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Date: 1913

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-o-1224

Description: Mainly a series of holidays, tramping trips, and local excursions. The first is a trip to the head of Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound via the Milford track. It begins on the road between Glenorchy and Paradise, then through the valley of the Route Burn River to the Hollyford Valley where the party camped on the shores of Lake Howden. From there they passed Lakes Fergus and Gunn into the Eglinton River Valley and on to Te Anau, and then onto the Milford track to Milford Sound via the Clinton River Valley. Images on the way include Mount Balloon, Mount Elliott, Routeburn Hut, and Lake Ada. There is a view of Mitre Peak, Mount Tutoko, and the Pembroke Glacier from Milford Sound. The second series relates to a camping trip to Wanganui and the Whanganui River. This includes a game of golf and visiting friends in St John's Hill. There are views of the party's camp and a number of images taken during a canoeing trip up the Whanganui River in what looks like a Maori dug out canoe. Two other images in this group are of men standing beside the trigs on Mounts Holdworth and Dundas in the Tararua Ranges. The third series is of family and friends at home in Eastbourne and in the bush at Muritai; Girdlestone, a friend, and two women on motor cycles on the coast road; views of Eastbourne from the hills above the suburb; women on the beach and reading at home. The fourth series relates to a trip to the Volcanic Plateau during which the party climbed Mounts Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe. There are two group photographs of the whole party, one taken in front of the Waihohonu Hut, and the other on the summit of Mount Ruapehu. The fifth series shows a party of men and women on a walk and a picnic in the beach forest in Gollan's Valley near Eastbourne. The sixth series is a record of a holiday to Queen Charlotte and Pelorus Sounds taken by a group of men over Christmas 1913. There are views of the sounds and surrounding landscape, of Portage where the party stayed, and of boat and fishing trips that they made during their stay. The seventh series is of a tramping trip to the Orongrongo River Valley. The views are of native forest, the river and the mountains, and one of two men boiling a billy beside their tent in the bush. The eighth series consists of two photographs of the wreck of the "Devon" on the rocks at Pencarrow Heads, Wellington harbour. This occured on the 25th of August 1913. The ninth series is a group of photographic postcards of the Te Anau, Milford region, and probably relate to the trip recorded at the beginning of this album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1924-1925

From: Loftus, Helen :Photographs of climbing Mt Tapuaenuku and a trip to Kaikoura

By: Gunn, George Alexander, 1895-1968

Reference: PA1-o-1217

Description: Record of six members of the Awatere Rugby Football Club who climbed Mount Tapuae-O-Uenuku on the 10th and the 11th of February 1925. Four of the team had made a failed attempt at the summit the year before (1924), and two of the images in the album were taken at this time. The party foregathered at Seddon and drove up the Awatere Valley to the Hodder River where the walking began. They followed the Hodder River and then its tributary, the Shin. They spent the night in Shin Hut (built in 1880) and the next morning made the climb to the Crows Nest, passing the Pinacle, and then on to the summit. The reached Shin Hutt on the way out at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 11th of February. The six men were George Alexander Gunn, Alan Fleming, William (Bill) Dick, Jock Dick, Frank Dick, and Albert (Bert) Lawsen Kennington. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1944

From: Registered Master Builders Federation (New Zealand) :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-D-1090

Description: Group photograph taken at the bottom of the steps leading up to Nelson Cathedral. The men are delegates attending the 44th annual conference of the New Zealand Builders Federation which was held at Nelson from the 29th of February to the 3rd of March 1944. Photographed by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 37.3 x 25.2 cm, on mount, 51 x 45.8 cm

Date: 1937 - 1952

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst, Viscount, 1867-1958; Kent, Thelma Rene, 1899-1946; Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955; Richards, Robert Samuel, active 1951; Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-031

Description: Photographs of the South Island, 1937 to 1952, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes photographs of Campbell Island in 1931 and views of the southern lakes and glaciers. Photographers include Thelma Kent, Eric W. Bierre, Lord Bledisloe, A E Graham, Lloyd Wilson, W G Weigel and W Hall Raine. Quantity: 61 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Between 1920 and 1929]

From: Lithgow, Robert William, fl 1980s :Photographs of buildings constructed by the Hansford & Mills Construction Co., and of the Kairuru marble quarry

By: Hinge, Leslie, 1868-1942

Reference: PA1-q-144-029

Description: Men cutting out blocks of marble, Kairuru quarry, photographed, probably in the 1920s, by Leslie Hinge. File print not located Inscriptions: Album page - above image - Showing the method of cutting out large blocks Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 154 x 203 mm mounted on album page

Date: 1908

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-011265-G

Description: Members of Nelson local government, seated around a table in 1908. Photographs (of former members?) hang on the walls. Photograph taken by Frederick Nelson Jones. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1945

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-5926-19

Description: Tying up the Queen Charlotte Sound mail launch at Onauku Bay, Arapawa Island, 1945. Men unidentified. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.6 x 21.1 cm

Date: 1886

From: Fell, Charles Yates, 1844-1918 :Photograph album

Reference: PA1-q-075-04-1

Description: Group of men, women and children photographed on Pyramid Rock, Totaranui. A camera with a hat on it is also included in the picture. Photographed in 1886 by Charles Yates Fell Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [1930s]

From: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand :Photographs relating to Perrine Moncrieff

Reference: PAColl-3295-1-04-F

Description: Two lighthouse keepers and their wives, Stephens Island, New Zealand. One of the keepers is holding a tuatara. Photographed by an unknown photographer sometime in the 1930s. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8 x 5.5 cm

Date: 1870 - 1910

Reference: 1/2-080917-F

Description: Man in the vicinity of the antimony mine, Queen Charlotte Sound, circa 1870-1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 7 Apr 1923

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-009321-G

Description: Men of the Waimea football team in a Littles Motor Service charabanc (bus), at the bottom of the Cawthron steps by Nelson Christ Church Cathedral. Shows 22 unidentified men wearing suits and hats. The team was on its way to Carluke. Photographed taken on the 7th of April 1923 by Frederick Nelson Jones. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Littles Motor Service Waimea football team on the way to Carluke Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative