Places

Date: 1899

By: Gibb, John, 1831-1909

Reference: G-778

Description: Shows a detailed view of the river port and houses at Kaiapoi on the Waimakariri River, north of Christchurch. Two sailboats and a steam boat can be seen, as well as the railway bridge across the river. The foreground is dominated by water, bush and trees Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Jon Gibbs 1899 [in red brushpoint] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 540 x 990 mm (sight) in frame 720 x 1160 mm

Date: 1937-1938

From: Orchiston, Bruce Elwyn, 1914-2005 :Photographs of New Zealand slums

Reference: PAColl-6013-4

Description: Photographs of substandard housing and state housing developments in the South Island, taken 1937-1938 by the Department of Housing Construction. Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1870s-1880s]

By: Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893

Reference: PA1-q-094

Description: Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson). Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton. South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors) Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm

Date: [Circa 1890s to 1900s]

By: Barltrop, George William, 1863-1946

Reference: PA1-o-289

Description: Photographs of New Zealand circa 1890s, probably taken by George William Barltrop. They cover two areas, the first is in the Canterbury region, including a series of views of the Avon River, the road to New Brighton, New Brighton itself, Timaru (including the Timaru Breakwater, and the Timaru Lighthouse), and Mr Prudhoe's house in Christchurch. The other region is around Wellington, including Wadestown, St Thomas' Church in Newtown (views of the church, and several scenes of a bazaar held near the church; some with children wearing fancy dress). Out of Wellington views include Plimmerton, Mana Island and Pauatahanui. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green cover, impressed title `Photographic views'; `McIntosh V' lettered in gold on spine; 17.5 x 24.0 cm

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: 1897-1904

From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly

By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Pulman (Firm); Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934

Reference: PA1-f-142

Description: Charles Hill-Trevor's personal album of the time he spent as personal secretary to Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand. It records the New Zealand contingents sent to the South African war and public events, personalities and patriotic entertainments associated with that enterprise. Visits to Government houses in Australia record other governors, officials and official residences. On one occasion in Melbourne a New Zealand versus Australia polo match was played. Hill-Trevor shows an interest in Māori, wildlife conservation (including the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island), and the sports of fishing, polo and horsemanship. There are photographs of members of the Ranfurly family and their principal servants as well as the Governor engaged in official functions such as opening the Kaiapoi council offices and laying the foundation stone of the Veterans Home, Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1903. Also photographs relating to the play 'The Geisha'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1842 - 1850 - 1845 - 1860

By: Norman, Edmund, 1820-1875

Reference: A-113-003

Description: Three Maori seated in the foreground at the edge of a curved river bank with the palisades and a whare or part of a pa to the right. Cabbage trees, flax and manuka trees and other taller trees on a plain. In the middle ground is a European house and outbuildings surrounded by a fence, at the foot of a prominent hill, with other hills in the background to the left. The scene bears a strong resemblance to a view of Kaiapoi, early 1850s, a watercolour in the Canterbury Museum by Charles Haubro. However, the hills in the background make a location further inland in Canterbury more likely. Norman was in the Wellington Region from 1842 to 1845. He is not known to have visited the Waikato area, a location suggested by the Auckland seller of the drawing. He is known to have visited as far north as Auckland itself. In the 1850s until his death in 1872 he was based in the South Island, in Canterbury and South Canterbury, and his undated drawing of Nelson is also in the Library's collection. One possible location for this view is Rangitumau, with the prominent hill being Mount Rangitumau (north of Masterton in the Wairarapa) and the river being either the Whangaehu or the Kopuaranga. If the scene is a Wairarapa one, it is likely to date from between 1842 to 1845. Other Titles - Rangitumau, Wairarapa? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Ed Norman Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sepia and blue pen and ink 196 x 248 mm

Date: 1925

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

By: McIntosh, Hector, 1867-1938

Reference: Pan-0311-F

Description: Large wooden villa with a car in the driveway in front of a garage to the right of the house. A man and woman with a dog can be seen on the verandah. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - "Hector McIntosh. "The Beach" 1925. Kaiapoi. 3 B & W. Develop strong. Weak light" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 111.7 cm

Date: 1864

By: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926

Reference: A-447-009

Description: Shows a scene on the Waimakariri River running through the town of Kaiapoi, facing seaward. In the foreground is a man in a red coat and blue hat sitting in a row boat; in the middle of the river is a two-masted sailboat with a red and blue ensign. A house and outhouse can be seen on the bank to the right. A bridge spans the river, and it would appear a train is crossing it, as billows of smoke are visible. Banks Peninsula can be seen faintly in the distance. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Kaiapoi 1864 [in pencil]; Recto - top right - Book 10 [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 158 x 260 mm, on sheet 355 x 260 mm Provenance: Collection of Joseph Lowthian Wilson. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - - Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive and transferred to other sections.