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Date: [196-]

From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: GG-11-0638

Description: View of Aoraki/Mount Cook through the window of the Hermitage lounge, taken between 1960 and 1968 by Gladys M Goodall Publication Note - Published by Whitcombe & Tombs as postcard WT601 Inscriptions: Mount recto - top left - Mt Cook from Hermitage Lounge; Mount recto - top right - 11-638 Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency 10 x 12.5 cm

Date: 1872

From: Alington family :[Assorted watercolours, lithographs, sketches and curios, either by or belonging to family members. ca 1833-1961]

Reference: E-932-007

Description: Shows a view of an unidentified mountain, with lower-lying hills, a line of trees and a river or lake in the foreground. This is possibly a sketch of Mount Cook, taken from the far side of Lake Matheson Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 127 x 180 mm Provenance: Artworks created by the family of Wellington architect William Alington, donated in 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2000 Alington family papers.

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Hallenstein Brothers Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-1960s-01

Description: Paper bag issued by Hallenstein Bros Ltd showing vignettes of New Zealand landmark buildings including: Maori Village Gateway Rotorua, Parliament House Wellington, Otago University Clock Tower, Auckland Harbour Bridge, Christchurch Cathedral. The images are identified with labels, and other text is interspersed: Hallensteins for boys' clothing, Hallensteins for men's clothing, Hallensteins for footwear. Date estimated by donor. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on paper bag 465 x 302 mm. Provenance: Donated by Melanie Mills, Wellington, in 2014. Item had been used as a drawer liner for many years.

Date: 1902

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

By: Ranfurly, Constance Elizabeth Knox, Countess of, 1858-1932

Reference: C-133-006

Description: Shows a view of Mount Cook from the area in front of the Hermitage. The Hermitage building is seen at the left, below the foothills. The peak of Mount Cook is bathed in a rosy light. Possibly the watercolour of Mount Cook by Lady Ranfurly shown in Wellington in October 1902 at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - CR 1902; Verso - centre - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet, 377 x 561 mm. Provenance: Purchase: England, 1998 Processing information: Deframed by the Library.

Date: 1882

From: Green, William Spotswood, 1847-1919 :[Journey to New Zealand and the attempt on Mount Cook, November 1881 to March 1882, and] Dodging about Switzerland in 1879.

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919

Reference: E-581-q-016

Description: Green and his companions sheltering in their sleeping bags beside a large rock, part way up Mount Cook. The mountain to the right is Mount Tasman Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 125 x 177 mm

Date: [Circa 1870s to 1880s]

By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-533

Description: New Zealand views taken circa 1870s to 1880s by E Wheeler & Son. Scenes include both North Island and South Island views, and all places named are listed above, as are businesses, ships and buildings, where possible. Items of interest include a photograph of trout taken by the Upper Selwyn River "A good day's sport. 38 fish, with the fly, 2 rods" with two large baskets alongside. Two scenes show different means of transport across rivers where there are no bridges. One is the "Cage bridge" (or Flying Fox) across the Teremakau (Taramakau) River, and the other shows a ferry punt across the Buller River. A number of views show farming activities, including a scene near Cheviot of about 20,000 sheep being drafted for shearing; and one of a wagon laden with wool bales being hauled by a team of bullocks. A view of gold sluicing is shown in this album with the locality indistinct. The same view is shown in the first Wheeler Album (PA1-o-532) in which the locality is named as Waimea. Other Titles - New Zealand Views Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover, entitled "New Zealand Views. Wheeler & Son" in gold lettering on spine; 26.5 x 33.0 cm

Date: 1875 - 1877

From: Barraud, Charles Decimus 1822-1897 :New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive. The illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Edited by W. T. L. Travers. London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: PUBL-0016-32

Description: According to the accompanying text "...from a sketch by Mr W. M. Hodgins [sic] of Dunedin, who visited it in 1875 ... This noble peak ... is taken from a point a few miles up the Hooker Glacier; the dark spur [on the left] is the lower ridge of Mount Sefton, the other [on the right] a portion of the lower or main spur of Mount Cook. The glacier is seen issuing from the peak and winding its way down the valley..." Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 289 x 240 mm

Date: 1882

By: Green, William Spotswood (Rev), 1847-1919; Baldock, Belinda, -1999

Reference: A-329-012

Description: The central peak is Mount Cook, with Mount Dampier to the right (across the Green Saddle), and the Linda Glacier (named by Green after his wife) descending from the centre of Mount Cook. The view is probably taken from Mount Dixon. In the foreground is an ice plateau with a crevasse. Framer's label (now discarded): 'Framed by Combridge & Co., printsellers, picture framers &c., 19 & 20 Grafton Street, Dublin'. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 325 x 252 mm

Date: [ca 1919]

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/4-017591-F

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2 August 1952

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-30940-F

Description: Aerial view of the Mount Cook region, photographed by Whites Aviation on 2 August 1952. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1916

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-007586-G

Description: Dining room at The Hermitage hotel, Mount Cook, 1916, photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Dining room. Hermitage. F.G.R. 5504 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [192-?]

Reference: 1/2-068816-F

Description: Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: ca 1913

From: Ross, Malcolm 1862-1930 :Photographs by Malcolm Ross of New Zealanders in the Great War, Maori, mountaineering, New Zealand scenery, etc

Reference: 1/2-022364-G

Description: The Hermitage hotel, Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki), photographed by Malcolm Ross circa 1913. Shows a group of buildings beneath a mountain range. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006958-G

Description: A view of Mt Cook, which is lightly covered with snow, taken from Maltebrun. At the base is a hut from which a man is leaning forward. Photograph taken by Thomas Pringle 1905. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1906

From: Woodhouse, Airini Elizabeth, 1896-1989: Photographs of Timaru

Reference: PAColl-4746-01

Description: First motor car at the Hermitage hotel, Mount Cook, 1906. Note on back of backing card reads: "From left - J S Rutherford, Opawe; R H Rhodes, Blue Cliffs. Back seat - R L Wigley." Photographer unidentified. A library client has questioned the date of this photograph, 23-August-2007. According to him the first cars to Mount Cook were a pair of De Dion 2 seaters. He suggests that this vehicle may well be one of the first service cars to make the the trip in 1907. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 7.5 x 9.7 cm

Date: [ca 1913]

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

By: Peart, Heaton Clairemont, 1894-1991

Reference: 1/2-007549-G

Description: Mount Cook and Hooker Glacier as seen from Sealy Range, photographed by H C Peart circa 1913. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Mt Cook & Hooker Glacier from Sealy Range NZ H C Peart photo Tourist Series 4058 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1 May 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006951-G

Description: Mount Cook from Mueller Glacier, 1 May, 1905, photographed by Thomas Pringle. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Thos Pringle, Wellington. Protected 1.5.05; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 306. Mount Cook, 12,349ft., from Mueller Glacier. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1891

By: Huddleston, Francis Fortescue Croft, 1846-1922; Ellis, Donald Grant, 1937-2010

Reference: A-219-003

Description: Looking east towards Mount Blackburn (also known as Rotten Tommy, the main peak on the left), with another peak on the right, the Tasman River bisecting the view, and a cottage in the left foreground on flat land among scrub. The cottage is likely to be part of either Birch Hill Station or Glentanner Station Other Titles - Mount Blackburn. Rotten Tommy on the right [former title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 254 x 355 mm

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-006950-G

Description: Mount Cook from Hooker Glacier. Photograph taken circa 1905 by Thomas Pringle. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - No 294 Mount Cook from Hooker Glacier Thos Pringle Wellington Protected 1.5.05 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: between 1908-1911

From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-007546-G

Description: Hooker Hut, Mount Cook, and an unidentified group, photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe between 1908 and 1911. Dated according to a register of Radcliffe photographs compiled by Stan R Goodwin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative