Photographer in the Otago area, operating in Riverton in 1872; at the London Portrait rooms in Roxburgh in 1877; in Balclutha in the 1880s; in Cromwell, Alexandra, and Queenstown in the 1890s; and in Winton in 1900.
McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920
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Creator unknown: Gold Dredges album
Date: [ca 1880s-1900s]
By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-q-105
Description: Gold dredges, gold sluicing, and machinery associated with gold mining in the South Island. Includes a few photographs taken in Australia, particularly the Pioneer Tin Mine in Tasmania. Inserted in a pocket in the front of the album are 19 loose prints, chiefly showing various claims in the North Island, some of which are taken by H J Locke. Also named in these images are the Saxon Mine and Ivanhoe Mine. Pinafore Claim was located at Waiotahi, Thames. Cambria Claim was a gold mine located in Thames. Gold King Dredge was on the Clutha River near Roxburgh circa 1899. Title supplied by Library. Date range estimated partly on dates that dredges were known to be operating. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-062522 to 062553, and also includes those in the vicinity of 1/2-062625 and 1/2-062630 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Mottled black exercise book, entitled `Photographs. Dredges. Sluicing. Machinery. New Zealand. Australia'; 35 x 23 cm Provenance: Purchased from American Book Service, 1975
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Fraser Flat Co.'s dredge, Alexandra
Date: 1906
From: Cable, Matthew, fl 1910-1934:Photographs of steam powered gold dredges on Otago rivers
By: McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; H F Nees and Company
Reference: PAColl-10234-2
Description: Black and white photographic print, photographed by John McEachen and inscribed on reverse of mount 'Mr M Cable, 7 Anstey Road, Reading Berks, England'. The postmarks show that the print was posted from Port Chalmers on 21 October 1906. On the front of the mount is the printed title 'Fraser Flat Co's dredge, Alexandra; Largest Gold Dredge in the World. Total Length, 131 feet; Beam, 50 feet; Depth, 9 feet 6 inches; Height of Poppet Framing from Deck, 70 feet 6in. F W Payne, Designer. H F Nees & Co., Builders.' Above the photograph are 'With H F Nees and Co.'s Compliments - Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.' The dredge is shown as being built behind a line of tailings on an unidentified river, but which is probably the Clutha. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.
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Cartes de visite by Wellington, Auckland, North Island and South Island photographers
Date: [1860-1900]
From: Packer, Robbie: Cartes de visite
By: Aldersley, Alpheus, 1849-1893; American Photographic Company (Auckland, N.Z.); Bayne, Walter Menzies, 1867-1945; Bartlett, Robert Henry, 1842-1911; Bartlett & Company (Auckland, N.Z.); Bishop, G W, active 1860s; Bowers, Henry Thomas, active 1880s; Bragge, James, 1833-1908; Carnell, Samuel, 1832-1920; Cazneau and Connolly (Firm); Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910; Clarke Brothers (Firm); Clarkson, Ernest A., active 1880s; Clayton, Charles A, active 1895-1906; Cobb, Joseph, Edward, 1841?-1911; Cobb, Harriet Sophia, 1846-1929; Collie, William, 1826?-1900; Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920; Cossgrove, Andrew Goudie, 1859-1890; Cowie, Morton, 1860-1929; Coxhead Brothers (Firm); Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878; Cuthbert, Peter, 1868?-1897; Davis & Company (Wellington, N.Z.); Davis, William Henry Whitmore, 1812-1901; De Loree, Peter P, 1820?-1899; Deveril, Herbert, 1840-1911; Excelsior Studio; Ferrier & Rock (Firm); Foy Brothers (Firm); Gibbs, William Brickell, 1844?-1898; Haigh, Rudolph, active 1878; Hanna, John Robert, 1850-1915; Hemus, Charles, 1849-1925; Hemus & Hanna (Firm); Herrmann, Richard, -1892; Huff, Frank Rufus, 1850-1920; Iles, James, active 1878; Kaiapoi Portrait Gallery; Kinsey, William Henry Scott, 1860-1931; Kirkwood, John, active 1870-1887; Lawson, Albert, 1844?-1901; Leaf, Robert, 1842-1905; Lock, Henry Thomas, active 1885-1910?; Low, J, active 1880; McEachen, John Allan, 1844?-1920; Macey, William Henry, -1931; Martin, Alfred, 1846?-1906; Martin, Charles, 1842?-1905; Monkton, Charles Henry, 1840-1890; Nicholas, Collan, 1837?-1909; Partington & Kinsey (Firm); Perkins, William Herbert, -1927; NZ Photo Company; Phillips and Pollard (Firm); Pollard, Edwin Kelah, 1855-1905; Pulman, George, 1827-1871; Price, Thomas Edward, 1863-1928; Redfern, George W, -1901; Ring, James, 1856-1939; Sargeant, Albert, active 1878-1885; Scott, John, active 1875-1879; Seymour, John, active 1856-1866; Shailer, George William, 1848-1918; Sorrell, Charles, 1855-1932; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Swan, George Henry, 1833-1913; Tait Brothers (Firm); Teague, Edward, active 1867-1888; Thompson, David, 1828-1914; Vorley, Herbert Henry, 1840-1880; Webbe, Edward Francis, -1889; White, James Oliver, active 1870s; Williams, Hanwell, 1835-1911; Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm); Zambra, Caesar Anthony, -1881
Reference: PA1-q-1289
Description: Ring binder album containing cartes de visite studio portraits of men, women, children, family groups and a few scenic views, organised by location and photographer, circa 1860 to 1900. Photographers are named, sometimes with a location and date. Almost none of the subjects are identified, except for Charles Christie Graham, Ben Lomond, Oamaru, photographed by W H Davis; Mr E Cockburn, photographed by McEachen; and W Robson photographed by Thomas Price. One portrait of three men is captioned 'the other two fellows are shipmates on the Rakaia'. Wellington photographers are W H Clarke, Davis & Co, W H Davis, Wrigglesworth & Binns, NZ Photo Co, F Hill, W B Gibbs, Charles Sorrell, E Pollard, Phillips and Pollard, James Bragge, R Herrmann, Cazneau & Connolly, Deveril, Kinsey, and A G Cossgrove, Auckland photographers are C A Zambra, Edward Webbe, American Photographic Company, G Redfern, R H Bartlett, Bartlett & Co, Crombie, Clarke Brothers, Hemus & Hanna, Hanna, C Hemus, G Pulman, R Leaf, Partington & Kinsey, S Carnell, and Seymour. Other North Island photographers are Foy Brothers (Thames), Bishop (Grahamstown), W Collis (New Plymouth), Charles Spencer, J Kirkwood (Marton), Daley (Marton), J E & H Cobb (Napier and Hastings), Charles Sorrell (Napier), S Carnell (Napier), Walker (Gisborne), J Low (Waikato), J Low (North Auckland, Bayne (Whangarei) and Excelsior Studio (Whangarei), G W Shailer (Palmerston North), Morton Cowie (Palmerston North), G H Swan (Napier) Whanganui photographers are C H Monkton, Frank R Huff, D Thompson, Thomas E Price and A Martin. South Island photographers are J McEachen (Otago), John Scott (Rangiora), William H Macey (Blenheim), W Collie (Blenheim) James Oliver White (Cromwell), C Nicholas (Milton), C Nicholas (Tokomairiro), Albert Lawson (Palmerston), Waimate Portrait Gallery (Waimate), E Teague (Balclutha), Kaiapoi Portrait Gallery (Kaiapoi), E Teague (Lyttelton), HT Bowers (Lyttelton), P P De Loree, Aldersley (Rangiora), James Ring (Greymouth), H Williams (Greymouth), W H Perkins(Greymouth and Reefton, H T Lock (Westport), Tait Brothers (Hokitika), C Clayton (Gore), H H Vorley (West Coast), Clarkson (Reefton), and G F Henry (Ashburton) Timaru photographers are T E Price, Smith, P Cuthbert, Coxhead Brothers, Rudolph Haigh (also Hokitika), Oamaru photographers are Albert Sargeant, Nathan & Cuthbert, Charles Martin, J Iles, and Ferrier & Rock. One photograph is by James Kirk, New Brighton, Wallasey, England. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) consisting of 182 photographs. Physical Description: 1 white ring binder of clear plastic enclosures containing carte de visite Processing information: Photographs and captions kept in original order