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Tourist Department album 2
Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]
By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: PA1-o-498
Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm
Album of Sydney buildings and New Zealand colonial soldiers and towns
Date: ca1875-ca1885
From: Swainson, Jane :Photographs of military forces in Taranaki, Nelson, Hokitika, Parihaka and Rotorua.
By: Bayliss, Charles, 1850-1897; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920
Reference: PA1-q-707
Description: Views of notable public buildings in Sydney dating from the late 1860s to the late 1870s. Nelson City during a public parade involving colonial soldiers. Soldiers in military encampments, parading, and firing Cannon. Views of Lake Rotorua, Parihaka at the time it was occupied by Government troops, Hokitika waterfront, floods in Greymouth, and a wedding in Nelson. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Godber album 4
Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
By: Beere, Daniel Manders, 1833-1909; Hart, Campbell & Company; New Zealand Railways; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Travers, William Thomas Locke, 1819-1903
Reference: PA1-f-025
Description: Album of photographs collected by Albert Percy Godber which related to his interests. Photographers include Daniel Manders Beere, William Thomas Locke Travers and James Ring. Scenes in Australia include Adelaide waterworks, Currency Creek, the Murray River Bridge, the Thorndon Park Reservoir, and Port Adelaide River road & rail bridge. New Zealand scenes are chiefly in the South island, many relating to early railway construction, particularly areas involved in working on the Dunedin to Balclutha railway along the Waimakariri River, and around the Purakanui Cliffs. Of particular interest throughout the album are the construction and design of railway features such as bridges, viaducts and tunnels. North Island railway scenes include the Rimutaka Incline, the bend known as `Siberia', the Summit, and Pakuratahi. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 4 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 42 x 33 cm
Photographs of New Zealand
Date: 1866-[ca 1955]
From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9827-1
Description: Includes - Photographs of explorer Charles Edward Douglas. Group of men in a cart drawn by four horses, 1920. Group of South African War veterans outside the Beverly Home, Timaru, 1950s. Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd laying a wreath at the Scott Memorial, Christchurch, ca 1928. View of Lyttelton. Men crossing a river. Farmers tree at Beverly. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. The Prince of Wales at Ashburton, 17 May 1920. Galloway homestead. Fraser's jewellery shop, Timaru, ca 1935. Views of Southland, ca 1905. Crowd at Invercargill celebrating the relief of Mafeking, May 1900. Early settler's houses, one built of cobb and thatched. Photographs relating to the centenary of T & J Thompson Ltd, Timaru, 1944. Brunner coal mine, 1866. TSS Earnlaw on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).
Industrial
Date: 1979, 1981, date unknown
From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage
Reference: PA12-11658
Description: Transparencies of industrial structures in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (type of structure and sometimes name of owner/company/building) and location. Dates and photographer name are sometimes annotated. Title transcribed from item. Most slides are not dated. Arrangement: The first of two boxes of slides labelled 'Industrial'. Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, plastic case, and slides of similar structures were grouped together. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.
Bridge over the Grey River at Brunnerton
Date: ca 1900
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16
Reference: PAColl-7344-62
Description: The suspension bridge over the Grey River at Brunnerton (later known as Brunner) showing mine workings and houses on either bank. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
View of the coal mining town of Brunner
Date: Circa 1900
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-039115-G
Description: Coal mining town of Brunner. Photograph probably taken by Albert Percy Godber, though this, and several other images of Brunner and the mine, have inscriptions, unlike most of Godber's other photographs. Other images taken at the same time are at APG-1518-1/4-G, APG-1519-1/4-G, 1/4-039058. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Brunner Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
New Zealand Mines Department: View of Wallsend Shaft, Brunner
Date: 1887
From: New Zealand Mines Department: Views of Brunner Mines
Reference: PAColl-0679-01
Description: Mine shaft buildings next to a river with rail head and pit wheel. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 210 x 292 mm
Road works, Brunner, West Coast Region
Date: Jul 1952
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-30847-F
Description: Aerial photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate
Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs by James Ring
Date: ca 1900
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PAColl-7353
Description: Photographs by James Ring of: Hokitika wharf and bar - showing the surrounding shops and commercial buildings, Wade & Spence, Pollock & Bevan and the Belfast Hotel; a horse drawn tram on the Greymouth to Kumara tramway; a row of houses in Greymouth looking towards Cobden Hill; looking west over Greymouth with an ironmongers in the centre of the town; sluicing at Humphrey's Gully No.1 face - a single jet of water aimed at a rock face; and looking across the river towards Brunnerton with coal wagons on a railway in the foreground, the Brunner bridge on the right, and the shops F McParland and J Taylor amongst the houses. Arrangement: Negative at 1/2-004429-F Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).
New Zealand Mines Department: Views of Brunner Mines
Date: ca 1880s
By: New Zealand. Mines Department
Reference: PAColl-0679
Description: Print and two negatives of the Brunner and Tyneside mines and the Wallsend shaft. Photographer unknown. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-009909, 009910 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print and two film negatives
O'Farrell, P J 1933- : Miscellaneous New Zealand Scenes
Date: 1866-1955
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Rogers, R, active 1912; O'Farrell, Patrick James, 1933-2004
Reference: PAColl-4586
Description: 18 images: two of the miners strike at Waihi 1912 photographed by R. Rogers; one of spectators at an American Athletic meeting in Wellington 1913; one of Brooklyn, Wellington showing Harry Holland's house; 12 of various West Coast scenes; one of Wellington harbour during the 1913 strike; and one of the Federation of Labour conference 1912. Arrangement: Negatives are housed at 1/4-009413, 009414, 009398 to 009404, 009408 to 009411, and 012540 to 012545. Quantity: 18 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints and negatives
Brunner Mine
Date: Circa 1900s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-039058-G
Description: View of the Brunner Coal Mine. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber? This negative has the inscription "Brunner Mine" in a style that is unlike other photographs by Godber. There are several other images in Godber's collection, all of Brunner and the mine, and all with inscriptions in the same hand. See APG-1518-1/4-G, APG-1519-1/2-G, and 1/4-039115. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Brunner Mine Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Post Office, Brunnerton
Date: [between 1909 and 1912]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000195-G
Description: Post Office, Brunnerton (later known as Brunner). Photograph taken by William Archer Price between 1909 and 1912. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Post Office. Brunnerton. [No.] 1107B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Photographs relating to fire and ambulance services, West Coast
Date: 1999-2005
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000480
Description: Photographs relating to the fire and ambulance services in West Coast. Includes photographs of fire fighting, award and medal presentations to ambulance officers and fire fighters, fire fighting competitions, Klempel memorial, and fire fighting and rescue demonstrations. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Services (Fire-Ambulance)" Quantity: 74 digital photograph(s).
Coke ovens at the Brunner Mine
Date: Circa 1900s
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1518-1/4-G
Description: Coke ovens at the Brunner Mine, circa 1900s. Photograph probably taken by Albert Percy Godber. This image and several others showing aspects of Brunner and the mine have inscriptions which are unlike other photographs taken by Godber. See also APG-1519-1/4-G, 1/4-039058, 1/4-039115. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Coke ovens. Brunner Mine Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
View of the Brunner bridge and mines - Photograph taken by James Ring
Date: [ca 1890]
From: West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society :Photographs of the West Coast
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: 1/2-060027-F
Description: View of the Brunner bridge and mines, taken by James Ring, circa 1890. Source of descriptive information - Date from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Photographs relating to sports teams
Date: 2001-2004
From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast
Reference: PADL-000414
Description: Portrait photographs of Rugby Union, League and Soccer teams in West Coast Region. Also includes a group portrait of Nin-ka-do team. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Team pix (In progress (Done))" Quantity: 68 digital photograph(s).
Group including the Governor, Sir William Jervois, during his visit to the coal mine at...
Date: 5 Feb 1886
From: Kay, R A, fl 1960 : Photographs taken in Grey County, West Coast
By: Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: 1/2-018519-F
Description: Group including the Governor, Sir William Jervois, during his visit to the coal mine at Brunnerton (later known as Brunner) on 5 February 1886. Photograph taken by James Ring. Source of descriptive information - Date from Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 30, 6 February 1886, Page 2 (see the website Papers Past). Jervois identified from 1/1-001430. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - His Excellency the Governor visiting the coal mine at Brunnerton NZ 140 JR Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
New Zealand Government Tourist Department : Brick and tile works at Brunner, West Coast
Date: [ca 1900s]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 16
By: New Zealand. Tourism Department
Reference: PAColl-7344-88
Description: Brick and tile works at Brunner, West Coast. Shows an area by the Grey River with kilns and chimneys. Photograph taken for the New Zealand Government Tourist Department by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.9 x 20 cm