Places

Date: 1886 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-394-f-022

Description: On the left, an arrangement of waka huia, gourds, carved figures, and clubs, flanked by two carved oars. On the right, a man standing alongside a carved figure and wall panels. The items are from Augustus Hamilton's collection, Napier Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - titles in pencil Quantity: 2 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints, 199 x 143 mm & 145 x 197 mm

Date: 1887

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025504-G

Description: A stereoscopic view of New Zealand Railways locomotive J 41 with train at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau, shortly after transfer from the South Island in October 1887. Shows passengers who have alighted from the train. Photograph taken by William Williams. Information from E R Williams files, and W G Lloyd Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1890s

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025516-G

Description: The "SS Fifeshire" and other ships berthed at Port Chalmers. The "SS Fifeshire" can be seen in the middle row at the far right. Taken by William Williams between 1890 and 1899. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1887]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025655-G

Description: Interior of William and Lydia William's house in Napier, circa 1887, with framed pictures, banjo, stereograph viewer etc. Photographed by William Williams. One of the framed prints depicted hanging on the wall is a photogravure print published in 1882 based on the painting 'Wedded' by Frederick Leighton, in the collections of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney. Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Lydia and William were known as Mrs & Mrs `Banjo' Williams - and the banjo in this photograph is featured in many family photographs. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1880s

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025938-G

Description: Two yachts, the Xarifa and the Thetis (unknown which is which), racing on Wellington Harbour. Taken by William Williams in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: ca 1889

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025816-G

Description: Kahuranaki, a carved house at Te Hauke, Hawke's Bay, photographed ca 1889 by William Williams of Napier. Dated from William Williams' residence in Napier, ca 1886-1891 Identified from caption to lantern slide made from this negative. This house was destroyed by fire in 1913. Source of information: "Painted histories" by Roger Neich (AUP, 1993, p 300). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: Between 1881 and 1886

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025979-G

Description: Two Maori women with baby sitting near campfire and cooking pots at Waiwhetu Pa, Hutt Valley, photographed between 1881 and 1889. Women and baby are dressed in European skirts and loose shirts, their hair is bound back. Surrounding them is a pile of firewood, a cart, a small hut and a long wooden fence draped with rugs and blankets. Center frame behind the women is a European man in a top hat posing beside the fence gate. Behind the fence is a line of Maori people standing in a field. Bare eastern hills of Hutt Valley loom in background. Dated from the photographer's residence in Wellington and Napier 1881-1889. The people of the Waiwhetu pa were the Te Matehou hapu of Te Ati Awa iwi Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1884

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140369-G

Description: Group of Maori men, women and children with William Williams (seated 2nd from right) and Fred Byrne (standing left back row) outside a thatched whare, Te Kauri, Otorohanga District. Photograph taken 1884 by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1885

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/2-140323-G

Description: Kaiwharawhara Stream, Wellington, surrounded by trees and bush. Taken by William Williams, ca 1885. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1886 - 1890

From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: E-394-f-021

Description: Three carved wooden figures from the Augustus Hamilton Collection, Napier Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in pencil Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 136 x 195 mm

Date: 1880s

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025788-G

Description: View of an area at Matamau, which has been cleared of nearly all its trees. There are a few trunks just in front of the photographer. There is an unidentified man sitting on the ground near the largest trunk, looking off to the side of the photographer. Photograph taken by William Williams during the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: between 1880-1890

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/2-004665-F

Description: Scene at the summit of the Rimutaka incline, with S class steam locomotive number 6, two wagon loads of wood, and two passenger carriages. Railway workers, including Guard J Turner and M Cronin, stand alongside. Railway cottages line the tracks. A stack of railway track is in the foreground. Photograph taken by William Williams between 1880 and 1890. Identical (original?) image at negative number 1/2-025480-G. Note on back of file print says that 1/2-025480 is the better neg. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890s

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/1-025833-G

Description: View of Dunedin with Dundas Street in the foreground. In the middle distance the buildings of Otago University can be seen. Photographed by William Williams sometime in the 1890s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1882 or 1883

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025900-G

Description: Four men, including photographer William Williams, seated outdoors on stones in Wainuiomata. Williams is second from left with a camera by his knee and a camera mounted on a tripod behind him. Thomas H Wyatt is on the right. The other two men are named Kevern and Toulson. They are all dressed in hats, suits, and boots. Two smoke pipes while the other two eat. Photograph taken in either 1882 or 1883, probably by William Williams with a self timer. Source of descriptive information - From lantern slide of identical image: "Kevern; Williams; Toulson & Wyatt at Wainuiomata, Wgton - 1882 or 3" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/1-025794-G

Description: William and Lydia Williams paddling in the canoe Taniwha on the Tutaekuri River. Photograph taken circa 1890, possibly by William Williams with a self timer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: December 1881

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

By: Williams, William, 1858-1949

Reference: 1/2-140361-G

Description: View of the bush and hills near Oteranga Bay on Cape Terawhiti, taken from a clearing. Photograph taken by William Williams in 1881. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).