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Lydia Williams and her sons fishing, Dunedin

Date: 1897

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025745-G

Description: Lydia Williams, with her sons Edgar and Owen, fishing on the banks of a Dunedin stream. Photograph taken by William Williams in 1897. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Other Titles - The gentle craft, Feby, 1897, Dunedin [title taken from lantern slide] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Church and kainga, probably in the vicinity of Whakaki, Hawke's Bay

Date: Sep 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025567-G

Description: Church and kainga, probably in the vicinity of Whakaki, Hawke's Bay, September 1889, photographed by William Williams. John Hunter Brown stands third from left. The photographer's wife, Lydia, stands far right. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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William and Lydia Williams in a canoe on Tutaekuri River, Hawke's Bay

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025794-G

Description: William and Lydia Williams paddling in the canoe Taniwha on the Tutaekuri River. Photograph taken circa 1890, possibly by William Williams with a self timer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Group alongside Tynron, Robert Porter's house at Tuhara

Date: Sep 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025565-G

Description: Group alongside `Tynron', Robert Porter's house at Tuhara, in September 1889, photographed by William Williams. Lydia Williams, the photographer's wife, is on the left, on a horse. John Hunter is standing on the verandah wearing a white hat. Mrs Porter is seated 10th from left. Robert Porter stands with his arm around a verandah post. Note on back of file print reads "Identified by comparison with 1/1-025556 and 1/1-025573. John Hunter Brown identified from 1/1-025563 and 1/1-025564. Mr and Mrs Porter identified from 1/1-025869. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Poraiti camp, Easter 1888

Date: 1888

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025637-G

Description: Three women, including Lydia Myrtle(centre), sitting on chairs outside a tent. The other two women may be members of the Colledge family of Napier. All three women wear long frocks and two, including Lydia, wear hats. On the ground is a kettle and next to the tent is a watering can. Up in the tree is an axe. Taken by William Williams in 1888. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Record title taken from original lantern slide Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Interior of William and Lydia William's house in Napier, with framed pictures

Date: [ca 1887]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025655-G

Description: Interior of William and Lydia William's house in Napier, circa 1887, with framed pictures, banjo, stereograph viewer etc. Photographed by William Williams. One of the framed prints depicted hanging on the wall is a photogravure print published in 1882 based on the painting 'Wedded' by Frederick Leighton, in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Lydia and William were known as Mrs & Mrs `Banjo' Williams - and the banjo in this photograph is featured in many family photographs. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Lydia Myrtle Devereux, Lower Hutt

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/2-140199-G

Description: Portrait of Lydia Myrtle Devereux in 1884, taken in Lower Hutt by William Williams. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Inscriptions: From lantern slide "Miss Lydia M Devereux. At Lower Hutt 1884. W W" This image was taken approximately three years before her marriage to William Williams, the photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Mrs Lydia Williams using a rake in her garden, Napier

Date: [ca 1888]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: PA11-152-37

Description: Mrs Lydia Williams, using a rake in her garden at Napier, circa 1888, photographed by her husband William Williams. Source of descriptive information - Notes on lantern slide. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on transparency - Napier - abt 1888 Mrs W W WW Quantity: 1 b&w original transparency/ies Lantern slide. Physical Description: Glass lantern slide transparency 8.3 x 8.3 cm

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Women having tea outside the house of William and Lydia Williams in Napier

Date: between 1888-1899

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: 1/1-025634-G

Description: Stereographic photograph of a group of women having tea outside the house of William and Lydia Williams in Napier. Lydia Williams is second from left. Photograph taken by William Williams circa 1888-1899. Exhibited in 'Lydia' photographic exhibition held 17 July - 25 September in 1993, first floor foyer, National Library. Showed images of Lydia Myrtle Williams, wife of the photographer William Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Group at the flax mill, Whakaki

Date: between 1-3 Sept 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Photographs and papers

Reference: PAColl-7785-01

Description: Group at the flax mill, Whakaki, between 1-3 September 1889, with flax fibre bleaching in the foreground. Shows a group of men and boys, and two women on the right (including the photographer's wife Lydia at far right). Horses stand ready to pull sledges of flax. Photograph taken by William Williams. Other - Reproduced in Wallace, Robert "The Rural Economy and Agriculture in Australia and New Zealand", London, Sampson, Low, Marston, 1891, Pl XLIX - "The Flax Mill, Whakaki. Flax fibre, in the foreground, bleaching", facing p250 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.5 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 3. Wairoa Co. Whakaki. Businesses. Flax Mill. 1889

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