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Wheeler and son album 2

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

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Arthur's Pass Railway Station

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0739-1/2-G

Description: Arthur's Pass Railway Station on the South Island Midland Line. A steam locomotive is obscured behind the railway station, and there are a number of horse-drawn carriages and carts waiting in the centre foreground. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917. Dated from other images in the Godber Album, Vol 109 (PA1-q-102). An original image is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 23 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Arthur's Pass Railway Station. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Arthur's Pass road, Canterbury

Date: Dec 1962

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-58880-F

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

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[Chevalier, Nicholas] 1828-1902 :Arthurs Pass looking north [1866]

Date: 1866

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902; Laing, Elizabeth, [1862?]-1950

Reference: A-102-017

Description: Looking up the valley towards the dividing range and the pass, with a high waterfall on the left Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketch 127 x 178 mm

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The entrance to the Otira Tunnel at the Arthur's Pass end, under construction, circa 1916.

Date: 1916

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

Reference: APG-0750-1/2-G

Description: The Arthur's Pass portal of the Otira Tunnel, under construction circa 1916. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print of this image is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album Vol 109, p 23). Date from images on either side of this one in the Godber Album. Inscriptions: Album page - Arthur's Pass Tunnel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

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Bach converted from railway carriage, at Arthur's Pass

Date: [1984 or 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-5646-10

Description: Bach converted from railway carriage, at Arthur's Pass, photographed in late 1984 or early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Publication note - Published in: Paul Thompson, The bach (Wellington: Government Printer, 1985) p 72 Formerly a vice-regal coach, used on royal tours and other state occasions Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 35mm

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Arthur's Pass, Canterbury

Date: [190-?]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040841-G

Description: Scene at Arthur's Pass, Canterbury, circa 1900s showing the area around the railway station on the Midland line. Includes a crowd, and a brass band, next to tea and refreshment rooms. Behind are Avalanch Ridge, Rome Ridge (Mt Rolleston) and and Goldney Ridge (Main Divide). Taken for The Press, Christchurch, by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

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Area by Arthurs Pass township

Date: [ca 1923]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008681-G

Description: Area by Arthurs Pass township. Otira Tunnel, and railway line, are on the right. Photograph taken circa 1923, by an unidentified photographer for The Press. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

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Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :"Arthurs Pass", Canterbury N.Z. [Between 1865 and...

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-014

Description: Shows road leading away through pass. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title].; Some pencilled guide notes to indicate required colour, in bottom half. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 184 x 255 mm.

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Photographs relating to Arthurs Pass

Date: 1998-2008

From: Farrell, Damer, 1943-: Photographs of the West Coast

Reference: PADL-000485

Description: Photographs of Arthurs Pass and Otira Gorge. Includes photographs of the viaduct and road construction, and views of the surrounding areas. Arrangement: These files were originally delivered to the library within a folder called "Views-Places (Arthurspass)" Quantity: 277 digital photograph(s).

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Bach converted from railway carriage, at Arthur's Pass

Date: [1984 or 1985]

From: Thompson, Paul David, 1951- : Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints, also papers

Reference: PA12-5646-11

Description: Interior of bach converted from railway carriage, at Arthur's Pass, photographed in late 1984 or early 1985 by Paul Thompson. Publication note - Published in: Paul Thompson, The bach (Wellington: Government Printer, 1985) p 73 Formerly a vice-regal coach, used on royal tours and other state occasions Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 35mm

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Creator unknown :Photograph of Arthur's Pass, Canterbury

Date: [189-?]

By: F Bradley & Company

Reference: PAColl-8476

Description: Photograph of a section of the Arthur's Pass road over the Southern Alps, with a signpost in the foreground that reads: `To Hokitika 53 Miles'; taken circa 1890s by an unidentified photographer, and published as part of the "Views and Landscapes of New Zealand" series by F Bradley & Co. Inscribed with name `E. G. Jublin , Little River' on back of print, but does not appear to be creator of collection. Original caption for this view reads: `This Pass, the highest on the line of the coach road between Christchurch and the West Coast, is 3300 feet high. The descent from the Pass through the Otira Gorge to the Teremakau River, brings under notice some of the wildest and most romantic scenery on the route'. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Publisher's sticker: `MESSRS. F. BRADLEY & Co., / Box 374, P.O., Christchurch PHOTOGRAPHIC PUBLISHERS, &c. / VIEWS & LANDSCAPES OF NEW ZEALAND / No. 44 --- ARTHUR'S PASS / This Pass, the highest on the line of the coach road between Christchurch and the West Coast, is 3300 feet high. The descent from the Pass through the Otira Gorge to the Teremakau River, brings under notice some of the wildest and most romantic scenery on the route.' / [Copyright.; Verso - centre - Insrcription on publisher's sticker: E G Jublin Little River Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.4 x 14.2 cm

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Guy Dobree Pascoe on Arthurs Pass

Date: 1925

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Morgan, Alice Lambton, 1905-

Reference: PA1-o-406-002-2

Description: Guy Dobree Pascoe at Arthur's Pass, standing next to the post marking the boundary between Canterbury and West Coast Regions. Inscriptions: Album page - above image - 1925. Daddy.; Album page - beneath image - Arthur's Pass (dividing post) Westland - Canterbury; Album page - bottom right - By Alice Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 99 x 61 mm mounted on album page

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"Eo" class electric locomotive, NZR no 3, ca 1923.

Date: 1923

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

Reference: APG-0324-1/2-G

Description: "Eo" 3, an Eo class electric locomotive, probably at Arthur's Pass, photographed ca 1923 by Albert Percy Godber. Dated 1923 as electrification on the line between Arthur's Pass and Otira was completed in August 1923. Original print at Pa1-q-101 (Godber Album Vol 108, p 77), with caption: "No 3. 0-4-4-0". "Eo" class electric locomotives, were constructed at the English Electric Company's Dick Kerr Works, Preston, ca 1921. Intended to haul passenger and freight trains through the Otira Tunnel, after the completion of electrification on the line in 1923. See "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (p 126) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 4 inches

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Artist unknown :Brownings Pass, Arthurs' Pass. [Punch in Canterbury, 1865]

Date: 1865 - 1940

From: New Zealand. Internal Affairs Department :Making New Zealand; pictorial surveys of a century. Wellington, Department of Internal Affairs, 1940.

Reference: PUBL-0098-01-03-24

Description: A cartoon showing Sir John Hall training his telescope in the direction of Athurs Pass (indicated by a signpost), while an old woman embodying "The Standard" newspaper, stands beside him. "Making New Zealand" comments that public opinion was in favour of the route to the West Coast being over Brownings Pass, but the "Standard" agreed with Sir John Hall. Extended Title - From "Making New Zealand", New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, 1940. Volume 1, no 3, page 24. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print.

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A view of Arthur's Pass Railway Station showing a train and passengers on the platform

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: MNZ-1862-1/2-F

Description: Shows the Railway Station at Arthur's Pass showing a train and passengers talking in groups on the platform. In the background are snow clad hills. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Inscriptions: Verso - (Sgd.) J D Pascoe Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Stereographic photograph of coach with passengers at summit of Arthur's Pass

Date: [ca 1900s]

From: Miller, E D N :Photographs by Isaac Jeffares, and of family

Reference: 1/2-077684-G

Description: Sterographic photograph of a horse-drawn carriage with passengers, stopped at the summit of Arthur's Pass. Photograph taken circa 1900s, by Issac Henry Bowen Jeffares. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

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Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Arthurs Pass, West, N.Z. [Between 1865 and 1871].

Date: 1865 - 1871

From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].

Reference: E-501-f-013

Description: Shows river valley and road, with mountains in background. Partially completed. Some parts not coloured. Dating: the road through Arthur's Pass was not completed until 1866, suggesting an earliest date when Hurt might have travelled through the Pass Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title].; Some pencilled guide notes to indicate required colour, in bottom left quarter. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 184 x 255 mm.

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Cartoonist unknown :Persuasion better than force. Punch in Canterbury, 1865.

Date: 1865

From: Punch in Canterbury. Vol 1 no 1 (Apr 8 1865) - Vol 1 no 20 (August 19 1865?) [Christchurch, 1865]

Reference: PUBL-0078-003

Description: A cartoon showing a Canterbury squatter on the back of a mule labelled Public Works. The squatter is urging on the mule with carrots marked 'wethers 30 [shillings]', 'profit' and 'surplus stock'. The mule carries panniers filled with 'Dobson's report' and 'Browning's report'. Behind the mule is an old woman representing the Standard newspaper. The mule is kicking her over. The setting is a mountainous scene with a signpost pointing to Arthur's Pass in one direction and to Browning's Pass in the other. Refers to agitation in Christchurch to improve access to the gold-rush in Westland to allow a market for suplus stock and to enable trading between the west and east coasts. The reference to 'Dobson's report' is to Arthur Dudley Dobson's report on the feasibility of using Arthur's Pass to travel between Canterbury and Westland. 'Browning's report' is to John Browning's similar report about Browning's Pass. The latter, higher and further south, was not developed. Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 1, no. 3, p. 24, Navigators and explorers; and Vol 1 no. 7, p. 9. The squatters. (1940) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving

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New Zealand Alpine Club : Map of Main Divide between Arthur's Pass & Mt. Cook National ...

Date: 1962 - 1964

From: New Zealand Geographic Board: Selection of maps of New Zealand

By: New Zealand Alpine Club

Reference: MapColl-NZGB-3/17/237/Acc.54923

Description: Map of Main Divide between Arthur's Pass & Mt Cook National Parks. Published by the New Zealand Alpine Club, P.O. Box 1700 Christchurch. By permission of the Department of Lands and Survey. "A. C. 1962". This copy is "2nd Edition 1964". Manuscript annotations in the form of names of Survey Districts inscribed in blue lettering, and large titles "Westland" and "Canterbury" have been hand coloured in red. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Printed map on paper, dissected into four sections, each mounted on linen-backed card with linen binding tape edges, scale 1:100,000, four sheets of 37 x 38 cm

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