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Date: 1865-1911

By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6996

Description: A printed christmas message from the headmaster, Frederick Knapp, to the pupils of Central Girls' College, Nelson 1907; carts on Commerce Street, Kaitaia, one passing the Kaitaia Hotel ca 1890s; newspaper photograph of early Nelson settlers W H Cole and M P Hargreaves in 1924 taken by Tyree; two of bullock teams in Kaitaia; Devonport and Northcote ferry terminal in Auckland ca 1911; girls of Nelson College for Girls with L Sheat on the left of the second row with Muriel Bell next to her in 1914; Awanui looking towards the wharf ca 1914 by Northwood Bros; Marsland Hill Memorial to the men who died in the New Zealand Wars in New Plymouth designed and erected by W Parkinson & Co, Auckland; seated portrait of Thomas Thompson 1865; a group of gum diggers outside Tynan's gum store in Waihopo ca 1890s; a group of Maori adults and children on an outing by bullock team, one man holding a concertina ca 1890s; a group of twelve Austrian gum diggers some with shovels and one holding a cat ca 1890s; Elizabeth Levestam and her four sons ca 1900; three of the camp site set up by a surveying party in the Victoria Valley ca 1890; the school at Richmond with the children lined up in the yard ca 1900s; the Anglican church at Richmond 1910; Headingly, the home of Thomas Thompson with Mrs Thompson and her eldest son in front of it 1911; a carriage outside a house holding about 12 people; John Sheat ca 1880; Alfred Sheat ca 1880; and Victoria Street, Hamilton showing a number of shops and businesses and some advertising hoardings on the left 1908. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007700 and 007708 Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera. Physical Description: Albumen prints and silver gelatin prints

Date: circa 1890-1910

From: Shaw, G W :Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna

By: Wilson, Alex R, active 1900s; Shaw, Helen M G, active 1976

Reference: PA1-q-269

Description: Photographs of and relating to the Wilson family ex Eketahuna. William M Wilson was born in Glasgow in 1868, coming to New Zealand when 8 years of age. He was apprenticed to John Fitchett, coach builder in Wellington, then with other firms including Rouse & Hurrell. He was employed by Wilfred Woolf in Eketahuna in 1894, and subsequently bought his business, and entered the firm of Kibblewhite and Wilson. See Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Eketahuna. Includes dwellings; carriages; group outings and portraits; 1 of the Club Hotel of F D Pelling; 3 of the Ryan family at Tawa Flat; 1 of a house at Island Bay, 1 of a thatched whare at Plimmerton, a Ghuznee St boarding house; 2 relating to the Burnett family; 2 scenes in Manakau; 1 of D A Greenlees store; 2 of Rarotanga; 2 relating to the business of Lyon & Blair, steam printers and lithographers; 1 of a group outside a house in Eastbourne; 3 relating to the Manson family; 1 of a military camp in New Zealand in preparation for the South African War. Also includes a pocket on the inside back cover containing newspaper clippings, and a photocopy of a letter written by the donor Mrs Helen M G Shaw, which gives some information about the album. Inscriptions: Album page - Alex R Wilson, Central Terrace, Kelburne, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover; 28.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1900 to 1905]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-300

Description: Photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, between 1900 and 1905. The images follow on from McIntosh album 15, (these are pages 815-835) starting at Opunake (a church building). Pihama (a memorial to members of the crew of the barque Lizzie Bell which was wrecked off Oeo, 24th July 1901), a view of the Oeo Hotel (F. Morgan, proprietor), and a view of the mast of the Lizzie Bell standing as a memorial at Pihama. These are followed by a panorama of Parihaka (p. 822-823), and a portrait of a man named Ruru, at Parihaka. The rest of the album has scenes in the Auckland area, including a view of Queen Street in which the chemist shop of Charles J Ratgen is clearly visible. A series of images show various Maori artifacts on display at the Auckland Museum. Scenery in Auckland includes the Auckland Domain, Epsom, Tamaki, Auckland Harbour, Rangitoto, St Heliers, Mount Hobson and Mount Eden. Two church buildings are seen, one at Opunake, and the remains of a stone church at Tamaki. A group of photographs show horse-drawn carriages decorated with flowers for a floral fete (p 835-838). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon cover, entitled `Photographic views'; 20.5 x 17.5 cm

Date: ca 1900-ca 1910

From: Main, William :Photographs of the Nelson properties at Pori, north eastern Wairarapa.

Reference: PA1-o-1206

Description: Most of the New Zealand images relate to the Nelson family, their farms, farm houses, and farm buildings in the Pori area, north eastern Wairarapa, and scenic views of the area such as the Makuri River, a waterfall at Tiraumea, Annedale north of Tainui, the Pori Bridge, and native forest. The images of the farm houses include building a stable and buggy house, views of the yard with washing drying, a hen run, and a view of the dining room at "Ruatea". Four images are of Hugh Nelson's whare which was the first building constructed at "Taumata". There are three photographs of local Maori, one of bullock teams at Tiraumea, snow covered landscape at "Nga Mahanga", a picnic group with horses and buggys, and many views of the countryside from the Nelson farms showing cleared, partially cleared and forested land, much of it covered with the gaunt trunks of burnt off bush. There are group photographs of the families and friends. As well as the men these include women (wives?) Lucy, Katie, and Winifred, and children, Robert, Frances, and Dorothea. Other new Zealand houses include two probably located at Annedale with the names "Te Hoe" and "Manawa", and another in Featherston called "Newstead". The English images are of family and friends and various places, houses and churches which include Dover, Tunbridge Wells, Broadstairs, Minehead, Ostend, Clovelly, Lynton, Lymouth, Doon Valley, Meywingen, St Saviours Leeds, and Chester Cathedral Arrangement: Loose prints originally in this album can be found at PAColl-7868-1 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: ca 1880s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-7220

Description: Photographs of Clarke, Graham and Fyfe who first climbed Mount Cook on Christmas Day 1894, with their mountaineering equipment; the sheep dog of James MacKenzie the sheep-stealer; a bullock team pulling wool bales; the Fairlie to Mount Cook coach with John Rutherford driving; the bridge over the river at Lake Tekapo with the hotel next to it; Mount Cook Station, originally built by A Burnett, with a thatched roof and the family outside it; a drawing of the ferry crossing Lake Pukaki and the original accommodation house on the shore; hay-making in front of the Balmoral homestead; the yard of Haldon station surrounded by trees showing the out-buildings and men with dogs; Levels homestead with a man with a hoe and others outside; and a group of men and women picnicking in front of two tents at Governor's Bush in Mount Cook township being the first party conveyed by the Mount Cook Motor Company ca 1880s. Images were used in the "History of the Mackenzie county to 1912" and all have similar typed captions beneath them. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007817 to 007827 Quantity: 11 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: [ca 1895-1920]

By: Jones, B (Mrs), active 1962?; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907

Reference: PAColl-3393

Description: Photograph of two men sorting kauri gum in a shed one sitting on a packing case with Poroli written on it. Photographer unidentified. Photograph of three bullock teams of fourteen to sixteen bullocks pulling loads of dressed timber with a man on top of each load near Whangarei; and the river near Whangarei Falls both taken by Cowdell. Postcards of two men on horseback with four work horses in a field of harvested oats near Blenheim; and a cart at the summit of Otira Gorge. Postcards of logs at the top of Wairua Falls and a view of Napier from the hill Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Provenance: Donated by Mrs B Jones, 1962

Date: [1895-1900?]

From: Denton, Frank J, 1869-1963 :Collection of negatives, prints and albums

Reference: PA1-o-131

Description: Album of photographs, mainly of the Wellington Region, Marlborough and Horowhenua Regions, interspersed with copies of photographs by unidentified photographers, unidentified lithographs and illustrations. A number of the photographic copies are portraits of Maori. The last images in the album, taken by unidentified photographers, relate to Darjeeling (Bengal, India). Inscriptions: Album page - Photographed by Frank J. Denton, Wellington Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover with gold patterns on corners and spine, 25 x 32 cm

Date: [ca 1900-ca 1912]

By: Boyce, Raymond Stanley (Dr), 1928-2019

Reference: PA1-o-731

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1902-1911

From: Bibby, Edward Stuart, 1896-1991: Collection

Reference: PA1-o-859

Description: Photographs of the Bibby family, adults and children, taken at their farm, Lunesdale, near Ongaonga, Hawke's Bay. Shows children on horses, in front of a Guy Fawkes night bonfire with a guy perched on top. Lunesdale church and the Bibby shop in either Ongaonga or Waipawa. Wool being loaded off shore at Mangakuri. Children bathing and boating. Napier City and a bullock team. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1906 to 1907

From: New Zealand. Department of Labour :Photograph albums for the International Exhibition, Christchurch, 1906-1907

By: New Zealand. Department of Labour; Squire, Edward, 1873-1947; Gungall, Arthur Frederick, 1863?-1927; Wells, Ernest Edward, active 1894-1902; St. Clair, William H, active 1905; McAllister, James, 1869-1952

Reference: PA1-o-369

Description: Photographs of various factories and businesses in the Taranaki District, taken circa 1906. They include interior and exterior views and employees. One sequence shows the felling of timber, its transportation and treatment at a timber mill for the New Plymouth Sash and Door Factory. Other Titles - N.Z. Department of Labour Other Titles - Factories and workrooms, Taranaki District Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with tan leather cover, entitled `N.Z. Department of Labour. Factories and workrooms, Taranaki District. N.Z. International Exhibition, Christchurch 1906-7'; 25.5 x 31.0 cm

Date: Between 1930 and 1939

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-653-02-2

Description: Mitchell Tuuta, on horseback, directing a team of bullocks along the beach at Waitangi, Chatham Islands. Photograph taken ca 1937 by Ernest Matthias Guest. The original negative from which this print was made is at 1/4-021397-F. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mr Mitchell Tuuta. Team. Lower hotel or pub. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 68 x 110 mm mounted on album page

Date: [ca 1900s-1930s]

By: Hargreaves, Frederick Ashby, 1854-1946

Reference: PAColl-0848

Description: Photographs of wool bales being transported by bullock team and horse and cart, including three of the bales being unloaded into boats on the shoreline with the carts in the sea. Also included are two views of carriages on a muddy roads, two wagons on a rocky foreshore, and views of Waipiro Bay and Tokomaru Bay. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 16 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints Provenance: Donated by Mrs Fox, 1958 Transfers: See PAColl-5932-14.

Date: ca 1890s-1910s

Reference: PAColl-4655

Description: Photographs of: bullock teams pulling wool bales; a family group with Mrs Keals her husband Leslie Keals and Norman Keals who murdered her indicated; a house in Port Waikato; a boy standing outside King's College; a group of three Maori girls; a man in a makeshift shelter described as the first shelter in Wairamarama; a group of nurses; the opening of Wairamarama Hall; and the interior of Hornly, Wairamarama showing a fireplace, mantlepiece etc Quantity: 23 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1937

From: Guest, Ernest Matthias Capewell, 1873?-1957: Photographs of the Chatham Islands

Reference: 1/4-021397-F

Description: Mitchell Tuuta on horseback, directing a team of bullocks along a beach at Waitangi, Chatham Islands. Photographed by Ernest Matthias Guest, circa 1937. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Hargreaves, Frederick Ashby, 1854-1946 :Collection of photographic prints and negatives

Reference: 1/1-023122-G

Description: Bullock team hauling a cart of Takapau wool bales along the beach at Waipiro Bay, East Coast, Gisborne region. Photograph taken circa 1910, by Frederick Ashby Hargreaves. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: [Between 1883 and 1923]

By: Still, David, active 1969

Reference: PA1-q-225

Description: Photographs of Waipori collected by David Still to capture life in the mining township before the valley was flooded in a hydro-electric scheme, which created Lake Mahinerangi Photographs show early residents; group portraits of school pupils including the years 1883, 1898 and 1915 (most of the children named; but some of the photographs undated); views of various gold mining dredges, crushers, and sluicing claims; and everyday life in the township. Inscriptions: Album page - "Photograph album donated by Williamson Jeffery Ltd., Dunedin. Photos collected and donated by David Still. With thanks to the following, Waipori Centennial Committee, Otago Early Settlers' Association, Otago University Hocken Library, and Waipori decendants [i.e. descendants]" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Photographs" in gold lettering; 30 x 35 cm

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)