Suspension bridge over the Shotover River at Skippers, near Queenstown. Opened on 29 March 1901. Built to improve access to the Skippers gold-mining settlement.
Skippers Bridge (Skippers, N.Z.)
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Motor tour of South Island - From Hollyford Valley to Tasman Glacier
Date: 1950-1952
From: Smith, Leslie Victor, 1889-1966 :Photograph albums of motor tour of South Island
Reference: PA1-f-321
Description: Photographs taken by Leslie Victor Smith on a motor tour of the South Island with Bert Hardie. Includes - Mountains and forest, Hollyford Valley. View of the Remarkables over farmed valley flats. Crown Range road. Probably Bert Hardie beside car on summit of the Crown Range. Scott Memorial, Queenstown. Lake Hayes in the evening. Views of Queenstown Gardens. View over Queentown towards the Remarkables. Remains of stone built miners hut. Stone buildings, Cromwell. Power house, Shotover River. Skippers Gorge Bridge, Shotover River. Lake Wanaka. Hochstetter Ice Fall, Mount Cook. Ball Hut, Mount Cook. Tasman Glacier. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
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Southern lakes album
Date: [Circa 1900s]
Reference: PA1-o-474
Description: Album of photographs of the Southern Lakes district in the South Island. None of the places are identified, and they were taken by unidentified photographers. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, illustrated with a red poppy and two buds, entitled "Photo sketches"; 18 x 22 cm
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New Zealand scenes
Date: [Circa 1880s-1900s]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Finch, F, active 1878-1900; Iles, Arthur James, 1870-1943; Le Grice, Edward, 1881-1959; Malaghan, Patrick Thomas, -1938; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department; Ross, Charles S, active 1890s-1900s; Spencer, Charles, 1854-1933; Valentine, James, -1880
Reference: PAColl-0959-40
Description: New Zealand scenes including thermal areas in the North Island, and river, mountain and roading scenes in the South Island, taken by various identified and unidentified photographers between about the 1880s and 1900s. Two photographers, Josiah Martin and Patrick Thomas Malaghan took most of the images. Other identified photographers include Edmund Wheeler, F. Finch, A.J. Iles, Charles Spencer, Edward Le Grice, J.V. (James Valentine), and Ross (Photographer, Invercargill). Several of the unidentified photographers are listed under their initials only, and include one with the initials T.S.M (or S.T.M. in a monogram), also A.A.B., R.G., Rooney, Luney (?), and L.M. A large number of those taken by Patrick Malaghan show Skippers Road and the Shotover River, with Pinchers Bluff, Huttons Cutting, Hell's Gate, and Skippers Creek. Thermal areas in the North Island show the Pink and White Terraces before the 1886 eruption of mount Tarawera, and also a number taken after the eruption, including the remnants of Te Ariki Pa. A large number also show various geysers, mud pools and hot springs. One method of crossing rivers is shown with the Hooker Wire Bridge (or Hooker Cage) and a "chair" travelling across a wire in Skippers over the Shotover River. Note on this box reads: "1st Ball Hut print" (no. 33); and "J. Martin "Mt Cook"" (no. 66). Most of the places identified are listed above. Other Titles - Old P.O.P. Quantity: 154 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
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Skippers suspension bridge over the Shotover River, Central Otago
Date: [circa 1930s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/4-100706-F
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams or Edgar Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
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Skippers suspension bridge over the Shotover River, Central Otago
Date: [circa 1930s]
From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera
Reference: 1/4-100707-F
Description: Photograph taken by William Williams or Edgar Williams Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Photographer identified by Curatorial Services Leader John Sullivan. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative