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Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-386

Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery taken by various photographs of whom Wheeler & Son and the Burton Brothers are identified. There are a number of images of Mount Tarawera and surrounds both before and after the eruption on 10th June 1886. A few other images show the volcanic areas around Whakarewarewa and Wairakei in the North Island; all the rest are in the South Island. Two interesting images show people transported across wide rivers by flying fox, one with a woman sitting in the `cage', across a river near Lake Wakatipu (probably Deep Creek or the Shotover, near Skippers), and one with two people crossing the Hooker River. Most of the views of people are distant views, but several near the end of the album show close-up views of men climbing on glaciers with ropes and ice picks. Other - "Apparently only part of an album", note in album register Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey card covers, tied with cream tape; 17.5 x 29.5 cm

Date: [Early 1880s?]

By: Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Taber, Isaiah West, 1830-1912

Reference: PA1-q-153

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers, circa early 1880s. Images include several Maori groups, Maori kainga, meeting houses, carving; a large number of views of mud pools, geysers, hot springs, and in particular views of the Pink and White Terraces before the Tarawera eruption in 1886. Other views show areas of the South Island, including Dunedin City, Oamaru, Christchurch; and the North island including Auckland, Thames District (a number showing aspects of gold mining in the area). The last photograph, of the R.M.S.S. Zealandia was taken by Taber Photo, San Francisco. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with grey blue cover, black corners and spine edged with gold; 30.5 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

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

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-262

Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: [1870s]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence (Miss), fl 1973 : Photograph albums

By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-053

Description: Album of pressed ferns, and photographs of Dunedin buildings, taken in the 1870s by J W Allen. Includes one postcard "Maori land. The Maori portraits are originals taken from life" taken by the Burton Brothers. Other Titles - New Zealand ferns Inscriptions: Album page - G.S. Christie, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, 3rd June 1968 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album in dark green cover entitled "New Zealand ferns", 37 x 29 cm

Date: [Between 1868 and 1895]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-044

Description: Images of New Zealand, including the first photograph in the album made up of a collage of Maori portraits entitled "Maori land". Photographs taken by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black covered album, 30 x 25 cm

Date: Between 1868 and 1890

By: Larkworthy, Falconer, 1833-1928; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-140

Description: Photograph album of New Zealand scenes The first sequence contains views of the road from Christchurch to the West Coast, taken by Daniel Mundy in February 1868. Another group are of further scenes in the South Island taken by the Burton Brothers around the Dunedin area. There are several views of Scotland and England, including one of the Brendon Hill Incline, an iron-mining area in Exmoor, and a view of the Larkworthy family castle in Aberdeenshire (name of the castle not clear in album). Later views in the album are taken by unidentified photographers, and include scenes of the Franz Josef Glacier, with the Waiho River; sluicing for gold at Black Gully; a tubular flume at Donnellys Creek; the Totara Ferry; viaduct at Jones' Creek; bush at Donoghues; and views of Ross and Hokitika. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Larkworthy album Relationship complexity - See also qMS-1129-1132 (donated at the same time) Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, entitled `Scrap book'; 32.5 x 27.0 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs W M Lowry and Mrs V M Matthews, England, 1956

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-23

Description: View of the Cargill monument in The Exchange, Princes Street, Dunedin. The clock tower of the Post Office can be seen left of centre. Several horse-drawn trams are in The Exchange area; one at the bottom of High Street. Groups of men are standing and sitting around the monument which has gas lamps on all sides. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. From `New Zealand through the camera' series of photographs Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 7723 - Princes St, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20 cm on mount 22.6 x 29.2 cm

Date: [Between 1868 and 1898]

By: Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zangaki (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-146

Description: Album of photographs, most taken by the Burton Brothers in New Zealand, including a large number of Maori images, group portraits, identified men and women, pa, and storehouses. Scenes also taken by them in Tonga and Samoa. A number of images show scenes in England, including a group taken near Egremont in Cumbria, of ice on the Mersey River in 1895. There are a large number of copies of paintings of romantic scenes. Several photographs of the Suez Canal, and the Nile River, were taken by Greek photographers `Zangaki' Brothers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown cover, brown corners and spine with single raised cords; fleur de lys pattern stamped between cords; 33.5 x 27.0 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-030

Description: Album of photographs mostly of towns and buildings in Canterbury and Otago, chiefly taken by the Burton Brothers, circa 1880s. They all show city scenes including street views, and images of important buildings. The buildings include church buildings, bank buildings, insurance company office buildings, and hotels (both exterior and interior views of the Grand Hotel, Dunedin). In the North Island, there is a view of the Auckland Synagogue, and a view of Taratahi Homestead, the home of Lady Tancred and Sir Thomas Tancred, in the Carterton District. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth-bound album with leather spine and corners, lettered in gold "Views of New Zealand"

Date: [1880s]

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-34-28

Description: View from hillside above George Street School looking across the built-up area in north Dunedin to the Otago Peninsula in distance Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1880], 1890, [ca 1890s], [ca 1900], [ca 1950s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Fiji. Public Relations Office

Reference: PAColl-10274

Description: Photographic prints comprising: - Six prints showing scenes in Fiji taken circa 1950s. Five were taken by the Public Relations Office, Suva: men with a bullock cart of harvested sugar cane, Nadi; a train hauling a load of sugar cane, Lautoka; aerial view of the Lautoka Sugar Mill in Viti Levu; and an aerial view of fields in the dry zone in Viti Levu; aerial view of Suva, Fiji. One was taken by an unidentified photographer and shows hospital buildings with open air walls, in Apia. - Five stereographs of scenes in New Zealand: overlooking the buildings for the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1890, taken by F A Coxhead; scene near Mitre Peak taken circa 1890s by F A Coxhead; Colonial Museum interior, Wellington, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers; Dragons Mouth geyser taken circa 1900 by Brown and Stewart; White House Hotel exterior, Henley, taken circa 1880 by the Burton Brothers. - One postcard featuring a collage of photographs of Maori women and children, arranged to form the words "Kia Ora". Photographers of original images are unidentified. Bottom right of postcards reads "Ellerbeck Protected 1.9?.05". Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Photograph of Colonial Museum identified from PAColl-3114-2 Quantity: 7 b&w original photographic print(s) including one postcard. 5 stereographic cards, with 10 prints in total. Provenance: Purchase, 2014. (Note: The prints were all purchased at the same time but they are not a set of collected items.)

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-20

Description: View looking south from the corner of Princes and Water streets, Dunedin. The Post Office (with clock) is on the left and on the opposite side of Princes Street are the Colonial Mutual Life Assuance Society Ltd and Wain's Hotel. The street is crowded with horse-drawn carriages and people. Photograph taken by Burton brothers in 1880s. From `New Zealand through the camera' series of photographs Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 5151 - Princes Street, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-094

Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [Between 1880 and 1889]

From: Burton Brothers :New Zealand Through the Camera

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA4-0118

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Dunedin Waterworks, taken in the 1880s by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Inscriptions: mat verso - bottom left - New Zealand through the camera. Burton Brothers, Photos., Dunedin, N.Z. Dunedin Waterworks Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-19

Description: View of one side of the lower Octagon from the vicinity of the Dunedin Town Hall looking south. The church steeple of First Church in Moray Place can be seen above the roof tops. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers ca 1880s. Identifiable premises in the Octagon are Hunter & Boot (dentists); Atheneum and Mechanic's Institute; Smith & Smith Ltd; D Scott (signwriter); Bailey & Co; The Musical Exchange. From `New Zealand through the camera' series of photographs Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 5691 - The Octagon, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.6 x 20.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: 1890

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-31-27

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: [1850s-1890s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Hodgkins, William John Parker, 1866-1945

Reference: PA1-q-089

Description: Photographs of the Field and Hodgkins families, taken by William Hughes Field; and of New Zealand scenes. A number of views are of Dunedin taken between 1850 and 1868. Professional photographers include W J P Hodgkins, the Burton Brothers, F Finch and F A Coxhead. Individual views show scenes including a match played between the English cricket team vs Wellington, at the Basin Reserve, March 23-24, 1888; fire that destroyed the offices of Buckley & Co, a legal firm in Wellington, circa 1890s; views of a yachting party in Pelorus Sound; a house built of punga logs, circa 1858; various houses belonging to the Field and Hodgkins families, including Cranmore Lodge (Dunedin), and the Field house in Everton Terrace (Wellington). Also includes photographs of the Hodgkins' rented house in Ravensbourne. Inside the back cover is a black and white photographic copy of an illuminated address to Bishop Selwyn in farewell on his departure from New Zealand, with vignettes painted by Charles Decimus Barraud. Album signed `W Hughes Field, Terrace, Wellington, 1890-' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black covers, 30.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-39-22

Description: Large group of boys (and some men) at the saltwater pool at St Clair, Dunedin. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4678 - St Clair Bath near Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 19.1 cm on mount 22.6 x 29.2 cm

Date: [Circa 1880s]

By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA1-f-076

Description: Album of photographs taken by various photographers circa 1880s, including the Burton brothers, George Valentine, and W T L Travers. Photographs of Tenerife, Cape Town (and probably the views of Hobart) were taken from the ship "Doric" in 1885, possibly by Alexander Turnbull on one of his return trips from Europe. Other Titles - New Zealand, Tasmania [and] Ships Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled in gold lettering on spine "New Zealand, Tasmania, Ships, A H Turnbull"; 31.5 x 43.0 cm