Fords (Stream crossings) - New Zealand - Marlborough Region

Date: 1908

By: Hunter-Brown, Lucy Malanta, 1882-1956

Reference: PA1-o-362

Description: Views of and from the Long Lookout Homestead owned by Charles Hunter Brown, and adjacent areas around Nelson City. These are followed by scenes of a 10 h.p. "one lunger" motor car on a six day tour from Nelson to Christchurch, and a cutting from the New Zealand Freelance decribing the trip. The car was driven by Willam Graham Vining, with Lucy Malanta Hunter Brown, Mrs W Sutton, and Miss B Humphries as passengers. Probably linked with Charles Hunter Brown albums at PA1-o-238 to PA1-o-241, in which the captions are all in the same hand-writing as those in this album. It seems probable that the album was compiled by Miss L M Hunter Brown ca 1908. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green buckram cover; 18.5 x 24.5 cm

Date: Ca 1900s

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: 10x8-0684-G

Description: Carriages and riders crossing the ford at Parapara, near Collingwood. Photograph taken, probably in the 1890s, by the Tyree studio of Nelson. Other Titles - Tyree No. 5030 Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Para-para Ford, Collingwood. Tyree, photo. 5030. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 10 x 8 inches

Date: [ca 1905]

From: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962 :Negatives of the Nelson district

Reference: 1/1-009341-G

Description: Scene at a ford, probably in the Nelson region, with a man pushing an Oldsmobile motorcar. Photograph taken by Frederick Nelson Jones circa 1905. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative