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Date: [ca 1876]

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-06

Description: Elevated view looking down over the township of Port Chalmers and across the Otago Harbour to Quarantine Island, Goat Island (with single men's quarantine barracks visible) and beyond to the Otago Peninsula (Mt Charles on left and Harbour Cone on right). In the immediate foreground (on left) is the old cemetery. In the foreground there is a railway wagon and large stockpile of rocks waiting to be shifted. In foreground to the right is the cutting for the main Trunk Railway. Retail shops and commercial premises in George Street can be seen, including those of James Menelaus, James Bosworth Taylor (painter & paperhanger) & Simmonds & Sons. On the hill to the left in Grey Street is the Port Chalmers Grammar School and Holy Trinity Church (only partially visible). Photograph was taken by Herbert Deveril and dated ca 1876. The new Port Chalmers Grammar School in the foreground (centre right partially obscured by trees) was built 1874-1875 and occupied from December 1875. The building in George Street on extreme left was not completed until March 1875. Alongside this building is a large excavation for buildings eg Marine Hotel completed in 1881. Accompanying material - Sketch with roads and the main buildings and features identified by Ian Church of Port Chalmers Museum, 2008 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24.2 x 36 cm

Date: [ca 1920-1938]

By: Clark, W R, active 1930s-1981; K H Shea (Firm); Esquilant, William Charles, 1866-1952

Reference: PAColl-0318

Description: Photographs of acrobatics performed by members of Northey's School of Physical Culture, both indoors and outdoors, and interior photographs of the school itself. The interiors include the dressing room, the bathroom and equipment such as dumbells, boxing gloves, fencing foils and masks, indian clubs, vaulting horse, mats etc. Men are shown using fixed medicine balls for boxing practice. On the walls of the school are inspirational slogans and pictures of strong men such as Sandow. The other photographs are: J P Northey holding a rifle on the Otago Peninsula; W R Clark outside Otago University; and a group of people at De Beche Hut in Mount Cook National Park including a man called Smith who later died in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. A lot of the photographs are captioned on the reverse. The only identified photographers are K H Shea and Esquilant. Quantity: 29 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Loose photographic prints, one mounted.

Date: 1904

By: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944; Wylde, Henry James, 1850?-1933; Grover, Raymond Frank, 1931-2019

Reference: MapColl-832.4397gbbd/1904/Acc.36351

Description: Cadastral map of part of George Street and Bryce Street, Shannon, showing the surveyed section of George Street that is to be closed under the Public Works Act, highlighted green. Shows immediately surrounding blocks with numbered sections, those visible are all owned by James Wallace (465-469 and 439, 440, 444, 446, 448 and 450). Map signed by HJ Wylde, Authorised surveyor, 2 Dec 1904. Ink annotation on map declaring Horowhenua Council Council chairman authority for road closure (unsigned). Other Titles - Mount Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). 6 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on dressed linen, scale [1:1 584], 47 x 51.2 cm. Provenance: Donated by Raymond Grover.

Date: ca 1900s-1920s

By: Morris, Guy Clayton, 1868-1918

Reference: PAColl-0598

Description: Postcards of Main Street, Eltham with the Coronation Hotel on the right; the estuary at Invercargill with children in the sea next to some sailing boats, a boy with a bicycle, and women sitting on the sand; the traffic bridge over the Manawatu Gorge; the Pink Terraces with a rowing boat with tourists at the foot (captioned as the lost Pink Terraces therefore postcard produced after 1886); trams on George Street, Dunedin with shops in the background; and a group of children pretending to do a haka. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1931-1949]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-203

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1931-1949. Dunedin - Rattray Street cable car, 1935; Leith Stream; lower Stuart Street; The Exchange looking south; Robert Burns statue in The Octagon; elevated view of St Paul's Cathedral and Dunedin Town Hall; The Centotaph, Queen's Gardens; Otago University, 1931; Dunedin Botanic Gardens; Otago Boys' High School; tram in Princes Street; elevated view looking north along George Street; panoramic view taken from Mornington looking north; aerial view over Mornington showing High Street School, Hawthorne Avenue, Kaituna Bowling Club etc; aerial view showing St Kilda and Forbury Park Trotting Club; Larnach's Castle (taken during the Baptist Union Annual Assembly); Otago Peninsula from above Macandrew Bay looking towards Port Chalmers; wharves at Port Chalmers, 1935; new wing of the Medical School, 1948. Christchurch - Captain Cook's statue, Victoria Square; group under a tree near Bridge of Remembrance; canoeing on the Avon River; Hagley Park; Christchurch Botanic Gardens; Band Rotunda; Cathedral Square; Avon River; Mona Vale; Captain Scott's Statue with Christchurch Club in background; Worcester Street Bridge; Rolleston statue and Canterbury Museum in Rolleston Avenue; Bridge of Remembrance; Christchurch World War One memorial, 1937; Christchurch Hospital, 1941; daffodils beside the Avon; aerial view showing Christ's College, etc; aerial view of Addington Racecourse, 1934 & 1937; aerial view of Christchurch Botanic Garden; Edgar Stead's home, Ilam; hillside suburb showing access path and stone retaining walls; pupils at Fendalton School during PE class, 1948; Kerr's Reach, Burwood, 1949 Quantity: 56 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1889

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :Note book No. 2 1889 [Sketchbook]

Reference: E-030-q-1-009

Description: A large steamer at a jetty, with a smaller boat alongside, another steamer in the background, hills to the left Drawn on a lined page torn from a diary, dated July 1888 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil diary page, 78 x 126 mm, glued to sketchbook page, page size 142 x 222 mm

Date: [ca 1876]

From: Gibbs, James Joseph, fl 1963 :Photographs of New Zealand towns and cities

By: Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA7-46-18

Description: Elevated view looking down over the township of Port Chalmers and across the Otago Harbour to Quarantine Island, Goat Island (with single men's quarantine barracks visible) and beyond to the Otago Peninsula (Mt Charles on left and Harbour Cone on right). In the immediate foreground (on left) is the old cemetery. In the foreground there is a railway wagon and large stockpile of rocks waiting to be shifted. In the foreground to the right is the cutting for the main trunk railway. Retail shops and commercial premises in George Street can be seen, including those of James Menelaus, James Bosworth Taylor (painter & paperhanger) & Simmonds & Sons. On the hill to the left in Grey Street is the Port Chalmers Grammar School and on extreme left Holy Trinity Church (only partially visible). Photograph taken by Herbert Deveril and dated ca 1876. The new Port Chalmers Grammar School in the foreground (centre right & partially obscured by trees) was built 1874-1875 and occupied from December 1875. The building in George Street on extreme left was not completed until March 1875. Alongside this building is a large area of land excavated for buildings, eg Marine Hotel completed in 1881. Accompanying material - Sketch with the main buildings, roads and other features done by Ian Church, Port Chalmers Museum, 2008 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - 64. Dunedin, New Zealand, from the North-East Cemetery (incorrectly labelled) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 26.5 x 35.5 cm

Date: 1878

By: Robertson, David Ogilvie, 1850?-1920

Reference: B-187-004

Description: A view of a busy Port Chalmers harbour, showing various unidentified steamships, sailships and rowboats. Notable landmarks include the flagstaff at the top of Aurora Terrace; the Holy Trinity Church in Scotia Street; and Iona Church in Mount Street. The road winding from the port towards Carey's Bay can be seen on the right, with a man and woman travelling along it in a horse-drawn trap and with a dog running behind. The intersection of Grey Street and George Street, the port's main street, can bee seen in the distance D Robertson, the artist, is likely to be David Ogilvie Robertson, son of mariner and marine artist Captain Thomas Robertson, who resided in Port Chalmers. It is uncertain as to whether David Robertson was also a captain, but his 1898 painting of the 'John Wickliffe' in port and the 'Philip Laing' arriving with the first settlers landing in Dunedin, is stylistically similar Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Port Chalmers 1878 - Capt. D. Robertson [printed]; Recto - bottom right - Painting reproduced by courtesy / Port Chalmers Borough Council [printed] Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 252 x 410 mm, on sheet 275 x 430 mm Transfers: Collection as a whole taken into Ephemera; three art prints transferred on appraisal to Drawings Paintings & Prints, 4 January 2013.

Date: 1992-1998

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11640

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in an upright slide container with two rows of slide drawers, comprising 10 slide drawers in total. Slides were arranged in the container largely alphabetically either by bridge or river name, or location name, and possibly also by type of bridge. Slides were physically arranged from top to bottom and across both rows. The container was labelled as follows: "Concrete 1 - 5 | Stone Arch 6 - 7 | Steel Arch 8 also Brick | Stone Arch Concrete Arch 2 - pt 5 | Concrete Girder pt 5-6". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: ca 1859-1879

Reference: PAColl-7469

Description: View from Le Cren's Terrace showing the original St Mary's Church on the right; the town with the sea behind and the custom house on the left; a two-storey house in a garden which became the site of the public library; houses near Stafford Street, 1859; the government landing terrace with warehouses nearby, ca 1860s; looking down George Street towards the sea to what is now reclaimed land ca 1869; Stafford Street ca 1870s showing the Empire Hotel in the centre, Stubbs Auction Rooms on the right, Bank of New Zealand opposite, Purdie & Co seed warehouse on the left and other commercial buildings; view over Timaru from the tower of Parr's windmill showing a carriage works and foundry to the right and the premises of Miles Archer & Co ca 1860s; Stafford and George Streets showing Clarkson & Turnbull in the centre with the post office in the small building with the verandah next to it, the upper storey of the Bank of New Zealand on the right, and the two-storied Club Hotel on the left; two women and a girl in a field with the railway across Caroline Bay on the left and Timaru behind them; men working on the construction of the breakwater; and the railway across Caroline Bay. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004521, 004525, 004528, 005334 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). 8 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca1868-ca1875

From: Allen, James Weaver, b 1822 :Photographs of Dunedin and Port Chalmers

Reference: PAColl-7476-2

Description: General views of Dunedin City and Port Chalmers, city streets, some principle buildings, commercial buildings many showing the names and occupations of business enterprises, and surrounding countryside Quantity: 21 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1865

By: Chevalier, Nicholas, 1828-1902

Reference: B-038-024

Description: Pencilled notes on drawing identify hospital and Ocean Beach; in pencil, lower right, "no 1" ; on verso in another hand "Pencil sketch of Dunedin in 1864 / Jetty in background / Hospital at left." Shows Dunedin from Pitt Street, hospital at left, Baptist Church in Hanover Street, corner of George and Frederick Streets Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 295 x 487 mm Provenance: Possibly a donation from Mrs E Laing, England, 18 July 1940

Date: 1900 - 1930

From: Cherry, Arthur Leonard, 1884-1947 :[New Zealand sketches. 1910s-1920s]

Reference: A-104-081

Description: View looking along the Octagon (from the south end) and down George Street The Dunedin Town Hall is on the left. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 98 x 140 mm on sheet 153 x 198 mm

Date: 1910 - 1929

By: Cherry, Arthur Leonard, 1884-1947

Reference: A-104-073/081

Description: Contents: Town Hall and Cathedral, Dunedin. St Joseph's Dunedin. Dunedin Cathedal and Burns' Statue. The Town Hall, Auckland. Victoria Bridge, Christchuch. Jacob's Corner. Dunedin. Roman Catholic Cathedral, Timaru. Government House, Wellington. George St., from the Octagon, Dunedin. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Signed: Arthur L Cherry (in pencil) Quantity: 9 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etchings, 170 x 120 mm on sheets 200 x 150 mm