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Unknown photographer :Photographs of Auckland and Coromandel
Date: 1880-1901
Reference: PAColl-8960
Description: Photographs of Auckland and Coromandel, taken between 1880 and 1901 by an unknown photographer. Includes views of Parsons & Fowler families (1890), St Heliers Bay (1890), Imperial Troops in the Auckland Domain, an arch erected for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901, Onehunga Hotel in Princess Street, the Auckland Domain, Views of Northcote, Birkenhead, and Birkenhead Wharf (1880), tradesmen's processions in Domain, and the Mercer Regatta. This group of negatives have crenelated notches along their sides. This indicates that they were manufactured for a Frena Camera. This camera was the first type of film-pack camera. (see "Deja View 37," August 2003, edited and published by Bill Main, Wellington, New Zealand). Information that came with these negatives is filed at PAColl-8960, and is in the Photograph Archive collections sequence. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 57 b&w original negative(s).
Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936 :Photograph of the Waikato River at Mercer
Date: [ca 1900]
By: Gordon, William Francis Robert, 1846-1936
Reference: PAColl-6751
Description: The Waikato River at Mercer, showing the turret from SS Pioneer, which served during the Waikato War of 1863 (left foreground), and the old Point Russell Hotel (extreme right). Photograph taken ca 1900 by William Francis Robert Gordon. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print Provenance: Purchased from Brewster's Rare Books, October 2001.
Railway station at Mercer
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001041-G
Description: View looking across a swamp to the railway station in the middle distance and the Waikato River and hills beyond. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercer Railway Station. NZ. 2863D [?] William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
General view of Mercer
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001035-G
Description: View looking over the township to the Waikato River in the middle distance. On the hill to the left is a church. The timber mill is near the riverbank on the right. An ironmonger's shop can be seen in the main street next door to a large hotel. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercer. NZ. 2525D. William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Main street of Mercer
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001037-G
Description: View looking down from a vantage point to the south east. In the middle distance is the main street with a hotel, and an ironmonger's shop next door. Across the road is the Mercer railway station and the Main Trunk Line heading north. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercer. NZ.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 2524D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
General view of Mercer
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001036-G
Description: View looking over the township towards the Waikato River in the middle distance. The timber mill is near the riverbank on the right, and an ironmonger's shop, hotels and other commercial buildings can be seen in the main street. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mercer. NZ.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 2526D William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches