IMAGE
Photograph album compiled by William Herbert Perkins
- Date
- [ca 1881]
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; Ring, James, 1856-1939
- Reference
- PA1-o-415
- Description
Photographs of Greymouth, Grey River, Brunnerton, Ahaura, Reefton, Waimakariri, Lake Pearson, Lake Brunner, Dillmanstown, Milford Sound, Franz Josef Glacier, Ross, and the thermal areas of central North Island. The photographers represented include William Herbert Perkins, James Ring and the Burton Brothers.
There is one interior view of a quartz-crushing battery at Reefton.
Pages 55, 57 and 58 have portraits of women (and one man) in "Fancy Fair" costumes
Inscriptions: Album page - "William Perkins. Greymouth. 1884"
Quantity: 1 album(s).
Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, darker corners and spine; "Album" lettered in gold on spine; 23.5 x 30.0 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Copy negative at 1/2-089382
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
- Format
- 1 album(s), Photographs, Photograph albums, Album with maroon covers, darker corners and spine; "Album" lettered in gold on spine; 23.5 x 30.0 cm
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UnknownRocky Island, also known as Motutapu Island, Grey River
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-08
Description: Grey River, West Coast. In the centre of the image is a small island identified as Rocky Island, also known as Motutapu Island. A railway track and a narrow road run next to the river. Photographed circa 1880 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Source of descriptive information - Maori name for Rocky Island provided by Library client, 2007 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Rocky Island Grey River. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20 cm, mounted on album page
Black birch trees, Christchurch Road
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-48
Description: Black birch trees along Christchurch Road, possibly in the West Coast Region. Photographed circa 1880s by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Black Birch Trees Christchurch Road Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.4 x 20.3 cm, mounted on album page
Railway wagons loaded with coal at Greymouth Wharf
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-56
Description: Railway wagons loaded with coal at Greymouth Wharf, Westland. Photographed ca 1880s by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Greymouth Wharf. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.5 cm, mounted on album page
Trinity Church, Greymouth
Date: [ca May 1881]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-01
Description: Trinity Church, Greymouth, showing damage caused by a hurricane in May 1881. Photographed circa May 1881 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Trinity Church Greymouth (after destruction by hurricane May 1881.) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20 cm, mounted on album page
Flooding on Mawhera Quay, Greymouth
Date: 1872
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-04
Description: Flooding on Mawhera Quay, Greymouth. To the left is a row of buildings including Hamilton Gilmer's Hotel and John Manson's drapery, and there are groups of men standing on the street. Photographed in 1872 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Flood of 1872; Recto - centre left - Gilmer's Hotel Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.7 x 19.8 cm, mounted on album page
Perkins album frontispiece
Date: 1881
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-Frontispiece
Description: Ink inscription on album frontispiece stating William Perkins, Greymouth, 1881. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - William Perkins Greymouth (Mawhera[?]) 1881 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Inscription in ink on album page
Hot water basin, White Terraces, Lake Rotomahama
Date: [circa 1881]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-30
Description: Hot water basin at the White Terraces, Lake Rotomahana. Photographed circa 1881 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Rotomahana Auckland N.Z The Hot Water Basin White Terrace Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20.3 cm, mounted on album page
Group of people in fancy dress
Date: [ca 1880s]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-57
Description: Group of people in fancy dress, showing from left to right: Miss N Brown, Mrs Coates, Miss Masters, Mr Moss, Mrs Lichfield and Miss Fricker. Photographed ca 1880s by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Miss N. Brown Mrs Coates Miss Masters Mr Moss Mrs Lichfield Miss Fricker [?] Fancy Fair Costumes Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 19.1 x 14.5 cm, mounted on album page
Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-43
Description: View of Franz Josef Glacier, taken ca 1880 by an unknown photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Francis Joseph Glacier Westland N.Z.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 825 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.9 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page
Mining at Ross, Westland
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Perkins, J (Mr), fl 1967 :Photograph album and loose prints
Reference: PA1-o-415-52
Description: Gold mining at Ross, Westland. Photographed circa 1880 by an unidentified photographer, possibly William Herbert Perkins. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Ross Westland NZ. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.4 cm, mounted on album page