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Smith, Sydney Charles 1888-1972 :Photograph of the Christchurch Council Chambers, with ...

By: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972

Reference: PA7-21-22

Description: A Free Lance photograph (date unknown) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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McKenzie, Albert Lyndsay fl 1940: Photographs of Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland

Date: ca 1938-1940

By: McKenzie, Albert Lindsay, active 1940; McKenzie, Andrew E, active 1998

Reference: PA1-o-909

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, showing Haywards substation, Centennial Exhibition, Union Airways aircraft at Rongotai airport, and views of war memorials, other monuments, some buildings and parks and gardens in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland. There are also some scenic views of rivers and landscape, and one photograph of bee keepers at work on hives. Albert Lyndsay McKenzie, the father of the donor, was born in Christchurch. He started an apprenticeship as a process art engraver, which was interrupted by World War 2, and never completed. He returned to Christchurch after the war. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Craddock album 1

Date: [Circa 1929-1939]

From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India

By: Phillips, Edward Arthur, -1966; Springboks (Rugby team)

Reference: PA1-o-112

Description: Album of images collected and partly photographed by Gerald Rainsford Craddock. Images include clipping from newspapers and magazines, and postcards (chiefly of Akaroa, Wellington, Sydney and Perth). The photographs include family photographs, mountaineering trips, scenery in various parts of New Zealand, interior views of the Union Bank of Australia (Wellington Branch) where Gerald Rainsford worked from 1936-1939, and several views of the first Springbok test at Athletic Park in 1937. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "Photographs", 26 x 32.5 cm

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Jones, Grace :Photographic prints and postcards of Russell historic places

Date: 1900-1930

By: Jones, Grace, active 1981

Reference: PAColl-0147

Description: All but one of the photographs are of Russell and other historical buildings, towns and sites in the Bay of Islands. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). 11 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

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[Various artists] :[Reproductions of Illustrations from the Picturesque atlas of Austra...

Date: 1975 - 1886 - 1883

By: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.; Fitler, William Crothers, 1857-1915; Fullwood, Albert Henry, 1863-1930; Schell, Frederic B, -1905; Schwarzburger, Carl, 1850-; Goldtone Products (Firm)

Reference: A-046-001/006

Description: Queen Street Auckland, 1883; Wanganui, 1883; Cathedral Square, Christchurch, 1883; Lyttelton, 1883; Cargill Monument Dunedin, 1883; Wellington [from Nairn Street], 1883 Reproduction of engravings from: Picturesque atlas of Australasia / edited by Andrew Garran, Sydney, 1886. `Reproduced by courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library' [del. ; W A Hirschman - Wellington, 1883 / Schell [del.] ; C Schwarzburger sc. Other Titles - Picturesque atlas of Australasia Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Art reproductions on gold paper, mounted on blue card ; photolithograph, images, 186 x 266 mm on cards 250 x 300 mm Provenance: Donation: Redfern, Greenberg & Associates, PO Box 6489, Wellington, 2 July 1975

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Smytheman, V :Scenic views of New Zealand

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).

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Stone monument to Kai Tahu, on the site of Kaiapohi Pa, commemorating those who died in...

Date: 1898 - 1910

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-039108-G

Description: The Tiki, Kaiapoi. Monument erected to commemorate those who died in the attack on Kaiapohia Pa by Te Rauparaha in the 1830s. The monument was erected in 1898 by Canon Stack. This image is a copy negative photographed by Albert Percy Godber from an unidentified publication. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - The Tiki. Kaiapoi Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

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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).

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :80 cartoon bromides published in the Evening Post between 1 Septembe...

Date: 2000

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-

Reference: H-647-001/080

Description: 80 cartoons on political and social issues. The topics include Laila Harre and views on liberalisation of cannabis laws, Helen Clark asserts authority over Ms Turia, Maori and pakeha racial guilt and shame, Ms Turia reluctantly apologises for 'holocaust' comments, Dr Cullen ponders low business confidence as Grouch Marxist, Timor's Indepencence birthday celebrations destroyed by violence, Fijian-Indian refugees in Fiji following coup, political posturing over Treaty of Waitangi clause in free trade agreement with Singapore, US dollar blasts kiwi dollar, Sydney 2000 Olympics begin, Winston Peters plays the race card in the hopes of raising his popularity, Olympic swimming athletes get the once over by their female onlookers, Australian-New Zealand currency merger proposal, Prebble gets axed by Jenny Shipley, Kiwi dollar low and oil prices high, New Zealand is best at all the wrong things, sports couch potatoes, Milosevic runs for the presidency, US dollars gains steam with President Clinton in charge, women's performance at the Olympics, political awards, NZ toasts the Olympics, army peace keepers get pay review by Clark, 3 Middle East faiths based on love and compassion unable to share sacred site, Don Brash fails the Kiwi dollar, Clark and Milosevic relations, Israeli and Palestinian relations, court call for accountability of parole officers, NZ cricket sports fan still in the dark, NZ dollar down - sharemarket down - petrol prices up, Middle East pro-war protest singer, Clinton attempts to negotiate Middle East and National Party crises, Mr Mudgeway in padded cell waiting for big NZ sports win, rural economy on the up for farmers, Swain and Horomia on ownership of the Taranaki oil and gas fields, Lions rugby team claim the Air New Zealand trophy, Clark seeks an alliance with big business, Clark's alliance with big bisiness consumated, one-tree-hill pine tree felled along with Mike Smith, same-sex marriages, Clark preparing to kneecap Ruth Dyson for Norm Hewitt comments, Property Bill, Dyson resigns over drunk driving incident, purity pledge, cricket match-fixing, support for Paul Holmes' salary, lack of real choice in US presidential elections, NZ Melbourne Cup race winner, US election results on a knife edge, boxing - Lennox vs Tua, All Blacks beat France, Lennox Lewis vs David Tua boxing fight, US presidential election goes to court, English strung up as heretic, Tipene O'Reagan let's nature take its course with stranded whales, Labour Party victory conference, CNN backgrounds the US election count process, petrol prices high, US presidential election fought out on American flag, George Hawkins' suggested cost cutting measures for the Police, National Party leadership based on personality deficit of Bill English, George W. Bush wins Florida, Clarks preparation for Waitangi Day, Tainui iwi's new grievance cycle, Mrs Mudgeway's son hopes to qualify for ACC compensation, Clinton is back as President?, the new and the old All Black diet, signs of recovery in NZ economy being hidden from Don Brash, NZ/Australia defence spending and policies, Hawkins hands out pornography to Police to cut phone-sex costs, being a modern day All Black, Clark and Cullen's popularity increases, Simon Upton departs the National Party, obituary to reporter Mike Robson, America - where every judge counts in becoming President, Clark still unable to apologise to Dover Samuel, cricket at the Basin Reserve for Boxing Day test, petrol war, Anderton and Bunkle over question of where Phillida resides, Paul Holmes CD for Christmas makes Granddad throw-up. Quantity: 80 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: A4 horizontal bromides

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Views of Dunedin, Christchurch, an airport, and an unidentified country town and lake.

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Thorn, Benji, fl 2005 :Colour slides taken on holidays in the South Island

Reference: PA12-3427

Description: Views of Dunedin, its streets, monuments, and buildings. An airport and NAC passenger aircraft on the tarmac. Two views of Christchurch which include the Avon River and the Scott Memorial. There are also views of an unidentified country town and an unidentified lake or inlet. Photographed by an unknown photographer some time in the 1960s. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

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Trip to Nelson and the sounds

Date: 1919-1921

From: Webster, E Norman, fl 1918-1922 :Photographs of New Zealand, 1920-1922

By: Webster, E Norman, active 1918-1922

Reference: PAColl-9534-2

Description: Trip over the Rimutakas includes - View of Kaitoke. Train on Rimutaka Incline. View over the Rimutakas showing the road from Kaitoki Valley to the Wairarapa. Trip to Nelson, Picton, and the Sounds. This included a trip on the ship, Blenheim, on Pelorus and Queen Charlotte sounds, with a stop off at Havelock. General views of Nelson, and specifically Trafalgar Street from below the Cathedral. Bridge in Queens Gardens. Bridge over the Maitai River. A stop at Wangamoa on a motor trip from Nelson to Blenheim. Views of Picton and harbour. SS Admiral taking people on a picnic, Picton. Picton Waterworks. Train leaving Picton. Cadillac motor car abandoned after the engine caught fire for the second time. A race between two men in shells, one of whom was the New Zealand Champion single sculler, Darcy Hadfield. This race may be one of the two that took place on the Whanganui River in 1922. Party of men and women on a walk in rough bush country. Shotover River Bridge. Cromwell and the Clutha River. Caroline Bay, Timaru. Bluff from the sea, and the ship Jane Seddon. General views of Invercargill, and specifically of Dee Street and the water tower. Views of Dunedin and Port Chalmers. The Scott memorial at Port Chalmers. New Zealand Airforce Avro 504 at Sockburn (Wigram) Aerodrome. Views of Queenstown, Lake Wakatipu, the Remarkables, Mount Earnslaw, Paradise and Ben Lomond. SS Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu. Mount Ruapehu, Aratiatia Rapids, and Huka Falls. Some prints in this collection have notes on the back in a consistant, neat handwriting. In three cases these are signed E N Webster, who advises that he arrived in Wellington 5 February 1918, and left 15 June 1922. During this period, as well as photographing Wellington and district, he travelled on holiday to New Zealand cities and tourist destinations. The photographs were taken between 1919 and 1921 judging from the prints that have dates. His second name was Norman, and this is the name he used to sign letters on postcards sent from Christchurch in 1919 to his mother, and a friend called May. There is also a note attached to an illustration of Ben Lomond in the collection on which he signs himself Norman Webster. In formation on the back of postcards indicate that he came from Australia, and in 1916 lived at Nambour, Queensland. Quantity: 148 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Woolworths Ltd :Real photographs for your snapshot album. Souvenir of Christchurch, New...

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size, relating to Christchurch as a tourist destination. 1900-1959]

By: Woolworth's (New Zealand) Ltd. Christchurch Branch

Reference: Eph-A-TOURISM-Christchurch-1940s-01

Description: Small envelope containing eight black and white tourist photographs of Christchurch locations: Rose garden Rolleston Avenue Cathedral Square Avon River Bank Bowker Fountain at night Bridge of Remembrance Scott Memorial Waterfront, Lyttelton Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). 8 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photographs inside colour printed envelope 88 x 110 mm. Provenance: Donated by Bob and Alison Stephens, Wellington, 2009. Alison Stephens was great-niece to Bill and Ruby Hall. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - PAColl-9501 - Material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-9501..

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Scott Memorial Statue and Christchurch City Council Chambers

Date: Between 1910-1913

Reference: PA5-0210

Description: Scott Memorial statue showing Christchurch City Council Chambers behind it, taken ca 1910-1913. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 87 x 137 mm

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Haynes, W (Mrs), fl 1955 :Photograph album of photographs taken by C Edwards

Date: [1895-1899]

By: Edwards, Charles Thomas, active 1890s

Reference: PA1-f-020

Description: Photograph album containing photographs of South Island scenes, taken ca 1897 by C T Edwards. Album includes views of Melbourne and Sydney; a large number in the Lyttelton and Christchurch areas; as well as photographs in the Waikato region. There are a number of photographs of postcards created by Edwards, using various scenes, most of which are included in this album. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Grey album with black spine and corners, entitled Photographs. C.T. Edwards, 32 x 45 cm

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Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :"Quick, Eric! Here she comes! Straighten your tie... ...

Date: 1953

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-004

Description: Shows a family looking out over Christchurch's Cathedral Square during the Queen's visit in 1953. The family are all dressed in their best clothes. The Cathedral, the war memorial and Chief Post Office are all visible. The Queen's car is seen disappearing behind the Cathedral, and crowds of people are gathered in the Square Below image in pencil is written '1953? Queen's visit?' suggesting someone other than the cartoonist wrote it Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tom Mayne [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 200 x 260 mm (image)

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Slides of New Zealand

Date: [ca 1965-1975]

From: Edwards, Muriel, 1907-1981: Slides taken around New Zealand

Reference: PA12-10628

Description: Slides taken by Muriel Edwards of New Zealand scenes, circa 1960s-1970s. Includes images of the Rakaia River and Highbank power station, Robert Falcon Scott memorial boulder (Queenstown Gardens), Skippers Canyon, Fitzroy Gardens (near Rotorua) and Muriwai's Cave carved entrance. Quantity: 20 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies

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New Zealand lecture, part 6 of 8 sheets of slides

Date: 1958 to 1959

From: Williams, Edmund Gardner, b 1894 :Transparency slides of a trip to New Zealand and Australia

By: Hatwell, Neville, 1918?-1969

Reference: PA12-8812

Description: Transparency slides of New Zealand selected by Mr Williams as a representative collection to be used in a series of lectures on his return to England. This group includes both slides Mr Williams took himself, and slides he purchased. The last slide showing the Lindis Pass was taken by Neville Hatwell. This sheet shows parts of Christchurch including the Cathedral, Cathedral Square, the Avon River and the statue of Robert Falcon Scott; the Rakaia River; a signpost on the road to Mount Cook; Lake Pukaki; Mount Sefton from the road; the Hermitage hotel; views of Mount Cook from the Hermitage; a group of people looking up the glaciers in the Tasman valley; a mountain daisy and a Mount Cook lily; and the Lindis Pass. The slides are not in his original numerical sequence, and are selected by subject relating to particular talks. Arrangement: These slides were selected by Mr Williams from his original sequence to create a representative collection of New Zealand images which he used in illustrated lectures on his return to England. Quantity: 23 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler slides, 35mm

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Mayne, Elsie Florence, 1909-1996 :Photograph album of a 1928 trip to New Zealand

Date: [ca 1928]

By: Mayne, Elsie Florence, 1909-1996

Reference: PA1-o-1768

Description: Photograph album documenting a trip to New Zealand in circa 1928 made by Mrs Elsie Florence Mayne (nee Cannan) of Australia and her husband Allan Mayne. Comprises photographs likely to have been taken by Mrs or Mr Mayne, also postcards, and tourist photographs. Album probably compiled by Mrs Mayne. Images comprise scenes taken around New Zealand. North Island locations include Auckland, Rotorua and Taupo districts, the Wanganui River, and Wellington. South Island locations include Blenheim, Nelson, Christchurch city, and the West Coast region, including Franz Josef Glacier. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Soft-covered photograph album, entitled 'Portraiture'; 18 x 25.5 cm, containing 65 images Provenance: Ms Shepherd is the niece of Mrs Elsie Mayne.

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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

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Christchurch City - Hagley Park and Avon River

Date: 1928, 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-174

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Hagley Park in Spring showing daffodils and cherry trees; Hagley Park in Autumn; various views of the Avon River (some include the band rotunda); canoeists on the river; view of Scott memorial with Chamber of Commerce building in background; Nurse's Home with field of daffodils in foreground; Bowker Fountain; Bishopscourt, Rolleston Avenue (in Spring) Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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