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Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :Victoria Bridge - Christchurch. [ca 1890s]
Date: 1890 - 1910
From: Glaser, Louis, fl 1890s-1900s :[New Zealand views]. Louis Glaser, Leipzig. [ca 1890s]
Reference: E-278-q-072
Description: View of River Avon and Victoria Bridge Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photogravure, 90 x 137 mm
New Zealand scenery album 2
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-o-386
Description: Photographs of New Zealand scenery taken by various photographs of whom Wheeler & Son and the Burton Brothers are identified. There are a number of images of Mount Tarawera and surrounds both before and after the eruption on 10th June 1886. A few other images show the volcanic areas around Whakarewarewa and Wairakei in the North Island; all the rest are in the South Island. Two interesting images show people transported across wide rivers by flying fox, one with a woman sitting in the `cage', across a river near Lake Wakatipu (probably Deep Creek or the Shotover, near Skippers), and one with two people crossing the Hooker River. Most of the views of people are distant views, but several near the end of the album show close-up views of men climbing on glaciers with ropes and ice picks. Other - "Apparently only part of an album", note in album register Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with grey card covers, tied with cream tape; 17.5 x 29.5 cm
Creator unknown: Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand 1934
Date: between 1934 and 1935
Reference: PAColl-6619
Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives
Morrison, Mr :Postcards of Auckland and other areas
Date: [ca 1908]
By: Muir & Moodie (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-6408
Description: Postcards of St Mark's Church, Remuera; the Waikato River at Hamilton; HM fleet in Lyttelton harbour; two of the Pavilion baths and grounds in Rotorua; the view from the grounds from the tower of bath house, Rotorua; an evening view of the Marine Parade gardens, Napier; the anglican church at Onehunga; a commemorative postcard of the dash to the south pole by Shackleton in 1908; Ferry Bridge over the Waiau River at Hanmer taken by Muir & Moodie; three views of boating at Hamurana Springs; Lakelet in the park, Queenstown; main street in Cust; Auckland Exhibition Grounds; Somerville Memorial Church at Remuera; Myers Park and Kindergarten; St David's Presbyterian Church; beach at Sumner, Christchurch; sanatorium and band rotunda, Te Aroha. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Prints also housed at PA5-0109 and PA5-0085. Quantity: 8 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s).
Paddi album
Date: [Between 1933 and 1945]
From: Paddy, Laurence George Malvern, 1906?-1971: Photographs relating to the Lauri Paddi Band
Reference: PA1-q-182
Description: Photographs relating to the dance band scene in New Zealand in the 1930s and 1940s, largely associated with Lauri Paddi (aka Laurence George Malvern Paddy] and various bands. Many of the images are signed by musicians in the bands, not all the signatures being legible. Names have been listed where possible. Musicians with signatures Ian H Pitcaithly, W O Pritchard, and Jeffrey Madden, are probably the same as musicians listed on a poster for the Auckland Peter Pan Orchestra (Nin Pitcaithly, Billy Pritchardt, and Johnny Madden). One series of photographs shows musicians performing with Lauri Paddi going on tour in the South Island, including two views taken from a car, following a train on the road/rail Rakaia Bridge. The stage show 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' was performed at the Paramount Theatre, Wellington, in 1944. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with light brown mottled pattern, entitled `Photographs'; 25.5 x 31.5 cm
Permin, J W :A horse at Lake Takapo
Date: [ca 1900]
By: Permin, James William, 1880-1921
Reference: PA4-0755
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of Lake Takapo and bridge showing a horse at the waters edge. Photograph taken by J W Permin. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Lake Takapo & Bridge; Recto - right of image - J W Perman - photo; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print
Album of New Zealand views
Date: 1880s
From: Three albums of New Zealand views
Reference: PA1-o-983
Description: Views of New Zealand, comprising Mt Egmont from New Plymouth Domain, Napier, bullock team hauling wool at Cheviot, Wellington, Manawatu Gorge bridge, Manawatu Gorge, Rimutaka railway, Mount Alexander, Otira Gorge, Lyttelton breakwater, Armagh Street bridge in Christchurch, and Christchurch Cathedral. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Wheeler and son album 1
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-o-532
Description: Views of New Zealand taken by E Wheeler & Son, circa 1870s to 1880s Most of the views are identified, either on the photograph itself, or in hand-written captions below; places shown are listed above. One image has caption "Flax cutting" on the photograph which shows a man standing be a group of cabbage trees, with a house? or possibly a mill with a water wheel in the background behind the trees, while the hand-written caption reads "Valley scene, Hokianga". Other Titles - New Zealand views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover (damaged), entitled "New Zealand Views" in gold lettering; 25.5 x 32.5 cm
Photographs of Haast Road Bailey Bridge and Meres family house in Christchurch
Date: 1950-1959
From: Unwin, Diana Mary, 1923-2014 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-2470
Description: Photographs of Haast Road Bailey Bridge in the 1950s and of Meres family house in Glandarey Road, Christchurch Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic prints
Webster album 6
Date: [Circa 1880s]
From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Lomer, Albert, active 1862-1900; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-262
Description: Album of Australian photographs of Brisbane and Tasmania, and views of a range of sites in New Zealand, taken by various photographers circa 1880s. Names and places identified in the album are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine; 30.5 x 25.0 cm
South Island album
Date: [Circa 1910s?]
By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau
Reference: PA1-o-473
Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd :Ashburton. Printed and published by Francis Edward Buckland, for...
Date: 1886
By: Weekly press (Newspaper); Buckland, Francis Edward, active 1886
Reference: B-055-021
Description: Includes: 1858: The whole of the township - Turton's Accommodation House. 1866: Travelling facilities - The Christchurch-Timaru Coach 1886: Travelling facilities - Traffic bridge; Railway bridge 1886: Part of the town- View in East Street. Extended Title - Supplement to the Canterbury "Weekly press", September 10th, 1886. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - (On each image): Whitcombe & Tombs Ld. lith. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Four black & white lithographs on sheet, 288 x 445 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2002.
Architect unknown :Avon bridge. [ca 1920?]
By: Thomson, James Allan, 1881-1928
Reference: Plans-80-1090
Description: Plan, elevation and cross-section for a wooden bridge with two towers, probably for the Avon River in Christchurch Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink & watercolour on cartridge paper, 560 x 781 mm Provenance: Verso of the plan reveals that it has been used in the past as wrapping for a parcel posted from Westport to Dr J. Allen [sic] Thomson, Director of the Dominion Museum. The postmark is illegible but the stamps, one for 2 1/2d, one for 8d, bear the face of King George V. Dr J. Allan Thomson died in 1928.
Sarney album 1
Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]
From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-f-065
Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm
Personalities, events and scenes (mainly South Island)
Date: [1939-1950]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
By: Roberts, Jack Debnam Stewart, 1891-1980
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-116
Description: Photographs, published (or considered for publication), in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. Names and date of publication recorded on the back. Names of selected identified subjects entered in Name field. Includes a series of thirteen photographs taken at the Akaroa centennial procession, Dec 1950, of floats and people involved, including one of Mrs S A Glynan (President of Parent Teachers Association) handing out icecreams. Three photos of E W (Ted) Heald of Christchurch (with moustache), published 26 Apr 1950; Joe Parsons (ex jockey) of Auckland, article and photo published 29 Mar 1950 (p 41); three photos of Holme Station at Pareora, South Canterbury, article and photos published 29 Mar 1950 (p 5); naval guests at the Viceregal Garden Party held at Government House, Auckland (Captain J H Ruck-Keene of HMNZS Bellona and his wife, & Mr & Mrs Hugh Wright of Auckland), published 15 Feb 1950 (p 14); 2 photos of Fenton family reunion, descendants of John James Fenton, article and photos published 8 Feb 1950 (p 22); large group of English immigrants who arrived at Wellington on the Atlantis, article & photo published 8 Feb 1950 (p 16); 100 year old English nun Sister St Daniel of Liverpool, published 19 Jun 1940; two photos of Kings Empire Veterans reunion held in Auckland, ca Apr 1950; old Rakaia bridge, ca 1934 & new Rakaia traffic bridge built ca Mar 1939; women cycling at Lake Wanaka; Fox Glacier, ca May 1950; crew from the Wanganella (which went aground) disembarking from an aeroplane at Auckland, Dec 1948; etc Eight photographs of elderly Arrowtown men, taken for publication in Jun 1940 by J D S Roberts of Bannockburn Quantity: 42 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
N.Z. Shipping Co. album 2
Date: [Between 1870s and 1880s]
By: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.
Reference: Pa1-o-389
Description: Early photographs of New Zealand, mostly taken by unidentified photographers. One collage of Union Steam Ship Company ships, ship captains and the head office building in Dunedin was photographed and issued by David Alexander De Maus. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album cover pink and white pattern with gold tracery, red spine; 24.0 x 32.5 cm
Photographs of the River Avon, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Bilbrough, David Murray, 1952?-1997: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-5675
Description: Two photomechanical reproductions of views of the River Avon, Christchurch taken circa 1910 by unidentified photographers. One is taken by the Madras Street bridge, the other by the Gloucester Street bridge. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Finch, O (Mrs), fl 1958 :Photograph album
Date: [1890s?]
By: Finch, Olive, 1883-1984; Cowdell, Joseph Tuffley, -1907; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Hawley & Company; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Verrall, John Miles, 1849-1921; Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
Reference: PA1-o-172
Description: Photograph album containing views of the South Island, including Christchurch, Diamond Lake, Otira Gorge, Bluff, Skippers Gorge, Waiau River and Hanmer. North Island views include views of Mount Tarawera after the eruption in June 1886, and views of the Pink and White Terraces before they were destroyed in the eruption. Other views show Napier, showing the first ship to berth at the new breakwater, SS Flora, on 22nd October 1895; Marine Parade in Napier; street views in Gisborne and Whangarei; Parihaka; and the Rotorua, Wairakei area with the Huka Falls, Aratiatia Rapids, and the Waimangu Geyser. Photographs taken circa 1890s, by some unidentified photographers, but many by named photographers, including Arthur James Iles (Thames), E Wheeler & Son (Christchurch), Hawley & Co (Napier). All named photographers are listed in the name sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, with ornate gold decoration on spine, 25.5 x 32.5 cm
Coxhead photographs, mainly of the South Island
From: Bextaud, E J (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs of New Zealand
By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908
Reference: PAColl-4253-1
Description: Mounted photographs of Maori Point above the Shotver River, a bridge over the Shotover River, the White Terraces, and Montreal Street, Christchurch looking south with a gunmakers and a sewing machine agency visible and the Avon River crossing the road in the middle distance. Photographer was F A Coxhead. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Smytheman, V :Scenic views of New Zealand
Date: [ca 1890-1950]
From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes
By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970
Reference: PAColl-0531-1
Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).