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In Pelorus Valley
Date: ca 1880s
From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts
Reference: 10x8-0445-G
Description: Horse drawn Cobb & Co coach, Pelorus Valley, photographed by the Tyree Studio between circa 1871 and circa 1920. Other Titles - Tyree No. 5333 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - In Pelorus Valley. Tyree photo, Nelson 5333 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Cooper, William Marshall 1833-1921 :Hokitika. [Hokitika, Harnett & Co., 1869?]
Date: 1868 - 1870
By: Cooper, William Marshall, 1833-1921; Schmidt, John Diedrich, 1839-1925; Harnett & Company
Reference: A-104-025-a
Description: Shows ship and paddlesteamer at the wharf at Hokitika during the gold-rush. There are horses and carts on the wharf to the left and the houses and shops of the town can be seen in the background. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph 210 x 300 mm
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
Women vote at their first election, Tahakopa
Date: 1893
From: McWhannell, Rhoda, 1898-1996: Diaries, journals and photographs, particularly relating to forestry, farming and domestic life at Ōhaupō
Reference: PA1-o-550-34-1
Description: Original caption reads: "Women vote at their first election, Tahakopa". Shows a horse drawn carriage, and an unidentified group of men and women standing by the entrance to a building. Taken in 1893, by an unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads: "Bruce Herald, No 24, 1893 published Polling Places for Electoral District of Clutha. No 6: Dabinett and Young's store, Tauhuokupu. [sic]." Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Women vote at their first election at Takakopa Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.2 x 15.2 cm, on album page 24.2 x 17.5 cm
Coach outside a Cobb & Co office
Date: ca 1860s
Reference: 1/2-004131-F
Description: A coach and four horses laden with passengers outside a Cobb & Co office and Page's Livery and Commission Stables in Christchurch. The shadow of the photographer is in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Wheeler and son album 2
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
Bullock team and wool wagon, Cheviot, New Zealand
Date: [1880-1889]
From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes
Reference: PA1-f-065-16-1
Description: Bullock team and wool wagon crossing a stream, Cheviot, north Canterbury, New Zealand. Photographed by Wheeler & Son sometime in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wool Wagon, Cheviot. Wheeler & Son Ch.Ch. At the time that this photograph was taken Cheviot Station was owned by William (Ready Money) Robinson. He died in 1889, and his heirs sold the station to the Government in 1893. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 23 x 16.3 cm, mounted on album page
Horse drawn carriages on rocks near Tolaga Bay
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.
Reference: 1/4-019624-F
Description: Horse drawn carriages (probably mail coaches) on rocks near Tolaga Bay, circa 1880s. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads `Rounding "The Rocks" near Tolaga Bay' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Burchell, P, fl 1874 :Milling kauri, Coromandel. 1874
Date: 1874
By: Burchell, P, active 1874
Reference: C-154-002
Description: Shows a view looking down into a bay surrounded by hills. In the foreground are felled trees, native forests with tree ferns at the left, and a figure in a red shirt, loading a wagon with squared timber. In the distance across the water, is a small settlement at the base of a range of hills. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Signature and date] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 320 x 526 mm. Processing information: Deframed by the Library.
Mail coaches crossing Maungatoetoe Stream, on the Waiouru-Tokaanu road
Date: ca 1880s
From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.
Reference: 1/4-019571-F
Description: Original caption reads: "Coaches crossing Maungatoetoe Stream, on the Waiouru-Tokaanu road". Shows two horse drawn mail coaches carrying passengers and luggage, alongside a stream which passes by tussock covered hills. The coach in the foreground flies a Union Jack. Two passengers in the front seat are blowing horns. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Note: No listing for a Maungatoetoe Stream in the Reed New Zealand Atlas, or in the Reed's or Andersen's indexes. Possibly Mangatoetoenui Stream? Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Team of bullocks outside the Hermitage, Mt Cook
Date: ca 1890s
Reference: 1/2-004675-G
Description: Unidentified men and women watch a team of bullocks resting outside the Hermitage, Mount Cook. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1890s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "The Hermitage" 2500 feet. Mode of conveying stores - team of 12 bullocks Note on back of file print reads: Team of bullocks which were used for bringing stores, in front of hermitage, ca 1890s Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative
Empire Hotel and carriage, Lyell
Date: [before 1896]
From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs
Reference: 1/2-059656-F
Description: Empire Hotel and carriage driven by Harry O'Keefe, before 1896. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date from Library client, June 2007. The Empire Hotel burnt down in 1896, and was re-built. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
The Bambridge family returning to Waimate (North)
Date: 22 Jul 1844
From: Bambridge, William, 1819-1879 : Diaries
Reference: MS-0130-169
Description: Sketch by William Bambridge, showing the family travelling to Waimate in a downpour of rain, driving bullocks and with a horse-drawn cart carrying a woman, presumably Sophia Bambridge. The sketch is on p 169 of the diary, along with a description of the journey. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Sepia ink 65 x 140 mm, on sheet 203 x 157 mm
Murray, J P, fl 1880s-1890s :Mahakapawa Camp. 1888.
Date: 1888
By: Murray, J P, active 1880-1890s
Reference: G-561
Description: Shows a mining camp in the Pelorus Sound-Havelock area, with tents, men cooking over a fire, a cart etc., beside the Pelorus River. There are felled trees on the flat and on the surrounding hills. Two men are cooking over a fire in the foreground Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 310 x 430 mm
[Nairn, Francis Edward] 1819?-1910 :Fern Flat [ca 1865]
Date: 1864 - 1866
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910
Reference: A-236-009
Description: Show a horse-drawn carriage in an open landscape with two houses against trees and low hills in the background. Probably drawn in the gold-rush era on the West Coast Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper, 160 x 219 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nairn family collection, MS Papers 326..
[Nairn, Francis Edward] 1819?-1910 :Westport near Blackwater. W. Newman. [ca 1865]
Date: 1864 - 1866
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910
Reference: A-236-012
Description: A coach pulled by two horses on a road with a bush background. The phrase W. Newman is possibly a reference to a coaching firm; by 1865 William Newman (father of Henry and Thomas Newman) had begun transporting provisions for goldminers at Wakamarina and Canvastown, although a West Coast location is not mentioned in DNZB vol 2, page 353. A-236-011, -012 and -013 are all on the same sheet of paper Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper, 91 x 118 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nairn family collection, MS Papers 326..
Cartoonist unknown :Spring - Christchurch, with A road to the West Coast. Punch in Cant...
Date: 1865
From: Punch in Canterbury. Vol 1 no 1 (Apr 8 1865) - Vol 1 no 20 (August 19 1865?) [Christchurch, 1865]
Reference: PUBL-0078-002
Description: A street scene of 'Cashall Street' with crowds of prosperous citizens, carriages coming and going, and businesses thriving. A play on words for Cashel Street, Christchurch and a reference to access to the gold rush on the West Coast. The cartoon appears on the opposite page to another titled 'Winter - Christchurch with NO road to the West Coast' set in 'Cashless street'and showing bankruptcies and other disasters for Christchurch. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving
Horse drawn coaches outside J Jackson's Perry Range Hotel, Jacksons, Westland
Date: 1890s
Reference: 1/2-111655-F
Description: Horse drawn coaches, with passengers, outside J Jackson's Perry Range Hotel, Jacksons, Westland, 1890s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Illustrated London News :Sketches on the West Coast coaching-road of Canterbury and Nel...
Date: 1889
By: Illustrated London news (Newspaper); Hentschel, C, active 1889; Davies, Norman, active 1880s; Fidel, 1944-2001
Reference: B-033-032
Description: Shows ten images: A New Zealand coach; Some drivers on the West Coast Road; the "Glacier Hotel", Bealey; A creek & cutting; The Otira Gorge, a clearing in the bush; Road-men's hut; Jackson's coaching stables; Mitchell's Falls; A pensioner from the roads [a wagon] / C Hentschel; Road damaged by floods ibn the Otira Gorge / Norman Davies. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving image 323 x 222 mm on sheet 395 x 290 mm
[Nairn, Francis Edward] 1819?-1910 :Newton Hotel [ca 1865]
Date: 1864 - 1866
By: Nairn, Francis Edward, 1819?-1910
Reference: A-236-014
Description: A coach pulled by four horses with passengers on top, pulled up outside a small building called the Newton Hotel. Another untethered horse is on the road behind the coach. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on tissue paper, 268 x 206 mm (irregular) Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Nairn family collection, MS Papers 326..