cave; a clipping of St Paul's Cupola and a photograph of Kauri Gully, Northcote with annotations on resolutions passed re the establishment of reservations; a panorama in two photographs of Flagstaff Hill, Dunedin with annotations re a potential reserve; and two of a tramping party of three men and five boys resting at a waterfall. Includes a recent hand-written list of the photographs. Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Mounted prints

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Chevalier, Nicholas, 1838-1902 :Upper Rangitikei, 1868. [Postcard depicting] watercolou...

Date: 1970 - 1868 - 1975

From: [Various artists] :[Postcards depicting works of art]. National Art Gallery. Wellington, N.Z. [1970s]

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: E-278-q-043

Description: Postcard depicting Chevalier's watercolour of the Rangitikei River, painted in 1868 Gift to National Art Gallery by Mrs Caroline Chevalier, artist's widow, in 1912 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 150 x 105 mm

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[Creator unknown] :[The Hutt river valley about 1843] [copy of ms map]. ca.1843.

Date: 1843 - 1939

By: New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey. Wellington District Office; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4793gbbd/[ca.1843]/Acc.7915;7918;8370;8371;8372

Description: Cadastral map, with topographic features, of the Hutt River valley from an area north of the Stokes Valley bridge to the harbour. Includes the road which runs parallel to the river. High Street, Victoria Street, Railway Avenue, and Hutt Road are named. The settlements of Richmond, Aglionby and Britannia are named. Includes numbered sections with owners' names. Clifford, Molesworth, Taine, Park, Child, Alzdorf, Hanson, Stokes, Dr. Evans, Riddiford, Dr. Dorset, Swainson, Barton, Compton, Captain Daniell, Colonel Wakefield, Burcham, Bidwill. Several areas of native reserve are marked as are the sites of a pa, Hughes' House, Masons House, Boulcott's House, Molesworth Farm, Aglionby Arms, Queens Head Inn are marked. Title supplied by cataloguer Hand-written along bottom of sheet 5: Photostat of plan in Survey office, Wellington. L. Hall, 1939 Quantity: 1 map(s) on five sheets. Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, scale not given, 196.7 x 63 cm., sheets 64.1 x 45.2 cm. and smaller

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Edmund Wheeler & Son fl 1872-1914 :Photographs of Glynn Wye homestead, Canterbury

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-8077

Description: Photographs of Glynn Wye homestead, North Canterbury, and surrounding countryside including the Waiau River, taken ca 1900 by Edmund Wheeler & Son of Christchurch. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 2004

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Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :View of the Kahu-Kahu-Hokianga River, December 1839 [Welling...

Date: 1839 - 1966

By: Heaphy, Charles, 1820-1881

Reference: C-058-002

Description: A view of ships in the Hokianga at Kohu Kohu. A reproduction of a watercolour in the Library's collection Other Titles - Kohu Kohu Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured offset lithograph (4 copies on 1 sheet)

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Valley of the Arawata from sea. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-014

Description: Looking east towards the Arawhata Valley Other Titles - Arawhata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 89 x 126 mm

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :On Haast River. Ben Scroggins. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-009

Description: A mountain above the Haast River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 95 x 135 mm

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Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Buller Gorge, West Coast

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-10

Description: View of the Buller River and Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller Gorge. N.Z. 440 J.R. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 138 x 204 mm

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Photographs of McKenzie Family at Martins Bay, Southland

Date: [ca 1890-1948]

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9824

Description: Photographs of Martins Bay, Southland, and surrounding districts. These include - View of Martins Bay, ca 1900. Boat on the Hollyford River built by the McKenzie brothers. Group at Greenstone Hut, 1900. McKenzie house, Martins Bay, 1900. Sunny Creek Hut. Lake McKerrow and mountains, 1900. Mr J George's house, Martins Bay, 1900. Hollyford River. Nine Mile Hut, Sunny Creek. Hollyford Valley and cave at Martins Bay, 1900. Hidden Falls, Hollyford Valley. View of Martins Bay and newly cleared bush land. McKenzie brothers yarding cattle at Martins Bay. Landscape views with mountains. Sea birds, Milford Sound. Group of men on the edge of a cliff, 1931. View of Queenstown. Group on the Ohau Bridge, ca 1890. D J McKenzie and another man pitsawing logs. Huts on site of homestead, Martins Bay, 1948. Site of Jamestown, 1948., Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Gorge of the Makarora. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-068

Description: A river gorge among mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 24 x 173 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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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Mount Campbell, Haast River. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-006

Description: A mountain peak above a river Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 136 x 188 mm

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Mount Mosquito. Arawata River. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-033

Description: A mountain range Other Titles - Arawhata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 94 x 136 mm

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Photographs of the Arapuni dam, the Catlins and other views

Date: [ca 1890-1927]

From: France, Thelma Edith Minnie, 1907-2000 : Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); France, J W, active 1890s

Reference: PAColl-0348

Description: Mounted photographs by the Burton Brothers of the junction of Eden and Tees Streets, Oamaru showing St Luke's Church, shops, tram lines and part of the Council Chambers; looking down on the wharves of Port Chalmers with the Presbyterian Church in the right foreground; and the Kakahi Falls, near Tawhata on the Whanganui River. Two smaller mounted photographs of a river in the Catlins District. Three pages from a photograph album holding five photographs of the building of the Arapuni Dam on the Waikato River including the buried forest exposed by the Waikato River diversion. Three loose prints by J W France of an early settlers' cottage made of ponga with a turf roof and with the family outside; a group of six workmen standing on the road they were building with long handled shovels and a boy and a dog in front of them; and the funeral procession of Sir John MacKenzie in 1901 led by a pipe band up the main road in Oamaru working. Finally a loose print of the bridge over the Waiho River. Arrangement: Copy negatives at 1/2-68928 to 1/2-068934. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) loose.

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Mount Carrier and Arawata River. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified. 1870-1900.]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-058-027

Description: A mountain above a river valley Other Titles - Arawhata Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 97 x 202 mm

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McArthur, L M :Photographs relating to the Barnes family

Date: ca 1898-1971

By: Sarony Studio (Wellington, N.Z.); Crown Studios (Wellington, N.Z.); Peter Pan Studio; Tomlinson, Francis Ernest, 1864-1944; Anton, W J, active 1952; Thomson, Richard John James, 1890-1977; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Robson and Boyer (Firm); Campbell, Colin, active 1914

Reference: PAColl-0580

Description: Family photographs of the Barnes family featuring the homestead Terewhiti and the following family members: Henry, Walter Ernest (Ernie - at various ages), Mary, Julia (Ernie's wife), Ernie's son Thomas, Lorraine, and Leslie. Also included are scenic views; scenes of mustering and shearing on the farm; Ernie and others in First World War uniforms; a burned down house; soldiers at Trentham camp eating a meal outside their tent (as a postcard signed by George McDermott to his brother and sister Alice and Bill); Lorraine Barnes taking part in a recording of the radio show The Quiz Kids as a member of the Hutt Valley team (The Quiz Kids was introduced by Selwyn Toogood in the 1950s); results of a national election being monitored on a wall chart ca 1930s; Ernie Barnes as captain of the Wellington Telephone Exchange Cricket Club; and two of officers and soldiers from the Second World War. The collection also includes a letter from the depositor with a small family tree. Quantity: 49 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Rata Falls.. Martyrs River. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-025

Description: A waterfall among mountains Other Titles - Martyr Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 134 x 92 mm

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Shelf glacier Arawata. [1870-1900]

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified. 1870-1900.]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-058-039-2

Description: A glacier among mountains Other Titles - Arawhata Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 92 x 142 mm

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :Mt Victor and Action from below forks of the Okura ...

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-067

Description: Several mountain peaks, South Westland Other Titles - .... below forks of the Okuru River Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 143 mm (diam)

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Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916 :First Gorge Turnbull River from river bed opposite ...

Date: 1870 - 1900

From: Douglas, Charles Edward 1840-1916 :[Mountain and West Coast Sketches. Peaks and rivers etc. identified]

By: Douglas, Charles Edward, 1840-1916

Reference: E-059-q-073

Description: View towards a gorge among mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on page of sketchbook. Physical Description: Pencil, crayon and watercolour, 161 x 218 mm

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