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[Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Wool drays near Hills Creek [ca 1870]

Date: 1868 - 1872

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Lake Wakatipu, Banks Peninsula, Dunedin and its outskirts, Central Otago, Lake Wanaka, Oamaru, 1868, 1872, 1876, 1878]

Reference: E-016-5-042

Description: Two drays with large wool bales drawn by bullock teams. Low hills in the background Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, page size 98 x 154 mm

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Sarney album 1

Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]

From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-065

Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm

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Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Auckland and Lyttelton

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PAColl-7406

Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908 :Group on the banks of the Waikato River at Atiamuri

Date: [1880s]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-42-06

Description: A posed photograph taken at Atiamuri on the banks of the Waikato River. A group of men have alighted from a horse-drawn carriage. The horses are unharnessed and feeding from a wooden trough. Two groups of men are shaking hands while children and adults look on. A man and a woman are standing nearby. To their right is a wooden cottage with smoke coming from a chimney and another thatch-roofed building. Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead in 1880s. A similar image at PA7-41-26 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ateamuri, Waikato; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 19.3 cm on mount

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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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Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Lyell punt on the Buller River

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-08

Description: Shows a group of men standing on a pontoon on the banks of the Buller River near Lyell. Their horse and carriage is on the road waiting to be ferried across the river. Photograph taken by James Ring in 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lyell punt on the Buller, NZ. 438 J.R. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 140 x 205 mm

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Quartermain album 4

Date: [1890s-1910s?]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-q-190

Description: Photographs relating to the Quartermain family, none of which have captions. None of the people or places are named. Of interest are a number of views of the ruins of a house, with only the chimneys standing; several of the new St John's Church, Hororata, including laying the foundations, building construction, and the completed church with lychgate; one of the tombstones of Sir John Hall, and his wife, with the new St John's Church partially visible in the background (for which Sir John Hall bequeathed the money); and one photograph of a steam tractor fording a river with difficulty, with a tow-rope leading to three laden wagons on the far side of the river. A number of photographs show Leslie Bowden Quartermain as a boy, and as a young man Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Sunny memories"; 32 x 28 cm

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Haase, Margaret Alison, fl 1998-2000 : Macdermott family papers

Date: 1868-1933

By: Haase, Margaret Allison, active 1998-2000

Reference: MS-Papers-6792

Description: Typescript of shipboard diary kept by W J Macdermott on the `Waitangi', transcribed by his grand-daughter, Mrs Haase. The last part of the diary has been lost and the entries cover the period 1 Aug-20 Oct 1874; the Waitangi arrived at Auckland on 17 Nov 1874. Also copy of the Macdermott's passenger contract ticket. Biographical notes on W J Macdermott compiled by Mrs Haase. Photograph of W J Macdermott and copy of In Memorium card for his wife Hannah Christina Macdermott who died in 1933. It includes her photograph London apprenticeship indenture for W J McDermott to learn the trade of letterpress printer, Jan 1868 Paper entitled `Temperance work among the young' read by W J Macdermott, Secretary of the Auckland Band of Hope Union, 1888 Papers re Edison Kinematograph Company, 1902 and amalgamation with Cooper Imperial Biograph Company to become Cooper and Macdermott Edison Kinematograph Company Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, printed matter and photograph (photocopies)

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Group on banks of the Waikato River at Atiamuri - Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead

Date: [ca 1884]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-26

Description: A posed photograph taken at Atiamuri on the banks of the Waikato River. A group of men have alighted from a horse-drawn carriage. The horses are unharnessed and feeding from a wooden trough. Two men are shaking hands, while four men are posing as boxers behind them. Two young Maori women are standing nearby and looking towards the camera. There is a small wooden cottage and a thatch-roofed building to their right. Photograph taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead in 1880s. Similar image at PA7-42-06 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ateamuri, Waikato, Auckland, NZ. 182; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C.; Backing board recto - bottom right - Photographer's embossed stamp Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20 cm

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[Photographer unknown] :Coaches. [1882]

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-050-1

Description: A rural scene showing several horse-drawn coaches and passengers outside a building. Probably a West Coast scene, near or at Hokitika Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - coaches Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 203 mm

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[Artist unknown] :Timetable of the Dun Mountain bus running between Nelson and the port...

Date: 1860 - 1870

From: [Artist unknown] :Timetable of the Dun Mountain bus running between Nelson and the port. [Nelson, C. & J.T. Bray, 1867?]

Reference: C-069-001-centre

Description: Illustrated timetable showing a horse-drawn tram, with male passengers seated on the roof, female and further male passengers seated inside Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, section of whole measuring 575 x 450 mm

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Creator of Collection Unknown: Photographs of the MacKenzie country

Date: ca 1880s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-7220

Description: Photographs of Clarke, Graham and Fyfe who first climbed Mount Cook on Christmas Day 1894, with their mountaineering equipment; the sheep dog of James MacKenzie the sheep-stealer; a bullock team pulling wool bales; the Fairlie to Mount Cook coach with John Rutherford driving; the bridge over the river at Lake Tekapo with the hotel next to it; Mount Cook Station, originally built by A Burnett, with a thatched roof and the family outside it; a drawing of the ferry crossing Lake Pukaki and the original accommodation house on the shore; hay-making in front of the Balmoral homestead; the yard of Haldon station surrounded by trees showing the out-buildings and men with dogs; Levels homestead with a man with a hoe and others outside; and a group of men and women picnicking in front of two tents at Governor's Bush in Mount Cook township being the first party conveyed by the Mount Cook Motor Company ca 1880s. Images were used in the "History of the Mackenzie county to 1912" and all have similar typed captions beneath them. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007817 to 007827 Quantity: 11 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

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Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand :Assorted photographs

Date: [ca 1885-1945]

By: Lovell-Smith, Timothy James, 1945-; Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Crummer, George R, 1868-1953; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Dufty, Francis Herbert, 1846–1910; William H Hammer & Company; Muir and MacKinlay (Firm); Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Tattersall, Alfred James, 1866-1951

Reference: PAColl-0422

Description: Views of New Zealand, the South Pacific and elsewhere including: a chief's house in Fiji; the grounds of the Sanatorium, Rotorua; Wairoa township before the Tarawera eruption; "Fijian warrior armed for war"; Maori children in swimming hole with other children standing behind them smoking; three photographs of the construction of the Wellington Town Hall organ; women doing a poi dance and men doing a haka in front of Maori spectators at Whakarewarewa; five photographs of Cook's landing place on Niue; a set of photographs of many parts of the world with the name Waimarino on the reverse, possibly from the voyages of a merchant ship of that name (these include one of an Arab dhow in the Indian Ocean requesting its longitude, Bill Brayton and others holding his sea turtles, two of the gun on board and three of the Panama Canal); the wreck of the Ansonia on Middleton Reef; an artist's impression of the Trans-Pacific yacht race trophy; a performance by Rarotongan men in uniform; three Rarotongan women washing clothes in the river; children swimming in Ngatangiia Creek; the Beach Road, Apia, Samoa; New Zealand Government Ship TutauRai (?) off Niue; and six mounted photographs by James Valentine and Co of New Zealand scenes and Maori women. Arrangement: Prints housed in 2 boxes at PAColl-0422-1 and PAColl-0422-2. Negatives housed at 1/2-037763, 045085, 056525 to 056545, 056315 to 056333, 144784, 144815, 144818, 144830, 144847 and 144850 Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s).

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J W C :On the Martin's Bay Track 1876

Date: 1876

By: Illustrated New Zealand Herald (Newspaper); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: A-109-011

Description: Shows sheep droving in a broad river basin, with cabbage trees to the left, mountains on the far side of the river. Published in: Illustrated New Zealand herald, No. 103, March 10 1876, p. 8 Engraving after a photograph by the Burton Brothers Inscriptions: Signed: JWC [a monogram, with the J crossing the W - could be WJC] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving 176 x 226 mm

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Tonks album

Date: 1880-1889

By: F Bradley & Company; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-o-497

Description: Album of photographs compiled ca 1880s, from print published by F Bradley & Co, of Christchurch. Comprises views of Shag Rock, Timaru, Christchurch, Bealey, Greymouth, Oamaru, Rangitata River bridge, Dunedin, Taupo, Waimakariri River bridge, Governor's Bay, Kaiapoi, Arthur's Pass, Kawau Island, Cheviot, Akaroa Harbour, Alfred Falls, the Pink Terrace, White Island, Otira Gorge, Pigeon Bay, gold mining at Thames, Nelson, Heathcote River, the cable car across the Taramakau River, Sumner, and Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu. Also included are carte de visite portraits of Maori. Among the photographers whose work is shown are Herbert Deveril and Daniel Louis Mundy. Each photograph has a printed inscription attached on the back of the page. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 25 x 32 cm

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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Cabdriver and pedestrian. ca 1890]

Date: 1885 - 1895

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, one sketch dated 1864, one 1893]

Reference: E-014-q-1-020-2

Description: A driver leaning down from a hansom cab, taking a woman passenger's money Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 80 x 80 mm, (irregular), glued to larger sketchbook page, bottom left

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Strutt, William, 1825-1915 :Landing passengers by surf boat, on beach, New Plymouth, Ne...

Date: 1850 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.

Reference: E-441-006

Description: Shows a row of passengers standing beside a boat on beach, New Plymouth. Sugar loaves seen in distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 116 x 240 mm (hinged in)

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Ring album 1

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-435

Description: Photographs taken circa 1880s by James Ring, photographer based in Greymouth. Scenes in Greymouth and nearby include views of severe flooding (p 3-5, 7); loading ships at the wharf showing hydraulic cranes raising hoppers of coal, and rolling stock laden with coal for transportation. Three shipping photographs including the SS Gerda wrecked on the Greymouth Breakwater in June 1888; the SS Mawhera ashore on North Beach, Greymouth in 1886, and the SS Rosamond crossing the Greymouth Bar. Beyond Greymouth views include the Grey River, Rocky Island, Brunnerton and the Brunnerton Bridge, and the West Coast Road. Then views of Lake Brunner, Refuge Island and Mitchell Falls. The Teremakau [now Taramakau] River is next, one view showing the road bridge, and one showing the flying fox (wire bridge) leading over to the Teremakau Hotel. These are followed by scenes along the Otira Gorge, including Warnock's Nob, Westley's Creek (Wesley Creek), and Starvation Point, before reaching Porter's Pass, Broken River, Arthur's Pass and the Devil's Punch Bowl Falls. The last sequence show Grasmere Station, Castle Hill Station (with one view of snow gates) and Craigieburn Station; the town of Cass; Bealey, Bealey Hotel, and Bealey Gorge, Lake Pearson and Lake Mapourika. Other Titles - New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N. Z. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with quarterbound red cover, red leather corners and spine; entitled "New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N.Z."; 24 x 31 cm

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Men alongside a traction engine (probably Dixon's), and a load of wool bales, Rangiora

Date: [between ca 1890-1910]

By: Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921

Reference: 1/2-123793-F

Description: Men alongside a traction engine, probably owned by Dixon, and a load of wool bales, in Rangiora. Photograph taken by John Miles Verrall, ca 1890-1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936 :Railway construction album

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

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