Muir Photographic Studio

Date: [30 Mar 1906]

By: Muir Photographic Studio

Reference: PA7-49-24

Description: Photograph of Sir Robert Stout with professors, councillors and clergymen on the steps of Victoria College, taken on opening day, 20 Mar 1906. J P Firth is standing in the back row. Photograph taken by Muir's Photographic Studios, Kings Chambers, Wellington (principals James Muir & A MacKinlay) Published in history of the university entitled `Victoria University of Wellington 1899-1999' by Rachel Barrowman Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 15.5 x 21 cm on card 25 x 30 cm

Date: 1905 - 1906

By: C M Banks Ltd

Reference: Eph-E-RUGBY-1905-01

Description: A poster showing portraits of team members in the 1905-1906 rugby tour of Great Britain, with a list of matches to be played. The poster features many advertisements for local Wellington businesses, including Globe Proprietary Company which features all around the border. There is a portrait of captain D Gallagher [ie Dave Gallaher] at top left, and the manager G H Dixon at top right. At lower left is a photograph of the game New Zealand v Britain at Wellington on 13 August 1904; and at lower right is a photograph of the match Britain v Auckland at Auckland on 20 August 1904. Other team members shown are: J Corbett, A McDonald, F Newton, J O'Sullivan, W Nicholson, A Seeling, G Tyler, F Glasgow, W Cunningham, T Casey, W S Glenn, W H Mackrell, W Johnstone, E E Booth, G Gillett, E T Harper, W J Wallace, R G Deans, J W Stead (vice-captain), G W Smith, H J Mynott, H D Thomson, F Roberts, D McGregor, J Hunter, H Abbott, J Duncan (coach) Advertisers include: London Piano Company, F J W Fear, The Dr LcLaughlin Company, Capilla Hair Tonic, Wellington Gas Company, East & East, Frank Grady, H Ernest Leighton, McIntyre & Orchard, T Shields, Robinson & Perrin for A.K. Invalid stout and Nelson A.K. Ale; Short's Land & Mercantile Auctioneer; Tonking's Linseed Emulsion; J Pinny, Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Company, US Infallible Metal Polish, the Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society Ltd, E W Mills & Co Ltd, Ritchie & Company, Muir's Photographic Studios, Andrews Manufacturing Company Ltd, London Dental Institute, H Fielder & Company house furnishers. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 895 x 570 mm.