Kinsey album

Date
[1890s]
By
Harper, Arthur Paul, 1865-1955; Inglis, Charles, active 1894
Reference
PA1-q-137
Description

Album includes scenic photographs of areas in the region of the Southern Alps, including panoramas and closer views of mountains, valleys, rivers and glaciers.

Many photographs show groups of men and women, many of whom are identified, camping and climbing in the Southern Alps area. Also shown are scenes of The Hermitage at Mount Cook (one of which shows a bullock team for transporting stores, and another which shows Frayne's coach leaving Mount Cook); views of the Birch Hill Station; and Ball Hut (with a curtained-off area as a "ladies' compartment").

Many of the photographs were taken by Joseph James Kinsey, some also by Arthur Paul Harper, Charles Inglis, and Kinsey's daughter May.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with blue buckram cover; 37.5 x 29.5 cm

Additional description

Alternative form available: Copy negatives available at 1/2-C-008382; 1/2-C-016072; 1/2-C-016562 to 1/2-C-16563; 1/2-C-051820; 1/2-C-067937; 1/2-C-071274; and 1/2-C-122525

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Part of
Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with blue buckram cover; 37.5 x 29.5 cm
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Mr and Mrs Mann at the entrance to an ice cave

Date: 1895

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-07-5

Description: Mr and Mrs Mann of Dunedin at the entrance to an ice cave in a glacier in the Southern Alps. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Photograph of Mount Cook (Aorangi)

Date: 1895

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

By: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936

Reference: PA1-q-137-01

Description: View of Mount Cook (Aorangi), and part of the Hooker Valley. Photographed in 1895 by Joseph James Kinsey Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Mt Cook (Aorangi). Highest peak - 12,349; Middle [peak] - 12,178; Lowest [peak] - 11,844; Mount recto - right of image - Hooker Valley; Mount recto - left of image - Mt Hector - Green's Saddle; Mount recto - bottom left - J J Kinsey 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Tasman Glacier, Canterbury

Date: Jan 1895

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-30x-1

Description: Tasman Glacier, Canterbury, photographed January 1895, by Joseph James Kinsey. Also shows Hochstetter Ice Fall, Green's Spur, Rudolf Glacier, Mt De La Beche, The Minarets, Mt Green, Lendenfeld's Saddle, Hochstetter Dome and Malte Brun Range. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - View up the Great Tasman Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 16.4 x 19.6 cm, on album page 36.2 x 26.1 cm

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Hooker River and terminal face of Mueller Glacier

Date: 1896

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-76-2

Description: The Hooker River and the terminal face of the Mueller Glacier, photographed in 1896, probably by Sir Joseph Kinsey. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Hooker river and Terminal Face of Mueller Glacier. 1896. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 148 x 201 mm mounted on album page

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Punt on Lake Pukaki, Mackenzie district, Canterbury

Date: [189-?]

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-19-1

Description: Punt on Lake Pukaki, Mackenzie district, Canterbury. Includes the owner of the Lake Pukaki accomodation house, Robert Riddle, with his sons Charlie and Fred. Photograph taken circa 1890s by an unidentified photographer. Source of descriptive information - Inscription in album. Date and idenetification of Robert Riddle, from back of file print. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Punt over PUKAKI - at its outlet Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10 x 15.3 cm, on album page 36.2 x 26.1

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"Old May" in her den

Date: 1895

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-25-3

Description: May Kinsey in climbing dress standing outside her tent. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1895 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Mountaineering group

Date: 1896

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-66-1

Description: Mountaineering group, Kea Point, 20 February 1896, photographed by Joseph James Kinsey. Back, from left: Mattias Zurbriggen, Isabel Baker, Jack Clarke. Front, from left: Signor Borsalino, John Holland Baker, May Kinsey, Noeline Baker. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.2 x 20.3 cm, on album page

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May Kinsey outside her tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook

Date: 1895

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-30-2

Description: May Kinsey, dressed for climbing, seated at the entrance of a tent near The Hermitage, Mount Cook. An ice pick and coil of rope lean on the other side of the tent. Photographed by Joseph James Kinsey in 1895. Another version of this photograph is at PA1-q-137-22-2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - J J Kinsey 1895; Album page - beneath image - May at her "Alpine Home" Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 205 x 146 mm

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Group, including mountaineer Jack Clarke

Date: [Circa 1895]

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-64-1

Description: Group photographed by Joseph James Kinsey circa 1895, probably in Christchurch. From left to right, unidentified, unidentified, Signor Borsolino, May Kinsey (with a cat in her lap), unidentified, mountaineer Jack Clarke, unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 11.3 x 20.6 cm

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Hooker River and the terminal face of Mueller Glacier

Date: 1896

From: Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936 :Photographs relating to Antarctica and mountaineering

Reference: PA1-q-137-76

Description: Hooker River and the terminal face of Mueller Glacier, 1896. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Hooker River and terminal face of Mueller Glacier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

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