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Photographs of trampers during and after crossing the flooded Rakaia River
Date: 1931
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PA1-o-412-060
Description: "Snares and delusions that beset the rakaia pilgrim. Fording the "great grey green greasy Limpopo" a boulder rumbling torrent." Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on the 26th of December 1931 Top photograph (PA1-o-412-060-1) "Drama in a nasty side stream. Bones, Bill, and Allen fishing for Basil Honour who was well and truly "over" with his pack holding him down in the roaring flood. [It] looks like an eel spearing expedition, but was nearly more serious. This was only a side stream, the main stream had yet to come" Bottom left photograph (PA1-o-412-060-2) view of the Rakaia River showing the main stream and the nasty side stream Bottom right photograph (PA1-o-412-060-3) "Safely over the Rakaia floods at this cost. [We are] shivering with misery and wet as shags. Packs upside down to empty surplus water" Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Three siver gelatin photographic prints mounted on album page 305 x 250 mm (page size)
Battery observation post, Godley Head, Lyttelton
Date: 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: DA-01810
Description: The Inclination Officer at the battery observation post, Godley Head, Lyttelton Fortress Area. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on 12 Jan 1943 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Lawlor, Pat :Photographs of Maori, scenic views and natural history
Date: [ca 1880s-1966]
By: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979; Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PAColl-4454
Description: Mounted photographs of a moa skeleton compared with a human one; a view from Cains Terrace, Timaru showing the Post Office and old St Mary's Church; a group of Maori in traditional clothes outside the carved meeting house at Ohinemutu, Rotorua; view of Parihaka pa with Te Whiti's house on the left and Mount Taranaki in the background; Sir George Grey's house at Kawau Island with a jetty; two stuffed kiwi and a kiwi egg; a woman sitting outside a Maori whare with a pig; a man standing outside the Vulcan Hotel, St Bathans with advertisements for Gaytime ice-cream and Speights beer 1966; and a loose print of a young woman sitting at the pihanga of a meeting house with a carved pare. Photographers include Walter Burke. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-029165, 071676, 071677, 071678, and 071696. Two of the images are described as the same as 1/2-031035 and 1/2-015845 Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). 7 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.
A.P. National Park [Arthur's Pass National Park]
Date: [Circa 1890s-1920s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Beck, Dick, active 1895; Beken, Charles Albert, 1859-1944; Frazer, William D, active 1920s-1940s; Grace, W, active 1890s; Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950; Lee, A A, active 1920s?; Manson, (Mr), active 1920s; Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972; Peart, Heaton Clairemont, 1894-1991
Reference: PAColl-0959-25
Description: Photographs of mountains and valleys in the Arthur's Pass National Park, including numbers of views of the Otira Tunnel under construction, with interior and exterior views. Various photographers have been identified, some with only their surname. They include H C Peart, A A Lee, [?] Manson, [?] Beck, T.C., John Pascoe, W D Frazer, [?] Barrett, and C Beken. From information about William Alexander Kennedy it appears that a large number of the photographs were taken by him, taking groups of former students on mountaineering trips. Many of the images show groups of young people, none of whom are identified, taken circa 1925-1926. (See article at http://www/nzine.co.nz/features/wak.html) Many of the images show winter views including icicles formed on waterfalls, frozen spray on twigs, and one with frozen spume near the Otira Tunnel. Image no. 25 shows an undentified woman standing at the foot of a semi-frozen waterfall, and image no. 64 shows an undentified woman wearing a woollen coat with fur collar and a felt hat, looking at icicles in Arthur's Pass. Image no. 43 shows "The Birches" in winter, near the summit of Arthur's pass on the Bealey side. Image no. 65 shows four women and a men with armfuls of mountain lilies in Arthur's pass. Images no. 70-71 show a small ferry [?] by the pier at Lake Brunner. Image no. 89 shows three men and a dog standing near a mountain hut, with a camera on a tripod. Most of the places shown are listed above. Other Titles - Arthur's Pass National Park Quantity: 150 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
View of the Rakaia Valley from Mein's Knob
Date: 1932
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PA1-o-412-086
Description: Mountaineers, Gran and Mac on Mien's Knob looking down the Rakaia River Valley. The position of Cattle Stream and Louper Stream are noted on the album page. Photographed by John Dobree Pasco in 1932 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Gun at Godley Heads, Lyttelton
Date: 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: DA-01812
Description: Big gun firing from the fortification on Godley Head on the northern side of the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on 12 Jan 1943
Mount Whitcombe and Ramsay Glacier
Date: 1931
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PA1-o-411-023
Description: Mount Whitcombe and the head of the Ramsay Glacier from Louper Peak. Photograph taken by John Pascoe on the 5th of April, 1931. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Mt Whitcombe and Ramsay Gletscher from Louper Peak (JDP 5/4/31) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Assemblage of 2 silver gelatin prints 145 x 138 mm mounted on album page
The Tasman Glacier from Haast (King) Hut
Date: 1936
From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972
Reference: PA1-o-410-048-1
Description: Tasman Glacier from Haast (King) Hut photographed by John Dobree Pascoe on the 30th of December 1936 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print