Piers - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: 1917

From: Wills, Mary Ann, 1859?-1942: [Collection of watercolours, oil paintings, and albums by Mary Wills, primarily of landscapes. 1885-1936]

Reference: A-462-036

Description: Shows the wharf at Lyttelton Harbour, with the Port Hills in the background. In the foreground, against the pier, is a two-masted boat, and a small steam-powered vessel is also in the harbour. Two lighthouses stand at the end of the pier Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - Lyttelton Harbour July 1917 [in brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on sheet, 150 x 225 mm

Date: Between 1910-1913

By: Fergusson Ltd

Reference: PA5-0200

Description: Shows New Brighton pier, published by Fergusson Limited, ca 1910-1913. Verso addressed to Miss M Grimwood ... and is date stamped 7 Apr 13 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 88 x 139 mm

Date: [ca 1895-1915]

Reference: PAColl-6904

Description: A large collection of miscellaneous original and copy negatives mostly of Christchurch and the surrounding area. Some are studio portraits of family groups. The rest of the collection includes: a street scene in front of the old railway station; a cycling race; men rowing and canoeing; children playing in a swing park; a brass band playing on board a steamer; various beach scenes including donkey rides; train pulling into Kaiapoi station; a small bach; two girls next to a waterfall; trams and a cyclist going past the Jubliee Clock Tower; the front facade of St Paul's Presbyterian Church; three views of the old Public Hospital next to Hagley Park; the Chamber of Commerce building on the corner of Oxford Terrace and Worcester Street; a copy negative of a carte de visite of a couple kissing; a monument incorporating a tiki on a tall pole and other maori carvings (location unknown); a man at the doorway of his shed with an array of gardening implements; two men pulling a covering back from a hangi pit; the cathedral with a number of trams in front; a tram advertising Ballantynes; a kitchen interior showing a range with kettles on top and a cupboard and dresser with crockery; six Maori on horseback possibly in a procession; a porter bringing a cart of luggage up to a train; five men giving friends piggy backs on the beach; sheep being driven past stock yards; the Avon River; a crowd outside the Avon Rowing Club; Wilson the maltman's horse and cart crossing a bridge; and two images of a harvest festival in a hall with a painted back drop and sheaves of corn arranged in front of it. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-045133 to 045196 and 045802 to 045816 Quantity: 76 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives Processing information: These were originally part of a sequence of unidentified negatives. They were assumed to form a collection due to the similarity in date and location. At the time of entry 1/4-045190 was missing.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1420-F

Description: Panorama of Sumner Beach and township, Christchurch, taken from Clifton Hill. Building offering Hot Sea Baths and tearooms in front of Cave Rock and Sumner Pier. Signal station on top of Cave Rock. Band rotunda beside the baths. Named buildings include Cave Rock Hotel, Cadena Tea Rooms, and Buchanan's Refreshment Rooms. Bowling green and clubrooms in right foreground. Photographed in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Sumner from Clifton Hill Chch No. 529; Marginal notes on negative - 80 Nepera 25 Cloud; Marginal notes on negative - 6 6 6 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 102.3 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1422-F

Description: Panorama of Sumner Beach, Christchurch, showing band rotunda, tea rooms in building containing the Hot Sea Baths, and pier. Taken from Cave Rock. People on the pier to the right of the baths. Children's swings on the beach on the left. many cars parked, people on the beach. Yacht undr sail in harbour. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Sumner Chch. N.Z. No. 527 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 114.9 cm

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gibb, John, 1831-1909; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-045

Description: Two schooners and other larger ships in a rough sea in Lyttelton Harbour. A stone pier is on the left. Close by are five men in a rowboat Original oil in private collection measures 520 x 890 mm Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 315 x 533 mm

Date: 1887 - 1973

By: Gibb, John, 1831-1909; Capper Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: C-085-045-a

Description: Two schooners and other larger ships in a rough sea in Lyttelton Harbour. A stone pier is on the left. Close by are five men in a rowboat Original oil in private collection measures 520 x 890 mm Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph 315 x 533 mm

Date: 1915

From: Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives

Reference: 1/1-005405-G

Description: Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Photographic Studio, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [191-?]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047403-G

Description: New Brighton beach, Christchurch, with the pier in the distance, taken ca 1910s by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - left of image - C70 New Brighton C70 Box 43 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1923

By: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948

Reference: PA6-470

Description: View of Sumner beach, Christchurch, taken in 1923 by Robert Percy Moore of Wellington. Children's swings may be seen at left, and the pier and tearooms at the right. A number of motor cars, including a Model T Ford to the left of centre, are parked in the street. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2012

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: DCDL-0023617

Description: Shows an enormous pier covered in colourful buildings, amusement park rides, bungy jumping sites, and more. The words, 'How to revitalise Brighton?...' appear at the top. Context: bold proposals for the regeneration of New Brighton have been welcomed by residents and business owners as a way to revitalise the seaside suburb. (Stuff.co.nz, 4 Dec 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).