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Photographs of New Zealand
Date: 1866-[ca 1955]
From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9827-1
Description: Includes - Photographs of explorer Charles Edward Douglas. Group of men in a cart drawn by four horses, 1920. Group of South African War veterans outside the Beverly Home, Timaru, 1950s. Antarctic explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd laying a wreath at the Scott Memorial, Christchurch, ca 1928. View of Lyttelton. Men crossing a river. Farmers tree at Beverly. Bowen Falls, Milford Sound. The Prince of Wales at Ashburton, 17 May 1920. Galloway homestead. Fraser's jewellery shop, Timaru, ca 1935. Views of Southland, ca 1905. Crowd at Invercargill celebrating the relief of Mafeking, May 1900. Early settler's houses, one built of cobb and thatched. Photographs relating to the centenary of T & J Thompson Ltd, Timaru, 1944. Brunner coal mine, 1866. TSS Earnlaw on Lake Wakatipu. Quantity: 45 b&w original photographic print(s).
Frank Bartrum Blackwell stereoscopic cards
Date: [ca 1890-1910]
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
By: Blackwell, Frank Bartrum, 1862-1934
Reference: PAColl-10177-2
Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by Frank Bartrum Blackwell. Includes images of Christchurch (Post Office, Cathedral), the Mount Cook Hermitage, a Kea on the rocks near Ball Hut, the dining room at F B Blackwell's family homestead 'Karepo' and a view of the surrounding bush, a view of Mount Ruapehu [from the Rangipo Desert?], mangroves, Aubrey Island, Wanganui River [Tieke, rapids, Pipiriki House and landing), Pahi River, and an unidentified woman in the bush. Images from Auckland show 'Laocoon' sculpture in Auckland Museum, fountain at Albert Park, and a railway goods station. Quantity: 20 b&w stereoscopic cards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards
Historic houses and landscapes, South Island
Date: [ca 1980s]
From: Sheffield House Publications Collection
By: Schmid, Max, 1945-
Reference: PA12-10740
Description: Photographs of historic houses in Christchurch, Dunback, Timaru, Arthurs Pass, Oamaru and Murchison. Sail boats at a wharf in Westport. Landscape views of Limestone Valley Road, near Queenstown, in the Grey River area, and Lake Pukaki. Quantity: 21 colour original transparency/ies 35mm transparencies.
Pukekura Park views and Christchurch Cathedral transept construction
Date: ca 1904-1905
From: Butcher, Charles Henry, 1887-1957 :Lantern slides of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PA11-263
Description: Photographs of Pukekura Park, New Plymouth ca 1905-1906. most likely photographed by Butcher. Featured landmarks are the Band Rotunda, Poet's Bridge, Queen Victoria Monument, and Barrett's Cannon. On Main Lake, unidentified figures are seen boating (with a vignette and faint view of Mount Taranaki in the background), while another image shows ducks and geese on the water. Flora includes fern and pine varietals (one image is hand coloured). Set of slides also contains one image of transept being added to Christchurch Cathedral in 1904. Quantity: 8 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Lantern slides
A road trip through the North Island
Date: [ca 1950-1951]
From: Peat family: Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1795
Description: Includes - Views of Christchurch including historical displays on shop verandas, probably taken at the time of the centenary of settlement in 1950. The Peat family and friends. A visit to Nelson which includes two views of the airport and the cathedral. Road trip through the North Island. This includes the car parked outside the Rimutaka summit tearooms. The new Masterton Bar and Lounge. The memorial war canoe at Patea. The tearooms at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth. The Makatote railway viaduct. Repairs being carried out on the car. The rock of refuge of Hatupatu. Views of the Volcanic Plateau and other scenic landscape views. Multiple AA road signs. Geothermal Research Station at Wairakei. The Tolaga Inn. A day at the races. Hole in the Wall Rock Arch, Bay of Plenty. Mangonui and Kerikeri. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Don Peat's photograph album
Date: 1936-1941
From: Peat family: Photographs
Reference: PA1-o-1794
Description: Don Peat's own album aquired when he was 15 years old. Contents include - Group of schoolboys and a De Haviland aircraft at Wigram in 1936. The Merivale boy scouts, Christchurch, 1937. Portrait of St Mary's Church, St Albans, Christchurch, 1937. Governor General, Lord Galway at presentation of a new guiden (flag) to the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry, Hagley Park, 1937. Wellington Railway Station. World War One field gun. Flying boat on Wellington harbour. Nazi flag on the last German ship to come to Wellington before the Second World War, ca 1939. Ocean liner `Strathmore,' at Wellington wharves. Portrait of Bob Semple. Don Peat with friends and in military uniform, 1939-1940. Soldiers, Second World War, in Wellington. Views of the Nurses Home, Wellington Hospital. Don Peat and his parents, Whanganui 1940. Soldiers in training, Trentham, 1940. Views of the ship `Doric Star' sunk in 1940. Soldiers in training at Waiouru, 1941. This includes a group of photographs recording a comic mock battle enacted by soldiers. Soldiers on leave in Christchurch, May 1941. Hand coloured images of Maori men posing as `old time' warriors, 1939. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
South Island prints two
Date: 1956-1958
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-3
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints
Hilda Valentine's photograph album
Date: 1917-1927
From: Thwaite, Ann, 1932- :Photographs relating to the Harrop and Valentine families
Reference: PA1-o-1590
Description: Throughout the album are many photographs of family, friends, children babies and weddings, some of which are identified by name. The two main places depicted are Christchurch and New Plymouth. Groups on Mount Taranaki/Egmont and views on and arround the mountain also crop up throughout the album. Young women at Canterbury University College, particularly groups associated with Helen Connon Hall. A group of women in the Canterbury Teachers' Training College basketball team. Some photographs of people playing tennis. Touring and camping trips to places like Stoney Creek (near Balclutha?) and the Awakino Valley. Other places represented are Rotorua where a holiday was taken in 1924. Tauranga, its waterfront, and yachting in the harbour. Some views of Wellington. At one point in the album groups of photographs appear that indicate a trip overseas taken in 1926. These include - Elephant and keepers, probably Sri Lanka. Landscape views, India. The Taj Mahal. England which includes photographs of the historian Angus John Harrop and his sister among the colleges of Cambridge University. Group visiting the Malvern Hills. Passengers and officers on the ship `Beltana'. A children's party on the ship. South Africa, Durban and Cape Town. Australia 1926 - Adelaid Sydney and Melbourne. War memorial to New Zealand troops at Le Quesnoy, France. A note inside the front cover of the album states that photographs of England were sent by Angus John Harrop. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, May 2011
Moohan album five
Date: 18 Oct-18 Nov 1960
From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan
Reference: PA1-o-1801
Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, Oct-Nov 1960. Events covered are mainly openings of buildings relating to railways and post offices. These feature speeches, dignitaries, and the facilities, including: Porirua-Mana railway deviation and duplication (7 Nov); Titahi Bay Post Office (18 Nov); Railways Travel Centre in Rotorua (15 Nov); Christchurch Railway Station (also covered is the first meeting held in its conference facility) (1 Nov); East Linwood Post Office, Christchurch (1 Nov); Lake Road Post Office, Takapuna, North Shore, Auckland (26 Oct); railway tranship shed, Frankton, Hamilton (25 Oct); and the Longburn railway bridge (18 Oct). Album also contains photographs of the minister signing contract documents for a rail-road ferry [Aramoana?] and the laying of the foundation stone at Morrinsville Post Office (25 Oct). The photographer, and compiler of the album, is unidentifided. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album
South Island prints one
Date: 1942-1956
From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10131-2
Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1942 to 1956. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Identified people are mountaineers A C Clough, Ron Biggs, and Ken Hall; publican Jack Ritchie; journalist H J E (Bert) Kane; Mrs P Koerstens; and bushmen Doug Macalister and Ron (Tiki) Brimmicombe. There is an unidentified solider and some portraits of unidentified children. Featured natural environments include Tatere Gorge, Lake Haupiri and surrounding area, and the Otira Gorge. Contains prints of individual buildings as well as broader views of towns. A number of wooden buildings are in a state of decay, but houses, churches, and other buildings are still in use. Further images (and series of images) of note include: the transportation by boat of a tractor at Milford sound and a Land Rover to Jackson's Bay; workers at the Kopara Sawmill; industry at Mussel Point; and locomotives, boilers, dredges, and other machinery relating to mining. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 75 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints