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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).

Date: [ca 1890]

From: Dyson, Mrs, fl 1958 :Photographs, chiefly of scenic views in the South Island in New Zealand, and Victoria in Australia

By: Clifford & Company; De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925; Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?

Reference: PA1-q-069

Description: Various photographers including De Maus, Henry Lock, F. Finch and Clifford & Co. Photographs include scenes at various gold-mining claims on the West Coast; bridges Over rivers on the West Coast and Otago regions; one of a large group of Freemasons carrying banners relating to various Lodges; and a number of images of Ballarat, Geelong and Queenscliff in Australia. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album with gold decoration, 31 x 26 cm

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Scott, Mrs :Original and mounted photographic prints

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-54

Description: View of a bridge spanning the Shotover River, Central Otago. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril, ca 1870s-1880s. Title from print No 97 in PA1-f-176 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.5 x 35 cm

Date: [ca 1880s-1910s]

By: Holmes, Robert West, 1856-1936

Reference: PA1-o-1544

Description: Album compiled by civil engineer Robert West Holmes or a family member, ca 1880s-1910s. Shows North Island Main Trunk Railway works at Poro-o-tarao, Waiteti Viaduct, Huiroa Saddle, camp near Piriaka, Sew Hoy Dredge on Shotover River in 1890. Includes named portraits of railway engineers, family and friends in New Zealand and England. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 205 x 175 mm Provenance: Purchased at auction, 2009

Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]

From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880

Reference: PAColl-0959-40

Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".

Date: 1873-1876

From: Parliamentary Library: Photograph albums

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-f-176

Description: Views and features along the Milton to Lawrence, and Cromwell to Queenstown Roads, Alexandra, Queenstown, lakes, rivers, mountains and gold mining; taken between 1873 and 1876 by Herbert Deveril of Wellington. Deveril came to New Zealand in 1873. These photographs were displayed at the Philadelphia Centenary Exhibition in 1876. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1880s]

From: Scott, Mrs :Original and mounted photographic prints

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-24

Description: View of a footbridge spanning the Shotover River, Central Otago. Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril, ca 1870s-1880s. Title from print No 96 in PA1-f-176 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.5 x 35 cm

Date: 1898

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140457-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative

Date: 1895

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912

Reference: B-174-005

Description: Shows the complex of joined buildings of the Achilles Gold Mine at Bullendale in the Wakatipu District; these buildings are reportedly of iron (see below), and two tall smoking chimneys are in operation. In the foreground is a wooden bridge over the swiftly flowing Shotover, and at the far right is the covered chute, with a wooden flight of stairs leading up to its base. In the background at far left, another building and pipe can be seen. In the background are craggy mountain peaks. Catalogue notes quote the 'Cyclopedia of New Zealand', stating that the battery had "thirty stampers of heavy weight, together with the usual blanket, tables and boxes. The plant is covered by an iron building, which includes an engineer's department and a blacksmith's shop". Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 430 x 237 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1875 - 1885

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-054

Description: Two sketches on one page, the upper one showing a bridge high above the Shotover River at a narrow section, the lower showing a man with a gun and swag on the Shotover River track, the river to the left, and Double Cone in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W H. Also centre right, title of the upper drawing; centre bottom, title of the lower drawing Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on 1 sheet 240 x 180 mm

Date: ca 1920

Reference: 1/2-020017-G

Description: Looking at the Edith Cavell Bridge which spans the Shotover River at Arthurs Point. Taken by an unknown photographer circa 1920. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-1683-1/2-G

Description: View of a bridge over the Shotover River in the Lower Shotover area. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under 97. Bridge. Lower Shotover. 1926.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-340

Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Wellington Regions, by an unidentified photographer. The South Island images include Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, Arrowtown, Paradise, Diamond Lake, Balclutha, the Clutha and Catlins Rivers, and scenes in Dunedin including the Botanical Gardens. A large number show the Shotover River and details relating to gold mining, including a miner's stone whare on the bank of the river and two views showing the waters of the Shotover escaping from a tunnel driven for mining purposes to allow the river to be diverted from its natural course. The North Island views are all in the Wellington region, particularly views of the harbour with its various shipping activities, with many ships named. The latter part of the album consists of about 13-17 small photographs attached to each of 6 pages, many of family and friends, identified only by Christian name. The house at No. 3 Aorangi Terrace is shown (lived in by Ernest Somerville, importer, in 1905-1906; and by George Jefferson Belt, tally clerk, in 1909), and a house in Hawkestone Street. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with charcoal grey cover, black corners and spine; 24.5 x 31.5 cm

Date: [between 1891-1910]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/2-140990-G

Description: Photograph taken by William Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by curator John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Stereographic dry plate glass negative

Date: 1870s-1902

From: Mueller family :Photographs

By: Browne, Charles Pelham, -1916; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-4363-1

Description: Photographs of group including Richard Seddon taken by C P Browne; the US transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown; Granny's hut at Bluff Harbour; bridge over the Shotover River at Arthur's Point; a group including Gerhard Mueller; gold miners next to a river at Orepuki; and a group of Land Commisioners taken in 1902 and including Thomas Humphries, Gerhard Mueller, Mackenzie, Major Richardson, D Barron, G J Roberts, F W Bronte, T S Weston, Marchant, Dr Giles, H McCardell, Col N Y A Wales (taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns); a man using surveying equipment; group including Jakob Luper Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen prints