Stone industry and trade
Redcliffs Redstone Quarry Company :Redcliffs redstone for indoor & outdoor building pur...
Date: 1915 - 1930
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to building material and supplies in New Zealand]
By: Redcliffs Redstone Quarry Company
Reference: Eph-A-BUILDING-SUPPLIES-1920-01
Description: Promotional booklet for the volcanic stone found near Redcliffs. it has the quality of resisting fire, equal to fire-bricks. There is a photograph of a typical fireplace constructed of redstone, which is said to be warm and cosy in appearance, extremely durable, labour saving, distinctive, and suitable for varied designs. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of four pages, inside red cover 150 x 229 mm.
Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Clearing stones off hill land on a farm Half Way B...
Date: 1896
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-007
Description: Two horses with a cart, and a rough sketch of a man reaching down to lift stones onto the cart. The sea is in the background Other Titles - Halfway Bush Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm
John Barr chiseling a stone for E S Wilkinson's house, North Taranaki
Date: [ca 1930]
By: Chapman-Taylor, James Walter, 1878-1958
Reference: 1/2-025375-F
Description: John Barr chiseling a stone for E S Wilkinson's house in North Taranaki. Taken by James Walter Chapman-Taylor circa 1930. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).