Tramways - New Zealand - Canterbury Region
[Creator unknown] :Plan of Hagley Park, shewing proposed rides [ms map]. Sept, 1882
Date: 1882
By: Rolleston, William, 1831-1903; Wilson, Rosamond Russell, 1910-1981
Reference: MapColl-834.4492gbbg/1882/Acc.39356
Description: Map of Hagley Park, Christchurch City, showing three proposed rides, around or near Hagley Park. Identifies Plough Inn, cricket grounds, Carlton Bridge, exotic nursery, some streets and area of ground called 'acclimatisation'. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Pencil, part coloured, and ink on tracing paper, scale indeterminable, 34.6 x 39 cm. Provenance: William Rolleston collection, donated by Rosamund Rolleston, Sept 1971 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MSS papers 446, (Rolleston Family papers), folder 40. Collection series William Rolleston - Inward correspondence from New Zealand - From a letter to William Rolleston from Alexander Lean, September 1882..
Brown, John Evans 1827-1895 : Letter book
Date: 1878-1887
Reference: Micro-MS-0374
Description: Outwards correspondence referring mainly to affairs at his sheep station at Swannanoa, Canterbury, and his real estate and other business interests, including his direction of a tramway company in Christchurch Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 500 pages). Physical Description: Holograph Finding Aids: For description of contents see: Brown, J E Description of diaries, letters and other items (1961) at q012 NZ & Pacific Collection.
Photographer unknown: Christchurch Central Post Office
Date: ca 1900s
Reference: 1/4-015453-F
Description: View of the front of the Central Post Office, Christchurch with other buildings to the side and a tramway in front. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Men in a Christchurch Tramways vehicle, repairing tram wires, tram shed in background
Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007703-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
'Brill' tram 174 outside Moorhouse Avenue tram depot, Christchurch
Date: 1922
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008189-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Men in a Christchurch Tramways vehicle, repairing overhead tram wires, including tram s...
Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007706-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Moorehouse Avenue, Christchurch, featuring posts to hold tram wires
Date: [1910]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008410-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Cathedral Square, Christchurch, including tram shelter, tram, a horse-drawn carriage, a...
Date: [ca 1900]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007699-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Moorehouse Avenue, Christchurch, featuring a post holding tram wires
Date: [1910]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008409-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Opening of the electric tramway, Cathedral Square, Christchurch
Date: [ca 1900]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008422-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
'Thermit welding device' on street tram rails, Canterbury region
Date: [ca 1920]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008426-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Christchurch Tramways vehicle lubricating bends in tramlines, surrounded by boys and me...
Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007702-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Inside a [tram?] signal box with mechanical levers in foreground with tram line numbers...
Date: [ca 1905-1926]
From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives
Reference: 1/2-185010-G
Description: Copy negative taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/2 plate
'Thermit welding device' on street tram rails, showing workmen operating the device wit...
Date: [ca 1920]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008429-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Men in a Christchurch Tramways vehicle, repairing overhead tram wires , including tram ...
Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-007705-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
People disembarking and boarding a Fendalton tram at a tram stop in Cathedral Square, C...
Date: [ca 1910]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008436-G
Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Christchurch Tramways
Date: [ca 1900s]
From: Creator of collection unknown :Possibly Adam Maclay Collection
Reference: 1/1-024041-G
Description: Shows four men posing with two Christchurch Tramways horse drawn maintenance wagons in front of brick Tramways building. Tram rails visible in foreground. On right side of frame is tower wagon used for maintenance of overhead wires. Photograph taken ca 1900s probably by Adam McLay. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Tram tracks, and a steam tram in the distance
Date: ca 1906
From: Marks, J M fl 1905 :Photographs of Christchurch and environs, 1890s-1910s
Reference: 1/1-000358-G
Description: Tram tracks in scrub land with a steam tram and a few houses in the distance. Taken either in New Brighton or North Beach, Christchurch, ca 1906. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
New Brighton tram shed, Christchurch
Date: Feb 1945
From: McQueen, Ross, 1927-2004 :Photographs of trams and tramways
Reference: PAColl-9328-2-56
Description: New Brighton tram shed, Christchurch, February 1945, photographed by Ross McQueen. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of print. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.9 x 15.2 cm
Tram tracks being laid, Canterbury region
Date: [ca 1920]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008427-G
Description: Tram tracks being laid in the Canterbury region, circa 1920. Shows a workman and a group of men looking on. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.