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Barton, Cranleigh Harper, 1890-1975 :Townend Glass House, Christchurch Botanical Garden...
Date: 1919
From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]
Reference: A-227-250
Description: Shows a grassy area with a path in the foreground with a glass house and trees appearing over the roof of the glass house. The view is probably taken in the spring, with blossom visible on the trees in the foreground The first Townend Glasshouse, an orchid and begonia house, was left to the city by Annie Quayle Townend in 1914. It originally stood in the grounds of Holly Lea, a large Christchurch property, but was moved to the Botanical Gardens, being replaced by the current Townend Glasshouse building in 1955 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm
Group of men at rest, playing cards on the grass under a tree, on the Mendip Hills shee...
Date: 1917
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0470-1/2-G
Description: A group of five unidentified men (possibly musterers) playing cards in the shade of a tree. Photograph taken at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 16 (PA1-q-102) Other - Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 2, No 25, page 11, with the caption "Musterers playing cards in the midday heat. Cards are as popular in the back-country as they are in the cities." Inscriptions: Album page - A quiet game. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75
Group, and the ship Devon aground at Pencarrow Head, Wellington region
Date: 25 Aug 1913
From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives
Reference: 1/4-011202-G
Description: Group with flotation vests (rescue party?) on the beach while the ship 'Devon' is aground at Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, Wellington region, 25 August 1913. Photograph taken by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Group identified as a possible rescue party from information at 1/4-011197. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Probably wreckage from the ship Devon at Pencarrow Head, Wellington region
Date: [ca 25 Aug 1913]
From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives
Reference: 1/4-011201-F
Description: Probably wreckage from the ship 'Devon' at Pencarrow Head, Lower Hutt, Wellington region. Photograph taken circa 25 August 1913 by James Douglas Wilkinson. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Estimate of date from information on file print of 1/4-011202. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
The Bluff above a river winding through a valley on the Mendip Hills property, Hurunui ...
Date: 1917
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0459-1/2-G
Description: River winding through a valley, below The Bluff, on the Mendip Hills property (owned by Andrew William Rutherford). Some native bush on the steeply sloping hillside below the Bluff, and cleared farming country in the distance. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 17 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The Bluff. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75
Christchurch tramcar
Date: [191-?]
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-019545-G
Description: Christchurch tramcar, taken ca 1910 by Steffano Francis Webb. The tramcar has open sides and wooden slat seats. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top centre - Tram car /13 [?] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Statue of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Christchurch
Date: [9 Feb 1917 ?]
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 114/167/03-G
Description: Copy of a photograph showing the statue of Captain Robert Falcon Scott (created by Scott's wife Kathleen), on the corner of Worcester Street and Oxford Terrace, Christchurch. Original photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, possibly on 9 February 1917 when the statue was unveiled. Copy taken 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres
Scene in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, with crowd and trams
Date: [ca 1916]
From: Wall, John Reginald, 1870?-1944 :Photographs
Reference: 1/2-017589-G
Description: Scene in Cathedral Square, circa 1916, photographed alongside the Australian Mutual Provident Society building and Everybody's Picture Theatre. Shows a crowd of people (racegoers?) in double decker trams, while others stand on the footpath nearby. A sign on one of the trams reads: "Races. Special Car". Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Whaling boat at Kaikoura
Date: [ca 1910]
By: Nilsen, R, active 1964
Reference: 1/2-022936-F
Description: Whaling boat (Alabamha?) before landing a whale, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Note on back of file print reads: `Caption on original print read "The `Alabamha' [sic] just before landing the big whale. She may be seen floating alongside. There was a cow and a calf and the mother stuck her dead baby until she was lanced to death. Thus the two whales were caught very easy [sic]" ' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Christchurch City Council Chambers, with Robert Falcon Scott Memorial
Date: 1913
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-005303-G
Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Platform at Christchurch Railway Station
Date: ca 1910
Reference: 1/2-038597-F
Description: Scene on a platform at the Christchurch Railway Station, circa 1910. Amongst the unidentified, stand three women, alongside a train, wearing full length dresses/skirts and hats. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.5 x 22 cm
Central Post Office, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: ca 1914
From: Marks, J M fl 1905 :Photographs of Christchurch and environs, 1890s-1910s
By: Marks, J M, active 1905
Reference: 1/1-000405-G
Description: View of the Central Post Office in Cathedral Square in Christchurch. A horse and cart is standing near the corner of the building, and two unidentified men are standing on the footpath near the entrance. Photograph taken by J Marks, ca 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Beach scene, Sumner, Christchurch - Photograph taken by David James Aldersley
Date: [ca 7 Jan 1913]
From: Morrison, Mr :Postcards of Auckland and other areas
By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928
Reference: PAColl-6408-04
Description: Beach scene, Sumner, Christchurch. Looks across to the mast and yard-arm. Shows people walking along the water front, and on the pier. Photograph taken circa 7 January 1913 by David James Aldersley. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Sumner A 2401; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Protected 7.1.13 Aldersley; Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Burns' Post Card Depot Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.7 x 14.1 cm (Postcard)
Bible class, Dunsandel, Canterbury
Date: 22 July 1917
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-005248-G
Description: Bible class posing outdoors, Dunsandel, Canterbury, taken 22 July 1917 by Steffano Webb. Shows a group of women sitting and standing in rows in a field. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - right of image - Dunsandel bible class 22/7/1917 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps
Date: [ca 1915]
From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-007560-G
Description: Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps, photographed by Frederick George Radcliffe, circa 1915. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Hooker River, Southern Alps, NZ F G R 5070 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Peace celebrations after World War I, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: 1919
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008739-G
Description: Peace celebrations after World War I, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, taken by an unidentified photographer for The Press newspaper in 1919. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
[Haylock, Arthur Lagden] 1860-1948 :Maori Ch L River Dec. 1919
Date: 1919
By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948; Haylock, Greta Muriel, 1898-1980
Reference: A-157-009
Description: A small church with steeple to the right seen across paddocks, with a hill to the right. The large building left of the steeple may be the Maori school. Low whares are to its left The artist's watercolour 'Lake Forsyth, Little River' (A-157-009-1) is on the verso of this view Other Titles - Maori Church, Little River Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 134 x 193 mm
New Brighton Gala, 1915, with pier, Christchurch
Date: 1915
From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
Reference: 1/1-005405-G
Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Arthur's Pass Railway Station
Date: 1917
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0739-1/2-G
Description: Arthur's Pass Railway Station on the South Island Midland Line. A steam locomotive is obscured behind the railway station, and there are a number of horse-drawn carriages and carts waiting in the centre foreground. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1917. Dated from other images in the Godber Album, Vol 109 (PA1-q-102). An original image is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 23 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Arthur's Pass Railway Station. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Akaroa, with mail coaches
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.
Reference: 1/4-019537-F
Description: Akaroa, circa 1910, with mail coaches leaving outside the furnishing warehouse of T E Taylor. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative