Places

Date: [1880s-1890s?]

By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-111

Description: Scenic views, mostly of New Zealand, some of Australia, and a few taken in Scotland. Photographs mostly taken by Frank Arnold Coxhead; two of those taken in Scotland were by George Washington Wilson (G.W.W.). The album also contains a large number of coloured postcards, coloured reproductions of paintings, and coloured scraps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark green cover, with black spine and corners, 27 x 38.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

Date: 1895 - 1859

By: Lyttelton times (Newspaper); Brownlie, Edith Mary Jean, 1930-

Reference: Eph-C-HISTORY-1895-01

Description: Shows arrangement of text, with a Burton Brothers photograph at the top, showing High Street, Dunedin in 1859. The paper will also be starting a new serial story by G A Henty, "A woman of the Commune". The price of the paper is sixpence. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - "Lyttelton Times", Christchurch. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 415 x 235 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Jean Brownlie, in 1997. Transfers: Map transferred to Cartographic Collection..

Date: [ca 1890-1936]

By: Abernethy, William, 1865-1930?; Allen, (Miss), active 1910s; Blencowe, James Rasdell, 1871-1945; Carberry, M V, active 1910s; Churton, C E, active 1904; Ellerbeck Studio; James Valentine & Sons (Dundee, Scotland); Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Marsh, Robert George Stanley, 1862?-1940; Peter Pan Studio; Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Raphael Tuck & Sons (Firm); Tanner Brothers Ltd (Publishers); Taylor, T E, active 1899; Walker, George Allen, -1915; William Beattie & Company; Wilson, William Thompson, 1882-1917

Reference: PAColl-0718

Description: A collection of postcards and printed views (possibly from a magazine) of New Zealand scenes primarily of towns and cities rather than scenic views. They include one of two Maori women washing clothes at Rotorua, another of the Royal visit in 1927 and a family group of seven men and three women possibly taken in Belfast. A number of the postcards have been used. Also included are five original photographs which have been captioned with the family connections: a soldier in uniform, possibly named Ralph Ferguson; Uncle Henry Babe's wedding photograph; cousin Violet Bradford in America; Albert and Elizabeth (Eliza) Babe (brother and sister) and four others; Thomas and Fanny Babe (grandpa and grandma) with Eliza, Harold, Albert, Olivia, Queenie and Gladys. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s). 55 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: between 1860-1863

By: Meluish, William, 1822?-1888; Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908

Reference: PA1-o-143

Description: Photographs taken by William Meluish between 1860 and 1863, printed and published by Frank Arnold Coxhead. PA1-o-143 and PA1-o-144 are very similar. They each hold 19 images from the same negatives, but in different page order. The only images not repeated are those on page 4 of PA1-o-143, and the image on page 18 of PA1-o-144. Quantity: 20 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Album of 10 pages, with 20 albumen prints; blue buckram cover, 22.5 x 29.0 cm

Date: ca 1930s

Reference: PAColl-3514

Description: Mother and child; Wellington city and suburb scenes; reception Government House Wellington; Greymouth and Grey River from the air; China; Wallabies; etc Arrangement: Negative numbers allocated: G68289-G68317-1/4 Quantity: 29 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1865

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, including sketches of Otago Harbour. ca 1865]

Reference: E-016-2-011

Description: Looking down on Otago Harbour with several ships in port. Flax in flower in the foreground Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil on the following page Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 86 x 152 mm (page size)

Date: ca 1948 - 1966

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Ian Hulse Photography

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-018

Description: Photographs of Lower Hutt, Petone and Wellington city, taken circa 1948 to 1966, for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Included are photographs of streets, libraries, public swimming pools, the construction of the Petone overbridge, the Hutt River, the Hutt Recreation Ground, Petone foreshore, the opening of the Hutt Estuary Bridge, Percy's Reserve and State housing. 1840-1940 settlers memorial on Petone foreshore designed by H L Massey in 1939. Features a replica of the `Aurora'. Converted into the Petone Settlers Museum, in stages, between 1977-1989. Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [after 1866]

Reference: PA7-44-14

Description: View of Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin taken from an elevated position. The Crown Hotel (Daniel White, proprietor) and Shakespeare Hotel can be seen in the foreground. On the right, running between Rattray Street and High Street is the Royal Arcade (later known as Broadway). Photograph taken by William Henry Whitmore Davis. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Views of Greymouth and Waiho Gorge] [1950s?]

Reference: A-227-414

Description: Shows a view of a street lined by buildings and cars with a hill in the background. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 200 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Bailey, Conrad, fl 1980 : Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes, one including pressed ferns

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-030

Description: Album of photographs mostly of towns and buildings in Canterbury and Otago, chiefly taken by the Burton Brothers, circa 1880s. They all show city scenes including street views, and images of important buildings. The buildings include church buildings, bank buildings, insurance company office buildings, and hotels (both exterior and interior views of the Grand Hotel, Dunedin). In the North Island, there is a view of the Auckland Synagogue, and a view of Taratahi Homestead, the home of Lady Tancred and Sir Thomas Tancred, in the Carterton District. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black cloth-bound album with leather spine and corners, lettered in gold "Views of New Zealand"

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 1880s-1950s

By: Clifford & Morris (Firm); Ditchfield, Gerald Charles, 1930-

Reference: PAColl-6628

Description: 19 negatives of cable cars and trams in Dunedin including some of the tramway employees and winding machinery. One photographer identified as Clifford and Morris of Royal Arcade, Dunedin. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019461 to 019479 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass and film negatives

Date: 1895 - 1905

By: J W Baty Ltd; Diamond, B (Mr), active 1952

Reference: A-004-009

Description: Looking south along High Street, in the direction of the Port Hills, with the White Hart Hotel to the right, a white hart above its main entrance on the roof. Northampton's boot and shoe store also appears to share the frontage of the hotel. Supplied title Plate from an unknown publication; however J W Baty was active in publishing in the 1950s and 1960s Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, b&w 123 x 187 mm

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

By: Johnston, I F H (Mr), active 1971; Muir & Moodie (Firm); Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-6334

Description: Postcards of New Zealand scenes. Includes views of women on the swing bridge over the Catlins River ca 1900; swans on Catlins Lake; Mt Ngauruhoe erupting; the main street in Milton; Gore Railway Station; the Hapuawhenua Viaduct on the main trunk line; the New Zealand rugby football team which toured Great Britain in 1905; the botanic gardens in Dunedin; a view over Mount Eden, Auckland showing the Maori fortifications and the firm of C Lynch Cash Grocers in the foreground; a two storey house boat or ferry at Ohura; Moffat's and Kolberg's homesteads in Pounawea; a re-touched view of the track through Pounawea; a souvenir of Port Molyneux showing Millionaire's Corner, Ka Ka Point and Kororo Creek; the Blue Bath, Rotorua; Princes Street, Dunedin showing a tram and Jacobs Tobacconist on the corner; Lower High Street, Dunedin with the premises of Charles W White & Co on the right; families out on St Clair Beach; two boys having a race in the rockery of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedin; North Island Main Trunk Railways at Ohakune; the Presbyterian church in Palmerston with the Clark Sunday School hall next to it; fell engine pulling a train up the Rimutaka Incline; Guide Eileen at Whakarewarewa; and Smith Bros general store at Owaka with their delivery cart outside. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Prints also at PAColl-5800-36 and PAColl-6001-18 Quantity: 24 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 4 b&w original photographic print(s) postcards. 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcard. 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Postcards Provenance: Donated by Mr I F H Johnston, Clutha, 1971

Date: 1906 - 2000 - 1911 - 2005

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARDS-1906/1911-01

Description: Twenty-seven reproductions of cards (some 100 years after first publication), being part of a set of 75 cards which are all listed on an accompanying sheet. Included are (numbered according to numbering in original published series): 101. Patent Slip Evans Bay Wellington 102. Island Bay Wellington 103. Oriental Bay Wellington 104. Newtown Park Wellington 105. Thorndon Esplanade & Baths Wellington 106. Government Buildings Wellington 107. Kelburne Tea Kiosk and Cable Tram, Wellington 108. Government Printing Offices 109. Government House Wellington 110. Parliamentary Buildings Wellington 111. Railway Offices, Wellington 112. Victoria College Wellington 113. Town Hall and Fire Brigade Station Wellington 114. Post Office and Queen's statue Wellington 115. Te Aro and Oriental Bay Wellington 116. Wellington from the Terrace 117. Wainui-O-Mata Reserve Wellington 118. Days Bay Wellington 119. Karori Reservoir Wellington 120. Botanical Gardens Wellington 121. Worser Bay Wellington 122. Basin Reserve Wellington 123. Wellington from Brooklyn 125. Queen's Wharf & shipping, Wellington Also included are reproductions of three unnumbered cards based on photographs taken in Christchurch by Muir and Moodie. Their titles do not correspond to the cards listed for Christchurch on the accompanying sheet: Corner High & Colombo Streets, Christchurch Corner High & Cashel Streets, Christchurch Riccarton Road, Christchurch Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 27 offset prints 210 x 297 mm in pocketed folder Provenance: Donated by Laurence Eagle, Christchurch, 2013

Date: [1890s]

From: Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, fl 1980 :Photographs

By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-068

Description: Album of photographs taken by T W McKenzie or H R Morns. Some taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns. Album includes a photograph of retirement certificate presented to Stephenson Percy Smith. Views include a copy of a print by W&B of an early settler's home in the Manawatu; Kaiwarra [i.e. Kaiwharawhara] Creek; canoeing on the Otaki River; sailors on a path between nikau palms in Lower Hutt; a man wearing a formal suit with bow tie, and fuschia flowers in his buttonhole; a number of large houses (possibly in the Canterbury area); views of buildings in Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin, including the Thomas Burns memorial in front of the Town Hall in Dunedin; and the Waimate Anglican Church. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album of photographs, red cover entitled `Album', decorated with a gold tui, 30.5 x 26.5 cm

Date: 1890 - 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-444-041

Description: View of a large building, possibly the side of the Princess Theatre, with an advertisement for a production alongside. Steps lead up a hill to the left, and shops and businesses are in the ground floor, including a chemist's shop. The names Davis, J Kirby and Mr J Hewit are visible. A gas street lamp is on the near street corner in the right foreground Mr J G L Hewett was practising as a solicitor in Dunedin by 1898. The premises depicted may be his Drawn on the back of a folio-sized printed sheet of paper for the Standard Property Investment Society, Howorth and Hodgkins, Solicitors, Dunedin. The partnership was dissolved about 1884. Other Titles - Mr J Hewitt J Kirby Davis Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 255 x 401 mm Transfers: Formerly located, loose and folded in half at the back of Hodgkins, W M. [Sketchbook, ca 1892], reference number E-036-q-2.

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Hawkins, C T, fl 1976 :Photographs, mainly New Zealand scenes by the Burton Brothers

Reference: PA7-34-17

Description: Identifiable shops and buildings (from left to right): Hobbs & Co, Empire Hotel, Nelson Moate & Co. Photograph taken by Burton Bros, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 2900 - High St - Christchurch. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1882

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

Reference: E-328-f-041-1

Description: A view of High Street Christchurch showing the Post Office straight ahead and businesses on the left. Those that can be identified are: J Sheen (Boot and Shoe Depot); C W Duckworth (Grocer); J Taylor (Draper) and on the right; W S King (Upholsterers and Manufac[turers] and C Hydes (Boot Factory). Also shows horse drawn vehicles on the street. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - High Street - Christchurch Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 139 x 215 mm