Places

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: [1880s]

Reference: PA7-38-13

Description: View of the beach from the south end. Shows people on the beach, mainly children paddling in the water and playing on the sand. People are sitting on the sand along the base of the sea wall and walking along the road above. In the middle distance are the Pacific Refreshment Rooms with house on both sides. Photograph taken by Burton Bros, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 4681 - St Clair Beach near Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 21 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: ca 1880

Reference: 1/2-005152-G

Description: Four children on the beach at Oriental Bay with houses on the hill behind them on the site of St Gerard's Monastery. A 1935 copy of an earlier image. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Apr 1935 Early scene at Oriental Bay. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Half plate glass negative

Date: [ca Jan 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-000304-G

Description: View of adults and children swimming and playing at Shelly Beach. Auckland city and wharves and the timber mills at Freeman's Bay can be seen in the distance. Taken by William A Price ca Jan 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Shelly Beach. Auckland. No 3117 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-001675-G

Description: View of adults and children on the beach and swimming at Shelly Beach. There is a house on the beachfront in the middle foreground. Taken by William A Price ca 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Shelly Beach. Ponsonby. 1750 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [late 1890s]

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

Reference: 1/2-000064-G

Description: Scene at Sulphur Beach, Northcote, North Shore, Auckland, in the late 1890s with Auckland city in the background. Shows 10 children playing at the water's edge in and around a dinghy. Rita Boyd is on the dinghy, 2nd child from left, seated. Sitting next to her is Kit Boyd. Also included are: Ruby Butler, P Ward and Bertie (Butler?). Photograph taken by William Price. Note on back of file print reads "from postcard held by A E Miskins, AT 13/12/4, 28 April 1990: Dear Kit, I am sending you this p.c. of me and you. It was taken before you went to Paeroa. [....], Ruby Butler, P Ward, Bertie But[ler] and me and you. This is all I got to say. The one with the cross is me and the one with the tick is you. Rita" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Sulphur Beach, Northcote, Auckland, 1124 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1909]

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

Reference: 1/2-001580-G

Description: View of Lake Beach, Takapuna (now known as Takapuna Beach), with large number of people promenading on the beach or wading in the water. Photograph taken by William A Price, taken ca 1909. Other - Taken on same day as view at 1/2-000424 and 1/2-000458 Other Titles - Takapuna Beach, Takapuna Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lake Beach. Takapuna. Auckland. 2434. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1913]

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

Reference: 1/2-000285-G

Description: Children playing on the sand in front of and near Bailey & Lowe's boatshed and slipway. Two children are playing near the water on the slipway and two children are wading in the sea. A house can be seen above the boatshed. Taken circa 1913 by William A Price. A similar perspective is available at 1/2-000066-G. Possibly taken at a later date. Source of descriptive information - File print. Approximate date from Library client. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Sulphur Beach, Northcote, 4250A 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001400-G

Description: View of the bay taken from the beachfront looking towards the jetty at the northern end of the bay and the southern side of the Whanaparaoa Peninsula. Adults are sitting on a boat on the foreshore and children are playing near a boat at the water's edge. A woman is lying on the grass on the beachfront in the immediate foreground on the left (partially obscured). Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 857A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001404-G

Description: View of adults and children standing together in the water close to the water's edge at Arkles Bay posing for a photograph. The photographer is standing on the beach in the middle distance on the righthand side. Adults are standing around watching. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 862A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-001674-G

Description: View of adults and children on the beach and swimming at Shelly Beach. A dinghy with adults in it is at the water's edge. Taken by William A Price ca 1914 (possibly 1 Jan 1914) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Shelly Beach. Ponsonby. 1748 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-001178-G

Description: View taken from the wharf of the yachts up on the landing slip at St Marys Bay. Boat building and engineering businesses can be seen behind the boats. Boys are playing in the foreground. Taken by William A Price ca 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - St Marys Bay. Auckland. 3592 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001409-G

Description: View of Arkles Bay looking north along the beach to Whangaparaoa Peninsula. In the foreground are children playing in the creek near to where it runs into the sea. Houses can be seen on the beachfront in the distance as well as the jetty. Houses can also be seen on the hill overlooking the beach in the far distance. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Other - A similar view is available at 1/2-001397 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 865A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900-1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001159-G

Description: View of adults and children at Howich Beach. Children are playing in the sea at the water's edge; groups of adults are on the beach. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Howick Beach. 2493 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry glass plate negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001402-G

Description: View of adults and children playing in the water close to the water's edge at Arkles Bay. Two women are standing at the water's edge watching the bathers. Discarded clothing can be seen in the immediate foreground and in the dinghy at the water's edge. The East Coast Bays coastline and Rangitoto Island can be seen in the distance. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Arkle's Bay. Auckland. No 860A. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001284-G

Description: Summer scene at Bucklands Beach with people swimming and on the beach. Boats and houses are visible. Hindman's Store is on the righthandside. Rangitoto Island can be seen in the far distance. Photograph taken by William Archer Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Buckland's Beach Auckland No 146E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1909

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

Reference: 1/2-000424-G

Description: View of Lake Beach, Takapuna (now known as Takapuna Beach), with large number of people promenading on the beach or wading in the water. Photograph taken by William A Price, taken 1909. Source of descriptive information - Dated from information in `Takapuna Jubilee 1913-1973', edited by Ross Sayers et al, 1973 (p 88) Other Titles - Takapuna Beach, Takapuna Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lake Beach. Takapuna. 2440 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001264-G

Description: View of a man and a boy in a dinghy in a choppy sea near the water's edge at Herne Bay. A man wearing a hat is holding the dinghy steady while another man and a boy watch from the beach. A small girl is playing on the sand with a spade near by. A black dog is standing in the water and another dog is sitting on the sand in the middle distance. Taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Herne Bay. Auckland. 2869. 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca Jan 1914]

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

Reference: 1/2-000303-G

Description: View of adults and children swimming and picnicking at Shelly Beach. Flax picnic baskets can be seen near the man sitting on the sand in the immediate foreground. The timber mills at Freeman's Bay can be seen in the distance on the left. Taken by William A Price ca Jan 1914 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Shelly Beach. Auckland. No 3120 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: 1/2-001691-G

Description: View looking along Sulphur Beach showing houses on the beachfront and houses on the hill overlooking the beach. In the foreground are two girls playing in the sand. Nearby are two dogs. Taken ca 1910 by William A Price A similar photograph at 1/2-001693-G Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Sulphur Beach, Northcote, Auckland, 3604 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 4.5 x 6.5 inches