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Foxley Norris album
- Date
- [1870s-1880s]
- By
- Norris, Joseph Foxley, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Wilson, George Washington, 1823-1893
- Reference
- PA1-q-094
- Description
Photographic album created by Joseph Foxley Norris, with many images of places visited in Great Britain, including castles, cathedrals, stately homes, ports, landscapes, and bridges. Joseph Foxley Norris was a founding member of the Cyclists' Touring Club in England, and was a member of the Pickwick Bicycle Club in England with one image being a group portrait of members of the club. A number of the English scenes were photographed by G.W.W. (George Washington Wilson).
Other regions visited include Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro.
Views of New Zealand are mostly in the South Island, with a few of Wellington (including Government Buildings, Parliament Buildings and Government House). One photograph taken by James Bragge shows a group of unidentified Maori standing outside a meeting house in Masterton.
South Island views include a bicycle "meet" in Christchurch, with a large crowd gathered, and a number of penny-farthing bicycles visible. A number of images show men riding penny-farthing bicycles and the dangers of so doing, with posed views of two men underneath their bicycles and one clutching a fence, taken in and around Christchurch. On page 108 is hand-printed award `Anniversary Sports, Christchurch,N.Z. 16th December 1880. The following ten views taken from the Cathedral Tower, Christchurch, are the 3rd prize in the One Mile Champion Bicycle Race won by J. Foxley Norris, Pioneer Bicycle Club'. Other views include a group of about four men touring along the West Coast Road, and notable buildings in Christchurch and Dunedin. One image shows the "cage" crossing the Teremakau River. A group portrait in Christchurch shows members of Harper & Co. (Solicitors)
Inscriptions: Album page - J. Foxley Norris. 1880
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: 1/2-C-15980 (p81), 1/2-038826, 1/2-038827 (p105), 1/2-C-17907 (p106), 1/2-038828 to 038837 (pp109-118), 1/2-038838 (p130 lower), 1/2-038839 (p151), 1/2-004655 (p162 same image as the negative but a different print) , 1/2-048096 (p180 lower), 1/2-038840 (p181 lower), 1/2-038841 (p183 upper), 1/2-038842, 1/2-046778
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Albums, Album with a black cover, spine title `Photo's'; 29.0 x 24.5 cm
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UnknownCyclists outside Canterbury College, Christchurch
Date: ca 1880
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-106
Description: Group of men with penny-farthing bicycles in front of Canterbury College, on intersection of Rolleston Avenue (left to right, foreground) and Worcester Street (centre to left, background). The man standing at right foreground is identified as a Mr Colclough. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Canterbury College; Album page - bottom left - Colclough, Smith, Allen [pencil note]; Album page - bottom right - Colclough Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Unidentified house and garden, Christchurch area.
Date: 1880s
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-185
Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Pickwick Bicycle Club, probably London, England
Date: 1878
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-104
Description: Group portrait of identified members of the Pickwick Bicycle Club, taken in 1878 by an unidentified photographer, probably in London, England. Penny farthing bicycles are alongside. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Pickwick B C 1878; Album page - [names of members] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 17.5 x 26.4 cm, on album page
Christchurch Tramway
Date: ca 1880s
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-130-1
Description: Trams in Christchurch, alongside a paddock, circa 1880s. One of the four men, probably the one on the right, is Mr Evans, secretary (of the Canterbury Tramway Company?). Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Christchurch Tramway; Album page - right of image - Mr Evans secretary Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Canterbury University College and Canterbury Museum, Christchurch
Date: ca 1880
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-103
Description: Canterbury College and Canterbury Museum, with penny-farthing bicycle in Worcester Street. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Christchurch Cathedral
Date: ca 1880
From: Foxley Norris album
Reference: PA1-q-094-107
Description: Christchurch Cathedral in Cathedral Square, Christchurch. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Christchurch Cathedral, NZ. Christchurch Cathedral was designed by British architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).