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Photographer unknown :Photographs of the Royal Tour 1927
Date: 1927
Reference: PA-Group-00431
Description: Views of the 1927 Royal Tour of New Zealand by the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Includes displays viewed and events attended by the royal couple, as well as travelling between towns by car and train. Places visited include: the Royal New Zealand Air Force at Wigram airport, Canterbury University, the view over Lyall Bay from Truby King's house, Dunedin war memorial and the war memorial at Waitaki Boys' High School, Government House in Wellington. Photographer unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-048049 to 048258, 049253 to 049455, 1/2-175202 to 175220 Quantity: 386 b&w original negative(s) glass. 27 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives Processing information: Archivists notes - Originally arranged and described in 2002. Reference number changed from PAColl-6909 to PA-Group-00431 in 2009.
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Well, bye-bye darling. I'll drop down very soon." 1955
Date: 1955
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-386-012
Description: Shows a husband farewelling his wife at Christchurch Railway Station. She is on a train leaving for Timaru. The husband has accidentally stepped backwards off the platform and is about to fall backwards or 'drop down' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tom Mayne [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - From Tom Mayne, 901 Ferry Rd. 17th Jan 1955 [in blue coloured pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash and white corrector on paper, 290 x 230 mm
Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Gad sir! What architecture! A mixture of Gothic, Gre...
Date: 1955
From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.
Reference: A-386-028
Description: Shows an overseas traveller pointing towards the Christchurch Railway Station and admiring the architecture. The building was demolished in 1959 to make way for a new railway station The words 'No. 106 "Railway Station" cartoons, 18th July 55' are written in blue coloured pencil on the back of the cartoon Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 258 x 280 mm
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.
Dunedin Express train leaving Christchurch Railway Station
Date: ca 17 May 1940
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: PAColl-7171-49
Description: The Dunedin Express train leaving Christchurch Railway Station (at Wilsons Road crossing?), circa 17 May 1940. Shows railway signals in the foreground. Looks over railway tracks, towards power poles and a steam locomotive. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 20.2 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 71. Christchurch. Railway Station
Saturday morning crowd by the Christchurch Railway Station cafeteria - Photograph taken...
Date: ca 30 Jul 1952
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 18
Reference: PAColl-7581-70
Description: Note on back of print reads: "Christchurch Railway Station, 7.30 am. Saturday. That mad rush to eat something." Shows a crowd of men and women, wearing hats and coats, alongside the (cafeteria?/ refreshment counter?) of the station. Signs advertise "Breakfast", "Refreshment" and the hosiery department of Hay's Ltd. Photograph taken circa 31 July 1952 by George Weigel. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 21.7 cm
Clock tower, railway station, Christchurch
Date: [between ca 1962 and 1970]
From: Winder, Duncan, 1919-1970: Architectural photographs
Reference: DW-5344-F
Description: Photograph taken by Duncan Winder. Source of descriptive information - Duncan Winder register, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
Cars and soldiers outside the Christchurch Railway Station
Date: [ca 1918]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008388-G
Description: Cars, and groups of soldiers and civilians, outside the Christchurch Railway Station. Shows returned World War I servicemen being collected, ready for a parade through the streets of Christchurch. Taken by an unidentified photographer for the Press, circa 1918. Other - Note on back of file print reads: "Reception for invalided troops". Other - See also 1/1-011936 and 1/1-011937 for photographs of the same occasion. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Platform at Christchurch Railway Station
Date: ca 1910
Reference: 1/2-038597-F
Description: Scene on a platform at the Christchurch Railway Station, circa 1910. Amongst the unidentified, stand three women, alongside a train, wearing full length dresses/skirts and hats. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 22 cm