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Date: [after 10 Jun 1886]

From: Christie, Hettie Florence, 1902-1988 :Photographs and album of New Zealand scenes

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

Reference: PA7-41-25

Description: Photograph of the desolated area on the shores of Lake Tarawera where the village of Moura had been before the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Identical image at PA7-39-30. Same image held by Te Papa [C.010747]. View online. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Title on negative - The site of the destoyed village of Moura, Tarawera, NZ. 890; Recto - bottom right - On negative - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20.2 cm

Date: [Before 10 Jun 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-37-14

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by the Burton Brothers before the eruption of Mount Tarawera on 10 Jun 1886. In the foreground are two small Maori boys and areas fenced off for the growing of vegetables. The area in the immediate foreground has one wall constructed from blocks of earth while the other sides of the fenced enclosure are made from wooden stakes. Identical image at PAColl-7344-89 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3848 - Wairoa. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Mount recto - beneath image - Pans with 4082 (written in ink) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.3 cm

Date: [After 10 Jun 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-39-25

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by Alfred Burton shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886. Shows the hotel on the left, Sophie's whare, and (on far right) a two-storey building. In the foreground are four men standing on a pile of volcanic ash. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4127 - Wairoa - after eruption June 10 1886. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: [Between 1868 and 1885?]

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

Reference: PA1-o-083

Description: Photograph album titled 'New Zealand land of loveliness'. Includes photographs of the Wairoa and Rotorua Districts, taken by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Other Titles - Land of loveliness Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Cloth cover entitled "Land of loveliness. New Zealand. Photographed by Burton Bros. Dunedin"

Date: [after 10 June 1886]

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

Reference: PA7-38-08

Description: View of McRae's Hotel and village of Te Wairoa taken shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera. Shows the area covered in volcanic ash and damage done to the trees and other vegetation. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, after 10 June 1886. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4082 - Wairoa after eruption June 10 86.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 19.5 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: [Circa 1860s-1870s]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-o-385

Description: Album of New Zealand scenery taken circa 1860s and 1870s. Some taken by William Thomas Locke Travers (particularly in the Lake Guyon area), identified by comparison with photographs known to be his; and some possibly taken by the Burton Brothers. Names of all the places listed can be seen in the list above, except for two streams which are not mentioned in current maps and guides, Blue Duck Creek and Gem Creek (Lake Guion); and a rock formation near Aorere which was known then as the "Devil's Boots". A view at the foot of the Otira Gorge shows an old hotel (not named). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon leather binding, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 24.0 x 31.5 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: [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: [Before 10 Jun 1886]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-7344-89

Description: Two Maori children in the foreground of a view of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa in the distance. Photograph taken circa 1885 by the Burton Brothers and re-issued by Muir & Moodie. Identical image at PA7-37-14 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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: 1886

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

Reference: PA7-37-11

Description: Photograph of McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa taken by Burton Bros shortly after the eruption of Mount Tarawera, 10 Jun 1886 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3837 - McRae's, Wairoa after eruption Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14 x 20 cm on mount 22.8 x 29 cm

Date: 1869-190-

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Tensfeld, John, active 1869-1882

Reference: PAColl-2150

Description: Cityscapes; street scenes; historic buildings; landscapes; chronological tree of NZ history. Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: circa 1880s-1890s

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

Reference: 1/2-032285-F

Description: Kilbirnie, Wellington, circa 1880s-1890s, photographed by the Burton Brothers. View includes the Kilbirnie Hotel (two stories building, left of centre). Note on back of file print reads: "Original at Museum of Wellington City and Sea. Negative WHB 707" Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1886

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

Reference: 1/2-020459-F

Description: McRae's Hotel, Te Wairoa, after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4061 - McRae's Hotel - Wairoa - Burton Bros Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1881]

From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-415

Description: Photographs of Greymouth, Grey River, Brunnerton, Ahaura, Reefton, Waimakariri, Lake Pearson, Lake Brunner, Dillmanstown, Milford Sound, Franz Josef Glacier, Ross, and the thermal areas of central North Island. The photographers represented include William Herbert Perkins, James Ring and the Burton Brothers. There is one interior view of a quartz-crushing battery at Reefton. Pages 55, 57 and 58 have portraits of women (and one man) in "Fancy Fair" costumes Inscriptions: Album page - "William Perkins. Greymouth. 1884" Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, darker corners and spine; "Album" lettered in gold on spine; 23.5 x 30.0 cm

Date: [ca 1885]

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

Reference: 1/2-045058-F

Description: The township of Waipawa, circa 1885. Shows the store of Edward Bibby on left of frame, and Daniel Moroney's Settlers Hotel on right of frame. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Other Titles - Waipawa Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4381 - Waipawa Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1880s

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16

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

Reference: PAColl-7344-86

Description: Waitati, circa 1880s, showing the Hurinui to Bluff railway line on an embankment over part of the harbour. Saratoga House hotel is in the background. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1886]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 19

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

Reference: PAColl-7985-51

Description: Te Wairoa after the 1886 Tarawera eruption, photographed by the Burton Brothers. McRae's Hotel is in the centre. Other Titles - Wairoa after eruption June 10 86 Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4083 Wairoa after eruption June 10 86; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.1 x 19.5 cm

Date: [ca 1885]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: 1/2-003332-F

Description: McRae's Hotel in Te Wairoa, photographed circa 1885 by Alfred Burton of the Burton Brothers. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3849 - Wairoa Hotel; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Muir & Moodie. Dunedin. Protd 1.8.03 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Date: 1881

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Smith, John Stace, active 1880

Reference: PA1-f-186

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).