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Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905

From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]

By: Gateway Pictures

Reference: B-123-032

Description: Shows a group of six children outside a wooden hut with wooden roof and chimney. There are two pigs in the foreground, and a cat at the far left. Pukapuka is in the Rodney District in the Auckland Region. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm

Date: [1880s-1900s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Iles, James, active 1878; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-518

Description: Includes photographs of Maori artefacts in museum context. Possibly created by James Edge-Partington, an anthropologist who studied artefacts in New Zealand and the Pacific. This volume is in the same style of album, with similar photographs and articles as Webster album 4 (PA1-o-519) which has Edge-Partington's named bookplate inside the front cover. Studies of a variety of artefacts including an instrument giving a decoy call for kiwi; a sea leopard's tooth carved and worn as a pendant (from Stewart Island); whale teeth pendants; weapons; tools; carved waka, prows of waka; carved meeting houses; Te Kooti's house "Te Waho"; carved storehouses; a Maori kite; eel traps and fish hooks. The artefacts are from various collections in New Zealand and overseas, including the Chapman Collection, the Hamilton Collection, the Hocken Collection and General Robley's Collection. Cuttings from articles written by James Edge-Partington from anthropological journals are inserted in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Abum with dark grey cover; 26 x 21 cm

Date: [1860s-1880s?]

Reference: PA1-q-166

Description: Scrap book of miscellaneous photographs, many of which have no captions and have not been identified. At the front of the album is an undated newspaper cutting showing the original building used for the Colonial Museum in 1865, which `has been revealed by the pulling down of the Dominion Museum, at the back of Parliament House. For many years this building has been used for a variety of purposes, museum exhibits being housed in adjacent quarters, but it is about to be demolished'. The first group show interior scenes of the Canterbury Museum, with exhibits of bird skeletons, and mounted birds. Other scenes show mounted animals, possibly not in Canterbury. Scenery includes views of the Franz Josef Glacier; and a number which are identified showing the gold-mining area around Ross and Donoghues, the Totara River and Mikonui River. One page has six photographs of mountainous regions in Switzerland; several show the area near the Wellington caves in Queensland, Australia; and two views show the breaking of the Cook Strait Cable. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, maroon spine and corners, entitled `Photographic scrap book'; 30 x 24 cm Provenance: No donor or provenance information available. Possibly part of a larger collection.

Date: 1868

From: Illustrated London news :Clippings related to New Zealand [ca 1842-1890]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-106-f-020-3

Description: View of the two buildings. Artist and engraver unknown. Extended Title - From: Illustrated London news, Vol 52, p. 144, 8 Feb 1868 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 115 x 175 mm

Date: 1987 - 1895 - 1905

From: [Pioneer shelter series] [picture] - Christchurch, N Z, Gateway Pictures, [1987?]

By: Gateway Pictures

Reference: B-123-032-a

Description: Shows a group of six children outside a wooden hut with wooden roof and chimney. There are two pigs in the foreground, and a cat at the far left. Pukapuka is in the Rodney District in the Auckland Region. Accompanied by an explanatory sheet. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, sepia, 310 x 450 mm

Date: [Between 1868 and 1895]

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-044

Description: Images of New Zealand, including the first photograph in the album made up of a collage of Maori portraits entitled "Maori land". Photographs taken by the Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black covered album, 30 x 25 cm

Date: 1868

From: Illustrated London News :[Scrapbook of clippings relating to New Zealand 1860s]

By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper)

Reference: E-372-f-016

Description: Shows a man looking at a display of dinornis skeletons labelled - Dinornis didiformis, didnornis crassus, giganteus, elephant..us, robustus, dinornis casuarinus. Extended Title - From Illustrated London news, Vol 52, Jan-Jun 1868, p 144 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 170 x 238 mm

Date: 1867-1868

From: Cooke, I V :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-045

Description: Photographs taken in 1867 and 1868 by Daniel Louis Mundy. Collection comprises: moa skeletons on display in the Canterbury Museum, Maori man sitting in front of a flax plant in the Hokianga, a black pine forest in Westland, miners' whares at Tararu creek in the Thames goldfield, Punch Bowl Falls, Otira Gorge, fern trees at Governor's Bay, waterfall at Waihi at the head of lake Taupo, tramway at Moanataiari in the Thames goldfield, bush at German Bay (Akaroa), Waitohi creek in the Thames goldfield, Onoke (Hokianga), kauri forest at Wairere Stream (Hokianga), Wild Missouri and Russell's batteries at Tararu Creek, waterfalls at Banks Peninsula and Otira Gorge. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album bound in green morrocco, with gold tooling, 41.2 x 30.2 cm

Date: [1870s-1880s]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Blomfield, Charles, 1848-1926; Bragge, James, 1833-1908

Reference: PA1-q-261

Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken circa 1870s to 1880s, many by unidentified photographers, with several being taken by James Bragge. One that is clearly by Bragge shows his named carriage "J. Bragge. Photographer. Lambton Quay, Wellington" in a photograph taken on the road on the Featherston side of the Rimutaka Hill (on page 18). The first fourteen pages show views of the Pink and White Terraces, each from varying angles. These are followed by views of Ohinemutu. Many of the photographs are unidentified, including one of a meeting house with a group of Maori men, women and children in front. Painted on the maihi are the words "Mauimua Mauiroto Maui", painted fish and Maui in a boat fishing. On page 26 is a photograph of a painting, possibly by Charles Blomfield, showing Lake Rotomahana with the Pink Terraces on the right and the top of the White Terraces in the foreground, beside which there are two men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, gold border; 38.0 x 28.5 cm

Date: 1862-1879

From: Haast family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-0037-045

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-041-2

Description: A view of the Avon River, Christchurch, with the Museum and the University in the background Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - On the Avon Christchurch - Museum - University Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 150 x 200 mm

Date: 1859-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1136

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1859-1907, predominantly dated 1900-1902. Series include: Akaroa (1876); 1901 Royal Tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, with events including review of volunteer rifles (Christchurch) and parade in Auckland; South African War departures, transport ships (including 'Tongariro'), and return celebrations (Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Christchurch), as well as training and volunteer camps (Woodend, Redcastle, and Newtown), peace announcement, and various related events and images; Birch Hill bush, logging, sawmill and bullock teams; flood damage to Ashley rail bridge; and potatoes being sent to South Africa. Events include opening of Lyttelton dock, jubilee celebration for deaf and dumb community, Amuri cattle sale at Culverden (with Captain R A Chaffey and Lieutenant Wynaham-Grey), wedding breakfast at Ashley, funeral in Rangiora [Mr A Foreman?], Lyttelton Regatta, Kaiapoi boat race, Grand National Steeplechase and races at Riccarton Racecourse, public school displays at Lancaster Park, wreck of the SS 'Taupo' at Greymouth (also 'Hesketh' run aground), crowd in Cathedral Square for Bishop Wilson's wedding, bazaar in Nelson, religious gathering in tent (Christchurch Showgrounds), Premiere Richard Seddon's visit to Kaiapoi, Rangiora sheep sale, J G Ward visit to Kaiapoi [Kaiapoihia monument?], Imperial Troops marching through Christchurch, Waikari sheepdog trials (judge W Rutherford), Rangiora Agricultural and Pastoral Show, washout at Cam flour mill (Leech Brothers), Governor Ranfurly at A & P Show, opening of Canterbury Hall by Ranfurly and Seddon, dispersal sale of R W Chapman's sheep, Mayor J Daly turning over first sod of Coronation Baths (Kaiapoi), unveiling of Queen Victoria Jubilee memorial, and Victoria Jubilee celebrations (Auckland). Identified figures include Reverend Garbett and Dr J E Weld, H Marton and Mark Scott, A S Clarkson (in South Africa), Rev Canon James Wilson, W Stapleforth (with dog), Colonel Stuart Newall, Miss Ethel Bell, Richard Seddon, E G Wakefield (bust), Pohipi and his wife, and Mr G Leech. Group photographs include: R J Alexander and [M J] Lynskey and Kaiapoi Borough School Cadets; Christchurch Hockey Club men's team; staff of A Moore coach builders, including H Land, J Jeffrey, A Moore, and W Baker; Kaiapoi Hinemoa Hockey Club (and instructor Mr Kinvig); Mrs W R May and troupe of entertainers from Richmond, Nelson; Amberley Caledonian Society; wedding of A Pearce and Miss Zuppicich; Colonel H Gordon and North Canterbury Volunteer Rifle group (including nurses), also Lieutenant A Horne with volunteers, and Lieutenant E B Millton, Captain H Lance, and Lieutenant Johnson of Cust Mounted Rifles; telegraph staff at Bloemfontein; Rev Wynter Blathwayt and St Stephen's Maori Church Choir; Rev H H Mathias and Kaiapoi Church Sunday School teachers and church choir members (including Estelle Wilson); Mrs J G Blackwell (chaperone) and campers on Sumner trip; Archdeacon B Dudley, Fanny Dudley, and Mrs Dudley at Earnley (Rangiora); Kaiapoi football [rugby] team; Dr H C Parsons and family; staff at Kaiapoi Woollen Mills; crew of the ship 'Discovery' (Tuahiwi visit); Rangiora Oddfellows; Mahaanui Maori Council; Rev Nicholls wedding (Ravenstone); and Wesleyan Church Conference. Also soldiers Rule, Moody, and Sanson (departing for South Africa). Buildings include Canterbury Provincial Chambers, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Kaiapoi Methodist Church, East Oxford Church, Johnsons Building (Rangiora), Press agency (Kaiapoi), Red Lion Hotel (Oxford), Masonic Lodge (Rangiora), Lyttelton Times and Warner's Commercial Hotel (Christchurch), Building and Land Society (Christchurch), Moore's Beehive store, round house with turf roof and punga trunk walls (Water of Leith, Dunedin), Rangiora Post Office, ruins of early Rangiora house, Kaiapoi Borough School, H Martin's house (site of murder) and St Thomas's Church (East Eyreton), Boys High School (Christchurch), Mrs Lamhert's house (Jack's Pass), Canterbury Museum, Bank of New South Wales and church (Amberley), Waiau ferry [terminal?], creamery (Woodend), A S Clarkson's office and Presbyterian church (Rangiora), Wilson residence Marston (Kaiapoi), Kaiapoi Railway Station, and Colonial Bank of New Zealand (Rangiora). Interior of Kaiapoi church (featuring decorated font) and Wellington Public Library. Also garden at Beauthorne. Miscellaneous images include Maori scenes [ca 1860s], motorised quadricycle, Purau Bay, unidentified sports team [rugby?], J Pearson's wool being carted and shearing at Burnt Hill, High Street (Rangiora), ambulance tent for mounted rifles (Tuahiwi), boats moored at Lyttelton, hot springs at Hamner, Boyd and Kier contractors, trappe bridge (Kaiapoi), brass band outside Mrs Moorhouse's dining rooms, Manchester Street and Hagley Park (Christchurch), Napier, Thames, Ashley Bridge protective works, race at sports day, and unidentified men on railway jigger. Illustrations include various scenes of early Kaiapoi, Queen Victoria portrait, and soldier [South African War?] by R Caton of Woodville. Named photographers of collected images are Burton Brothers and [Deale?]. A small number of photographs in album are hand coloured. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-291

Description: Album of photographs probably taken by George William Barltrop, chiefly showing facets of Christchurch and Lyttelton. The first scenes are a group portrait of men and women with the caption `Camera club (flashlight)'; two photographs of a wedding, the first a group portrait, and the second the bride and groom, both scenes taken outside on a lawn outside a conservatory; the altar at St Thomas' (Newtown, Wellington); and an exterior and an interior view of St Barnabas' Church, Norfolk Island. The rest of the album is scenes of the Christchurch and Lyttelton areas, including interior and exterior views of Christ Church Cathedral and of St Michaels' Church, Christchurch; views of Lyttelton and the Lyttelton Wharves; the Canterbury Museum and its gardens; Hagley Park and the Avon River. The wedding groups, a young woman wearing a mortar board and gown on the steps of a church, and a family of four with their dog, are the only portraits, none of whom are identified. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh VII' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

Date: [Circa 1883]

Reference: PA1-q-170

Description: Scenic views, chiefly in new Zealand, with few captions. Some images have been identified, noted in pencil. Of particular interest is a pair forming a panorama of Lyttelton harbour with about 30 vessels (p. 18-19). The first few pages show views of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the end of the album a few of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On page 9 there is a hand-illustrated and lettered programme of a shipboard performance held on the S.S. British King, December 11, 1883. Entitled `Royal Incomar Theatre. Bombastes Furioso'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark red-brown cover, darker leather corners and spine, spine decorated in gold with title `Scrap book'; 30 x 38 cm

Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]

From: Bothamley family: Papers and photographs

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Lindt, John William, 1845-1926; Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: PA1-o-431

Description: Photographs taken during the 1880s and 1890s, chiefly by Henry Charles Clarke Wright, with others probably taken by Herbert Deveril. All show scenes in New Zealand except one, prabably taken by J W Lindt, of an Australian aboriginal man and woman standing over a kangaroo which they have caught. They have boomerangs and a spear. Photographs of the town of Tarawera and the White Terraces were taken before the eruption in 1886. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, coloured picture of two cats playing with a ball of wool inset, and bordered by gold and black decoration, entitled `Children's scrap book'; 25.0 x 32.5 cm

Date: 1874, 1989

From: Cretney, Robert Sydney, fl 2000-2003 : Astronomical papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7132-1

Description: Copies of correspondence between the Greenwich Observatory, Sir Julius von Haast of the Canterbury Museum and the Canterbury Provincial Council concerning the arrangements for the observation of the Transit of Venus in 1874. Major Palmer was sent fromthe United Kingdom tlo observe the Transit. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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

Date: [circa 1880s-1930s]

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

Reference: 1/4-054912-G

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

Date: Between 1860 and 1870

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-039

Description: Photographs of New Zealand, both North and South Islands, taken by Daniel Mundy between 1860 and 1870. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p. 51). The views include a number in the Thames goldfields, with scenes of gold batteries, miners' huts, and a tramway. Mundy includes two rivers which are now differently named, the Tekihe River [i.e. Taheke River], and Tiremakau River [i.e. Taramakau River]. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; spine title "New Zealand scenery, 1860-80. Mundy. 4638-4685"

Date: 1861-1911

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

By: Gunther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf, 1830-1914

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2123

Description: Comprise selected letters between Gunther and others, mainly concerning zoological matters in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990