Places

Date: 1861

From: [Cookson, Janetta Maria] 1812-1867 :Auckland Wellington 1861 1851-1865

By: Cookson, Janetta Maria, 1812-1866

Reference: E-340-q-013/014

Description: A scene at Lyttelton Harbour showing several sailing vessels at sea Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Port Cooper in 1861 Quantity: 1 drawing(s) (double-page spread). Physical Description: Pencil & wash 175 x 520 mm.

Date: 29 Nov 1949

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-23444-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: [1870s]

From: Nancarrow, Mr :Photographs

Reference: 1/2-070305-F

Description: Lyttelton in the 1870's. Shows the Timeball Station, middle ground, left. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 22 Apr 1869

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: 1/2-022747-F

Description: Group alongside a triumphal arch in Lyttelton, during the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in April 1869. A sign on the arch reads: "God bless Prince Alfred". Shows a (guard of honour?) holding oars and flags on the left, and a crowd on the right. Ship masts are in the background. Photograph taken by Daniel Louis Mundy on the 22nd of April, 1869. Inscriptions: Visible on original item: Mundy NZ 22/4/69 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 2013

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DCDL-0024033

Description: Shows a Greenpeace boat unable to gain entrance to the Port of Lyttelton dry dock because of their previous role as a 'fly in the ointment' in the '2008 Greenpeace Lyttelton Blockade'. Refers to Greenpeace's difficulties negotiating access to the Lyttelton dry docks for maintenance before the ship's visit to the sub-Antarctic Islands. See Stuff 21 January 2013. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1852

By: Wynyard, Robert Henry (Sir), 1802-1864

Reference: A-457-002

Description: A view of Lyttelton and the Port Hills, showing the Bridle Path at the left, and the harbour in the foreground Undoubtedly a preliminary sketch for Wynyard's more detailed drawing of the settlement (A-081-036), which shows the buildings and hills in greater detail, but from an identical perspective. The finished sketch is dated March 1852 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Lyttelton [in pencil] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 184 x 222 mm

Date: 6 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000722

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 6 February 2011. Particularly of Lyttelton. Shows photographs of the plaque of the Lyttelton Methodist Church, houses in Dublin Street, damaged buildings, broken paths and paintings on concrete blocks/retaining walls on Cunningham Street (many depict the communities displeasure with CERA and their city council), tinsel threaded through wire fences ('hope' and stars), a broken Humpty dumpty sitting on a fence, collapsed historic brickwork at the Port,and mural by the Lyttelton Arts Council 1993 'Celebrating the past challenging the future'. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 6 - Lyttelton" Quantity: 31 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Feb, 22-26 May 2013

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000866

Description: Comprises views of rebuild efforts and effects of effects of Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs and Ferrymead. Taken on 6 February, 22, 25 and 26 May 2013 by Photographer Ross Becker. Includes roadworks on Maffeys Road, McCormacks Bay, temporary bridges at Ferrymead, views of Lyttelton showing London Street, Dublin Street, temporary fire station, new Lyttelton Civic Square on Canterbury Street corner, PortHole bar, empty site of demolished Harbourlight Theatre, childrens' art on fence on site of demolished Empire Hotel, windows from demolished building on site of demolished former Lyttelton Fire Station on corner of Oxford Street and Sumner Road, work on retaining walls and damaged substation on Sumner Road, damaged wharf and ships at Lyttelton Port area, resealing work on Gladstone Quay, Lyttelton Seafoods in portacom building, new buildings and site of demolished Shadbolt House on Norwich Quay. Includes views of Scarborough Clock Tower rebuilt, demolition site and damaged houses at Redcliffs, people on Sumner Beach promenade with Scarborough Hill behind, wide views of Sumner and Richmond Hill, Sumner Beach with South Brighton Spit and Avon Heathcote Estuary behind, Godley Head walkway with reconstructed path, Castle Rock on Port Hills showing rockfall caused by February 22 2011 Canterbury earthquake. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/Lyttelton, Sumner, Redcliffs & Ferrymead" Quantity: 36 digital photograph(s).

Date: 19 Mar 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49711

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 19 March 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49709

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: 19 march 1959

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-49710

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Photographic negative

Date: [circa 1939]

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

Reference: 1/4-095537-F

Description: Photograph taken by Edgar Richard Williams. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative

Date: Apr 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-06383-F

Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 1/2 plate

Date: 26-28 May 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000618

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 26-28 May 2011 by Ross Becker. Chiefly taken in the Christchurch city and Lyttelton, particularly London St. Three show Sumner. The images chiefly show exterior damage to individual houses, commercial and public buildings, and churches. Includes images of: the remaining entrance portal of the Cranmer Centre (originally Christchurch Girls' High School) and Wharetiki/Grenfell House, 854 Colombo St. Also includes photographs of official, and unofficial, notices advising of building closures and re-openings. Quantity: 204 digital photograph(s).

Date: 10 Jul 2011

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000621

Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 10 July 2011 by Ross Becker. Most images were taken in Lyttelton. Many images show exterior damage of commercial and public buildings, houses, and churches. Also images of demolition sites and retaining walls. Also includes photographs of the photographer at Sugarloaf, a Catholic convent, portaloos, signs on buildings and the site of the Timeball. Also hand sewn hearts and other symbols on fences around damaged areas. Quantity: 285 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1872

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

By: Alington, George Hildebrand, 1850-1905

Reference: A-446-038

Description: Shows a view of three men on the deck of the Crusader, which sailed from London in October 1872 and arrived in Lyttelton in January 1873. Two of the men are painted in mostly grey-black hues, but the man in the foreground has on a brown double-breasted jacket and fawn trousers, and a black hat. He sports a thick black beard and smokes a pipe. It might be assumed that this is a picture of George Hildebrand Alington on his passage to New Zealand. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Onboard the Crusader 1872; Verso - bottom left - This side not very clean Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and pen on paper, 180 x 127 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1884 - 1885

From: Archibald Dudingston Willis (Firm) :[Sample album of greeting cards, produced by A D Willis of Wanganui. ca 1885]

Reference: E-936-f-026

Description: Page of coloured chromolithographs showing New Zealand landscape scenes, prepared as greeting cards and presented in a sample album Other Titles - Rotorua Other Titles - Paekakariki Quantity: 4 colour art print(s). Physical Description: 1 album page containing four chromolithographs, various sizes and orientation

Date: 7 Mar 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000707

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 7 March 2012. Shows photographs of buildings damaged from the earthquakes. Includes images of land and buildings recently re-zoned as red, Barbadoes Street Cemetery, Bangor Street No.3 Pump (1907), damage to the riverbanks of the Avon, damage to the Wards Brewery historic area of buildings, Lyttelton Catholic and Public Cemetery, road and sewerage works, Lyttelton Cemetery, Foster Terrace residential buildings, Waygreen Avenue liquefaction and staganant water. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 07 - Crighton Cob -Dallington -Shirley -New Brighton" Quantity: 86 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Feb 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000723

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 6 February 2011. Particularly of the former St Mary's Convent School in Lyttelton. Shows photographs of the remnants of the building, including a statue of the Virgin Mary, and views Lyttelton Harbour through the remaining columned entrance porch. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Feb 6 - Lyttelton - former convent" Quantity: 8 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 May 2012

From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011

Reference: PADL-000745

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 May 2012, particularly aerial views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Shows views of schools, parks, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall), suburbs, rock falls, cliff collapses, demolition and damage to buildings, and the changing landscape of the city following demolition. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 03 - flying Ross" Quantity: 113 digital photograph(s).