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Date: 1893 - 1970 - 1975

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

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913

Reference: E-278-q-047

Description: Postcard NAG 2- Reproduction of Petrus van der Velden's oil painting `Otira Gorge' showing rapids in the gorge, painted circa 1893. Gifted to the National Art Gallery in 1936 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photo-lithograph, 102 x 152 mm

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

Date: 1975 - 1887 - 1980

By: IHC New Zealand; Gibb, John, 1831-1909

Reference: Eph-F-GAMES-1970s-02

Description: Box cover shows a reproduction of the painting by John Gibb. It shows a horsedrawn carriage travelling along a rutted mud road beside a river, with misty mountains in the background, and a small group of houses or huts. Other Titles - Gorge Quantity: 1 box(es) containing jigsaw puzzle. Physical Description: Photolithograph on puzzle 365 x 490 mm, in box with illustrated lid, 215 x 278 x 32 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2006.

Date: 1893 - 1978

By: Baker, William George, 1864-1929; International Art Centre (Auckland)

Reference: C-083-056

Description: View of the Otira Gorge Proof copies of limited edition of 425 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 350 x 590 mm on sheet 460 x 640 mm

Date: [ca 189-]

By: Reinhold, Gustavus Henry Edward - 1868-1961; Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-2119

Description: Midland Railway, West Coast Quantity: 30 photocopy/ies in 1 data book file.

Date: [1880s-1960s]

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

Reference: PAColl-9543-32

Description: Collection comprises street scenes; railway trains and railcars; floods; fires; brass bands, gold sluicing; Lyell; Franz Josef Glacier; Otira Gorge; Arthur's Pass and Greymouth. Photographs taken 1880s-1960s by James Ring and L A Inkster, Greymouth. Quantity: 92 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: 1891 - 1979

By: Velden, Petrus van der, 1837-1913; American Express Company

Reference: C-117-015

Description: A turbulent stream among mountains Reproduction of an oil painting in the Dunedin Public Art Gallery An edition of 250 copies offered to American Express card-holders. See record for A-107-005 for further details Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, col. 270 x 460 mm

Date: [ca 1900

From: Various artists :1. Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912. Photolithographs of watercolour drawings of New Zealand. [1910?] 2. Department of Maori Affairs. Maori housing. Departmental Standard plans. [1953-1954] 3. Walter Armiger Bowring, 1874-1931. [Cartoons of important New Zealanders]. 1902-1903

By: New Zealand. Parliamentary Library; S and W Mackay (Firm); Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912

Reference: E-962-q-1

Description: Image titles include: 'A Maori maiden'; 'Manawatu Gorge'; 'Hinemoa's Bath, Rotorua'; 'Wanganui River'; 'Otira Gorge, West Coast Road'; 'Mount Cook, Canterbury'; 'Mitre Peak, Milford Sound'; 'Nihotupu Falls, Auckland'; 'Lake Manapouri'; and 'River Avon, Christchurch' Total of ten pages out of 44 used. Bound by Parliamentary Library, using blank pages to bulk out the contents. Red buckram, half red morocco Catalogued by Parliamentary Library as the work of I W Wilson and ca 1910. The signature and style is that of L W Wilson, although the signature appears to read I W Wilson. The Alexander Turnbull Library holds the original watercolour for one reproduction, the view of Lake Manapouri (reference number A-123-002). It also holds second copies of several other reproductions, 5 with a separate printed portfolio cover titled 'New Zealand scenery. From water colour drawings by L W Wilson Esq. S and W Mackay, booksellers, Wellington'(reference number A-192-018/022). The portfolio-style cover with the latter group includes cotton ties opposite a spine binding, suggesting that the reproductions were unbound. Dating: Wilson left New Zealand in 1904. He probably had these copies made before leaving. The view of Manawatu Gorge was also published as a postcard. The Library holds a copy at E-279-160 sent in 1906. Title supplied by Library. Other Titles - [New Zealand scenery. From water colour drawings by L W Wilson Esq. S and W Mackay, Booksellers, Wellington] Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithographs on paper, 200 x265 mm, in binding 1/2 red calf and red buckram, 205 x 290 mm

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-058

Description: A view of a gorge, with the road cut into the mountainside near the river, and snow-covered mountains rising in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose sketchbook page, 167 x 225 mm

Date: [ca 1895-1920]

By: Jones, B (Mrs), active 1962?; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907

Reference: PAColl-3393

Description: Photograph of two men sorting kauri gum in a shed one sitting on a packing case with Poroli written on it. Photographer unidentified. Photograph of three bullock teams of fourteen to sixteen bullocks pulling loads of dressed timber with a man on top of each load near Whangarei; and the river near Whangarei Falls both taken by Cowdell. Postcards of two men on horseback with four work horses in a field of harvested oats near Blenheim; and a cart at the summit of Otira Gorge. Postcards of logs at the top of Wairua Falls and a view of Napier from the hill Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs B Jones, 1962

Date: 1893 - 1978

By: Baker, William George, 1864-1929; International Art Centre (Auckland)

Reference: C-083-056-a

Description: Proof copies of limited edition of 425 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 350 x 590 mm on sheet 460 x 640 mm

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

By: James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Hawley & Company

Reference: PA1-q-251

Description: Album of photographs taken by James Valentine & Sons, circa 1880s-1900s. Most of the images have a caption printed into the photograph, and many also have a hand-written caption beneath. At some point many of the photographs have been removed from their slots, and others have been placed in the wrong slot so that the subject and caption on the photograph does not match with the caption below. Places are listed above. There are five photographs of Maori, three of women, two of chiefs. The names given are difficult to identify, having complicated spelling, and the captions on photographs have faded in some cases. They include "Maori wahine Ngareti"; "Maori chief Hoera Watene"; "Maori chiefs Panapa Tenihotiti and Topopoki" and "Maori wahine Huihana?". One photograph, of Atiamuri, has the name "Hawley" as photographer. Other Titles - "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with greenish cover, entitled "Valentine & Sons. Photographs" in gold lettering; 39 x 31 cm

Date: [1890s-1900s?]

From: Angus, Robert K, fl 1964 :New Zealand photograph albums

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-019

Description: Album with [18] pages of images of the Otira Gorge area and the West Coast. Includes views of Bealey Hotel, Porter's Pass, Otira Gorge, the wire ropeway with cage across the Teremakau River, the Grey-Kumara tramway, native bush on the West Coast, horse and buggy under Hawks Crag on the Buller Gorge road, Arthur's pass. Most of the photographs are taken by James Ring, and are inscribed with title, photographer's initials, and photographer's number. Five images have no inscriptions, and the final one was taken by the Burton Brothers. Pages 1-17 and 21 have photographs inserted, pages 18-20 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 175 x 255 mm brown buckram

Date: ca 1870s-ca 1910

By: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, James, -1880; Cottier, Charles Percy, -1950; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Ross & Sons (Firm); New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PAColl-0195

Description: Tourist photographs of the major scenic places in New Zealand Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 container(s) 214 photoprints. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1875 - 1974

By: Fruit Distributors Ltd; Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897

Reference: C-086-1974-01

Description: A reproduction of C D Barraud's chromolithograph (plate 40 in New Zealander graphic and descriptive (London, 1877). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph in calendar

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PAColl-0959-40

Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: [Circa 1890s-1920s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Beck, Dick, active 1895; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Frazer, William D, active 1920s-1940s; Grace, W, active 1890s; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Lee, A A, active 1920s?; Manson, (Mr), active 1920s; Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Peart, Heaton Clairemont, 1894-1991

Reference: PAColl-0959-25

Description: Photographs of mountains and valleys in the Arthur's Pass National Park, including numbers of views of the Otira Tunnel under construction, with interior and exterior views. Various photographers have been identified, some with only their surname. They include H C Peart, A A Lee, [?] Manson, [?] Beck, T.C., John Pascoe, W D Frazer, [?] Barrett, and C Beken. From information about William Alexander Kennedy it appears that a large number of the photographs were taken by him, taking groups of former students on mountaineering trips. Many of the images show groups of young people, none of whom are identified, taken circa 1925-1926. (See article at http://www/nzine.co.nz/features/wak.html) Many of the images show winter views including icicles formed on waterfalls, frozen spray on twigs, and one with frozen spume near the Otira Tunnel. Image no. 25 shows an undentified woman standing at the foot of a semi-frozen waterfall, and image no. 64 shows an undentified woman wearing a woollen coat with fur collar and a felt hat, looking at icicles in Arthur's Pass. Image no. 43 shows "The Birches" in winter, near the summit of Arthur's pass on the Bealey side. Image no. 65 shows four women and a men with armfuls of mountain lilies in Arthur's pass. Images no. 70-71 show a small ferry [?] by the pier at Lake Brunner. Image no. 89 shows three men and a dog standing near a mountain hut, with a camera on a tripod. Most of the places shown are listed above. Other Titles - Arthur's Pass National Park Quantity: 150 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-042

Description: A road cut into a steep bush-clad hillside above the Otira River Supplied title Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/48 Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 120 x 149 mm

Date: [1880s-1910s?]

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Ferrez, Marc, 1843-1923; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-q-260

Description: Collection of photographs taken by various photographers including the Burton Brothers, George Valentine, Josiah Martin and Marc Ferrez. On page [67] there is a hand-traced map of the world with a route marked on it from London, to Plymouth, Canary Islands, Cape Town, Tasmania, Wellington, Lyttelton, Cape Horn, Rio de Janeiro, Canary Islands and back to Plymouth and London. The distance travelled out was 12,948 miles, and distance home was 11,915 miles. The photographs cover most of these places, with more detailed travel through Tasmania, and especially New Zealand. Scenes in New Zealand were mostly taken by the Burton Brothers and Josiah Martin. They include views of the main cities, and a large number in the thermal area around Lake Rotorua and Mount Tarawera, showing the area around the Pink and White Terraces before and after the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886. Photographs by Josiah Martin include portraits of Maori, and one entitled "The old order changeth" with Maori artifacts, shrunken heads, and a portrait of Tawhiao. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, black leather coners and spine; 27.5 x 37.5 cm