Purdie & Company

Date: ca 1859-1879

Reference: PAColl-7469

Description: View from Le Cren's Terrace showing the original St Mary's Church on the right; the town with the sea behind and the custom house on the left; a two-storey house in a garden which became the site of the public library; houses near Stafford Street, 1859; the government landing terrace with warehouses nearby, ca 1860s; looking down George Street towards the sea to what is now reclaimed land ca 1869; Stafford Street ca 1870s showing the Empire Hotel in the centre, Stubbs Auction Rooms on the right, Bank of New Zealand opposite, Purdie & Co seed warehouse on the left and other commercial buildings; view over Timaru from the tower of Parr's windmill showing a carriage works and foundry to the right and the premises of Miles Archer & Co ca 1860s; Stafford and George Streets showing Clarkson & Turnbull in the centre with the post office in the small building with the verandah next to it, the upper storey of the Bank of New Zealand on the right, and the two-storied Club Hotel on the left; two women and a girl in a field with the railway across Caroline Bay on the left and Timaru behind them; men working on the construction of the breakwater; and the railway across Caroline Bay. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-004521, 004525, 004528, 005334 Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s). 8 b&w original photographic print(s).