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Ring, James, 1856-1939 :Ahaura bridges
Date: 1880s
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939; Brewster, Barney, active 1991-2019
Reference: PAColl-6394
Description: Photograph of the bridges at Ahaura, taken ca 1880s by James Ring of Greymouth. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Ring album 1
Date: [ca 1880s]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-435
Description: Photographs taken circa 1880s by James Ring, photographer based in Greymouth. Scenes in Greymouth and nearby include views of severe flooding (p 3-5, 7); loading ships at the wharf showing hydraulic cranes raising hoppers of coal, and rolling stock laden with coal for transportation. Three shipping photographs including the SS Gerda wrecked on the Greymouth Breakwater in June 1888; the SS Mawhera ashore on North Beach, Greymouth in 1886, and the SS Rosamond crossing the Greymouth Bar. Beyond Greymouth views include the Grey River, Rocky Island, Brunnerton and the Brunnerton Bridge, and the West Coast Road. Then views of Lake Brunner, Refuge Island and Mitchell Falls. The Teremakau [now Taramakau] River is next, one view showing the road bridge, and one showing the flying fox (wire bridge) leading over to the Teremakau Hotel. These are followed by scenes along the Otira Gorge, including Warnock's Nob, Westley's Creek (Wesley Creek), and Starvation Point, before reaching Porter's Pass, Broken River, Arthur's Pass and the Devil's Punch Bowl Falls. The last sequence show Grasmere Station, Castle Hill Station (with one view of snow gates) and Craigieburn Station; the town of Cass; Bealey, Bealey Hotel, and Bealey Gorge, Lake Pearson and Lake Mapourika. Other Titles - New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N. Z. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with quarterbound red cover, red leather corners and spine; entitled "New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N.Z."; 24 x 31 cm
West Coast album
Date: [1860s to 1870s]
By: Tait, John, 1836-1907; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-530
Description: Photographs of the West Coast, with particular emphasis on bridges, gold mining activities, towns, and roads. Photographers mostly unidentified, but two definitely taken by John Tait (p 9-10), and one possibly taken by James Ring (p 20; identified from same photograph in different collection (PA7-51-05)). The bridges include Hungerfords Bridge and Thompson's Bridge, both over the Arahura River, and the Upper Bridge in the Otira Gorge. There is also a view of the Kaniere [i.e. Kanieri] punt for crossing the river. Views of gold mining and mining towns include the Hohonu Water Race Company's flume at Greenstone; the Great Western Company's fluming at Kaniere [i.e. Kanieri]; mining towns at Donoghues and Redman's; Ross; Goldsborough; the Kohinoor claim; and Napoleon Hill, Ahaura, showing various businesses along a narrow street including the Casino de Venise, Baillie Bootmaker, Scandinavian Hotel and the Victoria & Sydney Hotel. A number of views of Hokitika include the town from various angles; Dobson's Memorial (to roading engineer George Dobson who was murdered in 1866); the cemetery with a view of Archibald Bonar Junior's tombstone; the Old Post Office; the Hokitika Wharf; "cutting through the sandspit, Hokitika Bar, Sunday morning 1867"; and the Hokitika River with vessels ashore in 1866. Gold mining at the Kohinoor Claim at Redman's began about 1869. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album lacking cover; 27.5 x 24.0 cm
[Postcard]. 117. Cobden Bridges, Greymouth, N.Z./ J Ring, photographer [1905].
Date: 1905
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: Eph-POSTCARD-Ellis-07
Description: Shows the two Cobden Bridges over the Grey River at Greymouth. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - June 26th 1905. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 90 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Ellis. J Ring, photographer.
Ring, James 1857-1939 :Photograph of Arahura Bridge, with a horse and coach in shot
Date: [188-?]
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA7-20-18
Description: Photograph of Arahura Bridge, with a horse-drawn coach, taken ca 1880s by James Ring of Greymouth. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13 x 20 cm
Brunner bridge and coal mines
Date: ca 1900
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: 1/2-004430-F
Description: Photograph by James Ring of Brunner coal mining settlement showing Brunner bridge and railway lines, ca 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Photograph album compiled by William Herbert Perkins
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