Places

Date: 1882

By: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981

Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbg/1882/Acc.39356

Description: Map of Hagley Park, Christchurch City, showing three proposed rides, around or near Hagley Park. Identifies Plough Inn, cricket grounds, Carlton Bridge, exotic nursery, some streets and area of ground called 'acclimatisation'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil, part coloured, and ink on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 34.6 x 39 cm. Provenance: William Rolleston collection, donated by Rosamund Rolleston, Sept 1971 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSS papers 446, (Rolleston Family papers), folder 40. Collection series William Rolleston - Inward correspondence from New Zealand - From a letter to William Rolleston from Alexander Lean, September 1882..

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-10/2/3-Acc.

Description: Shows harbours, wharves etc in the Christchurch area. Identifies Avonside and Burwood golf links, Railway workshops and gardens, museum and hospital Hagley Park. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on cream paper. Scale indeterminable. 101.5 x 69 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1850-1890

By: Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Moberly, Patricia, active 1990s

Reference: PA1-f-207

Description: Album probably compiled by the mountaineer and explorer, A P Harper. Harper was also probably the photographer for many of the prints, especially those of mountains and mountaineering. There are Harper and Ackland family photographs which include interior and exterior views and views of the garden, of Ilam, the family mansion in Christchurch. The other main group of photographs relate to A P Harper's activities as a mountaineer and explorer in the Fox and Franz Joseph glacier regions. Some of the climbers active in the Southern Alps during the 1880s and 1890s are depicted. W S Green and his two Swiss guides, and at least one photograph taken by Green during his unsuccessful attempt to reach the summit of Mount Cook in 1882. Fitgerald, Zurbriggen, Mannering, and Dixon were all men that Harper was associated with as a mountaineer. As an explorer he was associated with Charles Douglas, and there are photographs of Douglas, Leonard Cockayne the botanist, and John Roberts of the Westland district survey. There are also many photographs of the mountains, glaciers, rivers, and gorges of the Southern Alps. Some of the English photographs at the beginning of the album may be associated with A P Harper's brother Charles who became an Anglican priest. He may have been the C C Harper who was at Keble College and Cuddesdon theological college, Oxford. There are two interiors of "C C Harper's room at Keble College", and a number of photographs of family groups taken in the grounds of the vicarage at Patea where Charles Harper was vicar from 1894 to 1900. The album ends with A P Harper and his house at Thames, and more British photographs, in particular several pages of Jersey taken about 1897 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [1906 or 1907]

By: Goodger, Louis, 1876-1959

Reference: PA7-43-28

Description: View of the main entrance and bridge across the Avon River leading to the exhibition hall. Photograph attributed to L Goodger, whose name and address are stamped on the back. There are a series of six stamps (non-postal) designed to commemorate the Exhibition. Four of the stamps are numbered and have been pasted onto the mount, three on either side of the image. Images on them are: Map of NZ and head of a Maori chief, Haeremai and head of Maori chief (No 2), kiwi (no 3), Maori women wearing tiki (No 4), tui on branch with mountain range in background (No 5), portrait of R J Seddon. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Statistical information about the exhibition; Verso - centre left - L Goodger, 183 Adelaide Road, Newtown (rubber stamp) Louis Goodger was listed in the Newtown electoral roll as a mechanic, living at 183 Adelaide Road with other members of the Goodger family Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 15.5 x 20.5 cm

Date: [ca 1900-1909]

Reference: PA5-0229

Description: River Avon, Hagley Park, Christchurch, New Zealand taken by D C & Co. Verso contains message addressed to Miss Holmes? Private Hospital, Davis Street, Wellington with a post mark 21 Dec 09. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 137 mm

Date: ca 1920

By: Hewitt, George R, active 1920-1985

Reference: PAColl-0601

Description: Postcards collected by the depositor while working as an able seaman on HMS Renown during the tour by the Prince of Wales in 1920. Black and white postcards of Auckland, Christchurch, particularly the botanic gardens, Lyttelton, Picton, and Samoa and colour postcards of Wellington. Quantity: 43 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-043-2

Description: A scene on the Avon River, Christhurch with a dense growth of trees on either side, probably either in Hagley Park or the Botanical Gardens Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - On the Avon, Public Park, Christchurch 1/11/82 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 124 x 238 mm

Date: 1938 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-027

Description: Photographs of Canterbury Region made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance between 1938 and 1952. Includes a series of photographs, dated 23 February 1938, recording the clean up after a flood in an unidentified location, probably in the Canterbury region. Also includes photographs of pea crops and tulip harvesting in Waimate. Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Butcher, Charles Henry, 1887-1957 :Lantern slides of New Zealand and Australia

Reference: PA11-265

Description: Contains lantern slides of Christchurch ca 1907, likely to have been photographed by Butcher. Features the Avon River and associated images, including Antigua Boatsheds, Hagley Park, and the Victoria Street Bridge. Includes unidentified portraits of an elderly man and a woman with a little person smoking a pipe. Other images show swans, statues on display in the Canterbury Museum, and the Royal Cafe, Dresden Piano Co, and Gilby's Commercial College on Cathedral Square. Some slides are sepia toned while others are hand-coloured. Quantity: 16 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides

Date: 1928, 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-174

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Hagley Park in Spring showing daffodils and cherry trees; Hagley Park in Autumn; various views of the Avon River (some include the band rotunda); canoeists on the river; view of Scott memorial with Chamber of Commerce building in background; Nurse's Home with field of daffodils in foreground; Bowker Fountain; Bishopscourt, Rolleston Avenue (in Spring) Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: ca 1920s

Reference: PAColl-7965

Description: Photographs of Canterbury College, Christchurch, and a scene in Hagley Park, taken ca 1920s by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1927-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-141

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, 1924-1951. Subjects include: `Operation Oyster' at Bluff, Jun 1950; Lewis Pass (Maruia Springs), Jun 1950; stranding of `Wahine' at Maseia Island and rescue by naval tug HMAS Emu, Aug 1951; Theatre Guild on tour at Raumati Beach, Feb 1950; South Seas voyage of Nelson yacht `Blue Seas'; New Zealand Grand Prix held at Ohakea, 1950; Mr Kelly and sketching class in Hagley Park, (undated); National Time Keeping (Master clock), 1951; Miss Marjorey Hurrey showing children Maori carving at Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1950; making snowman at The Hermitage; motoring through kauris in Waipoua State Forest; trout fishing at Hamurana Spring, N-W shore of Lake Rotorua, 1939. Also: ANZAC Day parade, Auckland, 1940; camp site at Western Springs, 1949; haymaking at Tipapa Station (undated); monument at Okarito; Waipori hydro-electric works, 1930; Fernside Garden bridge; newly erected hut on Mt Ruapehu erected by Manawatu Tramping Club, 1950; `dangerous' level-crossing at Woodside, 1927; Otaki sanatorium, 1929; Women's Hospital at Hanmer, 1931; party on horseback crossing Doubtful River to inspect proposed route over Lewis Saddle, Jun 1929; aerial view of tennis courts (Christchurch?); yachts at Lyttelton; old house built by William & John Deans (1843) in grounds of Riccarton House, 1949; Waiheke Island, Jan 1949; etc. Quantity: 87 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [1880s]

From: Bextaud, E J (Mrs), fl 1976 :Photographs of New Zealand

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA7-42-13

Description: View of tall trees and shrubs on the banks of the Avon River in Hagley Park. In the distance is a pedestrian bridge over the river. There is a wide gravel path in the foreground with a couple seated on a park bench on the far right. Photograph taken by F A Coxhead in 1880s or 1890s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The Avon, Christchurch; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - F.A.C. Probably the Woodlands Bridge, replaced ca 1900 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.9 x 20.1 cm on mount

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.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: United Bowling Club (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Pan-1423-F

Description: Panoramic view of bowling greens and tennis courts in Christchurch. Large pavilion/clubhouse on the left in the middle distance behind bowling greens. Row of about 40 bowling club members posed across the greens. Flower beds and an arbour covered with climbing plants separate the bowling greens from tennis courts centre right. About 15 tennis courts with groups of men and women playing tennis. There is a lawn roller inside the fence between the courts and a football field on the right. Cars parked along road behind the courts leading to the clubhouse. Row of tall trees in the background. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Combined Bowling & Tennis Greens, Christchurch New Zealand No. 525 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 119.5 cm

Date: [ca 1929-1935]

Reference: PAColl-6901

Description: A largely miscellaneous collection including: looking towards Government House on Bowen Street with Government Buildings on the left; two of the junction of Featherston and Stout Streets looking towards Lambton Quay (these three probably taken from the Railway Station); a pretty rural cottage; two of a grasshopper like insect on a leaf; three of unidentified rural scenes; the Government Life Insurance office on Customhouse Quay; looking down the Terrace towards Bowen Street with St Andrew's Church on the left; the University of Canterbury buildings showing the entrance to the Observatory Tower; six of a bridge over the Avon River flowing through Hagley Park; five of Mount Taranaki; a waterfall possibly near Mount Taranaki; and Auckland looking towards the harbour with St Patrick's Cathedral on the right. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-038652 to 038654 and 038656 to 038678 Quantity: 16 b&w original negative(s) glass. 10 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7009

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include a plaque on a tree planted by Sir Arthur Dobson by the Avon River; daffodils in Hagley park; Sumner River and the Alps; Akaroa harbour, and Akaroa from the hills; Alps and oxidation ponds in Christchurch; North Canterbury Plains; and 14 views of the interior and exterior of the Christchurch Provincial Council Chamber buildings which include a corridor, a worn step, the council chamber, stained glass windows, a chimney, and seven detailed closeup images of the stonework showing carved hands, an eagle, a snail, a frog and a dove hidden in the stone foliage by master mason William Brassington. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7005

Description: Photographs, some taken from a railcar travelling south from Kaikoura to Christchurch ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include twin one-way road tunnels south of Kaikoura (one image taken from the railcar, and one from the road); the coastal road; north Canterbury farmland; hills near Sumner; Kaikoura Beach; Lyttelton Harbour from the Port Hills; Christmas window displays in Hays department store (1967); Hagley Park, including a lake; and the Avon. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7007

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Lake Victoria and Hagley Park; the Supreme Court Building; Christchurch Provincial Council building interiors; a cob cottage at Sumner; Christchurch at night from the Port Hills; Lyttelton Harbour and Quail Island; Christ's College; exhibit of cranes in the bird hall of the Canterbury Museum; a damaged willow on the banks of the Avon; the Scott Memorial; Christchurch Cathedral; and daffodils in Hagley Park. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7006

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. A number of views were taken from the Port Hills, including the Sign of the Takahe, Lyttelton Harbour & Quail Island, Christchurch by day in smog and by night, the Sumner Estuary, and the Southern Alps; other views include interior and exterior views of the Christchurch Provincial Council Chambers, an interior exhibit at Canterbury Museum, the Scott Memorial, a bridge across the Avon Victoria Lake and Hagley Park. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm