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We can connect 144 things related to 1900, 1800, Canterbury Region, New Zealand, Unknown, and Not specified to the places on this map.
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Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Victoria Bridge - Christchurch. [ca 1890s]

Date: 1890 - 1910

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-072

Description: View of River Avon and Victoria Bridge Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

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Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Christchurch from Cathedral. [ca 1890s]

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-076

Description: Birdseye view of the city from the cathedral spire looking down at Cathedral Square to the Post Office building. Horse-drawn carts and carriages can be seen in the square below. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

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Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Lyttelton Harbour. [ca 1890s]

Date: 1880 - 1900

From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]

Reference: E-278-q-078

Description: View looking down onto Lyttleton from a hill. Ships can be seen docked at the wharves and in the harbour. In the foreground to the left are two carts, one filled with soil [?]. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm

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Noela Earl - William Cook, blacksmith

Date: 1995

From: Ted Gilberd Literary Trust : Essay competitions

Reference: MS-Papers-5757-10

Description: Story of the Cook family of Northern Ireland and Springburn, mid Canterbury. William Cook senior and his wife Mary Jane immigrated to NZ on the `Varuna' in 1874. It is also the story of a blacksmith shop (McFarlane and Cook, Lyndhurst) from 1887-1976. For most of this time (1890-1969), William Cook junior, and his family were involved in the business. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript Photographs and family tree

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Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru

Date: 1868-1929

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9287-2

Description: Group photographs of girls attending the school run by the Convent of the Sacred heart, Timaru. Photographs of bishops include Bishop Grimes, Archbishop Redwood, and Bishop Brodie. The family of Dr M S and Agnes Grace, ca 1886. The family of Mr and Mrs A C Nottingham of Halswell, Christchurch, 1920. Group including Bishop Grimes on the front steps of St Patrick's Basilica, Oamaru (possibly the dedication of the church on the 18th of November 1894). Group photographs of clergy attending the jubilee celebrations of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, in 1929. Original wooden gothic Roman Catholic church, Timaru, which burnt down in 1910. Maryville College of the Sacred Heart, St Louis, USA, which is where the founder of the Sacred Heart order in Timaru came from in 1880. Sacred Heart primary school building, Timaru, in the 1880s. Buildings of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru. Timaru Railway station. The ship SS Australia. Cobb and Co coach and Bank of New Zealand, Timaru, 1868. Yankee-K class locomotive. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 Pen drawing.

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Letters from D C H Florance and other papers

Date: 1884-1972

From: Greenaway, Richard Lawrence Norman, 1948- : Papers relating to historical research

Reference: MS-Papers-10073

Description: Letters from Florance to Greenaway concerning family history, schooldays at Burwood, Christchurch, James Speight, headmaster and other local identities; also Mr Greenaway's notes on Augustus Florance (born 1812) and his son, obituary and notes for James Speight Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 items). Physical Description: Holograph, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies)

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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Ashburton [1880s or 1890s?]

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-007

Description: A house with garden, alongside either the Ashburton River or a road. The blue colouring suggests the river. The Southern Alps in the background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

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Educational reminiscences - Surnames, L

Date: 1988-1989

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Educational reminiscences

Reference: 88-005-09

Description: Rita Ellen Lee's reminiscence of her teaching career in Canterbury, Southland and Otago, 1928-1958; Miss L Leonard's reminiscence of Marlborough School, 1905-1907; R Hazel Lill's reminiscence of Willowby School, 1911-1917; Mrs Laura Law (nee Mawhinney), Eweburn School; W E Langford's brief history of Hastings Central School, 1875-1975. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph; typescript

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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Mount Peel Road. [1880s or 1890s?]

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-009

Description: A road surrounded by bush, heading towards mountains. Cabbage trees amongst the bush Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

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Innes family : Papers

Date: 1811-[ca 1894], 1933

Reference: MS-Papers-1907

Description: Two memoranda books include details of expenses for building a cottage, a bakers oven in 1862, rents received (1865-1866), accounts for family's shoes (1867), journey to Hokitika 19-30 October 1865 and recipes There is also a miners right issued to George Innes, Tuapeka (September 1861) and a manuscript of business notes (1860-1866) which includes costing of material in construction of brick house, Cashel Street (1863) and record of work done There is also a copy of Wellington Girls College Reporter, Jubilee number (May 1933) George Innes was a builder who lived at various times in Hokitika, Otago and Christchurch. He arrived at Lyttelton on the Fatima in December 1851. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces, 3 volumes, 2 loose papers). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter

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Frances Stewart - Stephen Corlett, a Canterbury pilgrim

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-056

Description: The essay details Stephen Corlett's Manx origins, work in Cheshire, emigration to Canterbury, the voyage out in the `Sir George Seymour' in 1850, early years in Canterbury Province, land purchases, burial of Stephen and wife Jane and their reinterment. Also the lives of the first generation to settle and raise families in New Zealand; and the Corlett brothers purchase of Greta Peaks, and loss of their land. Also includes an addendum added by Frances Stewart in 2006. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Published guide available. Includes photographs

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[Hill, Perry Martin], 1926-2005 :45 Ranfurly St, Christchurch, 1898. [Measured drawings...

Date: 1970 - 1898 - 1985

From: Hill, Perry Martin, 1926-2005 :[Architectural plans. 1960-1990s]

Reference: Plans-2007-030-0583/0585

Description: Includes ground floor plan, south elevation, isometric sections through external walls, showing window, ridge, eaves and plinth details. These measured drawings were made for inclusion in the book "Restoring with style" (1985), page 30. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, sizes varying around 840 x 610 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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Album relating to Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln

Date: [1896-1913]

From: Warburton, Edward Darien :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-o-1601

Description: Photograph album compiled by E D Warburton. Includes photographs of the Lincoln Agricultural College at Lincoln, Canterbury. Shows photographs of livestock, harvesting machinery, draught houses, crops, animal housing and husbandry and agricultural students. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 16 x 22 cm

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Educational reminiscences - J E Strachan

Date: [ca 1967]

From: New Zealand Council for Educational Research : Educational reminiscences

Reference: 88-005-15

Description: Recollections of his school days in Central Otago and Dunedin, Teachers Training College and teaching career at Lawrence, Gore, and Rangiora. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript

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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Rangitata. Star of the South. [1880s or 1890s]

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-102

Description: A hotel called Star of the South beside a road, the Rangitata River in the foreground, a horse and cart on the road and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 129 x 178 mm

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Irene Lister - The three Ridley sisters

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-044

Description: The story of the writers great-great-grandmother, Sarah Ann Brunning senior, a widow who arrived in New Zealand in 1855 with her 22 year old daughter, and her two sisters Lucy and Mary Ridley. Includes family trees Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

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Artist unknown :An old Akaroa landmark; relic of the French occupation [1949]

Date: 1949 - 1840 - 1850

Reference: A-163-016

Description: A French colonial house and garden in a state of disrepair. It has a shingled roof, a dormer window, a brick chimney to the left and two openings at the front, possibly both of them doors (one is obscured by a bush) Not in Anderson, J C. Old Christchurch. 1949 but possibly drawn by the same artist and intended for inclusion in the book Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 103 x 135 mm Provenance: Bought from Smiths Bookshop, Wellington, 1963

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[Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Orari. Mr Tripp's. [1880s or 1890s?]

Date: 1888 - 1900

From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketch book

Reference: E-346-2-031

Description: Orari Homestead (South Canterbury), the home of the Tripp family, with its surrounding garden (including cabbage trees) and a conservatory to the left, attached to the house. Hills in the background. The preliminary drawing for this view is on the previous page of the sketchbook. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sketchbook page, 132 x 187 mm.

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Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru

Date: [ca 1965]-1921

From: Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus : Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9287-1

Description: Photographs relating to the Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru. These include Mother Juliette Bauduy-Garesche founder of the Society of the sacred Heart in Timaru. Also Rev Mother Susannah Boudreau foundress of the Sacred Heart order in Timaru in 1880. Most of the collection is made up of group photographs of girls who attended the school run by the convent. There is also a photograph of the children of Mr and Mrs A C Nottingham of Halswell, Christchurch. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

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