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Sarney album 1
Date: [Circa 1870s-1880s]
From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
Reference: PA1-f-065
Description: Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s. All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro. Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm
Cable tram across the Taramakau River
Date: ca 1890s
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: 1/2-003390-F
Description: 'Tram' held aloft by wire cables across the Taramakau River, circa 1890s. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Hill-Trevor album 1
Date: 1897-1904
From: Trevor, Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, 3rd Baron, 1863-1950 :Photographs of New Zealand and Cook Islands compiled during Vice-regal term of Lord Ranfurly
By: Boscawen, John Hugh, 1851-1937; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Pulman (Firm); Shepherd, Cromwell, active 1903-1934
Reference: PA1-f-142
Description: Charles Hill-Trevor's personal album of the time he spent as personal secretary to Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand. It records the New Zealand contingents sent to the South African war and public events, personalities and patriotic entertainments associated with that enterprise. Visits to Government houses in Australia record other governors, officials and official residences. On one occasion in Melbourne a New Zealand versus Australia polo match was played. Hill-Trevor shows an interest in Māori, wildlife conservation (including the bird sanctuary on Resolution Island), and the sports of fishing, polo and horsemanship. There are photographs of members of the Ranfurly family and their principal servants as well as the Governor engaged in official functions such as opening the Kaiapoi council offices and laying the foundation stone of the Veterans Home, Mt Roskill, Auckland in 1903. Also photographs relating to the play 'The Geisha'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Cable tram across the Taramakau River
Date: ca 1890s
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: 1/2-025241-F
Description: 'Tram' held aloft by wire cables across the Taramakau River, circa 1890s. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Photograph album compiled by William Herbert Perkins
Date: [ca 1881]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-415
Description: Photographs of Greymouth, Grey River, Brunnerton, Ahaura, Reefton, Waimakariri, Lake Pearson, Lake Brunner, Dillmanstown, Milford Sound, Franz Josef Glacier, Ross, and the thermal areas of central North Island. The photographers represented include William Herbert Perkins, James Ring and the Burton Brothers. There is one interior view of a quartz-crushing battery at Reefton. Pages 55, 57 and 58 have portraits of women (and one man) in "Fancy Fair" costumes Inscriptions: Album page - "William Perkins. Greymouth. 1884" Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, darker corners and spine; "Album" lettered in gold on spine; 23.5 x 30.0 cm