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Boer War album
Date: [Between 1878 and 1915]
From: Brown, Thomas Watson, 1878-1947 :Photograph albums relating to New Zealanders in the South African War and of New Zealand scenes
By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965
Reference: PA1-q-329
Description: Album of photographs, mostly relating to New Zealanders in the South African War, but also including many which show the D Battery, 1st New Zealand Mounted Rifles at various military camps in the Wellington region. Many show groups of soldiers, with surnames noted. One view shows the Opening of Parliament in 1898, with a parade of D Battery; and a few show the opening of the Star Boating Club in Wellington. Some images taken by unidentified photographers, some probably taken by Thomas Watson Brown. The earliest image was taken in 1878, and shows a home in Masterton; another image shows a work picnic with a group in a tug-of-war at Day's Bay, in 1912; a group portrait of staff in the Mines Department taken in Wellington, 1907; and a group portrait of the 10th anniversary reunion of the 1st New Zealand Contingent, held in Wellington, 21.10.1909, taken by Zak Studios, No. 7275. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue cover with gold embossed decoration, 280 x 390 mm
Colt, Rhoda C, fl 1877 :Photograph album
Date: 1877 and [1910s?]
By: Colt, Rhoda C, active 1877
Reference: PA1-q-133
Description: A pocket inserted inside the front cover holds two photographs of wedding celebrations at a British Army regiment in India. One of the scenes shows a large party of men and women, including British and Indian men in uniform. These were taken circa 1910. The main body of the album contains views of Canterbury, Otago and the West Coast of the South Island, taken around 1877 by an unidentified photographer. Many of the scenes are of Christchurch and environs, including public buildings, and various bridges. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - centre - Vol. 1. New Zealand views. Rhoda C. Colt. 1877 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Reddish brown cover, with brown leather corners and spine; 34 x 26 cm Provenance: Donated by Mrs N E Jackson, Wellington
The Arawa Flying Column at Kaiteriria Pa - Photograph taken by Daniel Louis Mundy
Date: [1970-1872]
From: Mundy album 4
Reference: PA1-f-042-21
Description: View inside Kaiteriria Pa with soldiers of Captain Gilbert Mair's Arawa Flying Column grouped in front of, and on the roofs of, the raupo buildings. Photographed by Daniel Louis Mundy some time between 1870 and 1872. Inscriptions: Mount verso - bottom left - Interior of Pah at Kaitereria, North Taranaki, with Capt Mair's Contingent Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 25 x 18cm, on album page, 40 x 29.5 cm
Member of Wanganui Rifle Volunteers
Date: [Between 1870 and 1880]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-004968-G
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man in the uniform of the Wanganui Rifle Volunteers, wearing the New Zealand Medal, photographed, probably in the 1870s, in the studio of William James Harding, Wanganui. The New Zealand Medal was sanctioned in 1869. Harding used the wet collodion process in the 1870s, but changed to the dry plate process in the 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet collodion glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Portrait of Charles Henry Parkes
Date: [ca 1870s]
From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district
Reference: 1/4-004890-G
Description: Portrait of Charles Henry Parkes in military uniform, taken by William James Harding, circa 1870s. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative