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Date: ca 1903

By: Seldon, Ralph Mark, active 1904-1908; Spalding, Heather, active 2002

Reference: PAColl-7647

Description: Photograph of Lake Rotokakahi, taken ca 1903 by Seldon of Rotorua. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected Seldon, Rotorua, 11.1.1903; Mount recto - beneath image - The Green Lake, Rotokakahi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured silver gelatin print 14.1 x 19.9 cm on mount 24.7 x 31.1 cm Provenance: Donated by Heather Spalding, October 2002.

Date: [1880s]

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

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-212

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s, chiefly by George Valentine, and Charles Spencer, both of whom visited Mount Tarawera before and after the eruption of June 1886. Inserted in a pocket at the front of the album are images cut from the paper "Newsview", June 1949, showing historic photographs of the eruption, and another double-page from the Weekly News (June 6, 1951) on the "65th Anniversary of the Mount Tarawera catastrophe". The latter article notes that mud, estimated at 75 ft in depth, covered a vast area. The album includes images taken before the eruption, and shows the same areas irreparable damaged. Many show the Pink and White Terraces, the village of Te Wairoa, and the massive rift in the mountain; also a group led by Sir James Hector to study the aftermath and changes wrought by the eruption. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, impressed design in dark brown; 31 x 27 cm

Date: ca 1910

From: Robinson, Mr :Photograph albums containing mainly carte de visite portraits and views of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-063

Description: Large format photomechanical tourist views of New Zealand taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly published by Wrigglesworth & Binns in "W & B Series". Places shown are listed above. One photograph shows a young maori woman wearing a feather cloak and a hei tiki, and carrying a mere. Other Titles - Robinson III Album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 430 x 295mm rebound with blue "Library" marbled covers

Date: 1917-1930

From: Kensington, Jacqueline :Photographs, certificates and theatre programmes relating to the Reeve and Oxley families

By: Kensington, Jacqueline, active 1995; Kensington, Iris Merle, 1905-1982

Reference: PA1-o-730

Description: A lot of Merle Reeve's relatives and friends, views of cities and towns, especially Palmerston North and Wellington, sports teams associated with Wellington Teachers College, Wellington Boys College, and All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North, in the late 1920s. Scenic views taken on holidays. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900-1920]

By: Walker, George Allen, -1915; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945

Reference: PAColl-0524

Description: Collection comprises: Postcards of scenic attractions in the Rotorua and Waitomo area and others of Auckland and Christchurch including one of a young boy, F Shadbolt, on a pony and trap and a soldier in uniform named Howard Photographs of of an elderly woman called Mrs Stevenson and Miss O'Grady Photographs of soldiers at camp during World War I Photographs of children in hot pools, possibly at Whakarewarewa, and of the Blue and Green Lakes at Rotorua, taken by Blencowe Photograph of F O'Grady in a car belonging to Mr Pountney of Carr, Pountney & Co Photograph of a house in Waihi built 1900-1902 with a mother and two children standing outside Photograph of taxis outside a hotel in Onehunga, taken ca 1911 Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s). 30 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 b&w original photographic print(s) coloured by hand. Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Charles O'Grady, Wellington, 1964

Date: 1906-1940

By: Curry, Michael Anthony, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-6762

Description: Collection comprises: Postcard showing R J Seddon on last visit to Auckland, 6 March 1906, published by W Beattie & Co. Photograph of Lake Wakatipu. Photograph of scene near Haywards, Hutt Valley. Photograph of the Green & Blue Lakes, by Iles of Rotorua Photograph of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Rongotai, Wellington, ca 1940. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1885]

By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890

Reference: PA7-54-21

Description: View of Lake Rotokakahi, Rotorua, taken from a distance. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine in January 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lake Rotokakahi. 39. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 19 x 29 cm on mount

Date: [ca 1953-1960]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

By: A H & A W Reed (Firm); Kiwi Colour Slides; Cross, Derek, 1929-1984

Reference: PA12-10638

Description: Set of scenic slides titled 'Rotorua air views' published by A H & A W Reed, circa 1950s, and collected by Muriel Edwards. Photographed by Derek Cross. Images are of the following: Lake Rotoiti and Moose Lodge, volcanic chasm on Mount Tarawera, Lake Rotomahana and Steaming Cliffs, Rainbow Montain and Lake Okaro, Waiotapu Thermal Area, Waimangu Thermal Valley, Blue and Green Lakes, Ohinemutu and Lake Rotorua, and Gardens and bath houses in [Rotorua?]. Slides accompanied by published leaflet 'Kiwi Commentary' describing each image. Quantity: 10 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

Date: Circa 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1580-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Green and Blue Lakes (Lake Tikitapu and Lake Rotokakahi), near Rotorua. View shows bush-clad hills behind the two lakes. Road far left. Photograph taken circa 1925 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Green & Blue Lakes. No. 76 (Rotorua, New Zealand); Marginal notes on tape - Green & Blue Lakes Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 119.1 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1224-F

Description: Panoramic view of lakes and sites from Mount Tarawera. Places listed above are marked on the image, from left: Lake Rerewhaikaitu [i.e. Rerewhakaaitu], Lake Rotomahana, Waimungu, Rotorua (with arrow), Lake Tarawera, Green Lake [i.e. Lake Rotokakahi], Wairoa [i.e. Te Wairoa], Lake Okaraka [i.e. Okareka], Lake Okaitane [i.e. Okataina]. There are two people in the foreground high above the lakes looking down. Dated 1925. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Lakes from Mount Tarawera; Marginal notes on negative - Panorama from the top of Mt Tarawera. N.Z. 1925; Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Lakes from Mt. Tarawera, N.Z. No. 283 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 21.4 x 100.8 cm

Date: [Circa 1870s and 1880s]

From: Nairn, Douglas, fl 1973 :Photographs of New Zealand and Fiji

By: (W N) Tuttle & Company; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Hart, Campbell & Company; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland)

Reference: PA1-o-359

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, taken by various photographers. Some are unidentified, but many are taken by the Burton Brothers, J V (James Valentine), Tuttle & Co, for Simpson & Co., and Hart, Campbell & Co. In the North Island, a large number of photographs show the area around Mount Tarawera before and after the volcanic eruption in 1886. There are a number showing the huge deposits of mud and ash which covered the area, with views of the landscape and of ruined buildings, followed by scenes of the Pink and White Terraces, before the eruption. On page 8, there is a view of Ranana (London), on the Wanganui River with the caption, "Maori village similar to those overwhelmed by the eruption". Other scenes in the North Island were taken in Auckland City, Ohinemutu, Rotokakahi, and Whakarewarewa, Ti Eke [i.e. Tieke] on the Wanganui River, and one of Wellington City taken from Mount Victoria. South Island views include many around the main lakes, including Wakatipu, Wanaka, Manapouri, Queenstown and Hawea; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; the Otira Gorge; Kawarau Gorge and Bridge; Oamaru; Port Chalmers; and Dunedin. Views of gold mining areas in Otago include excavation sluiced out by hydrants at St Bathans, and the miners' towns of Naseby with the river choked with tailings, and Nokomai. Portraits of Maori including Ana Rupene. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with marron leather binding covered with waxed brown-paper cover, entitled `New Zealand photographs, [E?] Nairn'; 25.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1886

From: Smith, Maurice Crompton, 1864-1953 : Tarawera eruption, 1886

By: Blythe, John Cunningham, -1892; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916

Reference: PA1-o-122

Description: Photographs mostly taken in the area of Mount Tarawera after the 1886 eruption, showing the extreme changes to the landscape. Chiefly taken by Charles Spencer and J C Blythe, members of the survey party led by Stephenson Percy Smith. Some are taken by photographer Josaiah Martin [possibly not a member of the survey team]. The album includes one image of a boiling acid lake on White Island. A hand-printed index can be found at the beginning of the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green linen cover with dark green leather spine and coners, spine title "Photographs. Tarawera eruption 1886. Presented by M. Crompton Smith. Vol. 15". 26 x 31 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

By: Parker, I W (Mr), active 1970s; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959

Reference: PAColl-0245

Description: Views of Ohinemutu, Sanatorium, and Blue and Green Lakes Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1923-ca 1924

From: Derbidge, M (Mrs), fl 1920-1935 :Photographs of the Derbidge and Harding families

Reference: PA1-o-1186

Description: Photographs of the Hall and Harding families and family friends, and views of Canterbury, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, the West Coast, Rotorua, and Auckland, taken ca 1923 to 1924 by Mrs M Derbidge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1923-1928

From: Panoramic photographs of New Zealand taken by R P Moore

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-233

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1924-1931

From: Miller, William Maxwell and Marjory :Photographs relating to Max and Marjory Miller

Reference: PA1-o-1837

Description: Mainly scenes around New Zealand, taken between 1924-1931 by unidentified photographers. Includes views of Auckland and photographs of the house in Upland Road Remuera, that the Bell family lived in when they first arrived in New Zealand. Animals in Auckland Zoo photographed in 1924. Horses and cattle at the Auckland Show, 1924. Photographs taken on an unidentified farm. Includes Marjory and her brother Robin on a horse called Maisie. Postcard views of Whakarewarewa and details of thermal action and formations. Views of Rotorua, and Rainbow Mountain. Photographs, postcards, and ephemera taken and collected during the `Government Round Trip' of Rotorua and surrounding thermal areas, January 1925. Includes views of Waimangu, Lake Rotomahana, Mount and Lake Tarawera, and the Green and Blue Lakes. Postcard views of Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. Postcard views of Taihape. A bach at Castlecliff, Wanganui, photographed in 1925. Postcards of the Manawatu Gorge, Napier, Cape Kidnappers, and Virginia Lake, Wanganui. A house called `Ballyclare' on the Great North Road, Wanganui, 1925. This may be the Bell family's home in Wanganui. View of the ship `Cyrena' wrecked off Wanganui in 1925. Photographs of Marjory and Robin Bell, and Ellie Clark, Wanganui, 1925. Photographs of Anna J Goodbody, 1930 and 1931, and of Lucy Friar Moreland, 1931. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

By: Dannefaerd, Sigvard Jacob, 1853-1920

Reference: 1/2-001469-G

Description: Blue (Tikitapu) and Green (Rotokakahi) Lakes, photographed by Sigvard Jacob Dannefared, circa 1900. The Blue Lake is in the foreground. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Blue & Green Lakes 1044 Dannefoerd Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 10 Jan 1908

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-001121-G

Description: View of two women at a stream which flows into Lake Rotokakahi. The women are kneeling down at the water's edge looking at something in the water. On the opposite side of the stream, amongst trees at the water's edge, is a dinghy. The lake can be seen in the distance. Photograph taken in Jan 1908 by William A Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Green Lake. Rotorua. 1152. Protd. W.A.P. 10.1.08. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [1885]

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

Reference: PA1-q-212-05

Description: View of Lake Rotokakahi, Rotorua, taken from a distance. Photograph taken by George Dobson Valentine in January 1885 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lake Rotokakahi. 39. GV Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).