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Didsbury album
Date: 1886
By: Didsbury, George, 1839-1893; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933
Reference: PA1-q-065
Description: Chiefly photographs of the aftermath of the Tarawera eruption in 1886, many taken by Charles Spencer. Images include Dr Hector's party; views of mud-covered country; damage to buildings at the village of Te Wairoa; Henry Lundius and J C Blythe standing outside the hen-house in which several survivors took refuge; and views of the new lake formed after the eruption. Several views show the area before the eruption. The last two photographs in the album show the Manawatu Gorge bridge under construction, and the engine room at the Government Printing Office in Wellington. Physical Description: Album bound in blue buckram; "Didsbury. Tarawera Eruption 1886" lettered on spine; 28.5 x 20 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available for this album.
Finch, O (Mrs), fl 1958 :Photograph album
Date: [1890s?]
By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-o-172
Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm
Spencer, Charles S (Photographer) : Raurimu township
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Ministry Of Works :Photographs of construction works, buildings etc
By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933
Reference: PAColl-6498-01
Description: Raurimu township, circa 1880s, photographed by Charles S Spencer. Sky has been re-touched Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The township of Raurimu, C Spencer, Photo, Auckland Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 203 x 151 mm, with re-touching
Spencer, Charles S, 1854-1933 :Ruapehu from the service road above the spiral
Date: [ca 1905]
By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933
Reference: PAColl-8369
Description: View of Mount Ruapehu from the service road above the spiral, showing flax bushes and small buildings, taken circa 1905 by Charles Spencer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.2 x 16.6 cm