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Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River
Date: ca 1880s
From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.
Reference: 1/4-019613-F
Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Hororata River, looking towards Gorge of Kakaia [...
Date: 1861 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-004
Description: Shows dog(?) and cattle in river at right, high rolling country with flax and cabbage trees, and the mountains near the Rakaia Gorge in the distance. Hurt farmed near the Selwyn River from about 1861. He was listed in the Rakaia electorate for 1872-73. Other Titles - Rakaia Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title]. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 139 x 214 mm.
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :The Bealy River, Canterbury, N.Z. [Between 1865 a...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-023
Description: Shows river flanked by bush-covered hills descending to river flat, and mountains in background. Stuck to same page as, and jointly titled with, E-501-f-024. Other Titles - Bealey River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 126 x 177 mm.
[Lister Family] :The Avon, at Christchurch, N. Zealand [1889]
Date: 1889
From: Lister, Joseph Jackson 1857-1927 :[Lister album] 1886-1890 [Watercolours by Joseph, and possibly Isabella and Gulielma Lister]
Reference: E-394-f-030-1
Description: The Avon River between grassy banks with trees on both sides Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 116 x 130 mm
Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps
Date: [ca 1915]
From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-007560-G
Description: Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps, photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe, circa 1915. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps, NZ F G R 5070 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Colombo Street north, Christchurch, looking south
Date: 1880s
From: Tonks album
Reference: PA1-o-497-05
Description: View of Colombo Street taken fron the north bank of the River Avon looking towards the Cathedral. The Port Hills can be seen in the distance. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Trestle bridge over the Waio [sic], N.Z. [1861-18...
Date: 1861 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-067
Description: Shows a figure on horseback crossing a bridge over the gorge of the Waiau River, near Hanmer. Location decided with reference to Pictorial Reference Section negative 1/2-04716. The artist is known to have been in the Hanmer district. There are several rivers in New Zealand called Waiau Other Titles - Waiau Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 160 x 205 mm.
Elliott, George Herbert, 1860-1941: Waimakariri Gorge. To Mr & Mrs Dixon, from G H Elio...
Date: 1899
By: Elliott, George Herbert, 1860-1941; Dixon, Marmaduke John, 1862-1918
Reference: B-175-007
Description: Shows a view of the upper Waimakariri River, with snowy peaks of the Southern Alps in the distance. Two figures are standing on the shingle flats in the left foreground. There are cabbage trees on the headland at the right. The artist used the spelling "Eliot" up until 1910. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 203 x 292 mm (sight). Provenance: Originally a gift from the artist to Mr and Mrs Dixon. This is probably Mr & Mrs Marmaduke John Dixon who married Mabel Courage in 1897. The artist may have met the couple through Marmaduke Dixon's sister Rosa (later Rosa Spencer Bower), who studied at the Canterbury School of Art in the 1890s. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.
Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897 :Settlers, West Coast Road through the Upper Waimak...
Date: 1875
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897
Reference: B-175-008
Description: Shows at lower right a covered wagon stopped beside a wooden hut. Two men, three horses and a dog are standing beside the wagon, which is standing at the side of a road, curving away around the corner of a road that follows a river though mountainous country. There are snow-capped peaks in the distance. Several birds flutter around the hut, and there are stands of native bush at left and right. Title from the label attached to backing board (retained with the artwork) Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signed and dated] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 332 x 464 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library
View of the Avon River, Christchurch
Date: 1926
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PAColl-0001-2-1-111
Description: Photo of the Avon River, Christchurch. Photographed in 1926 by Robert E Wells. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Chch in 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.1 x 10.8 cm
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Up the Bealy River, Canterbury, N.Z. [Between 186...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-027
Description: Shows view of flat grassland with hills and mountains in the background, on a misty day. Stuck on same page as E-501-f-028. Other Titles - Bealey River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 116 x 151 mm.
Cart load of wool bales crossing the Rakaia River
Date: [ca 1940-1949]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-045915-F
Description: Cart load of wool bales crossing the Rakaia River. Manuka Point Station, Rakaia River Valley, Canterbury, New Zealand. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe some time in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Photograph Archive in Pascoe Album 7 (ref PA1-o-412), page 9..
Hooker River and terminal face of Mueller Glacier
Date: 1896
From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Reference: PA1-q-137-76-2
Description: The Hooker River and the terminal face of the Mueller Glacier, photographed in 1896, probably by Sir Joseph Kinsey. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Hooker river and Terminal Face of Mueller Glacier. 1896. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 148 x 201 mm mounted on album page
Head waters of the Rakaia River, Manuka Point Station, Canterbury
Date: 1943
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-045893-F
Description: View of the upper part of the Rakaia River near it's head waters, and the surrounding mountains of the southern Alps. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1943. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Photograph Archive Pascoe album 7 (ref PA1-o-412) page 17..
View of the Benmore Hydro project, New Zealand
Date: 15 March 1969
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-68478-F
Description: The Benmore Hydro dam, power house, Lake Benmore, and the surrounding countryside. Photograph taken 15 March 1969 by Leo White. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.4 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder blue 25, Benmore Hydro.
Electric and steam locomotives, Bealey Bridge, Canterbury
Date: [1923]
From: New Zealand. Ministry of Works :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-4239-03
Description: Caption on back of print reads: "Midland railway. Electric locos hauled by steam loco crossing Bealey Bridge." The steam locomotive on the left is NZR number 184. Circa 1923. Photographer unidentified. This is probably a publicity photograph of the six electric locomotives supplied by English Electric in 1923. Five were EO class mainland locomotives that collected electricity from overhead wires (and five of these are so constructed). The sixth (seen next to the engine) was a small battery driven E1 class locomotive for maintenance duties. They were probably used on the recently electrified Otira Turnnel section of the Midland line. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 21.6 cm
Horses and cart fording the Rakaia River, Manuka Point Station
Date: [ca 1940-1949]
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-045884-F
Description: Man driving two horses and a cart through the Rakaia River. Manuka point Station, Upper Rakaia, Glenrock, Methven, Canterbury. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe some time in the 1940s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 6 x 6 cm Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Photograph Archive in Pascoe Album 7 (ref PA1-o-412), page 4..
Piers under construction for a bridge across the Leader River, Cheviot County.
Date: Circa 1917
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0472-1/2-G
Description: Piers for a bridge to cross the Leader River. The river is in the foreground, with piers centre right, and behind them a cutting in an embankment is visible. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 101, p 86 (PA1-o-195) Inscriptions: Album page - Leader River piers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75
Hurt, Theodore Octavius fl 1860-1871 :Bealy River, Canterbury, N.Z. [Between 1865 and 1...
Date: 1865 - 1871
From: Hurt, Theodore Octavius, 1839-1932 :[New Zealand views; sketchbook. 1865-1869].
Reference: E-501-f-018
Description: Shows river flanked by bush-covered hills descending to river flat, and mountains in background. Other Titles - Bealey River Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On separate label): [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 228 mm.
The upper Waitaki River, New Zealand
Date: 19 March 1959
From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs
Reference: WA-49637-F
Description: The Waitaki River, Canterbury/Otago, New Zealand. Photograph taken 19 March 1959 by Leo White. The new road bridge was opened in 1956. Prior to it's opening trafic and trains shared the other bridge in this photograph. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 13.8 x 13.4 cm Finding Aids: File print in Whites Aviation folder green 123, Waitaki County..