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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

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

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: 1/1-027156-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Holm, J C :Photographs of Greymouth flood, ca 1890s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-19

Description: Elevated view overlooking Greymouth during a flood showing the railway station and areas near the waterfront under water. The Royal Hotel can be seen in the middle distance. The barquentine `Rio' is in the far distance berthed alongside the quay. One of a series of photographs taken by James Ring during the flood (in late 1890s or as late as 1905) Same image at PA7-51-20 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 205 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-18-2

Description: View of the tunnel on the Buller Gorge Road. A house can be glimpsed on the other side of the tunnel. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - [First part unreadable] Buller. 1004 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.5 x 29 cm on album page

Date: 1880s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Brewster, Barney, active 1991-2019

Reference: PAColl-6394

Description: Photograph of the bridges at Ahaura, taken ca 1880s by James Ring of Greymouth. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-013

Description: Views of New Zealand taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, Tyree Brothers, James Ring, Josiah Martin, and Henry Thomas Lock. Includes images of flooding in Blenheim, and a wire cable tram across the Taramakau River (West Coast). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red cloth bound folio album, 415 x 300 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-17-2

Description: Photograph of the river from the Buller Gorge road. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buller Gorge N.Z. 1005.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Ring Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21 x 29 cm on album page

Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Hart, Campbell & Company; New Zealand Railways; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-f-025

Description: Album of photographs collected by Albert Percy Godber which related to his interests. Photographers include Daniel Manders Beere, William Thomas Locke Travers and James Ring. Scenes in Australia include Adelaide waterworks, Currency Creek, the Murray River Bridge, the Thorndon Park Reservoir, and Port Adelaide River road & rail bridge. New Zealand scenes are chiefly in the South island, many relating to early railway construction, particularly areas involved in working on the Dunedin to Balclutha railway along the Waimakariri River, and around the Purakanui Cliffs. Of particular interest throughout the album are the construction and design of railway features such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. North Island railway scenes include the Rimutaka Incline, the bend known as `Siberia', the Summit, and Pakuratahi. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 4 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 42 x 33 cm

Date: 1891-1900s

From: Zachariah (Zak), Joseph 1863-1965 :Photographs

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965

Reference: PAColl-0043-1

Description: Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Holm, J C :Photographs of Greymouth flood, ca 1890s

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-20

Description: Elevated view overlooking Greymouth during a flood showing the railway station and areas near the waterfront under water. The Royal Hotel can be seen in the middle distance. The barquentine `Rio' is in the far distance berthed alongside the quay. One of a series of photographs taken by James Ring during the flood (late 1890s or as late as 1905) Same image at PA7-51-19 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 145 x 205 mm

Date: [ca 1887-1888]

By: Collins, G G, active 1887-1888

Reference: MSX-2270

Description: Collins describes his sojourn in NZ, giving his impressions of people, places, architecture, vegetation etc. Includes many Burton Bros photographs and some by J[ames] Ring; also ephemera, maps. Collins travelled mostly in the South Island, especially on the West Coast and many of the photographs relate to mining, bush transport, bush scenes, West Coast townships, ports, churches etc. Also includes groups of people. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and photographs (½ black morocco, dk green boards)

Date: ca 1880-1910

From: McArthurs Auction :Photographs of early drawings and paintings of Taranaki, and photographs of Hawke's Bay, Greymouth and others

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PAColl-4472

Description: A house with a small verandah and two women and two men outside (in Mauriceville according to the negative register); a pre-1931 map of the Hawke's Bay Region from Porongahau to Wairoa; Mauriceville school picnic ca 1909; and a large crowd outside Gilmer's Hotel in Greymouth listening to an address being given by a man on the balcony early 1880s (taken by James Ring). Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: Individual negative yet to be described.

Date: 1890s-1970s

From: Quinn, Joseph, d 1998: Negatives and prints from photographic studio operated by James Ring, L A Inkster, and Joseph Quinn

By: Inkster, Lawrence Andrew, 1897-1955; Inksters Ltd; Quinn, Joseph, -1998; Ring & Inkster (Firm); Ring, James, 1856-1939; Sidney Riley Studios

Reference: PAColl-9680

Description: Photographs from the Ring & Inkster Studio taken from the 1890s to the 1970s relating to floods and slips, and dredges in the Greymouth area. Views of Greymouth include: aerial view of the town, circa 1950s; Mawhera Quay after a flood, circa 1890s; Gilmer's Corner after a flood, circa 1890s; aerial view of subdivision, circa 1970s. Group photographs include: group of women in the 1950s [possibly a reunion]; school photograph of girls attending a convent school, 1937; wedding group taken in Sydney, Australia, by Sidney Riley Studio, circa 1923; family group seated outdoors on a large rock, circa 1920; Grey County Councillors, circa 1912; Inangahua Silver Band taken in Greymouth during band competitions, 1975. Blackball aerial tramway (or ropeway) crossing the Grey River on large pylons, seen from the foot of Coats' Terrace, circa 1900s [this tramway began operation in 1893, and was replaced by rail in 1910]. Views of landscape and countryside include: two panoramas of the Punakaiki River, 1927; panorama of Nine Mile coast road, 1927; two panoramas of a landscape featuring nikau palms and damaged bush, 1927; panoramic view of Punakaiki, 1927; two panoramas of Ten Mile on coastal road, 1927; and a country race track and surrounding countryside, circa 1970s. Accompanying material - An inventory of shipping, Greymouth by the Inksters Ltd. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-17-1

Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Other - Similar view but not identical to PA7-51-14 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar. Buller Gorge N.Z. 1001. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21 x 28.5 cm on album page

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

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

From: Hamilton Public Library :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-59-18-1

Description: View of the Buller River and Gorge at a point on the road above the river known as Hawks Crag (formerly known as Hawks Craig). There is a horse and carriage on the road. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Hawks Craig, Buller Gorge, N.Z. 1990 [rest unreadable] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 21.5 x 29 cm on album page

Date: [ca 1880s-1890s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA7-51-14

Description: Photograph showing the road passing through a tunnel in the rock face in the vicinity of Redman's Bar, Buller Gorge. Photograph taken by James Ring. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Redman's Bar Buller Gorge N.Z. 458 J.R. Similar view but not identical to PA7-59-17-1 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 104 x 205 mm

Date: [ca 1880s-1900s]

By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-q-105

Description: Gold dredges, gold sluicing, and machinery associated with gold mining in the South Island. Includes a few photographs taken in Australia, particularly the Pioneer Tin Mine in Tasmania. Inserted in a pocket in the front of the album are 19 loose prints, chiefly showing various claims in the North Island, some of which are taken by H J Locke. Also named in these images are the Saxon Mine and Ivanhoe Mine. Pinafore Claim was located at Waiotahi, Thames. Cambria Claim was a gold mine located in Thames. Gold King Dredge was on the Clutha River near Roxburgh circa 1899. Title supplied by Library. Date range estimated partly on dates that dredges were known to be operating. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-062522 to 062553, and also includes those in the vicinity of 1/2-062625 and 1/2-062630 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled black exercise book, entitled `Photographs. Dredges. Sluicing. Machinery. New Zealand. Australia'; 35 x 23 cm Provenance: Purchased from American Book Service, 1975