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Photographer unknown: Views of Christchurch and the Canterbury area
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.
Children with canoes on Lake Taupo
Date: [ca 1890]
From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007295-G
Description: Shows children with canoes on Lake Taupo. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, ca 1890. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
View of Opotiki from the wharf
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001308-G
Description: View of Waioeka River looking south from the wharf with the township of Opotiki in the distance. Three rowboats and a dug-out canoe are in the foreground. The rowboat with the name `Puhi' painted on the stern has six Maori children on board, and two of the boys are standing up and holding the oars upright. A Maori boy is on the riverbank on the left. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Part of the Strand Series. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Opotiki NZ from wharf. 2184D; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Strand Series Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches