Photographs

Date
1870s-1902
By
Browne, Charles Pelham, -1916; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference
PAColl-4363-1
Description

Photographs of group including Richard Seddon taken by C P Browne; the US transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown; Granny's hut at Bluff Harbour; bridge over the Shotover River at Arthur's Point; a group including Gerhard Mueller; gold miners next to a river at Orepuki; and a group of Land Commisioners taken in 1902 and including Thomas Humphries, Gerhard Mueller, Mackenzie, Major Richardson, D Barron, G J Roberts, F W Bronte, T S Weston, Marchant, Dr Giles, H McCardell, Col N Y A Wales (taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns); a man using surveying equipment; group including Jakob Luper

Quantity: 18 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Albumen prints

Additional description

Alternative form available: Copy negatives at 1/2-060568, 066571, 076011

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Mueller family :Photographs
Format
18 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Albumen prints
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US transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown, NZ - Photograph taken by an unidentified...

Date: 1874

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-04

Description: Photograph of the United states Transit of Venus observatory at Queenstown, New Zealand, taken in 1874 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 18 x 24 cm, on mount 24.6 x 30.7 cm

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Group including Swiss guide Jakob Lauper, circa 1880s. Location photograph taken unknow...

Date: [188-?]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-14

Description: Group including Swiss guide Jakob Lauper (far right). Location unknown. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Jakob Lauper identified by Library client. Dated estimated by cataloguer. Formerly identified as possibly being a group of gold miners. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 7.2 x 10.1 cm

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Group of surveyors

Date: 1888 or 1889

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-07

Description: Group of surveyors, photographed 1888 or 1889 by an unknown photographer. Back row (from left): Macfarlane, Pfeifer, Dixon, unknown. Sitting (from left): George John Roberts (1848-1910), Clarke, Gerhard Mueller (1835?-1918), Murray, Smythe. In front: Wither. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 24 x 28.8 cm, on mount 31.5 x 37 cm

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Men and boys standing outside W Geisow's store, Invercargill - Photograph taken by Jame...

Date: [186-?]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

By: Brown, James, 1839-1918

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-10

Description: Men and boys standing in front of W Geisow's general store, Invercargill, taken ca 1865 by James Brown. Inscriptions: Mount verso - centre - J. Brown, Photographer. Tay Street Invercargill. Duplicates may be had Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 5.8 x 9.6 cm, on mount 6.3 x 10.1 cm

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Surveyor

Date: [189-?]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-11

Description: Surveyor in rocky mountainous terrain, using measuring equipment. Shows an unidentified man dressed for cold weather. Photograph taken circa 1890s. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso of backing card "Cold day at 5000 ft" [source of inscription unknown] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print 8.4 x 10.5 cm

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Trelissick Station, Castle Hill

Date: [188-?]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-15

Description: View of Trelissick Station, Castle Hill, Canterbury, taken ca 1880s by Burton Brothers of Dunedin. Show a man on a horse near the station's gate, houses and farm buildings in the distance in front of snow capped mountains. Other Titles - Snow gate, Trelissick Station, W Coast Road Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 1527 Snow Gate Trelissick Station W. Coast Road Burton Bros. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 14.8 x 19.7 cm, mounted on card

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View over Queenstown

Date: [circa 1870s-1890s]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-05

Description: View over Queenstown between circa 1870s-1890s. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - Frankton Rd, Transit of Venus, Eichart, Hallenstein's Store, du Beer's, Hicks & Robersons Timber yard, Hicks, Malaghans Hotel later McArthay's. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 238 x 188 mm, mounted on to card

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Harris family, Haast Beach, Haast

Date: [before 1891]

From: Mueller family :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-4363-1-01

Description: Photograph of Mary and William Hamilton Harris and their children, Haast Beach, Haast. Dated from when Mueller left the district in 1891. See Rona Adshead. 'Mueller, Gerhard', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated October, 2017. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1m58/mueller-gerhard (accessed 10 June 2024). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Photograph from MS Papers 448: Gerhard Mueller. Donated by Miss Isabel Forrest.. Processing information: Names updated following information from a staff member, June 2024.

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