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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: [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: 1895 - 1904

From: Strong, Austin, 1881-1952 :[Sketches. ca 1895-1904]

Reference: A-058-016

Description: Shows three different vignettes, one of Cave Rock with a small building and flagpole on top; one view of Rock seen from the Sumner side looking back towards Redcliffs; and one of a headland, possibly Scarborough Heads. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 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: 1890 - 1900

From: Various artists :[Watercolour and pencil drawings by members of the Lysaght and Stowe families. ca 1870-1930]

By: Lysaght, Emily Muriel, 1875-1971

Reference: B-190-061

Description: A view from the main stretch of beach at Tauranga, of Moturiki Island (Leisure Island) with a glimpse of Motuotau Island (Rabbit Island) behind it Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Mount Beach Tauranga [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on artist's paper, 127 x 355 mm

Date: 1895 - 1904

From: Strong, Austin, 1881-1952 :[Sketches. ca 1895-1904]

Reference: A-058-018

Description: Shows a view of Oriental Bay and Point Jerningham from the west. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 174 x 225 mm.

Date: [ca 1890-1900]

By: Foster, Susan E, 1946-; Beckett, Ethel Mary, active 1890s; Beckett, Amy Middleton, -1964; Beckett, Thomas Wrench Naylor, 1839-1906; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6244

Description: Photographs, mostly of the South Island, from the collection of the Beckett family. Most were taken by Ethel Mary Beckett, with some being the work of Amy Middleton Beckett. The work of Wheeler & Son, of Christchurch, and Albert E Winzenberg of Masterton is also represented. A photograph of Palmerston Atoll, in the Cook Islands, is included in the collection. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-181858-G to 1/2-181894-G Quantity: 40 b&w original photographic print(s). 37 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

Reference: PAColl-4480

Description: A photograph printed in a newspaper of Sumner looking out over the beach and pier; and three small photographs of the deck of a steamship under sail. showing the lifeboats, railings, cabins etc. Photographers unidentified. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 1920 - 1896

By: Sturtevant, George Neville, 1858-1937; Sturtevant, Ella Mary, -1969

Reference: C-071-003

Description: Shows a view across Lyall Bay to the group of rocks at Wellington Heads, with Pencarrow Head beyond. There are low sand dunes in the foreground. Described on acquisition as a view from Houghton Bay Inscriptions: bottom right - Signed: G.N.Sturtevant Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 315 x 490 mm, mounted on thick card, 330 x 500 mm.

Date: ca 1890-1935

Reference: PAColl-7225

Description: Collection of photographs used by Dewar in his book Chaslands, a number of which include extensive notes. The photographs are of: Harry Croft's hut on Wallace Beach; Heathfield Dairy Factory with six wagons loaded with urns outside (the notes name all the men in the photograph); Waikawa sawmill tramline with timber truck; Arthur and Fred Croft outside their house at Chaslands; Chaslands School (the notes name all the teachers 1895-1950); MacLennan Railway Station showing the cleared hillsides around it; a car at the far end of the bridge near Chaslands; the boys and girls of Ratanui School with their teacher George Dewar ca 1935; the Chaslands rugby football team with Fred Croft, Donald Little, Bandy Kini, George Dewar, Kangaroo Bill Wells and Herb Ottenshaw (others not known); the junction of McLennan and Tahakopa Rivers showing the ford from Owaka to Chaslands (with notes); the first passenger train on the Catlins extension line at MacLennan Station; Tautuku Bay from the top of MacLennan's Hill; two of men in Cathedral Caves; bush scenes around Chaslands; Houipapa Valley from Gibb's Hill with Catlins Lake in the distance; white pines near Owaka; the buried forest north of Poimawea; a car on the road at Smillies Quarry; Curio Bay at Waikawa; and Mount Samson with the bridge over the Chaslands River in the foreground. Arrangement: Copy negatives housed at 1/2-002484 to 002506 Quantity: 23 b&w copy photographic print(s).

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: 1890 - 1920

By: Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953; Belton, Ruth Catherine, 1917-2008

Reference: A-174-036

Description: Shows a view from the Petone foreshore towards the distant Wellington Heads. Somes Island is at the left. There is a small raised hut and two rowboats pulled up on the shore. Inscriptions: Backing board recto - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 225 x 311 mm.

Date: 1895 - 1904

From: Strong, Austin, 1881-1952 :[Sketches. ca 1895-1904]

Reference: A-058-017

Description: Shows Cave Rock with a small building and flagpole on top. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 180 x 255 mm.

Date: between 1890-1930

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007472-G

Description: Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui, photographed by Samuel Heath Head between 1890s-1930s. Looks over sand, towards a rocky outcrop. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1890s-1910]

From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives

Reference: 1/2-000254-G

Description: View of adults and children walking and playing on Shelly Beach. More adults and children are standing along the rustic fence on a path leading down to the beach from Point Erin Park, watching the activity below. Freemans Bay and Auckland city can be seen in the distance on the left. Taken by William A Price in late 1890s or early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Point Erin Park. Auckland. 2495. Relationship complexity - Possibly taken on the same day as the view at 1/2-000870 William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library :File prints from W Wilson Album

Reference: 1/2-110647-F

Description: View looking east across Oriental Bay, Wellington, showing a horse and cart on Oriental Terrace to the right and houses and boat sheds along Oriental Parade in the centre. Taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1900. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) (copied from original print in Wilson album). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: between 1890-1930s

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007173-G

Description: Ocean Beach, Mount Maunganui, photographed by Samuel Heath Head between 1890s-1930s. Looks over rocks and wet sand, towards sand hills. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [190-?]

By: Foley, Neil, active 1989

Reference: PAColl-1454

Description: Photographic postcard depicting a coach on a beach between Gisborne and Tolaga Bay at high tide, taken ca 1900s by an unidentified photographer. The postcard has a note on the reverse from E Nickerson to Mr Moore of Gisborne. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) (postcard). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 9 x 14.1 cm Provenance: The photograph was purchased by the donor in England.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Wilson, Kenneth Adrian, 1924-2012: Photographs relating to Wellington

Reference: 1/2-136059-F

Description: Crowd of people at the beach, Island Bay, Wellington, taken ca 1900 by an unidentified photographer. The Blue Platter Tea House can be seen to the centre left of the image. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1890s-1920s]

From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district

Reference: 1/1-001799-G

Description: Scene at Waiwera, Auckland, overlooking the beach. Buildings housing hot baths are visible at bottom left. Photograph taken between circa 1890-1920, by H J Schmidt, or another photographer from the studio of Hemus and Hanna. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative