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Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :Townend Glass House, Christchurch Botanical Garden...

Date: 1919

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]

Reference: A-227-250

Description: Shows a grassy area with a path in the foreground with a glass house and trees appearing over the roof of the glass house. The view is probably taken in the spring, with blossom visible on the trees in the foreground The first Townend Glasshouse, an orchid and begonia house, was left to the city by Annie Quayle Townend in 1914. It originally stood in the grounds of Holly Lea, a large Christchurch property, but was moved to the Botanical Gardens, being replaced by the current Townend Glasshouse building in 1955 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm

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Tractor working on a state housing building site in Christchurch

Date: ca 1950

From: Tourist and Publicity

Reference: 1/1-007818-F

Description: Caterpillar D8 tractor and Le Tourneau 12 yd carryall working on a state housing building site in Christchurch. Photograph taken circa 1950s by an unidentified photographer for the National Publicity Studios. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Group of men at rest, playing cards on the grass under a tree, on the Mendip Hills shee...

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0470-1/2-G

Description: A group of five unidentified men (possibly musterers) playing cards in the shade of a tree. Photograph taken at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 16 (PA1-q-102) Other - Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 2, No 25, page 11, with the caption "Musterers playing cards in the midday heat. Cards are as popular in the back-country as they are in the cities." Inscriptions: Album page - A quiet game. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

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Group, and the ship Devon aground at Pencarrow Head, Wellington region

Date: 25 Aug 1913

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011202-G

Description: Group with flotation vests (rescue party?) on the beach while the ship 'Devon' is aground at Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, Wellington region, 25 August 1913. Photograph taken by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Group identified as a possible rescue party from information at 1/4-011197. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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Probably wreckage from the ship Devon at Pencarrow Head, Wellington region

Date: [ca 25 Aug 1913]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011201-F

Description: Probably wreckage from the ship 'Devon' at Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, Wellington region. Photograph taken circa 25 August 1913 by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Estimate of date from information on file print of 1/4-011202. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Lake Coleridge, N.Z.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1225-F

Description: Panoramic view of Lake Coleridge, with reflections in the lake, tussock in the foreground and mountains in the background. Car parked in the distance on the right. Taken ca 1923-1928 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lake Coleridge, N.Z. No. 284; Marginal notes on negative - Lake Coleridge, N.Z. #2; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 121.4 cm

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Ranfurly, Constance Elizabeth Knox, Countess of, 1858-1932 :Mount Cook N[ew] Z[ealand]....

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Ranfurly, Constance Elizabeth Knox, Countess of, 1858-1932

Reference: C-133-006

Description: Shows a view of Mount Cook from the area in front of the Hermitage. The Hermitage building is seen at the left, below the foothills. The peak of Mount Cook is bathed in a rosy light. Possibly the watercolour of Mount Cook by Lady Ranfurly shown in Wellington in October 1902 at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - CR 1902; Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet, 377 x 561 mm. Provenance: Purchase: England, 1998 Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

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Scene in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, with crowd and trams

Date: [ca 1916]

From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-017589-G

Description: Scene in Cathedral Square, circa 1916, photographed alongside the Australian Mutual Provident Society building and Everybody's Picture Theatre. Shows a crowd of people (racegoers?) in double decker trams, while others stand on the footpath nearby. A sign on one of the trams reads: "Races. Special Car". Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Man ice skating on Lake Tekapo

Date: ca 1938

From: Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946 :Prints and negatives of New Zealand wildlife and scenery

Reference: 1/2-009527-F

Description: An unidentified man ice skating on Lake Tekapo, photographed by Thelma Kent circa 1938. A snow capped mountain range is in the background. The man in this photograph also appears in Kent's photos of Mt Harper Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Whaling boat at Kaikoura

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Nilsen, R, active 1964

Reference: 1/2-022936-F

Description: Whaling boat (Alabamha?) before landing a whale, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: `Caption on original print read "The `Alabamha' [sic] just before landing the big whale. She may be seen floating alongside. There was a cow and a calf and the mother stuck her dead baby until she was lanced to death. Thus the two whales were caught very easy [sic]" ' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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Double decker tram car, Christchurch

Date: [ca 1920s]

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-019538-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Exterior of the old Anglican church, Woodend, Canterbury

Date: 1928

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-152506-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

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Christchurch City Council Chambers, with Robert Falcon Scott Memorial

Date: 1913

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-005303-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

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Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :St. Matthew's Courtenay. [ca 1950]

Date: 1945 - 1955

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Akaroa scenes] / Cranleigh Barton [ca 1950]

Reference: A-227-302

Description: A small Gothic-style church building with a garden in front and large trees in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

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Station Garage, Christchurch

Date: [ca early 1920s]

Reference: 1/2-073994-G

Description: Station Garage, Christchurch, in the early 1920s. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Platform at Christchurch Railway Station

Date: ca 1910

Reference: 1/2-038597-F

Description: Scene on a platform at the Christchurch Railway Station, circa 1910. Amongst the unidentified, stand three women, alongside a train, wearing full length dresses/skirts and hats. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 22 cm

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Ceremony for the unveiling of the Christchurch War Memorial in the Cathedral grounds

Date: 9 Jun 1937

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-87

Description: Looking down on the unveiling ceremony at the Christchurch War Memorial in the Cathedral grounds from a Cathedral balcony. Shows clergymen, members of the military, and the public, grouped around the monument. Photograph taken 9 June 1937 by an unidentified photographer. Other - Image published in the New Zealand Free Lance 16 June 1937 Inscriptions: Verso - [unreadable] from cathedral balcony Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.4 x 16.5 cm

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View of Lake MacGregor

Date: [1975-1976]

From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand

Reference: PA12-5513-1

Description: View of Lake MacGregor with Southern Alps in the background taken between 1975 and 1976 by Robert E Wells of New Plymouth. Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 6 x 9 cm

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Hira Nutira and Tiemi Whatiri at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury - Photograph taken by K V Big...

Date: May 1948

From: Tourist and Publicity

By: Bigwood, Kenneth Valentine, 1920-1992

Reference: 1/2-040049-F

Description: Hira Nutira (left) and Tiemi Whaitiri trapping eels at Lake Forsyth, Canterbury, May 1948. Photograph taken by K V Bigwood for the National Publicity Studios. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Copyright and Access Restrictions updated December 2022.

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The old Hermitage; Mt Sefton and the Footstool

Date: [Between 1920 and 1927]

From: Sutton-Turner, Arthur Seymour, 1879?-1957 :Albums of the Southern Alps

Reference: PA1-o-485-02

Description: The old Hermitage, with Mount Sefton and The Footstool in the background, photographed in the 1920s by Arthur Seymour Sutton-Turner. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - The Old Hermitage. Mt Sefton and the Footstool. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 113 x 157 mm mounted on album page

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