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General view of Westport
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000732-G
Description: General view of Westport looking over paddocks towards the bridge over the Buller River. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Westport. 2004B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
View of the Globe Hill Mine, near Reefton, Inangahua County
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001894-G
Description: View of the Globe Hill Mine near Inangahua. Shows the Progress, or 'B', shaft. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Identification of, and information about, the Progress, or 'B', shaft, is from Library client, 2007 The Progress, or 'B', shaft was sunk by the London based Consolidated Goldfields of NZ after they took over and amalgamated the Globe and Progress mines in 1896. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Globe Hill. [No.] 294E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
General view of Granity
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000740-G
Description: General view of the coal-mining township of Granity on the coastline of the Karamea Bight. The railway line runs through the centre. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Granity. [No.] 2002B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Lyell township
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001207-G
Description: Lyell township, photographed between circa 1910 by William A Price. Ryan's store on left, and alongside, the National Bank (with verandah). 'Lyell Times' building opposite. Empire Hotel right of centre. The Welcome Inn is in the background. Source of descriptive information - Information about buildings from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Lyell 517.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Binns, Ngakawau, West Coast
Date: [ca 1912]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000739-G
Description: View of `Binns' at Ngakawau taken from the bridge across the river. Possibly a coal handling facility and power house. Photograph taken by William A Price, in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - `Binns Ngakawau'. 2103B William Archer Price lived and practised in Queen Street, Northcote, 1909-1910. Source: New Zealand Post Office directories Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Denniston
Date: [between 1900-1930]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001887-G
Description: View of "The camp" at the coal mining town of Denniston, circa 1910, photographed by William Archer Price. Other - Note on back of file print reads "Denniston "The Camp" c.1910" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Denniston 2222 B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
The lagoon (water supply dam) at Denniston
Date: [Circa 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000730-G
Description: Lagoon dammed for water supply at Denniston. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Lagoon. Denniston. 1810.B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Miners' huts at Waiuta, West Coast
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001741-G
Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Shows two rows of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Formerly identified as Blackwater. Confusion arosed because Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater gold mine, and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Source of descriptive information - Information about Waiuta, Blackwater, and 'Red Huts' from Library Client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 408.E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Mokihinui, on the south bank of the Mokihinui River
Date: [Circa 1910s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000731-G
Description: General view of the settlement at Mokihinui on the banks of the Mokihinui River. Originally known as St Helens. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Other Titles - St Helens Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - St Helens. [No.] 2032.B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View of the Globe Hill Mine, near Reefton, Inangahua County
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001895-G
Description: View of the Globe Hill Mine near Inangahua, photographed by William Archer Price circa 1910. Shows the old Globe shaft. The old Globe shaft became known as the Progress Mines Ltd 'A' shaft after Consolidated Goldfields of NZ took over and combined the Globe and Progesss mines in 1896. It was about 200m from the Progress or 'B' shaft seen in 1/2-001894. The old underground mines were being opencast by Oceana Gold Ltd in 2007. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Identification of Globe shaft, and Historical Notes, from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Globe Hill. [No.] 292E Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Miners' huts, Waiuta, West Coast
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-001740-G
Description: Scene at Waiuta, Inangahua County, which was centred on the Blackwater gold mine. Looks up at a row of miners' huts, probably prefabricated. Each of them has a front door, one window, a small verandah in front, and a chimney, with a water tank on the side away from the fireplace. Photograph taken by William Archer Price circa 1910. Source of descriptive information - Huts originally identified as being at Blackwater. Waiuta was centred upon the Blackwater Mine and was sometimes referred to as Upper Blackwater. Library Client has identified them as being four miles away at Waiuta (April 2000). See also `Waiuta' by Gerald Morris page 13. Source of descriptive information - Information about 'Red Huts' from Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Miners' huts. Blackwater. No. 407.E The 'Red Huts' were built circa 1908 by Blackwater Mines Ltd for single workers, and were sold as farm huts etc when the mine, and town, closed in 1951. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
View of the railway sidings at Granity
Date: [Circa 1900s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000741-G
Description: View of the railway sidings at the coal-mining township of Granity, with houses along the left. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Granity. [No.] 2003B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative