Places

Date: [1920]

From: Andrews, N :Stereoscopic photographs

Reference: PA4-0386

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Bath grounds, Hanmer, taken ca 1920 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [Between 1938 and 1940]

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: PA1-f-061

Description: Album of publicity photographs, and photographs of posters and advertisements taken by unidentified photographers for New Zealand Railways. Many of the images in this album were taken for a series of articles written by Oliver Neal Gillespie between January 1939 and June 1940, published in the New Zealand Railways Magazine. The series was entitled "Buy New Zealand goods and build New Zealand. New Zealand Industries Series". These contribute the largest group of images in the album, covering a wide range of industries. They include men's and women's clothing manufacturers; electrical engineering companies such as Pallo Engineering (petrol pumps), National Engineering (Neeco electric ovens), Standard Engineering Company; tobacco factories; potteries; Nugget shoe polish factory; brushware factories; and companies associated with the manufacture of food products (eg Watties canneries, Edmonds Baking Powder, Griffins and Bycrofts biscuit makers, and Whittome & Stevenson sauce and pickle makers. There are other sequences of images, including newly built state housing in Lower Hutt, with some houses still under construction beside the Hutt River, a streetscape, and a children's playground (p 7-8); a large crowd joining in a send-off of R.S.A. men to Australia in April 1938; a train laden with boxes of oranges from Rarotonga, the "Special orange train from Auckland"; and photographs of charts showing the progress of the New Zealand Government Railways, with railways workshops staff organisation charts (for Otahuhu, Addington, Hutt & Hillside Workshops (p 28-29). On p 35 there are views of a new hangar at Rongotai Aerodrome, under construction, then views of the completed exterior and the interior with a row of Blackburn B-5 Baffin bi-planes. Several images show collection of Railway sports trophies (including cups for their cricket teams), and two views of New Zealand Railways staff member Neil Edwards, a tennis champion who represented New Zealand in Britain in 1939. Pages 39-41 show the construction of a large dredge on the West Coast; p 57 show a burst watermain on Waterloo Quary, wellington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with canvas cover, green spine, entitled `Miscellaneous 7'; 41 x 61 cm

Date: 1916

By: Smith & Anthony Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Canterbury-1916-01

Description: One side of the folded sheet shows a bird's eye view of "The road to Hanmer from Christchurch, with labels for Papanui, Styx, Belfast, Chaney's Corner, Whites Bridge, Kaiapoi, Woodend, Waikuku, Saltwater Creek, Leithfield, Amberley, Greney's Road, Glasnevin, Waipara Bridge, Weka Pass, Waikari, Hurunui, Culverden, Montrose, Upper Waiau Ferry, and Hanmer. Also marked are the following hotels (in order from Christchurch to Hanmer): Papanui, Phoenix, Belfast, Royal Hotel (Woodend), Royal Hotel (Leithfield), Railway Hotel and Crown Hotel as well as Frew Brothers Garage (all Amberley), Great Northern Hotel and Star & Garter Hotel as well as Mercer's Garage (all Waikari), Hurunui Hotel, Culverden Hotel, and Jollie's Pass Hotel and St Helen's Station (Hanmer). Rivers are named or shown: Waimakariri, [Kaiapoi], Ashley, Saltwater Creek, Kowai, Waipara, Hurunui and Waitohi, Waiau. The verso includes advertisements for Star Motor Petrol, the 1916 Overland, Ford cars, Goodrich tyres (from E W Pidgeon & Co Ltd), Motorol oils, Dunlop Tyres, Culverden Hotel, W D Berry & Co Garage in Christchurch. Also shown are photographs of the Troopers' Memorial Amberley, Weka Pass, Hurunui Hotel, and Culverden Hotel. Dated from an advertisement for the 1916 Overland, Colonial model. Other Titles - The road to Hanmer from Christchurch Quantity: 1 booklet. Physical Description: Photolithographs on sheet, 235 x 990 mm, folded inside cover to 235 x 110 mm.

Date: 1925 - 1930

From: [Ephemera on tourism and tourist attractions and facilities in the Hanmer Springs. 1920; 1960-1999]

By: Lyttelton Times Company Ltd; Hutchison & Reed (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Hanmer-1925-01

Description: Booklet describing the attractions of Hanmer, North Canterbury, with photographs of the town, the Waiau Ferry Bridge; with illustrated advertisements for J Dodds storekeeper, Culverden Hotel, and Mockett's Motors. There is an advertisement for "Hanmer House" accommodation, fees for the baths and tennis courts at the Department of Health's Queen Mary Hospital. Bagnall, H1568. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 12 pages, each 182 x 123 mm.

Date: Apr-Nov 1945

From: Johnson, Ralph, 1950- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-11840-18

Description: Written from Hanmer Springs where Joan Oldman was serving as a nurse. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: Nov 1988

By: Wells, Stanley Peter, 1920?-; McAlpine, Rachel Phyllis, 1940-

Reference: OHColl-0277/1

Description: Stan Wells recalls being sent by Ada Wells to a Salvation Army orphanage for boys in Temuka when he was six. Describes the few privilages, the starvation diet, no play and the work. Explains having his name changed. Recalls corporal punishments. Talks of his sister Alice known as Bim, sister Edna, also the few women who sheltered him. Talks of money provided by the Masons' Lodge for upkeep of this once grand home and its deterioration. Recalls having top marks in drawing and talks of his inability to play cricket or rugby at school later. Describes memorable days when the boys were allowed out of the orphanage. Explains about his holidays in Oamaru, meeting the Fergusons with whom he went to live, the servant - master relationship with Mr. Ferguson. Discusses similarities in the personalities of Harry Wells and Mr. Ferguson, an organist, and talks about their purchase of an organ. Discusses differenes in attitudes between Hazel Armstrong, who took an interest in him, and Mrs Ferguson. Talks about his work as a 15 year old on a farm at Wanganui, his work on a poultry farm with poor pay, and the cost of meals. Describes his jobs as a gardener. Explains that Bim's work was as a masseuse, also a compiler for Stone's Directory, and relates that she cycled to the West Coast during the Depression. Recalls his schooling, going to war in Egypt in artillery and infantry units, his treatment as a prisoner of war when he worked in coalmine and on a railway. Explains that he was sent to a nursery garden in Temuka on his return. Describes his psychiatric treatment after the war, spending time at Hanmer and names Dr. Bevan Brown, Frank Cook, Len Booth. Talks about religion. Describes visiting Ratana Pa, Wanganui and mentions successful health treatments there. Explains about his love of native bush. Recalls Frank Milner of Waitaki School. Talks of cycling, piano playing and his appreciation of music. Relates about girlfriends, his wife and children. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Christchurch Abstracted by - Linda Bevan Smith Interviewer(s) - Rachel McAlpine Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-002857; 002858; 002859 Quantity: 3 C90 cassette(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3852. Search dates: 1920 - 1960

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-394

Description: Shows a building on rugged land with mountains in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 192 x 285 mm

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-391

Description: Shows a building with people sitting outside with gardens in front of the building and trees in the distance. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1908]

By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6408

Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1890s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919

Reference: PA1-o-520

Description: Album of tourist views of New Zealand and the sub-Antarctic Islands, chiefly taken by John Richard Morris, Jnr, circa 1890s. Places and subjects listed above where identified. The Sub-Antarctic Island views are all of native flora and fauna of the different islands, listed on the images as mollymawks, albatrosses, sea lions, crested penguins and erect-crested penguins On page 32 there is a view of the SS Knight Templar leaving Lyttelton on February 17, 1900, taking about 260 soldiers and 300 horses of the 3rd Contingent "the New Zealand Roughriders" to Durban, en route to fight in the South African War. The wharf is crowded with people seeing the ship off, soldiers lined up alongside the ship, and bunting flying on two ships nearby. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 24.5 x 32.5 cm

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-401

Description: Shows a view of a building and the garden in front of the building with a few people standing near a tree, includes trees in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 285 x 195 mm

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-393

Description: Shows a path running between two grassy areas with buildings, includes hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: 1870-1890

From: Saxby, Stephen Hector, 1907- :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903

Reference: PA1-q-213

Description: Album of photographs of New Zealand and Pacific scenes, compiled ca 1870s-1880s. Includes views of Nelson. Bridge over the Waiau River near Hanmer. Hutt Valley (showing junction of Belmont Road), Manaia (showing Dr Hector, and oysters in foreground). James Hector's house `Ratanui,'near Petone, his family, and views from the house. Queenstown and Lake Wakatipu (showing flooding, acclimatisation ponds, and the road between Queenstown and Martin's Bay). Greymouth. Castle Hill. White Island. Mount Ruapehu. Otira Gorge. Arthur River. Milford Sound (with steamship Rotorua). Christchurch. Auckland (including a series of interior views of Kilbryde, the home of Sir John Logan Campbell). Cable car over Taramakau River. Hawks Crag. Brunnerton. Arnold river. Arthur's Pass. Buller River. Denniston (showing coal mines and incline). Mount Cook. Wellington (including views of the Botanic Garden). Lake Mapourika. Sutherland Falls. Tahiti. Wanganui. The Wainuiomata Reservoir. Napier. Photographers represented include W T L Travers (scenes on Waiau river), Hart, Campbell & Co (Queenstown and Wakatipu), James Ring (Greymouth, Castle Hill, and Buller), H T Lock (Hawks Crag and Denniston), Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Connolly & Co (Wellington Botanic Garden) and Burton Brothers (Sutherland Falls). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded maroon cover, entitled "New Zealand ferns"; 30.5 x 25.0 cm

By: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975

Reference: A-227-389/407-1

Description: Landscapes and townscapes Quantity: 20 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolours 195 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-398

Description: Shows a view looking out from a building towards a garden and trees. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 200 x 290 mm

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-407

Description: Shows a view of a building with gardens in front of the building and a person walking out of the building, includes trees and hills in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]

Reference: PA1-o-1247

Description: Album of photographs taken on motor tours in the North and South Islands, mid 1920s-early 1940s. Includes Tourist Series and commercial postcards as well as original photographs by an unknown photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :[Views of Hanmer. 1950s?]

Reference: A-227-390

Description: Shows grass covered hills. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 195 x 280 mm

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