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Date: [Between 1868 and 1895]

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

Reference: PA1-q-044

Description: Images of New Zealand, including the first photograph in the album made up of a collage of Maori portraits entitled "Maori land". Photographs taken by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black covered album, 30 x 25 cm

Date: [Between 1868 and 1898]

By: Long, W H (Mrs), active 1970; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Zangaki (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-146

Description: Album of photographs, most taken by the Burton Brothers in New Zealand, including a large number of Maori images, group portraits, identified men and women, pa, and storehouses. Scenes also taken by them in Tonga and Samoa. A number of images show scenes in England, including a group taken near Egremont in Cumbria, of ice on the Mersey River in 1895. There are a large number of copies of paintings of romantic scenes. Several photographs of the Suez Canal, and the Nile River, were taken by Greek photographers `Zangaki' Brothers Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with reddish brown cover, brown corners and spine with single raised cords; fleur de lys pattern stamped between cords; 33.5 x 27.0 cm

Date: [1895-1899]

By: Edwards, Charles Thomas, active 1890s

Reference: PA1-f-020

Description: Photograph album containing photographs of South Island scenes, taken ca 1897 by C T Edwards. Album includes views of Melbourne and Sydney; a large number in the Lyttelton and Christchurch areas; as well as photographs in the Waikato region. There are a number of photographs of postcards created by Edwards, using various scenes, most of which are included in this album. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black spine and corners, entitled Photographs. C.T. Edwards, 32 x 45 cm

Date: [18--]

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

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-41-01

Description: View of the Armagh Street bridge taken by F A Coxhead. There are three figures on the bridge looking in the direction of the photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Armagh Bdg. Christchurch NZ. 199A; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 20 cm on mount

Date: 1932, 1948-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-169

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, 1932, 1948-1960 Aerial views of Lancaster Park and Christchurch Boys' High school; Centennial fireworks display; Clarendon Hotel (from Oxford Terrace with Captain Scott's memorial in foreground); librarians at Christchurch Library, ca 1940s; Mill house, home of Mr Tracy Gough, 1948; home of Ken Myers, Riccarton (showing garden and swimming pool); Sign of the Takahe, 1949. Also various views of Christchurch Cathedral; street scenes - cyclists in Colombo Street; corner of Armagh Street looking down Colombo Street; Manchester Street looking south; cars parked in Cambridge Terrace; aerial view of Cashmere; Kenns Reach, Avon River (Burwood). Aerial and other views of Sumner, 1948-1959 - includes state houses under construction in Arnold Street; Nayland Street showing house on the hill owned by Mr Piet; house built at 58 Colenso Street for Mr Pascoe; views showing new breakwater, 1959. Quantity: 33 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1880s

By: State Historical Society of Wisconsin; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Bradley, John, active 1880s

Reference: PAColl-5856

Description: Mainly scenic photographs by the Burton Brothers. They include tourist locations on the West Coast of the South Island, views of Christchurch, and some North Island locations. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: F Bradley & Company; Walton, Grahame M, active 2009

Reference: PA1-o-1605

Description: Photograph album of Views and landscapes of New Zealand, Second Series, published by F Bradley & Company. Includes photographs - No. 1 Meeeting of the waters, Oripi; No. 2 Maori group; No. 3 Lake Hope, White Island; No. 4 Timaru; No. 5 The Bealey, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 6 Pigeon Bay, Banks Peninsula; No. 7 The River Avon; No. 8 Shag Rock, Sumner Road, looking towards Christchurch; No. 9 Princes Street, Dunedin; No. 10 Christchurch; No. 11 Bullock team and wool waggon, Cheviot; No. 12 Oamaru; No. 13 Cheviot Station, Nelson Province; No. 14 Normal School, Christchurch; No. 15 German Bay, Akaroa; No. 16 Port Lyttelton; No. 17 Kawau, Sir George Grey's residence; No. 18 Pink Terrace, Rotomahana; No. 19 Akaroa; No. 20 Rangatata Traffic Bridge; No. 21 Armagh St bridge & watering place, Christchurch; No. 22 River Bealey Crossing, Hokitika Coach Road; No. 23 Post Office, Christchurch; No. 24 View on the Heathcote; No. 25 Russell's Gold Battery, Tararua Creek, Thames Gold Fields; No. 26 Glacier Hotel & Cobb's Coach, West Coast Road; No. 27 Crossing the Teremakau; No. 28 Greymouth, West Coast; No. 29 Kaiapoi, Canterbury; No. 30 Chalky or Dark Inlet; No. 31 Waimakariri Gorge Bridge; No. 32 Nelson; No. 33 Christchurch; No. 34 Group of Maoris, Lake Taupo; No. 35 Alfred Falls, North Island; No. 36 Christchurch; No. 37 Governor's Bay; No. 38 Oamaru; No. 39 Timaru breakwater; No. 40 Dunedin; No. 41 Christchurch; No. 42 Christchurch hospital; No. 43 House of Representatives, Wellington; No. 44 Arthurs Pass; No. 45 The Cave Rock, Sumner; No. 46 Government buildings, Christchurch; No. 47 Otira Gorge; No. 48 The River Avon; No. 49 Group of Maoris, Bay of Islands; No. 50 Sheep mustering, South Canterbury; No. 51 The Christchurch Cathedral, C.E.; No. 52 Nelson Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints Transfers: Transfers - From Published Collections.

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-291

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, chiefly showing facets of Christchurch and Lyttelton. The first scenes are a group portrait of men and women with the caption `Camera club (flashlight)'; two photographs of a wedding, the first a group portrait, and the second the bride and groom, both scenes taken outside on a lawn outside a conservatory; the altar at St Thomas' (Newtown, Wellington); and an exterior and an interior view of St Barnabas' Church, Norfolk Island. The rest of the album is scenes of the Christchurch and Lyttelton areas, including interior and exterior views of Christ Church Cathedral and of St Michaels' Church, Christchurch; views of Lyttelton and the Lyttelton Wharves; the Canterbury Museum and its gardens; Hagley Park and the Avon River. The wedding groups, a young woman wearing a mortar board and gown on the steps of a church, and a family of four with their dog, are the only portraits, none of whom are identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh VII' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

Reference: PA7-33-13

Description: Duplicate of PA7-04-14 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: May 1860

By: Barker, Alfred Charles (Dr), 1819-1873

Reference: 1/2-022719-F

Description: Looking west along Armagh Street in Christchurch, May 1860. Riccarton bush is in the left background. The long building with three dormers, under the left end of the bush is the Plough Inn. Taken by Alfred Charles Barker. Cranmer Square and Hagly Park are in the background, but not visible. The keeper of the Plough Inn was J Dilloway, who was also a gunsmith. The last house on the right, going towards the river, is near the corner of Armagh Terrace and Park Terrace, and was at some time occupied by Sir Henry Wigram (1857-1934). Note on back of file print reads: "Second house from right in background is Thacker's `Guardian' Printery where the first sessions of the Prov Govt were held - 1853-4." This photograph is published in Johannes C Andersen's book `Old Christchurch in Picture and Story', 1949, page 235. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: Other photographs in this series include (1/2-022712 to 022714, 022719, 022720, 022722, 022733).

Date: [ca 1854]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PAColl-8557-31

Description: Scene in Christchurch looking south east towards Armagh Street (foreground) and Cathedral Square. Shows streets and buildings, with hills behind. Photograph taken circa 1854. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Back of print and file print backing Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15.1 x 13.7 cm, retouched

Date: Dec 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-26091-F

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

Date: Dec 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-26092-F

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

Date: 2009

From: Owen, Dylan, 1958-: Photographs

Reference: PADL-000520

Description: Photographs of Christchurch buildings taken in 2009 Quantity: 32 digital photograph(s).

Date: 24 Apr 1950

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-24488-F

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

Date: 23 Mar 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000711

Description: Photographs of Christchurch CBD Red Zone showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 23 March 2012. Includes photographs of demolition sites (Shands [Shades] Arcade, Brannigans building, Hotel Grand Chancellor, BNZ building), damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (in particular the Rose window), views from Victoria Square, salvaged stone and windows from 205 Manchester Street building, buildings with large steel strut braces across the front, cleared sites, intersections, interior view of the Christchurch City Library with books on the floor. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 23 - CBD red zone" Quantity: 131 digital photograph(s).

Date: 1 Apr 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000730

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 1 April 2012. Particularly of Oxford Clinic Hospital demolition, Canterbury Society of Arts building prior to demolition, Christchurch Convention Centre, City Centre Map detailing the 'Red zone' which remains cordoned off from public access, signs protesting the demolition of heritage buildings, businesses notifying customers of continued business despite demolitions, demolition site of St Mary's Merivale, art installations on Kilmore Street, Victoria Clock Tower, Knox Presbyterian Church, Blax Espresso Bar, Dorset Towers under demolition, Brigittes (Aikmans Road, Merivale), Oxford Terrace builing demolition, Design and Arts College of New Zealand, Demolition machinery and trucks, new buildings being erected in Armagh Street, The Grange Motel (Armagh Street), rubble of Amuri Courts carpark, Crown Plaza Hotel in later stages of demolition, photograph installations on boarded up portions of Cranmer Court building, Guardian Trust building at Petersborough Street, Ironside House, Quinns specialist ladies department store in shipping containers in Merivale. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 01 - City" Quantity: 115 digital photograph(s).

Date: 3 Apr 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000736

Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 April 2012, particularly of Christchurch CBD (Central Business District). Shows a memorial to those who died in the PGC (Pyne Gould Corporation) building, demolition of the Convention Centre, rubble from demolition sites, damage to Edmonds Band Rotunda, PriceWaterhouseCoopers building, a building in Cambridge Terrace with a green sticker (no demolition), road works on Kilmore Street, MedLab building, Ward Demolition Ltd wrecking equipment and vehicles, the removed ebridge between the Convention Centre and the Town Hall, Crowne Plaza hotel demolition, Colombo Street Bridge, Forsyth Barr building and Copthorne Hotel, Assembly point sign for the Forsyth Barr Tower at Victoria Square, Queen Victoria statue and Maori carved pole in Victoria Square, to the Christchurch Cathedral (protective material laid in front), Clarendon Tower, DIA (Dept of Internal Affairs), BNZ, Westpac buildings under demolition, Calendar Girls open for business, 205 Manchester Street, crack repairs to the Rendezvous Hotel, workers assembling a crane, McKenzie & Willis building damage and remedial strengthening work, sign notifying the special significance of specific sites, demolition in Madras Street, intersection street views of Colombo Street, Gloucester Street, Kilmore Street, Millennium Hotel, demolition on High Street, new Westend building, and site of St John's Church in Madras Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "April 03 - CBD" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).

Date: 27 Feb, 7 May, 24 May 2013

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

Reference: PADL-000864

Description: Comprises views of Christchurch central city area within the four main Avenues and within the central business district (CBD) taken by Ross Becker on the 27 February, 7 May and 24 May 2013. Shows effects of Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 on buildings and streets, crews at work within the red zone cordon around the CBD, artworks, Gap Filler projects, murals and posters, demolition and rebuild efforts. Includes views of Christchurch Cathedral showing scaffolding and steel supports, and shipping containers. Nearby are the Chalice sculpture and the Citizens' War Memorial. Includes views of street intersections, Hereford and Mancester street showing sites of demolished buildings, refurbished Art Deco building (formerly part of High To Hereford building) intersection of Hereford and Colombo Streets showing BNZ building, 'Flour Power' sculpture by Regan Gentry, the intersection of High Street and Cashel Street showing 140-154 Cashel Street (Foot Locker, Kathmandu, Southern Star building, The Crossing), rubble pile, vacant sites, tram tracks, intersection of High Street, Lichfield Street and Manchester Street showing 'Nucleus' sculpture by Phil Price, the Majestic Theatre building now housing Plush clothing, intersection of Cashel Street and Manchester Street showing Shooters bar, Oaks iStay on Cashel hotel, rubble piles, Hotel All Seasons, demolition truck and rubble on Cashel Street near intersection with Manchester Street. Includes views around Cathedral Square showing remaining four floors of the BNZ building (before demolition), refurbished Heritage Apartment Hotel, digger at work in basement of ANZ Bank demolition site, Old Post Office, cranes in foreground of Rendezvous Hotel and Novotel Hotel, Millenium Hotel, Old Exchange building, Telecom building in rebuild zone. Includes views of public artwork and Gap Filler projects showing mini golf on Manchester Street, murals on Peterborough Street, the giant green lounge suite on Gloucester Street, sprinklers watering a bright green lawn on a demolition site (tended daily by a CERA manager) (greening the red zone), examples of 'All Right" series of posters, artwork by children in New Regent Street, artworks at Re:START Cashel Mall, a shop mannequin buried head first in Manchester Street footpath, a self portrait sculpture by Ronnie Van Hout standing on the roof of 209 Tuam Street, orange tree covered in high visibility by Peter Majendie in Manchester Street. Includes views on Victoria Street showing intersection with Salisbury Street, Christchurch City Council sign, crew with machinery working on foundation of Victoria Street Clock Tower. Includes views of the Peterborough Apartments on Montreal Street, New Regent Street showing the south entrance, pallet outdoor seating at north end, and people outside new shops, Includes views on Hereford Street showing Telecom Green sign, Telecom Exchange building 95 Hereford street, 'Old Public Toilets 2013' artwork by Mike Hewson on wall at 111 Hereford Street vacant lot, digger on edge of water filled basement of the ANZ Bank demolition site on Cathedral Square and Hereford Street, refurbished 150 Hereford Street building housing Avonmore College and several retailers, an Orion worker checking power distribution cabinet, female soldier at red zone cordon entry point, hut has CERA signage. Includes view looking along Colombo Street and surveyors at work, puddle reflection of Christchurch City Council civic administration building on Lichfield Street and Tuam street, remains of Price Waterhouse Cooper building in Armagh Street, Kilmore Street Medical Centre nearly completed, the From High To Hereford building under restoration, MSC building at 92-94 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Town Hall and site of demolished Convention Centre, Kilmore Street, steel supports against remains of MKenzie and Willis building in Tuam Street, Includes views across High Street of the Crossing and Ballantynes, Bridge of Rememberance under repair, remains of the Holiday Inn at High Street and Cashel Street, new building under construction on former site of W.Strange & Co. building on corner of High Street and Lichfield Street, people walking down tram tracks on High Street. Includes building covered in scaffolding while under repair, Bonnington House on Manchester Street, Cathedral Junction complex in Worcester Street, shipping containers holding up the facade of the Isaac Theatre Royal. Includes views of the Bridge of Rememberance under repair, Our City Otautahi building (formerly Municipal Chambers) near bridge, large digger demolishing BNZ building in Armagh Street. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library in a folder called "2012-2013/CBD & inside the four Avenues" Quantity: 130 digital photograph(s).

Date: 6 Mar 2012

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

Reference: PADL-000705

Description: Photographs of Christchurch City showing the effects of the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes and the recovery effort, taken 6 March 2012. Shows images of demolition crews, inspectors, sewerage tankers, trucks (one fittingly called 'Red Zone'), cranes, aftershock damage, remedial work (bracings) on buildings, construction workers, mannequins (running joke after earthquake), protection of historic trees, scaffolding, old truck tyres made into impact barriers, and intersection views. Also shows detailed damage to the Christchurch Cathedral (particularly the rose window and bell tower) and the demolition of the Grand Chancellor Hotel. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Mar 06 - CBD Red Zone" Quantity: 135 digital photograph(s).