Clock towers - New Zealand - Otago Region
Field album 7
Date: [Between 1880s and 1890s]
From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs
Reference: PA1-q-079
Description: Views of the Otago Region taken by unidentified photographers, circa 1870s to 1895. Many show buildings in Dunedin, including one house `Lisburn House' built for the Fulton family in 1865; also commercial buildings, church buildings, school buildings (Otago Boys' High School), and Dunedin Gaol. The church buildings include the Chapel in Leith Street, the Chapel in Great King Street, and the Baptist Chapel. Beyond Dunedin there are views of Naseby, Butchers Gully, Port Chalmers, Cromwell, Kyeburn, Shag Valley, and Lake Hayes, Lake Wanaka and Lake Hawea. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover decorated with gold birds, lettering and decorations outlined in black; 30.5 x 25.5 cm
Christie album 1
Date: [1870s]
From: Christie, Hettie Florence (Miss), fl 1973 : Photograph albums
By: Allen, Joseph Weaver, 1821-1886; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-q-053
Description: Album of pressed ferns, and photographs of Dunedin buildings, taken in the 1870s by J W Allen. Includes one postcard "Maori land. The Maori portraits are originals taken from life" taken by the Burton Brothers. Other Titles - New Zealand ferns Inscriptions: Album page - G.S. Christie, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, 3rd June 1968 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album in dark green cover entitled "New Zealand ferns", 37 x 29 cm
Burton Brothers, 1868-1898 (Firm, Dunedin) :The Exchange, Princes Street, Dunedin
Date: [ca 1880s]
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA7-39-23
Description: View of the Cargill monument in The Exchange, Princes Street, Dunedin. The clock tower of the Post Office can be seen left of centre. Several horse-drawn trams are in The Exchange area; one at the bottom of High Street. Groups of men are standing and sitting around the monument which has gas lamps on all sides. Photograph taken by Burton Brothers, ca 1880s. From `New Zealand through the camera' series of photographs Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 7723 - Princes St, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 15 x 20 cm on mount 22.6 x 29.2 cm
City of Dunedin, 1929
Date: 1929
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-2202-F
Description: Panoramic view taken from the roof of a building in Dunedin looking at St Paul's Cathedral centre left, and the Town Hall with clock tower in the centre of the image. To the right of the Town Hall are buildings including the Douglas Private Hotel, Hannah's Shoes, and in the foreground the Oban Hotel. St Joseph's Cathedral is visible on the left on a hill in the middle distance. Commercial buildings in the foreground, hosues on hills behind and cleared hills in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: No marginal notes - City of Dunedin. 1929. No. 908 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 109.5 cm
Dunford album 1
Date: [1890s]
From: Dunford, Graeme Wilmor, fl 1980 :Photographs
By: Wrigglesworth and Binns (Firm)
Reference: PA1-q-068
Description: Album of photographs taken by T W McKenzie or H R Morns. Some taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns. Album includes a photograph of retirement certificate presented to Stephenson Percy Smith. Views include a copy of a print by W&B of an early settler's home in the Manawatu; Kaiwarra [i.e. Kaiwharawhara] Creek; canoeing on the Otaki River; sailors on a path between nikau palms in Lower Hutt; a man wearing a formal suit with bow tie, and fuschia flowers in his buttonhole; a number of large houses (possibly in the Canterbury area); views of buildings in Blenheim, Christchurch and Dunedin, including the Thomas Burns memorial in front of the Town Hall in Dunedin; and the Waimate Anglican Church. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album of photographs, red cover entitled `Album', decorated with a gold tui, 30.5 x 26.5 cm
Clock tower and Registry, University of Otago, Dunedin - Photograph taken by George Chance
Date: [ca 1930s]
From: University of New Zealand: Photographs relating to the University of New Zealand
By: University of New Zealand; Chance, George, 1885-1963
Reference: PAColl-D-0747
Description: View of the clock tower and registry building, University of Otago taken from the banks of the Waters of Leith. Taken by George Chance in 1930s [?] Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - University of Otago; Verso - centre - Camera Study No 14414 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 430 x 578 mm on card
Burton brothers album 16
Date: [Bween 1870 and 1885]
Reference: PA1-o-091
Description: Album of early New Zealand scenes, mainly taken by the Burton Brothers. Images include gold digging, gold dredging (image of Sew Hoy's dredge), and gold sluicing, one showing the flume on a Scandinavian race at St Bathans. There are a number of views of the Pink and White Terraces, scenes of Maori life in the King Country, and scenic views of Dunedin and the Queenstown-Lakes District. The album consists of about 71 pages, of which 25 are empty. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Maroon covered album, 23 x 31 cm Provenance: Donated by Kings Cottage Museum, Australia, 1987
Oamaru, NZ. F G R no 576.
Date: between 1910-1913
By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923
Reference: PA5-0238
Description: Oamaru, NZ, showing the clock tower, taken ca 1910-1913 by F G R Verso has message to Lizzie from `your loving mother' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph 85 x 135 mm
New Zealand scenery album 3
Date: [Circa 1870s to 1885]
By: Coxhead, Frank Arnold, 1851-1908; Ring, James, 1856-1939
Reference: PA1-o-387
Description: Photographs of New Zealand taken by various photographers before 1886, of whom F A Coxhead and James Ring are identifiable. Most of the images have captions, and names of places and buildings etc. are listed above. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover, black corners and spine, entitled `New Zealand scenery' in gold lettering; 20 x 26 cm
Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949 :Otago University. [1930s]
Date: 1930 - 1939
By: Matthews, Marmaduke, 1885?-1949
Reference: A-385-015
Description: Shows the neo-Gothic facade and clock tower of the University of Otago building. Deframed by the Library Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title and signature] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, 127 x 178 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloan auction, Wellington, on 19 April 2007, lot 278.
University of Otago, Dunedin
Date: [Between 1961 and 1964]
From: Goodall, Gladys Mary, 1908-2015: Scenic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: GG-12-0014
Description: Main building and clock tower, University of Otago, Dunedin. Photograph taken 1961-1964 by Gladys M Goodall. Other - Published by Whitcombe & Tombs as postcard WT161 Source of descriptive information - Dated from PAColl-7756-1-12-0265, taken at same time Quantity: 1 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparency, 6 x 9 cm, in mount 10.1 x 12.7 cm
Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, circa 1926
Date: 1926
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0943-1/2-G
Description: Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, with clock tower. Railway station designed by Sir George Troup. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, circa 1926
Date: 1926
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1325-1/2-G
Description: Exterior view of the Dunedin Railway Station, with clock tower. Railway station designed by Sir George Troup. Four cars are parked outside the station, and a horse and cart advertising "Clarks Steam Laundry". Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1926. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 242 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Railway Station. Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Princes Street, Dunedin
Date: [Late 1920s]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008417-G
Description: Street scene by an unidentified photographer looking north up Princes Street, Dunedin, towards the Octagon. Shows the T & G Mutual Life building with clock tower, and the stock exchange area. Includes pedestrians, trams, and other aspects of Dunedin city life in the late 1920s. Source of descriptive information - Caption on back of file print reads: "View of Stock Exchange area, Cargills Monument, Princes Street looking North towards the Octagon." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Otago University, Dunedin
Date: Between 1923 and 1928
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Reference: Pan-1816-F
Description: Panoramic view of the large two-storeyed University of Otago Clocktower complex, seen behind bare deciduous trees. Sloping lawn in the foreground leading down to the Water of Leith. Other buildings behind an area of thickly planted trees and shrubs on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Otago University. Dunedin. N.Z. No. 626; Marginal notes on negative - [On brown adhesive tape] Otago University. Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 104.5 cm
Hallenstein Brothers Ltd :[Hallensteins paper bag. 1960s?]
Date: 1960 - 1969
By: Hallenstein Brothers Ltd
Reference: Eph-C-BAGS-1960s-01
Description: Paper bag issued by Hallenstein Bros Ltd showing vignettes of New Zealand landmark buildings including: Maori Village Gateway Rotorua, Parliament House Wellington, Otago University Clock Tower, Auckland Harbour Bridge, Christchurch Cathedral. The images are identified with labels, and other text is interspersed: Hallensteins for boys' clothing, Hallensteins for men's clothing, Hallensteins for footwear. Date estimated by donor. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on paper bag 465 x 302 mm. Provenance: Donated by Melanie Mills, Wellington, in 2014. Item had been used as a drawer liner for many years.