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Date: between 1934 and 1935

Reference: PAColl-6619

Description: 46 images of the Duke of Gloucester's tour of New Zealand in 1934-5 including: nine of his visit to Rotorua including Maori kapa haka; one of veterans at the bridge of remembrance in Christchurch; one of him opening Tekapo bridge and another of the party at Tekapo House hotel; one of him in a crowd outside the railway station in Hokitika; one of him inspecting a parade of nurses; one of him visiting a traditional whare; two of him as a jockey at a race meeting; three of the felling of a kauri tree; seven of his stay at Longbeach sheep station, Ashburton County; and two of him at the Waitangi memorial. Photographer unidentified but possibly Hall Raine. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-019066 to 019078, 019082 to 019107, 019111, 019113, and 059505 to 059509 Quantity: 46 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: [Between 1931 and 1934]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

By: Teichelmann, Ebenezer (Dr), 1859-1938

Reference: PA1-o-412

Description: Photographs taken by John Dobree Pascoe and others, chiefly in the Rakaia River area. Views include groups of mountaineers; routes traversed in the mountains; the building of mountain huts; deer stalking; the difficulties of fording flooded rivers; traversing glaciers; camping in the mountains; and life enjoyed by mountaineers. Particular sequences include views of the source of the Rakaia River at the terminal face of the Ramsay Glacier; the first ascent of jacob Glacier and the second ascent of Mount Butler by ian Powell and Jim Nichols; the first ascent and traverse of Mount Whitcombe by Boney Chester, Allan Willis and Bill Mirams (28/12/1931); the first ascent of the Snow Dome by Jack Hayes, Cedric Turner and A Anderson; record of pioneer work in the Wanganui-Rangitata-Rakaia watershed by Dr E Teichelmann with guides A Graham and J Clark (in 1911); and the first traverse of Malcolm Peak by Jack Hayes and Cedric Turner in February 1934. Throughout the album are excerpts from Pascoe's articles published in the Canterbury Mountaineer, relating to the photographs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; "J.D. Pascoe" lettered in gold in lower-right corner; [285 p.]; 26.5 x 32.5 cm

Date: [Between 1860 and 1870]

By: Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881

Reference: PA1-f-040

Description: Photographs taken by Daniel Mundy in the 1860s. All but one were taken in the South Island. Captions hand-written by Mundy on verso of each page. (Information from handwriting and signature `D.L.M.' in Mundy Album III, p 51). The North Island view was taken in Napier, and shows a two-storeyed house with quoinings, a horse-drawn coach outside, and to the right there is a wooden church. South Island views include many landscapes; hotels; the Christchurch government buildings, the Victoria Bridge, High Street and Cashel Street; and three sheep stations. Two are well-known, Benmore Station and Gramere Station (then known as Hawden's Station [i.e. Hawdon's Station]. The third is possibly that of George Gilbert Suman [the hand-written description appears to be `Sumans Station' at German Bay, and according to Wise's Post Office Directory, William Gilbert Suman lived in German Bay in 1875). There are three photographs showing Daniel Mundy's travelling darkroom (p 13, 25, and page 43) Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark green leather album, geometric pattern, gold decoration, entitled `New Zealand' in gold; 30.5 x 42.5 cm