Admiral Byrd's flagship on his first Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930). She was a Norwegian sealing ship, built as a barquentine in 1885, with an auxiliary coal-burning steam engine, launched as the "Samson". She had several changes of name according to Lloyd's Register, before being purchased for the 1928 expedition, and renamed City of New York. She was converted to a barque by putting yards on the mainmast. See "Antartica : an encyclopedia" (Vol 1, p 191-192) by John Stewart; "Beneath a wandering star" by Hilton L Willcox; and Lloyd's Register (1929-1930)
City of New York (Ship : Built 1885)
Samson (Ship : Built 1885)
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Field: Photographs of Byrd's Antarctic expedition, sport events, ships, and other scenes
Date: [ca 1920s-1940s]
Reference: PAColl-6881
Description: A large collection of negatives concentrating on the Otago area. They include images of: Byrd's and Ellsworth's expeditions; Sir Joseph Ward's funeral procession along Dee Street, Invercargill; snow scenes in Dunedin; the 1926, 1928, 1938 and 1939 Saunders Cup; the 1928 Annette Kellerman cup; ploughing match in Taieri and Outram; the 1936 and 1938 Dunedin show; league test 1928; cup winners of the Cornwell Cup (possibly for yachting?); HMS Australia; yachting in Broad Bay 1927 and 1928; 1936 New Zealand surfing championships; a Karitane home in 1938; Waikouaiti races; Otago athletic championships 1937; the launch Annabella in Dunedin harbour; an athletics event including girls' hurdling; pipers round the Robert Burns statue in the Octagon; an amateur dramatics production of a play set in the 19th century; steam ships; the opening of the railway at Roxburgh; a children's party on HMS Dunedin; storm damage in 1937; celebrations in Kaikoura 1940; skating at Alexandra 1938; fire at Seacliff Hospital; Waitaki Dam; air raid precautions in 1939; trotting races; Portobello regatta 1909; Ellison's funeral; a series of 22 negatives of stuffed birds at the Otago University Museum; the opening of a Maori church at Otakou; an Auckland vs Otago rugby match; the opening of the Clydevale bridge; and Otago golf championship 1937. The photographer was Field. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-034982 to 035760, 035779 to 035871, 035916 to 036295, 036699 to 036914, 038264 to 038353, 038364 to 038476 and 052188 to 052355 Quantity: 1839 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film and glass ¼ plate negatives
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Young, J (Mrs) :Photographs of Otago, South Canterbury and Wellington
Date: 1898-1928
Reference: PAColl-5561
Description: The collection comprises views of Oamaru, Hampden, Kurow and Papakaio (all in Waitaki County); Roxburgh, Dunedin, Timaru, Lyttelton, Invercargill, Wellington, Upper Hutt and Howick. It also includes troop departures in the 1914-1918 war; patients at the Lorne Infirmary for the aged (Invercargill); and Byrd's flagship for his first Antarctic Expedition (1928-1930), the ship City of New York. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-049264 to 049288. Quantity: 25 b&w copy negative(s).
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Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st; 1928-1930) :Byrd Antarctic Expedition; auxiliary barque...
Date: 1930
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to Antarctica, Antarctic exploration, discovery and expeditions]
By: Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1st : 1928-1930)
Reference: Eph-A-ANTARCTICA-1930-01
Description: Includes: Postcard with a Tahiti postage stamp, sent to O W Gillion of Hawera, New Zealand. Card shows small decorative ilustrations of penguins at top left and right of recto, and a ship passing by icebergs at the lower edge of recto. The verso has the stamp, the handwritten address, and a rubber stamp for the Byrd Expedition showing a ship, ice, and camp on the ice, and an aeroplane flying over. The rubber postmark stamp is for Papeete, Tahiti, on 18 April 1930. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on cream postcard
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Sutton, John L : Papers re First Antarctic Expedition of Admiral Byrd
Date: 1918, 1927-1930
By: Sutton, John L, active 1928-1934
Reference: MS-Group-1985
Description: Comprises presentation copy of the publication, Little America, inscribed by the author, Admiral Byrd; Sutton's diary for 1930, three leaves from his diary covering the voyage from Norfolk Island to the Antarctic; correspondence with Admiral Byrd, applying for position on the expedition, telegrams and two other pieces of correspondence; official instructions to expedition members; invitations; programme for social and dance for expedition members at Dunedin, 1929; US Volunteer Air Service identification pass Source of title - Supplied by Library Sutton, an American resident in New Jersey, and a ship's engineer, although he also served in the United States Volunteer Service, was with the Byrd expeditions to the Arctic (1926) and on his his first Antarctic expedition of 1928-1933, when he was 2nd Engineer on the expedition's ship, the City of New York Quantity: 1 volume(s). 5 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescript, printed matter, photos Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Meridian Books, London, 2011
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Photographer unknown : Admiral Byrd's First Antarctic Expedition and Lincoln Ellsworth'...
Date: [1928 - 1934]
Reference: PAColl-6721
Description: Views of Byrd's ships the Eleanor Bolling and the City of New York being loaded in preparation for his first Antarctic expedition in 1928 probably at Dunedin. The equipment includes an aeroplane and tractors. The Discovery II and the Wyatt Earp are also shown, the latter having been used by Ellsworth in his attempt to fly across the Antarctic 1934-1939. The photographer is unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028719 to 028737 Quantity: 19 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives
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Collier, [Horace?] S, fl 1928 :[The City of New York berthed in Wellington, November 1928]
Date: 1928
By: Collier, H S, active 1928
Reference: A-083-019
Description: Shows deck, rigging and smoking funnel of a steamship. Lifeboats are named as New York and part of a phrase 'Byrd-An...' is visible on the funnel Pasted on card 320 x 260 mm. Artist's signature partly illegiblel. May read Hollier, rather than Collier Inscriptions: Backing board verso - "Drawn on Wellington wharf, Byrd's expedition South Pole" Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 275 x 197 mm