Places

Date: 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-065

Description: View of Scarborough, Sumner with artist's colour notes Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 144 x 215 mm

Date: ca 1910

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008644-G

Description: Photograph taken, ca 1910 for the Christchurch Press. Shows a very crowded Caroline Bay, Timaru. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1893

By: Nairn, James McLachlan, 1859-1904; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-110-a

Description: Shows people walking and playing on beach, horses. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph 380 x 580 mm on sheet 580 x 730 mm

Date: 1895

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Tasmania and New Zealand sketch book, 1883-1896

Reference: E-175-f-060

Description: View north along the beach at New Brighton towards the Southern Alps See also E-175-061 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 213 mm

Date: 1925

From: Living, John Frederick, d 1978 :Photographs of the South Seas Exhibition and holidays

Reference: PA1-o-1052

Description: Album recording a motoring and camping holiday through the South Island of New Zealand. This took in the New Zealand South Seas Exhibition in Dunedin and included the West Coast, Otago, and Canterbury. The central part of the album has images of Khandallah, Wellington, and the family home in that suburb. Family photographs include Doug on his Norton Motorcycle, and Jack and Neville similarly posed on a Douglas Motorcycle. Rene and Frank stand at the net holding tennis rackets, and mother has several images with young Joyce. The last part of the album recordes something of a holiday to Auckland where the family camped at Brown's Bay and took a trip to Kawau Island. A group shot on Mt Messanger on the way back and some views of Pukekura Park New Plymouth complete the album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1850s-1908

By: Ferrier, William, 1855-1922

Reference: PAColl-7526

Description: The Canterbury Farmers Co-operative Association building on Beach Road ca 1900; a procession for the Queen's jubilee on Stafford Street with men in uniform and a union banner; people on the beach at Caroline Bay with bathing machines in the sea captioned "The first lawn, Caroline Bay" ca 1890s; the band rotunda at Caroline Bay with a children's playpark behind and people swimming in the sea ca 1910; two of waves breaking over the breakwater ca 1898; the Timaru Shipping Co landing with the Lady of the Lake beached ca 1873; the interior of St Mary's Church looking towards the altar; Stafford Street, looking south from the corner of George Street with the Union Bank of Australia, a furnishing warehouse and J Trist ship chandler on the left; Sophia Street with the Wrecks memorial to those who tried to save lives on the City of Perth and the Benvenue in the foreground and the post office on the right ca 1880s; a man sitting on the beach on the site of the breakwater ca 1860s; Stafford Street looking south from Cannon Street with a boarding house on the right ca 1860s; and a row of workers' cottages on Bank Street with Parr's windmill behind. The photographer was William Ferrier and the photographs were taken ca 1890s-1908 or in some cases possibly re-printed from earlier images. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-005333, 005339 to 005340 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1900s

Reference: PAColl-4759

Description: Family group on the beach below The Bluff, cliffs on the coast to the south of Gore Bay. The two women are holding parasols. The photograph has been retouched in places. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1886 - 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-059/060

Description: Rough outlines of the coastal landforms at Scarborough, Sumner Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on two page of sketchbook, 288 x 215 mm

Date: 1918

By: Neville, Louis, 1852-1919

Reference: B-079-010

Description: View from Caroline Bay, a beach south of the town, looking above a low cliff towards the buildings of the town with the Southern Alps in the background Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Louis Neville, 1918 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 170 x 360 mm Provenance: Purchase: Dunbar Sloane auction, Wellington, 1970s?

Date: 1895

From: [Moreton, Samuel Horatio], 1845?-1921 :Tasmania and New Zealand sketch book, 1883-1896

Reference: E-175-f-059

Description: View north along the beach at New Brighton towards the Southern Alps Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 132 x 213 mm

Date: 1886 - 1887

From: Hodgkins, Isabel Jane 1867-1950 :Sketchbook. [February 1886 - January 1887]

Reference: E-034-4-057

Description: View of Scarborough, Sumner Quantity: 1 drawing(s) on page of sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil on page of sketchbook, 144 x 215 mm

Date: 1926 - 1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Bremford, S A, active 1934-1948

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-028

Description: Photographs of Timaru, 1926 to 1951, made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance. Includes several photographs of carnivals, bands playing in the sound shelter and people in bathing costumes at Caroline Bay. Quantity: 51 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1919

By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948

Reference: A-158-010

Description: View along the Akaroa waterfront, south towards Green's Point. Daley's Wharf (built by the Haylock family) with a small building on the end is in the foreground. On back: Cottage at mill where Geo Haylock lived 12-1919 (A-158-010-1) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 134 x 180 mm

Date: [ca 1890-1950]

From: Smytheman, V :Photographs from World War II and an album of New Zealand scenes

By: Collins, Tudor Washington, 1898-1970

Reference: PAColl-0531-1

Description: Scenic views of New Zealand including a number of the glass houses and parks of Wanganui and New Plymouth. There are also an old photograph of W Stack's Hotel in Hastings with men and horses outside (in poor condition); a woman in what may be a 1930 Chrysler Plymouth with another snow away from the tyres; the gravestone of Julius von Haast; Queen's Wharf, Wellington showing a recently returned troop transport ship; an orchestra performing at the 1907 Christchurch exhibition; men of the No. 19 Platoon with a car at the summit of the Rimutakas; postcard from P B Davis to Mr A French showing a group of First World War soldiers with the message that they are about to leave for France; and six children at the base of a large Maori carving with a bell attached at Ohinemutu. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1/2-053380 Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1900s]

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

Reference: PA1-o-1620

Description: Burton Brothers album 'Land of Loveliness: New Zealand". Inclues views of Lyttelton, Sumner, Rakaia (showing Rakaia Butchery & Bakery of A. Chamberlain est 1873), Fendalton, Avon and New Brighton. Also shows a street view of an unknown township with Victoria House, Dimant & Coe, general drapers and clothing store. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 13 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Purchase, 2000

Date: 1896

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: B-072-001

Description: View from the south end of the beach at Gore Bay, looking up towards The Cathedrals (a series of cliffs) and in the direction of Port Robinson to the South Identification: Cheviot is the closest settlement to Gore Bay, but is about 8 km inland from the beach Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title, signature and date in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 285 x 455 mm

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Rose, Joseph, 1869-1929

Reference: PA4-0758

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of children playing in the water at Sumner Beach, Christchurch. Photograph taken by [J] Rose, ca 1890s. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Sumner Beach, Christchurch; Recto - right of image - Rose - Photo; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1886

By: Weekly press (Newspaper); Buckland, Francis Edward, active 1886

Reference: B-055-022

Description: Includes: The beach, New Brighton The Cave Rock, Sumner Morton's Marine Hotel, Sumner Patterson's Hotel, New Brighton The Shag Rock, Sumner Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - (On each image): Whitcombe & Tombs Ld. lith. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Five black & white lithographs on sheet, 288 x 445 mm.

Date: 1882

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

By: Hunter, Norman Mitchell, 1859-

Reference: E-328-f-044-3

Description: View from Sumner beach looking back towards the city, with Shag Rock to the right Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Cliffs overhanging Christchurch - Sumner Road (from beach) 2/11/82 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 84 x 127 mm