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New Zealand cities - Christchurch & Dunedin
Date: [ca 1931-1949]
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-0785-1-203
Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1931-1949. Dunedin - Rattray Street cable car, 1935; Leith Stream; lower Stuart Street; The Exchange looking south; Robert Burns statue in The Octagon; elevated view of St Paul's Cathedral and Dunedin Town Hall; The Centotaph, Queen's Gardens; Otago University, 1931; Dunedin Botanic Gardens; Otago Boys' High School; tram in Princes Street; elevated view looking north along George Street; panoramic view taken from Mornington looking north; aerial view over Mornington showing High Street School, Hawthorne Avenue, Kaituna Bowling Club etc; aerial view showing St Kilda and Forbury Park Trotting Club; Larnach's Castle (taken during the Baptist Union Annual Assembly); Otago Peninsula from above Macandrew Bay looking towards Port Chalmers; wharves at Port Chalmers, 1935; new wing of the Medical School, 1948. Christchurch - Captain Cook's statue, Victoria Square; group under a tree near Bridge of Remembrance; canoeing on the Avon River; Hagley Park; Christchurch Botanic Gardens; Band Rotunda; Cathedral Square; Avon River; Mona Vale; Captain Scott's Statue with Christchurch Club in background; Worcester Street Bridge; Rolleston statue and Canterbury Museum in Rolleston Avenue; Bridge of Remembrance; Christchurch World War One memorial, 1937; Christchurch Hospital, 1941; daffodils beside the Avon; aerial view showing Christ's College, etc; aerial view of Addington Racecourse, 1934 & 1937; aerial view of Christchurch Botanic Garden; Edgar Stead's home, Ilam; hillside suburb showing access path and stone retaining walls; pupils at Fendalton School during PE class, 1948; Kerr's Reach, Burwood, 1949 Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Burton Brothers album 14
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
Photographer unknown: Views of Christchurch and the Canterbury area
Date: [ca 1895-1915]
Reference: PAColl-6904
Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.
Tourist Department album 17
Date: [Circa 1900s]
By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: PA1-o-504
Description: Photographs of Christchurch and environs, taken by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department circa 1900s. Views outside Christchurch City include the stone monument to Kai Tahu on the site of the Kaiapohi Pa, commemorating those who died in attacks by Te Rauparaha and his northern followers Lyttelton wharf and harbour. Christchurch views include the Avon River; central city street scenes; Cathedral Square with the Cathedral and Warner's Hotel, and people using various forms of transport (horse-drawn vehicles and bicycles); the Cathedral and Canterbury Museum (both interior and exterior views). Views inside the museum show various exhibits. Other Titles - New Zealand Tourist Department. No. 17 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand Tourist Department, No. 17"; 26.5 x 35.6 cm
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, aerial photographs of Christchu...
Date: 13 Dec 2011
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000662
Description: Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 taken 13 December 2011 by Ross Becker. Shows aerial photographs of Christchurch city documenting the damage, including Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall). Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "Flying - selected" Quantity: 104 digital photograph(s).
Effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, particularly of aerial views of...
Date: 3 May 2012
From: BeckerFraserPhotos :Photographs relating to the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011
Reference: PADL-000745
Description: Photographs showing the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, taken 3 May 2012, particularly aerial views of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Shows views of schools, parks, Westfield Riccarton (Riccarton Mall), suburbs, rock falls, cliff collapses, demolition and damage to buildings, and the changing landscape of the city following demolition. Arrangement: Files were originally delivered to the Library within a folder called "May 03 - flying Ross" Quantity: 113 digital photograph(s).