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Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

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

Date: ca 1880

Reference: PAColl-7406

Description: Photographs of Auckland including: looking across the harbour to Devonport; the Rakaia in Caliope dock; the Scotch church; looking down College Hill; Victoria Street looking across Queen Street to Albert Park showing businesses in the area such as Sharland & Co and R White boot shop; Mount Eden; the Supreme Court; the flagpole and cannons at the top of Albert Park looking out over the harbour; two views of Karangahape Road showing shops, carriages and carts; the first St Matthew's Church; St Paul's Church on Symonds Street; the public hospital showing the tennis court in front and the screens on the balconies; houses on Franklin Road, Ponsonby; the Railway Station with advertising for the New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd and Arthur Cleave & Co; Ponsonby Road with a church on the left and J Clarke, undertakers, on the right; Ponsonby Road with a bakers and butchers on the right; the Synagogue on Princes Street; looking north along Queen Street with the DSC building on the right; a ship in dry-dock at the wharves; Hobson Street with St Matthew's Church on the right; and four views of the wharves including one showing the ferry. Photographs of Lyttelton: two elevated views to the harbour one with a church in the centre and the other with an artist painting the view at an easel; the railway lines at the wharves; and three men next to coal carts being loaded with coal from a ship at the wharves. Described on the reverse of the file prints as "copy negatives taken from faded prints". Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004172 to 004200 Quantity: 30 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1972 - 1905

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-010-b

Description: A view of the Bealey River looking towards the Southern Alps. In the left foreground, a road winds around a cliff, a small waterfall crossing the road. A man on horseback is droving sheep around a corner. Reproduction of an original oil painting in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (Christchurch Art Gallery) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 375 x 534 mm on sheet 516 x 628 mm

Date: 1938

Reference: PA1-q-052

Description: Album chiefly shows members of a Lands & Survey team surveying boundaries etc, in the Chatham Islands, and in South Canterbury, circa 1938. Residents of the Chatham Islands, various locations in the islands and activities such as sheep transportation from the islands to Lyttelton and Wellington by ship are shown. Another sequence shows drainage and irrigation procedures in South Canterbury. The photographer is probably Russell Gladstone Dick, later the New Zealand Surveyor-General. Other - Source of descriptive information - Card inserted in album which reads "Ample evidence this is a 1938 Lands and Surveys team surveying boundaries etc ... The photographer is shown in photos 126, 127 and 112, and is probably Mr Dick, later NZ Surveyoe General ..." Signed "Rhys Richards". Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark blue cloth-covered album, 35.5 x 22.5 cm

Date: [1890s-1910s?]

By: Quartermain, Leslie Bowden, 1895-1973

Reference: PA1-q-190

Description: Photographs relating to the Quartermain family, none of which have captions. None of the people or places are named. Of interest are a number of views of the ruins of a house, with only the chimneys standing; several of the new St John's Church, Hororata, including laying the foundations, building construction, and the completed church with lychgate; one of the tombstones of Sir John Hall, and his wife, with the new St John's Church partially visible in the background (for which Sir John Hall bequeathed the money); and one photograph of a steam tractor fording a river with difficulty, with a tow-rope leading to three laden wagons on the far side of the river. A number of photographs show Leslie Bowden Quartermain as a boy, and as a young man Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mid-blue cover, entitled "Sunny memories"; 32 x 28 cm

Date: [ca 1937-1939]

By: Kaarup, Mavis, active 2001

Reference: PAColl-0393

Description: The collection includes: nine photographs of sheep droving and shearing on a Canterbury farm including one of sheep in a pen being branded and one of two Ford cars on a road surrounded by sheep; two of hay harvesting one with a horse-drawn thresher and the other with a tractor; the first electric tractor; seagulls flocking around newly ploughed earth; looking across the plains towards the mountains near Ruapuna with piles of boulders in the foreground; sheaf throwing at a country sports meeting at Hinds which involved throwing a sheaf over a bar set at pole-vaulting height; two photographs of heavy snow in Ashburton, one of shops in East Street and another of someone attaching skis next to a no cycling sign; a Burnett's motors truck laden with bags of wheat outside a barn with three workers next to it; and the Pa at Whakarewarewa. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: ca 1880s-1900s

Reference: PAColl-7220

Description: Photographs of Clarke, Graham and Fyfe who first climbed Mount Cook on Christmas Day 1894, with their mountaineering equipment; the sheep dog of James MacKenzie the sheep-stealer; a bullock team pulling wool bales; the Fairlie to Mount Cook coach with John Rutherford driving; the bridge over the river at Lake Tekapo with the hotel next to it; Mount Cook Station, originally built by A Burnett, with a thatched roof and the family outside it; a drawing of the ferry crossing Lake Pukaki and the original accommodation house on the shore; hay-making in front of the Balmoral homestead; the yard of Haldon station surrounded by trees showing the out-buildings and men with dogs; Levels homestead with a man with a hoe and others outside; and a group of men and women picnicking in front of two tents at Governor's Bush in Mount Cook township being the first party conveyed by the Mount Cook Motor Company ca 1880s. Images were used in the "History of the Mackenzie county to 1912" and all have similar typed captions beneath them. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-007817 to 007827 Quantity: 11 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negatives

Date: 1880-1889

By: F Bradley & Company; Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911

Reference: PA1-o-497

Description: Album of photographs compiled ca 1880s, from print published by F Bradley & Co, of Christchurch. Comprises views of Shag Rock, Timaru, Christchurch, Bealey, Greymouth, Oamaru, Rangitata River bridge, Dunedin, Taupo, Waimakariri River bridge, Governor's Bay, Kaiapoi, Arthur's Pass, Kawau Island, Cheviot, Akaroa Harbour, Alfred Falls, the Pink Terrace, White Island, Otira Gorge, Pigeon Bay, gold mining at Thames, Nelson, Heathcote River, the cable car across the Taramakau River, Sumner, and Tamatekapua meeting house at Ohinemutu. Also included are carte de visite portraits of Maori. Among the photographers whose work is shown are Herbert Deveril and Daniel Louis Mundy. Each photograph has a printed inscription attached on the back of the page. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 1972 - 1905

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-010-a

Description: A view of the Bealey River looking towards the Southern Alps. In the left foreground, a road winds around a cliff, a small waterfall crossing the road. A man on horseback is droving sheep around a corner. Reproduction of an original oil painting in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (Christchurch Art Gallery) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 375 x 534 mm on sheet 516 x 628 mm

Date: ca 1950s-1960s

By: Robin Smith Photography Ltd

Reference: PAColl-0530

Description: Set of photographs of work and leisure in New Zealand, the majority of cattle and sheep mustering and skiing but including a woman water skiing, a woman painting a vase of flowers in oils, a Maori man carving wood, portraits of individual Maori, a procedure in the wine making process, men in the oyster fishing industry, a woman testing eggs, a man looking up at a tree with a chain saw etc. Photographer was Robin Smith. Quantity: 60 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1905

By: Willis & Aiken Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-TRAM-1905-01

Description: Timetable for the tram lines operating in Christchurch in 1905: Papanui; Fitzgerald Avenue to Bealey Avenue; Sydenham and Cashmere Hills; Lincoln Road; Square and Ferry Road; Linwood and New Brighton. Includes illustrated advertisements for J Ballantyne & Company, Bishop & Co (wines & spirits, Armagh Street), E Reece & Sons (hardware), G Coates & Company (importers), Eastern Tea Company, Mason Struthers & Company, J M Heywood & Co Ltd (carriers), Ashby Bergh & Co (stoves), Strahan's Fish Game Poultry & Fruit Supply, Geo Simpson (builder), New Zealand Insurance Company, Charlie Ball (cycles), H B Lane & Son (butchers), Chas Duggan & Sons (decorating), R Hall's Belvue House (accommodation), J A Lummis (sign painter and decorator), Australian Alliance Assurance Co, Geo T White (watchmaker), Lethaby's Umbrellas, Watson's Whisky, Frank A Cook (grocer, tea merchant), Pitcaithly & Co (Halswell Quarry), Young & Fisher (boots & shoes). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 48 pages, 120 x 60 mm. Provenance: Purchased from a private vendor, United Kingdom, in 2013.

Date: 6-23 January 1944

From: Neil family: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-12059-30

Description: Correspondence from Arthur James Neil to his wife Deanie Robina Olive Neil during his service in World War II. Written from Burnham Military Camp and other locations in New Zealand as well as from on board a troop ship, 6 to 23 January 1944. Includes description of work and conditions on board the boat. Quantity: 1 folder(s) containing holograph letters. Physical Description: Holograph letters and envelopes

Date: [ca 1880s]

By: Ring, James, 1856-1939

Reference: PA1-o-435

Description: Photographs taken circa 1880s by James Ring, photographer based in Greymouth. Scenes in Greymouth and nearby include views of severe flooding (p 3-5, 7); loading ships at the wharf showing hydraulic cranes raising hoppers of coal, and rolling stock laden with coal for transportation. Three shipping photographs including the SS Gerda wrecked on the Greymouth Breakwater in June 1888; the SS Mawhera ashore on North Beach, Greymouth in 1886, and the SS Rosamond crossing the Greymouth Bar. Beyond Greymouth views include the Grey River, Rocky Island, Brunnerton and the Brunnerton Bridge, and the West Coast Road. Then views of Lake Brunner, Refuge Island and Mitchell Falls. The Teremakau [now Taramakau] River is next, one view showing the road bridge, and one showing the flying fox (wire bridge) leading over to the Teremakau Hotel. These are followed by scenes along the Otira Gorge, including Warnock's Nob, Westley's Creek (Wesley Creek), and Starvation Point, before reaching Porter's Pass, Broken River, Arthur's Pass and the Devil's Punch Bowl Falls. The last sequence show Grasmere Station, Castle Hill Station (with one view of snow gates) and Craigieburn Station; the town of Cass; Bealey, Bealey Hotel, and Bealey Gorge, Lake Pearson and Lake Mapourika. Other Titles - New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N. Z. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with quarterbound red cover, red leather corners and spine; entitled "New Zealand Views, by James Ring, Greymouth, N.Z."; 24 x 31 cm

Date: 1840-1862, 2008

By: Youngman family

Reference: MS-Papers-9269

Description: Writing from Kaiapoi, James and Mary Youngman describe their voyage to Lyttelton on the `Zealandia' in 1858, their first impressions of Canterbury, Maori and their life in general since their arrival in Canterbury. Also photographs of fly-leaf of the Youngman family Bible (taken 2008) showing Youngman family entries dated 1840 to 1862. Note by donor Pat Youngman relating to a cousin Muriel Younger ; note relating to provenance of original shipboard letter/diary Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter (copies, some encapsulated)

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: 1972 - 1905

By: Wilson, Laurence William, 1851-1912; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-010

Description: A view of the Bealey River looking towards the Southern Alps. In the left foreground, a road winds around a cliff, a small waterfall crossing the road. A man on horseback is droving sheep around a corner. Reproduction of an original oil painting in the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (Christchurch Art Gallery) Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 375 x 534 mm on sheet 516 x 628 mm

Date: ca1950

From: Lewers, Neville Robert, 1913- :Photographic negatives, transparencies and prints

Reference: PAColl-6180-02

Description: Scenic, pastoral and landscape views of locations mainly in Canterbury, Westland and Central Otago. Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1870s-1890s]

From: Bridge family :Photograph albums

By: Anson Brothers (Firm); Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-f-271

Description: Views of New Zealand, England, Australia and Canada, associated with family of Charles Joseph Bridge (d 1876), settler at Homebrook, near Lake Ellesmere; and his son, Charles Hastings Bridge. Includes pressed flowers and leaves, a coloured sketch of a rowing boat on a river lined with willow trees. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - Henry Hugh Chapman 1881; Henry Walter Bridge 1886 Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1942

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to buses, bus companies, and bus transport services]

By: Timaru (N.Z.). Borough Council; Stevens, John, active 1942

Reference: Eph-B-BUS-1942-01

Description: Recto of sheet shows a map of Timaru, a list of the route sectional points, and a list of fares. The verso shows the Gleniti service, the King Street bus, and timetables for stops at Highfield, North Street, Evans Street, Grasmere Street, King Street, Church Street, Hassall Street. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on both sides of sheet, 281 x 332 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by Miss Maureen Vance whose name is written on the item.