IMAGE
Sarney album 1
- Date
- [Circa 1870s-1880s]
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)
- Reference
- PA1-f-065
- Description
Album of landscapes taken by various photographers including Wheeler & Sons and the Burton Brothers, circa 1870s and 1880s.
All the views are of New Zealand except the last sequence (p 33-37) showing Rio de Janeiro.
Of particular interest are views of a wool wagon drawn by oxen, crossing a ford; a series showing an unidentified curved viaduct under construction (p 28-32); and a number showing a farm run by J F L Jetter at Te Puke when the land was partially cleared, with cattle grazing in paddocks, and Mr Jetter standing by a horse in a paddock in front of his home. Many of the images show uncleared land, with a deep ravine filled with native bush and tree ferns, and a stream running through (p 24-27).
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with dark green leather cover with embossed diamond shape pattern, bordered with gold; 32 x 38 cm
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Copyright
UnknownBullock team and wool wagon, Cheviot, New Zealand
Date: [1880-1889]
From: Sarney, H F (Mr), fl 1959 :Photograph albums of New Zealand scenes
Reference: PA1-f-065-16-1
Description: Bullock team and wool wagon crossing a stream, Cheviot, north Canterbury, New Zealand. Photographed by Wheeler & Son sometime in the 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Wool Wagon, Cheviot. Wheeler & Son Ch.Ch. At the time that this photograph was taken Cheviot Station was owned by William (Ready Money) Robinson. He died in 1889, and his heirs sold the station to the Government in 1893. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 23 x 16.3 cm, mounted on album page