Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

Date: 1865-1915

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Gungall, Arthur Frederick, 1863?-1927

Reference: PA1-q-1134

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1865-1915, with emphasis on 1893-1898 and 1911-1914. Series include: scenes from Cheviot (including Gore Bay boarding house, Port Robinson landing stage, farm displenishing sale (sheep), Baxton Creek, and Cathedral Bluffs); construction, testing, and opening of Ashley ferro-concrete bridge (with W McIntosh and Governor Islington); Wilson, Oram and Leithead family photographs in New Zealand (Lindean, Beauthorne, and Marston) and South Africa, featuring Christmas holidays, three generations portrait, grandchildren (Josie, Lionel, Bobby, and Alan) and pets (cat Billy Buster, various dogs); Ketches Amelia, Joseph and Emma Sims in Wellington and Kaiapoi, including naming ceremony; collected images of castles and estates in England; scenes from South Africa (Port Elizabeth, Bird Island, indigenous women, bullock train, and British cruiser off Capetown); and Winchester School. Events include Christchurch Agricultural and Pastoral shows of 1912 and 1914 (with J L Wilson and Dr Levenge present), King George V inspecting troops during royal tour, coronation parade at Woodford (including participants in fancy dress), Governor Ranfurly's 1898 visit to Kaiapoi, Silver Wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs R Wylie (Kaiapoi), rifle volunteer camp at Pareora (Timaru), and Victoria Jubilee. Named figures include A G Ashby in his motorcar, Lieutenant-Colonel Cossgrave, R J Alexander and son William, C Treleaven, J Leech and daughter at Brooklands (Rangiora), John O'Halloran, Henry Lauder, R S Bean and family (Ashburton), Thomas [McLeon?], and Jack Hardwick-Smith and teddy bear. Group photographs include: Dr C Nedwill, Captain Tom Bowling, J L Wilson, and shipmates at 'Chariot of Fame' jubilee; Mr Charles Leech (president) with Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Society Committee; Miss Barlow's class at Kaiapoi School (with Leonard Wilson); Mrs J Pattinson of Cumberland, and her eight grandchildren; North Canterbury Ploughing Match Committee at Mr [Peaches'] farm (Ashley); volunteer rifle officers, J H Hayman (superintendent) with Kaiapoi Fire Brigade; and Colonel Lean and officers and Springbank camp. Wedding portraits of Anderson and Scott (Lindean), Henry and Wright, Dr Hardwick-Smith and Friggs, Oram and Wilson (Beauthorne), and Leithead and Wilson (Marston) weddings. Buildings include Junction Hotel (Rangiora), interior of Press Newspaper building (lithographic department and main entrance), Bass residence at Bristol Street (Christchurch), Hansen's building (Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company, F Gabites, W R Pengelly Tailor and Outfitter, Richards Watchmaker and Jeweller), St John's Church (Rangiora), Mansion House (Cheviot), and W Robinson's residence (Cheviot). Kaiapoi buildings and scenes include Bank of New Zealand, Golf Club pavilion, Emma Matthew's cottage, [Leonard?] Wilson's villa, Anderson's store, Press agency, Borough Council Chambers, Borough School, J Harold Evans' House, Parish Church, suspension bridge, Beswick and Birch's wharf, Kaiapoihia monument, gardens at Beauthorne and Marston, and various streets. Miscellaneous images include picnicking at Birch Hill, wood carvings by Thomas Leech, Waimakariri water supply scheme (Brown's Rock intake and luncheon), George V swimming baths (Rangiora), chickens, Skiddaw, P C Threkeld's prize dairy cows and Leicester ram, Waitangi Falls (Bay of Islands), cooking bullock [hangi?] at Rangiora New Year sports day, Timaru breakwater construction, Otira Gorge, and a Maori woman identified as 'Kaiapoi Maori Queen'. Postcards depict bath house at Hamner Springs, 'Land of the golden fleece', and an illustration of Port Elizabeth. Collected images by named photographers include Mt Egmont (A Gungall). Some hand coloured photographs in album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1865-1916

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

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

Reference: PA1-q-1133

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1868-1916, predominantly dated 1899-1909. Series include: testing the Kaiapoi river dredge and associated luncheon at Oddfellows hall; scenes from Rangiora (gas works, Victoria Park, High Street, Borough Council, Magistrate's Court); Wilson family photographs, including Leonard Wilson and family, Mr and Mrs J L Wilson and mother-in-law Emma Matthews, various outings, and Jamie's first day at school; collected images of North Island scenes (Huntly, Ohakune, Raurimu, Paekakariki, Hamilton); honorary Colonel Lady Plunket presenting colours to Amuri Mounted Rifles at Culverdon, with Colonel Davies, Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins, Lieutenant Northcote (also visit to Kaiapoi Domain and Horsley Down); Kaiapoi scenes (J Beswick's store, Woollen store, ferry, High Street, Cam Road, road bridge, ketch courier, suspension bridge, Charles Street, Raven Street); fancy dress on the SS 'Runic'; and military cadets parading at Rangiora and Lancaster Park. Events include train derailment at Sefton, unveiling of the Kiapohia monument, opening of runanga hall (Tuahiwi), Estelle Wilson's marriage to Oram, party celebrating opening of new Woollen Mills warehouse (Manchester Street, Christchurch), Arbour Day at Kaiapoi Domain, laying of the foundation stone of the Otira Tunnel (Booth, Reese, Howland, Moore, Kaye, Quane, [Lorrison?], Allen, Forster, Williams, and Dobson), Buss farewell garden party at McFarlane's (Rangiora), Lincoln College prize day, Grace and Stead wedding, unidentified Maori wedding, 1901 royal visit (Christchurch), Antarctic expedition garden party at J Kinsey's, Governor Plunket's visit (Waimate), banquet honouring R J Seddon (London), and fire at Woollen Mills costume and cap factory (Cashel Street, Christchurch). Named figures include E W Ralph and his daughter, T Turnbull (in garden at Beauthorne with J L Wilson), Mr A G Ashby, C Moody (on horseback), Mr and Mrs Millar with E Parham, and Makumaku. Group photographs include: Pearce, R Moore, T Wilson, J L Wilson, and C J Cox outside Kaiapoi Press office; Sir John Hall and executive committee of the Christchurch exhibition; E Wildon (president) and Christchurch Golf Club; veterans Perrin, Lane, Dudson, Wright, Bannister, and McDonald outside Kaiapoi Working Men's Club; Kaiapoi Shipping Company promoters; reunion of 'Glentanner' shipmates; Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Committee; Blackwell family; and competitors in North Canterbury ploughing match (W Cunningham's farm). Buildings include Press Newspaper offices (Cashel Street and Cathedral Square), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills (exterior and engine room interior), Kaiapoi Shipping Company premises, Leonard Wilson's greenhouse and conservatory, Christchurch Post Office, St Mary's Church (Timaru), Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Christchurch), Mrs Emma Matthew's cottage, and Horsley Down church. Miscellaneous images include white swans at Kaiapoi Domain, a bunch of bananas, workers and children during harvesting oats at Geo Chilton's farm (Southland), avenue in Samoa, harvesting fleet at Gould and Cameron's farm (Canterbury Plains), repairing overhead wires on for trams (Christchurch), girls in costume (bazaar at King Edward's barracks), Empire Bridge wash out, Timaru penny, R J Alexander memorial (Kaiapoi), Waimakariri Gorge rail bridge, children riding cow, coach at Bealey (West Coast road), Rolleston River bridge, SS 'Wootton' and SS 'Kairaki' (Kaiapoi), Boy Scouts at Woodend, and Queen Victoria monument (Kaiapoi). Postcards include Fairfield Freezing Works and scenes from the United Kingdom (some are hand coloured). Illustration of earthquake and tidal wave (South America, 1867). Also newspaper clippings of fire at Woollen Mill's Men's hostel (Kaiapoi) and shipmates from 'Chariot of Fame' at jubilee. Burton Brothers named photographers of some collected images. Also contains Wises 1895 hand coloured and annotated map of Kaiapoi. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1889-1909

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933

Reference: PA1-q-1137

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1889-1909, with an emphasis on 1901-1903. Series include: Wilson family portraits of Joseph Lowthian, his wife, son Leonard, daughter Estelle, and mother-in-law Mrs Emma Matthews; various views of Highfield Annan settlement land (including Wandle Valley, farmland) with land ballot at Waiau and Canterbury Land Board meeting relating to settlement; Maori performance group (kapa haka) and various unidentified portraits and group images; opening of the Kaiapoi Swimming Baths with Mayor J Daly and Premiere Richard Seddon; re-opening of Ashley Gorge bridge (between Glentui and Oxford); inspection of North Canterbury Volunteer Mounted Rifles by Colonel Porter [Woodend?], with officers including Captain R W Chaffey and Lieutenant Horne; flooding in Rangiora and Waverley; views of Hamner Springs; Kaiapoi railway station buildings (built 1872 and 1904 respectively) and trains, with J Ward opening new station; massed school display at Lancaster Park, with cadet competition and girls' drill; and Governor Lord Plunket (and Lady Plunket) visiting Kaiapoi and Tuahiwi. Events include general election at Tuahiwi schoolhouse, fire at Hobday's Drapery (Christchurch), Lady Stewart and A W Rutherford opening track at Conical Hill (Hamner), reception for General Booth at Cathedral Square (Christchurch), Amuri sheep sale (Culverden), Amberley South African War Troopers Memorial unveiling (with Sergeant Turner), J Ward laying foundation of Kaiapoi Post Office, Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Show, sheep sale at Rangiora, Mrs Harrison Lee addressing temperance rally at Junction Hotel (Rangiora), and Rangiora New Year's Day sports meeting with crosscut sawing event. Named figures include Charles Luger of West Oxford (with goat), Mr Thomas Leech of Brooklands (with woodcarvings), and G H Blackwell. Group photographs include Brown and Alexander wedding at Riverside, Mr Smith's family of nineteen (Oxford), Claire Parham's wedding party, Kaiapoi Men's Hockey Team in fancy dress (cross-dressing), and Leithead and Blackwell family members at Main Drain. Buildings include Jollie's Pass Hotel (Hamner Springs), R Evans' flour mill (Ohoka), Kaiapoi Borough School, John Sims residence (Kaiapoi), Tuahiwi Town Hall, Waverley Railway Station, Hamner Post Office, Hamner Plains Sanatorium, Blencowe Grammar School (Cumberland, England, 1859), Marston (Kaiapoi), and Cheviot Post Office. Interior of Wanganui Museum (featuring [whale?] skeleton) and Christchurch Cathedral. Miscellaneous images include various coach scenes, Paterson's Creek rail bridge (Otorama), sheep dipping in the high country, first grave and early working-man's cottage (Rangiora), scenic images of farmland and mountains in Canterbury Region, sheep at R W Chapman's estate (Lowland Leas), trees planted by J L Wilson and Inspector Buckley at post office site, cliffs at Summerhill, Waimakariri Water Supply (Brown Rock intake), shingle being carted to Main Drain (Skew Bridge, Flaxton), triumphant arc on Kaiapoi Bridge (coronation of Edward VII), Hereford Street (Christchurch), swans gifted to Kaiapoi Domain by Glenmark Station, R Evans' wheat crop at Clifton (Waikari), Waimakariri Gorge railway and dray bridge, entrance to Riccarton Racecourse, crowd in Runanga Hall courtyard (Tuahiwi), HMS 'Powerful' and HMS 'Challenger' docked at Lyttelton, and riverside camping and the bluff at Cheviot. Collected images by named photographers include Maori portraits and objects by Charles Spencer. Album includes cyanotype of Richard Seddon and a group of unidentified men. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1863-1921

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

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

Reference: PA1-q-1138

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1863-1921, with the majority dated 1908-1919. Also includes coverage of South Africa's Eastern Cape and England. Series include: Wilson family portraits, with Joseph Lowthian, his wife, son Leonard, daughter Estelle, mother-in-law Emma Matthews, and brother Thomas. Estelle's children also feature, with some images taken in their adopted home in South Africa. Also Wilson family dogs Bruce and Nigger appear in a number of images. Street scenes and buildings in Kaiapoi are emphasised, with many taken following the July 1918 and 2 September snow storms. A number also depict World War One peace celebrations (including Kaiapoi 'tank' and parade). Interior and exterior images of Kaiapoi Woollen Mills and buildings in Hamner Springs (including Jollie's Hotel, Hamner Hall, Post Office, churches, and Public School) also feature. Events include funeral procession of trooper Nicholson (Kaiapoi) who was killed in the South African War, parade with decorated traction engine (Rangiora), celebration of coronation of Edward VII (Oxford), an unidentified shipwreck, street scene of 1908 Christchurch fire, the relocation of St Paul's Presbyterian Church (Kaiapoi), crowd at collie dog trials (Waikari), delivery of Anderson's boiler to Woollen Mills factory, railway accident at Chaimey's corner and funeral of R J Alexander, Armistice Day celebrations (Rangiora), Lord Ranfurly's visit to Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Ashley water supply project luncheon, and the relocation of assembly rooms building. Named figures include J Lang, J Perrin, and J M McGarvy; Mrs W A Parham with her flock of turkeys; J R Leithead; Chief Dinizulu (postcard from Estelle Wilson, annotated); portraits of soldiers Ralph and Leslie Feldwick (both killed in action in Dardanelles) and soldier C J Brighing; Reverend Wynter Blathwayt, Maaka Hape, and T Hape of St Stephen's Maori Church, J Murray and his three boys in Highland dress; cyanotype of Edward Devine, Miss Alice Bennett and her nieces; Mr Jeffrey; and S Johnston (Kaiapoi Postmaster). Group photographs depict [1st Wellington Battalion?] in France, the officers of the 1st Battalion of the Canterbury Rifles on Queen Victoria's 1887 jubilee, group (mainly Maori) at the Kaiapoi Bridge (1869 visit of the Duke of Edinburgh), Woodend Volunteer Rifles, unidentified Maori group outside Runanga Hall (Tuahiwi), and territorial soldiers in 1913 (Rangiora). Premiere Richard Seddon [last photograph before death?] with group at Newport Railway Workshops (Melbourne), soldiers at Trentham Military Camp (1918), Sir Apirana Ngata and the Mahaanui Maori Council, wedding party photographs from the Leech and Parsons wedding, old scholars of Kaiapoi Church School, North Canterbury Ploughing Match organisers (figures named), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills directors (1879), Captain Chaffey and Lieutenants Douglas and Grey of the Amuri Mounted Rifles, Parham family, and the Matthews family outside school house at Kaiapoi Church Day School. Buildings include Bruce Hotel (Akaroa), Hydro Grand Hotel (Timaru), Kaiapoi Parish Church, Wellington Post Office, Bank of New Zealand (Kaiapoi), Beauthorne, W J Robinson's stables and manager's house (Cheviot), Christ's College (Christchurch), South British Insurance (also Press Office, Kaiapoi), S Baldwin's home (Canada), Buckeye Hotel (with Cob and Co coach outside), Marston (Kaiapoi), J Sim's sawmill and store, Kaiapoi Parish Church, Glenmark Station homestead, Church of the Holy Innocents (Amberley), Woollen Mills Cashel Street, Maori pa formerly at site of Woollen Mills (painting), Malcolm Ross Cottage, and Glen Hoon (Hamner). Miscellaneous images include a volunteer camp in Oamaru (Easter, 1886), Akaroa monument to Captain Stanley, Dunedin (from Roslyn Hill), the construction of the Kaiapoi dredge, Rangiora War Memorial, Tikitere (Rotorua), Ashburton Domain, Wellington (from Te Aro Hill), Challenge Shield trophy (of the 1st Battalion, Canterbury Rifle Volunteers), Volunteer Rifle target practice on Kaiapoi beach, Cam bridge (with unidentified family group), the ferry 'Windermere' with Coniston Lake coach on board, Gore Bay and other images from Cheviot area, Reece Valley, Shetland pony Wee Davie, Kingston-Invercargill coach (cyanotype of photo taken by American Astronomical Mission), Purau farm panorama (site for 1893 volunteer military camp), fancy dress, the ketch 'Jannet', Lyttelton Harbour, the steamer 'Kairaki', farmland at Highfield (Waiau), Amuri, Dogs Creek intake, Otira Gorge, various Blue Mountain scenes (New South Wales), Conical Hill (Hamner), Rogerson Valley, D Rutherford Bridge and upper bridge cutting (Waiau River), an original pen drawn caricature, a copy of a painting of a coach by E M Lovell-Smith, and a number of river, garden, and street scenes. Various images (some postcards) from South Africa include three men in front of a cave, St Andrew's College and St Aiden's College (Grahamstown), Prince Alfred's Guards Memorial and Port Elizabeth, Hellgate, and the road to Walmer. Also images (many postcards) of England, including Penrith, Keswick, Braithwaite, Torquay, Boscobel House and Royal Oak (Shropshire), Cumberland Church, and Christchurch Gate (Canterbury). Collected photographs include many Burton Brothers' images of various New Zealand scenes (mainly scenic, including Wanganui River, Waitakere area, Manawatu Gorge, and Lake Manapouri) and work by other unidentified photographers. Album includes cyanotypes, copies of daguerreotypes, postcards, hand coloured images as well as original and reproduced artworks. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Provenance: Purchase, 2011. The album was purchased from Mr Robin Rapley of Christchurch.

Date: 1864-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burke, Walter Ernest Messervy, 1866-1954; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-q-1127

Description: Personal and news photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1864-1907, predominantly from 1900-1907. Contains various scenes illustrating Maori life at Tuahiwi, and the powhiri welcoming Governor General Plunket and Lady Plunket (27 April 1905). Plunket series also covers Kaiapoi receptions at Borough Council Chamber and Oddfellows Hall. Other named figures include Wiremu Te Kakakura Parata, Mrs Rotangi, Chief Pohipi outside his Ashley dwelling, Manihi and his wife, and George Leech. Extensive coverage of June 1905 flood featuring damaged Ashley Railway Bridge, Waimakariri River, Gorge Bridge, Stewart's Gully Bridge, submerged farmland, and numerous images of, and relating to, the railway accident at Chaimey's Corner, including train wreck and the burial of R J Alexander (Kaiapoi Public Cemetary) and the funeral procession of John Richards (both accident victims). Other bridges in album include Rutherford's Bridge (Waiau River), Kaiapoi Suspension Bridge, and the Cust Bridge (opened 1906). Empire Bridge opening series features politician Joseph Ward, regional officials, speeches, crowds, and traction engine. Other miscellaneous photographs include Kaiapoi (funeral of trooper Nicholson of Woodend, Wilson family at Marston (Estelle, Jamie, Myra) and homestead, boat landing and bridge, domain, and woollen mills), Rangiora (Helmore's residence, high school, streets scenes, tree planting), The Lodge in Hamner Springs, Cust Dairy Factory, Cheviot (post office (1893), workmen building road (1895), and coastal scene), John Dobson's farm near Ashley, swimming races at Lyttelton dock, horse sale at farmers' co-operative, Mrs Harrison Lee speaking on balcony of Scott's Junction Hotel (Rangiora) during a prohibition rally, and workmen laying electric tramway at Bank Corner (Christchurch). Churches include Horsley Down (interior and exterior), Durham Street Methodist (Christchurch), St Barnabas (Woodend), and the opening of a new vicarage at St Stephen's (Tuahiwi), by Bishop Julius. Various boats including ketch 'Emma Sims' beached at Kaiapoi, ketch 'Winnie' on Heathcote River, and SS 'Wootton' on Kaiapoi River. Group portraits include: Reverend J Holland and the Kaiapoi parish church choir; Premiere Richard Seddon at Rangiora Sale Yards; Seddon, Ward, Lady Onslow and her son Hui, and a visiting group of North Island Maori; a group of women in matching fancy dress; Mahaanui Maori Council official photograph (1902-05); Ngai Tahu leader and politician Hori Kerei Taiaroa and family; Kaiapoi School Cadets (1904); Arbour Day in Kaiapoi Domain; and Parham and Blackwell Wedding. South African War images include parade of Amuri and also North Canterbury Mounted Rifles, members of the Cust Mounted Rifles at camp, Jack and George Oram at Durban, and Sergeant Major Crisbin on his horse. Album also includes various images taken by other photographers, including Burton Brothers and Walter Burke, and also illustrations depicting Maori life from unknown sources. Joseph Lowthian Wilson appears in an image with Maori MP [Hone?] Heke, and Thomas Wilson is also pictured with his niece in garden. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1859-1907

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

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

Reference: PA1-q-1136

Description: News and personal photographs, taken and collected by J L Wilson, featuring North Canterbury 1859-1907, predominantly dated 1900-1902. Series include: Akaroa (1876); 1901 Royal Tour of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, with events including review of volunteer rifles (Christchurch) and parade in Auckland; South African War departures, transport ships (including 'Tongariro'), and return celebrations (Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Christchurch), as well as training and volunteer camps (Woodend, Redcastle, and Newtown), peace announcement, and various related events and images; Birch Hill bush, logging, sawmill and bullock teams; flood damage to Ashley rail bridge; and potatoes being sent to South Africa. Events include opening of Lyttelton dock, jubilee celebration for deaf and dumb community, Amuri cattle sale at Culverden (with Captain R A Chaffey and Lieutenant Wynaham-Grey), wedding breakfast at Ashley, funeral in Rangiora [Mr A Foreman?], Lyttelton Regatta, Kaiapoi boat race, Grand National Steeplechase and races at Riccarton Racecourse, public school displays at Lancaster Park, wreck of the SS 'Taupo' at Greymouth (also 'Hesketh' run aground), crowd in Cathedral Square for Bishop Wilson's wedding, bazaar in Nelson, religious gathering in tent (Christchurch Showgrounds), Premiere Richard Seddon's visit to Kaiapoi, Rangiora sheep sale, J G Ward visit to Kaiapoi [Kaiapoihia monument?], Imperial Troops marching through Christchurch, Waikari sheepdog trials (judge W Rutherford), Rangiora Agricultural and Pastoral Show, washout at Cam flour mill (Leech Brothers), Governor Ranfurly at A & P Show, opening of Canterbury Hall by Ranfurly and Seddon, dispersal sale of R W Chapman's sheep, Mayor J Daly turning over first sod of Coronation Baths (Kaiapoi), unveiling of Queen Victoria Jubilee memorial, and Victoria Jubilee celebrations (Auckland). Identified figures include Reverend Garbett and Dr J E Weld, H Marton and Mark Scott, A S Clarkson (in South Africa), Rev Canon James Wilson, W Stapleforth (with dog), Colonel Stuart Newall, Miss Ethel Bell, Richard Seddon, E G Wakefield (bust), Pohipi and his wife, and Mr G Leech. Group photographs include: R J Alexander and [M J] Lynskey and Kaiapoi Borough School Cadets; Christchurch Hockey Club men's team; staff of A Moore coach builders, including H Land, J Jeffrey, A Moore, and W Baker; Kaiapoi Hinemoa Hockey Club (and instructor Mr Kinvig); Mrs W R May and troupe of entertainers from Richmond, Nelson; Amberley Caledonian Society; wedding of A Pearce and Miss Zuppicich; Colonel H Gordon and North Canterbury Volunteer Rifle group (including nurses), also Lieutenant A Horne with volunteers, and Lieutenant E B Millton, Captain H Lance, and Lieutenant Johnson of Cust Mounted Rifles; telegraph staff at Bloemfontein; Rev Wynter Blathwayt and St Stephen's Maori Church Choir; Rev H H Mathias and Kaiapoi Church Sunday School teachers and church choir members (including Estelle Wilson); Mrs J G Blackwell (chaperone) and campers on Sumner trip; Archdeacon B Dudley, Fanny Dudley, and Mrs Dudley at Earnley (Rangiora); Kaiapoi football [rugby] team; Dr H C Parsons and family; staff at Kaiapoi Woollen Mills; crew of the ship 'Discovery' (Tuahiwi visit); Rangiora Oddfellows; Mahaanui Maori Council; Rev Nicholls wedding (Ravenstone); and Wesleyan Church Conference. Also soldiers Rule, Moody, and Sanson (departing for South Africa). Buildings include Canterbury Provincial Chambers, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, Kaiapoi Methodist Church, East Oxford Church, Johnsons Building (Rangiora), Press agency (Kaiapoi), Red Lion Hotel (Oxford), Masonic Lodge (Rangiora), Lyttelton Times and Warner's Commercial Hotel (Christchurch), Building and Land Society (Christchurch), Moore's Beehive store, round house with turf roof and punga trunk walls (Water of Leith, Dunedin), Rangiora Post Office, ruins of early Rangiora house, Kaiapoi Borough School, H Martin's house (site of murder) and St Thomas's Church (East Eyreton), Boys High School (Christchurch), Mrs Lamhert's house (Jack's Pass), Canterbury Museum, Bank of New South Wales and church (Amberley), Waiau ferry [terminal?], creamery (Woodend), A S Clarkson's office and Presbyterian church (Rangiora), Wilson residence Marston (Kaiapoi), Kaiapoi Railway Station, and Colonial Bank of New Zealand (Rangiora). Interior of Kaiapoi church (featuring decorated font) and Wellington Public Library. Also garden at Beauthorne. Miscellaneous images include Maori scenes [ca 1860s], motorised quadricycle, Purau Bay, unidentified sports team [rugby?], J Pearson's wool being carted and shearing at Burnt Hill, High Street (Rangiora), ambulance tent for mounted rifles (Tuahiwi), boats moored at Lyttelton, hot springs at Hamner, Boyd and Kier contractors, trappe bridge (Kaiapoi), brass band outside Mrs Moorhouse's dining rooms, Manchester Street and Hagley Park (Christchurch), Napier, Thames, Ashley Bridge protective works, race at sports day, and unidentified men on railway jigger. Illustrations include various scenes of early Kaiapoi, Queen Victoria portrait, and soldier [South African War?] by R Caton of Woodville. Named photographers of collected images are Burton Brothers and [Deale?]. A small number of photographs in album are hand coloured. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1864-1911

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-1128

Description: News and personal photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1864-1911, predominantly dated 1905 to 1911. Named figures include Governor William Lee Plunket, M J Dixon, J O'Halloran, McLennan and Wilson, G R Hart, J Moses Willowby, Mrs Clothier and daughters, and R W Chaffey, Lewis, Hunter, and Johnson of Cust Volunteer Rifles. Group photographs include Mahaanui Maori Council [1905?], Apirana Ngata at Tuahiwi meeting, Kaiapoi Borough Council (1905), early Canterbury settlers at Pilgrim's corner, 'Glentanner' shipmates reunion, Oxford Branch of Farmers' Union (H T Cooper, J O'Halloran, J Wells, and McCormack), and Coe-Roberts Wedding. Series include: scrub (manuka) mowing machine designed by M J Dixon and land clearance; Oram family (Durban, South Africa), including Josie, Bobbie and unidentified Indian nurse; Christchurch Press, including offices, printing press, and binding room, as well as staff photograph in front of Press building; Threlkeld's farm 'Inglewood' (Flaxton); various Wilson family photographs, including [father?] W Wilson as an old man, Joseph Lowthian Wilson, his wife, daughter Estelle, son Leonard, and [son-in-law George?], and with the Christmas visit of Ms Pattinson from England featured; John O'Halloran and family and mustering scenes from Glentui Station (Oxford) including Seddon Falls; views, some panoramic, from the Ashley Gorge-Snowdale road; wheat harvest at R Evans' farm 'Clifton' (Waikari); photo-mechanical postcards of United Kingdom, Canterbury area, and New Zealand scenes (including Tongariro, Wellington Botanic Gardens, and bush scenes); and the wedding of two unidentified Maori couples (Tuahiwi). Events covered include Amberley Horse Show, Northern Agricultural & Pastoral Show (Rangiora), opening of J S White's Beehive Store, laying wreath at Queen Victoria statue, David Graham laying foundation stone at Woodend Methodist Church, and procession celebrating coronation [George V?]. Featured buildings include St Barnabas Church (Woodend), The Lodge (Hamner Springs), City Council Chambers (Christchurch), Colonel E B Milton's house 'Birch Hill', J Barton's house, and Woollen Mills, Post Office and Court buildings (Kaiapoi). Local scenes include Avonside (poplar trees), Kaiapoi (domain, bridge, wharf, regatta, swimming baths, Kai Tahu memorial), Clarkville, Ohoka, Woodend, Kairaki, Clifton, and Waikari. Farming images include turkeys, draught horses and ploughing, and cattle Miscellaneous images include M Thompson's sketching class at the School of Art, Boy Scouts doing dishes at camp, coach at Bealey, river being forded, Lees Valley Road, an unidentified African beach, Tangarakau Gorge (Stratford-Ongarue line, Taranaki), whitebaiting, sorting mail on board Antarctic ship HMS 'Discovery', HMS 'Challenger' in Lyttelton as well as harbour and port view, Upper Waiau bridge, monument to schoolmaster Charles George Chapman, [Scaitcliff?], Weka Pass, and Day's Bay (Wellington). Also includes a collage of newspaper mastheads, a photograph of the first Press newspaper editorial (1861), and a 1911 clipping from the Weekly Press 'Closer Land Settlement in the Oxford District: Some views on the Ashley Gorge-Snowdale Road' folded in the back of the album. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1861-[190-]

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

Reference: PA1-q-1130

Description: News and personal photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1861-1900s, predominantly dated 1880s-1900. Series include the visit of Lord Ranfurly to Kaiapoi and Rangiora (receptions, visits, and events), sheepdog trials at Waikari (participants, location, and spectators), sheep mustered for shearing as well as farmland at Whiterock Station, Seymore Family portraits, Woollen Mills interior, Paura Taki (mainly his funeral), and unidentified Maori portraits. Named figures include J L Wilson, J S Guthrie, G R Hart, Mr and Mrs Henry Beal of Eyretown, son of Mr J M Verral of Swannanoa with kittens, Mr Thomas and Mr Chapman of Mt Palm, Eastwood, Pine, Wilson, James C Roll, Annie Lynskey, Thomas Wilson with pony, Mrs Andrews and Mrs Headington (Oxfordshire), Mr and Mrs W Patersen, Sheenan the Amberley Murderer, and Mr and Mrs W Vaughn, Mr and Mrs Brydon, and Mr Denton in a horse drawn cart. Group photographs include Mayor of Rangiora H Blackett and council (1878), Press newspaper picnics at Mr Chadwick's (Fendalton) and in Cashmere, Christchurch Ladies Golf Club, North Canterbury Caledonian Society Officials (Amberley), foremen of departments at Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, staff of Mason Struthers with Mr R Struthers, Kaiapoi Girl's Hockey Club with Rev H H Mathias and Mrs H Compton Parson (president), J Millar and helpers for Kaiapoi Bazaar, Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, literary staff of Press, Kaiapoi Methodist Church Choir and Rev H Blackwell, Rangiora Sports Committee, Teacher's Association members, and C Simpson wedding. Many local families are depicted in front of homesteads and houses, with identified groups and locations including: John Barlow's house (Ashburton), T Millor's house (Kaiapoi), W C Nicholl's Whiterock homestead, residence of E Mulcock (Flaxton), H J Horrell and family at Horrelville, R Bowles house (Timaru), H B Lane's residence Escott (Waikari), C J Wentworth Cookson's Ashley residence. Also [Wilson?] family, including Estelle, and Nilson family with Mr Matthews and Miss Barlow, both at Marston. Contains extensive coverage of Kaiapoi buildings including Drill House, Pier Hotel and stables (Charles St), J Ironside Blacksmith (Raven St), Borough School, Borough Council, J Beswick's store (Rowen St), Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), Working Men's Club, Methodist Church interior (Easter decorations), J L Wilson's Press office, toll house at bridge, court house, and post office. Many images include unidentified groups of people in street scenes. Rangiora buildings include Railway Station, Mark Scott's Junction Hotel interior (dining table set for Governor Ranfurly's visit), and interior of Dr Gordon's surgery. Christchurch buildings include Board of Education, former residence of J E Fitzgerald and second office of Press Newspaper (with hand coloured Union Jack), Trinity Congregational Church, and Cathedral. Other buildings include Teviotdale woolshed and yards, Mt Morgan Goldmine, St Stephen's Church (Tuahiwi), D Church Collar and Harness makers and Hean's refreshments rooms, Karetu hut at Birdseye Creek, James Douglas' residence (Waikari), and house and yards at Dungeon Creek. Also two unidentified churches [Christchurch?]. Events include Queen Victoria Jubilee celebrations (Rangiora and Kaiapoi) including parade and preparation of roast bullock, laying the foundation stone at Morrow, Basset and Co store (Cashel St, Christchurch), funeral of Mrs Wickitoria Mutu at Tuahiwi, laying of foundation of Ngai Tahu monument at Kaiapohia, crowd at wedding of Bishop Wilson of Melanesia (Cathedral Square, Christchurch), unveiling of Queen Victoria memorial by Mayor J Daly (Kaiapoi), Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Show, and Governor Glasgow at Canterbury A & P Show. Miscellaneous images include various rural and scenic scenes including Lake Mason, Weka Pass (limestone and viaduct), Mt Cook, Avon River, Lake Taylor, Okuku River, Hurunui lake country, Papanui churchyard (monument to Captain C Whiteford), Lake Katrine and The Brothers, boating on Lake Sumner, Purau volunteer rifle camp site, United Steam Ship Company steamship carrying excursionists, land clearance, cycling, cow belonging to Mr G Milne of Fernside, Brackenfield hounds, camping, and boat 'Emma Sims'. Contains illustrations entitled 'The fox and the geese', 'Our remote ancestors' (birds and primates), photomechanical print of Waiau traffic bridge, and a drawing of Sydney Technological Museum. Postcards show Chatsworth House (England) and Venice. Also loose postcards from daughter Estelle sent to her father from Grahamstown, South Africa. Collected portraits feature a Tahitian man and studio portrait of women and girls. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1863-1918

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm)

Reference: PA1-q-1131

Description: Personal and news photographs taken and collected by J L Wilson featuring North Canterbury 1863-1918, predominantly dated 1905 to 1918. Series include: miscellaneous Wilson family photographs, including group and individual portraits (Estelle and family, Joseph Lowthian and wife, and more), Christmas at T R Leithead's home Lindean in 1917, [holidays?], croquet games, river (boating), beach, and garden scenes [Beauthorne?], pets including dogs Bruce and Nigger, Marjorie's canaries, and cat Billy Buster; and numerous street scenes of Rangiora and Kaiapoi with many taken during July 1918 snowstorm. Images of news and events cover the traffic bridge at Kaiapoi being re-decked and damage after a flood, flooding at Waverley (railway line), sheep shearing competition and equestrian parade at the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Show, Mr Donald of Rangiora show jumping on horse, North Canterbury plowing match at Cunningham Farm (Rangiora), opening of Stoke traffic bridge by William Hall-Jones, Governor Plunkett's visit to Kaiapoi (including Mayor A Pierce), roasting bullock at Queen Victoria Jubilee, and Coronation procession. Named figures include J L Wilson and his grandson Lionel, Manahi, G S Porter, Johnny McLay Captain H Oram (with golfing trophy) and Major B S Jordan (in Cairo with horse presented by Northern A & P Association). Group photographs include G H Oram and family, reunion of shipmates from 'Chariot of Fame', Cass Volunteer Rifles, Captain Horne and North Canterbury Mounted Rifles, Oxford Resident's Committee, Waimate Ploughing Match Committee, Ashley Road Board, Turnbull family at Timaru, Christchurch Ladies' Hockey Club, Northern A & P officers, Oxford Sports Committee, Superintendant J Higgins and the Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, 47th Reinforcements non-commissioned officers (Trentham), Mr C Trelaven and family, and Kaiapoi [influenza relief?] Committee. Buildings include J C Porter's residence, G H Moore's mansion Glenmark, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Hamner Hall (W H Milliken & Co general store and tearooms, library, hairdresser, tobacconist and billiard hall), Kaiapoi golf pavillion, J Ingram's house (Oxford), Bramton Town Hall, John Barlow's house, Wilson's residence Marston (Kaiapoi), Marston Church (Oxfordshire), Dunedin Railway Station, Lincon Agricultural College, Kaiapoi Press Agency (J L Wilson's office), T R Leithead's home Lindean (Stonehurst), Woollen Mills (Kaiapoi), Sanson's shop and Red Lion Hotel (Rangiora), St Stephen's (Tuahiwi) and Christ's College and chapel (Christchurch). Miscellaneous images include unidentified Maori portraits, coach outside Culverdon Hotel, Ashburton Domain, flax at C Leech's Cam Mill and growing on farm, M J Dixon's scrub cutting machine, Tuahiwi scene, land clearance and timber milling at Kaiapoi Domain, sheep shearing at Glentui Station (including woolshed), horse and cart at Waikari, Dunedin in 1918 (street scenes, SS 'Marama' hospital ship at Port Chalmers), street scene after a fire, steamer on Kaiapoi River, Cure Club landing, Ashley roading development panorama, Corsair Bay (Lyttelton), and sailing on Akaroa harbour. Collected images, many colour photomechanical postcards including Kaiapoi (scenes, buildings, and landmarks), Hamner Springs (including Queen Mary's military hospital and The Lodge), Kaikoura, Timaru, Napier, South Africa (Capetown, Durban, Port Elizabeth), England, France, and Indonesia. Further miscellaneous postcards include one sent from Egypt by Major Gordon, the boat SS 'Maori' Queen's Statue (Ohinemuri), an Australian swag man, the Tarawera eruption, the arrest of King Dinizulu, and other images. Named photographers Burton Brothers and Wheeler and Son, with scenic images featuring Glen Dhu (Lake Wanaka), Toi Toi Valley (Nelson), Otira Gorge, and Bealey Road to West Coast, as well as Maori portraits. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album

Date: 1860-1925

From: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926 :Photograph albums

By: Bettger, Hubert D, active 1910s?; Jones, Douglas, active 1907

Reference: PA1-q-1132

Description: News and personal photographs, and original artworks by E Oram, taken and collected by J L Wilson and featuring North Canterbury and South Africa 1860-1925, predominantly dated 1922 to 1924. Series include: Wilson family portraits, featuring Estelle and family, various holiday scenes, Christmas 1910 and 1922, Mrs [Bing's] residence Port Alfred, and Walmer (South Africa); the opening of the Whare Runanga at Tuahiwi, including program 'Dedication of the whare runanga at St Stephen's Pah' and a manuscript recording speech by [J C Coates, Archbishop Julius?]; crowds watching rowing and boating on the Kaiapoi River [regatta?]; fire at R Evans' flour mill; illustrations of Otira Coach; paintings of South Africa by E Oram (and one by J Oram); 1923 floods and snowstorm in Kaiapoi (various streets and Woollen Mills interior); and visit of Governor General Lord Jellicoe and Lady Jellicoe, including Mayor H MacIntosh's welcome. Images of news and events include Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association show and luncheon (visit of Lord Islington and Mr Clarkson), Mayor A Blackett proclaiming king [coronation?] to crowd at Rangiora Borough Council Chambers, [Langley?] and Blackwell wedding [Kaiapoi Methodist church interior?], Kaiapoi War Memorial unveiling and Anzac Day services (1922 and 1924), Kaiapoi Woollen Mills picnic at Glentunnel, and baby show at Kaiapoi Domain. Named figures include Estelle Wilson, kaumatua Manahi, W N Taylor, [young J L Wilson and brother?], chief Taurau Kukupa, Lady Stewart and A W Rutherford (Hamner), guide Sophia, Nell Scott, Mrs Leithead, J L Tetlow, and Mrs A J Baldwin and son Bruce. Group photographs include reunion of pupils of Charles Merton's school (Rangiora), Apirana Ngata, Tatuha (chairman), and unidentified members of the Maahanui Maori Council, Kaiapoi Bowling Club members, Rangiora High School teaching staff and building, reunion of scholars of Kaiapoi Church School, fancy dress at Kaiapoi Barbarian Society banquet, Kaiapoi Fire Brigade, Clarkville school jubilee, schoolmaster Matthews and family outside residence, and Kaiapoi School cadets. Buildings include Parakai House (Helensville), unidentified Kaiapoi church, Mr McFarlane's house Coldstream (Rangiora), H J Horrell's house (Horrelville), C W Wearing's Terminus Hotel (Christchurch), Oram's Pier Hotel (Kaiapoi), church at Glenmark, Kaiapoi Woollen Mills, T R Leithead's house Lindean (Kaiapoi), various unidentified factories, Kaiapoi Brewery (Sidey Quay), Kaiapoi Methodist church, house in Asquith (Saskatchewan), and Kaiapoi Borough School. Miscellaneous images include panorama of Oxford, Corriedale stud sheep of W McIntosh (Whiterock Station), ship 'Emma Sims' on Kaiapoi bar, Christchurch Press picnic, Waiau cemetery, Ship 'Galilee' at Lyttelton, trespass notice on bridge, various unidentified bridges, carting wool fadges, flax treated at C Leach mill, McKenzie memorial (Cheviot), SS 'Niagara', school children disembarking train (Christchurch), display of early refrigerator at [New Zealand exhibition?], coach at Kellup Creek, coach at Palmerston, SS 'Wootton' being loaded at Kaiapoi wharf, house fire, chickens, cyanotypes of Derrett's coach fording river and another coach crossing Hamner River, and Rangiora Soldier's Monument. Also cartoon depicting politician James Dupre Lance. Collected postcards include images of South Africa (Port Alfred, Port Elzabeth, Walmer), England (Forth Railway Bridge, Honnister, Penrith, Ravenstone), and Italy (Bordighera). Postcards from New Zealand depict 1860 Christchurch Volunteer Fire Brigade, Northland (Treaty House at Waitangi, Church at Russell, Kerikeri, ruins of Paihia house where Colenso had first printing press), Press Building (Christchurch), mountaineers on Onslow Glacier, Kaiapoi man with large cabbage, and reception for Edward, Prince of Wales, at Christchurch City Hall (including magistrate Mr Eadie and his wife). Panoramic postcards show Zambesi River below Victoria Falls and the New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition. Some prints are hand coloured. Named photographers of collected images include H D Bettger and Douglas Jones. Images not listed include unidentified people and places. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album