Waterfalls - United States

Date: 1852 - 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-283

Description: A couple standing to the left and pointing towards the waterfall, which occupies the centre of the picture Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 343 mm

Date: 1860s

From: Wilkie Loan Collection :Albumen photographs from the collection of Sir William Fox

Reference: PAColl-D-0191

Description: Close-up photograph of the falls. In the foreground (to the right) are buildings including a dining saloon. One of a series of photographs of the falls taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1860s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 343 x 435 mm on card

Date: 1860s

From: Wilkie Loan Collection :Albumen photographs from the collection of Sir William Fox

Reference: PAColl-D-0193

Description: One of a series of photographs taken of the Niagara Falls. Rocks and land on the far left. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer in 1860s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 345 x 435 mm mounted on card

Date: 1878

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-009

Description: Shows two views of Niagara Falls, on efrom the Canadian side, and one of the Horseshoe Fall. At top left is a watercolour illustration of a trail of ivy leaves on a stem. Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 9 Quantity: 2 photograph(s). 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Sepia photographs, sizes varying, a watercolour, on page 412 x 305 mm.

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-337

Description: Shows a high waterfall cascading over a rock face, with hill above and beyond. A large redwood frames the view in the left foreground Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour 355 x 255 mm

Date: October 1976

From: Kendrick, John Lisle, 1922-2013: Interviews, recordings, photographs primarily relating to natural sound recording

Reference: PA12-6486

Description: Trip to the Niagra Falls. Patuxent Wildlife Research Centre. Washington City and Zoo. Chincoteague National Wild Life Refuge, Assoteague Island, Virginia. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies in cardboard and plastic mounts.

Date: 1860s

From: Wilkie Loan Collection :Albumen photographs from the collection of Sir William Fox

Reference: PAColl-D-0192

Description: Photograph of the falls. In the background are buildings (hotels, etc). Wooden walkways can be seen on the rocks to the right of the falls. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, ca 1860s Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 343 x 435 mm on card

Date: [1897]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-13

Description: View of Niagara Falls, taken ca 1897 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: One photographic print mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: 1852

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: B-198-004

Description: A view of the Horseshoe Falls, one of the three Niagra Falls, from Goat Island on the American side. The water appears almost completely white. Three people stand or sit in the left foreground. A tower, probably a lighthouse, can be seen on either side of the falls. Another two-storey building is seen on the Canadian side Part of the larger Wilkie Family Collection, within the Turnbull Library collections Other Titles - Horseshoe Falls Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Horse Shoe Fall. Niagra 1852. from Goat Isld. [in ink] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gouache on two pieces of paper, 350 x 480 mm, on card 420 x 545 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, part of the Wilkie Family collection

Date: 1875

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: B-198-005

Description: A view of Yosemite Falls, in the Sierra Nevada of California. Shows the upper and lower falls, trees and rocks in the foreground Part of the larger Wilkie Family Collection, within the Turnbull Library collections Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - Yosemite Falls. ft 2634 more than 1/4 mile [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gouache on paper, 355 x 255 mm, adhered to card 420 x 315 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, part of the Wilkie Family collection

Date: 1852 - 1853

By: Jacques and Brothers (Firm); Fox, William, 1812-1893; Wilkie, John Campbell, 1899-1977

Reference: WC-349

Description: A sunset view, with a table-shaped rock looming over part of the falls to the right. Several figures on rocks and a path in the foreground dwarfed by the falls. On acquisition by the Library this lithograph was thought to be the work of William Fox. Instead it is the cover illustration for Table Rock Schottisch, piano music by John Cooke, (New York, Jacques and Brother, 1852). Likely to have been given to or purchased by Fox during his visit to Niagara in 1853 Source of title: First section of title thought to be from an accompanying label or backing board, discarded by the Library Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, coloured 257 x 185 mm Provenance: Wilkie collection of works by William Fox.

Date: [Circa 1870s]

By: Arnoux, Hippolyte, active 1860s-1880s

Reference: PA1-f-047

Description: Photographs taken in the 1870s, covering a wide range of places, photographers mostly unidentified, and most images with no captions. The first group were taken in an around the Mediterranean, including Gibraltar, but particularly focussing on the Suez Canal. The sequence includes a copy of a montage produced by Hippolyte Arnoux, showing a map of the route of the canal, surrounded by photographs of canal designer Ferdinand de Lesseps and various sites along the route. Other images in this sequence were probably taken by Arnoux who was working in Egypt during this period. The next group of images travel via India (?), to Australia. Views of Melbourne include Government House, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Houses of Parliament, the Scots' Church (in Collins Street), the Post Office, the Town Hall, and the Public Library. Following these is a panorama of Sydney, and views of Tasmania. The New Zealand scenes start with a panorama of Auckland, the Mount Eden residence of G.B. (?, pencilled name undeciphered), and the Auckland Domain). Images further south include Ohinemutu; the Pink and White Terraces; Napier; the Manawatu Gorge; Wellington (with the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel visible in the foreground); Nelson; the wreck of the ship Otago, at Chasland's Mistake; and a number of views in the Dunedin area. The last sequence shows parts of Canada, including the Rockies, Montreal and the Niagara Falls. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Dark brown leather cover, with decorations stamped in gold; 28 x 40 cm

Date: 1852 - 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-284

Description: Niagara with a rainbow. A large building is on the bank to the left Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 236 x 343 mm

Date: 1946

From: Luxford, Nola, 1895-1994 :Photographs

By: Dolberg, Glenn Russell, -1977

Reference: PA12-7629

Description: Scenes probably from one of the national parks in the United States. The edge of a glacier. A waterfall. A bear. Mountains seen across forest and water. Photographed by Glenn Dolberg in 1946. These transparencies have been retained as examples of early modern colour film. The package that they came in was from the ANSCO Colour Laboratory, Binghampton, New York. The date on the ANSCO seal was 12 August 1946. Glenn Dolberg was Nola Luxford's third husband, and they married in 1959. Glenn had been married prior to this, so the woman in two of the photographs is probably his first wife. Quantity: 4 colour original transparency/ies comprising 8 images.

Date: 1885-1886

By: Mason, George Edward (Rev), 1847-1928

Reference: PA1-f-253

Description: Album of photographs collected by Rev G E Mason on a trip around the world in 1885-1886. Comprises photographs of California, Tasmania, Sydney, Ceylon, Egypt and New Zealand. In 1884 the Bishop of Lichfield recieved a request from the bishops of Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand, to send clergy to conduct missions in their dioceses. To this end he invited Rev G E Mason, and Rev Charles Bodington to do the job. The two clegymen left Liverpool for the United States on the 4th of July 1885, spent a summer in New Zealand, and returned to England in September 1886. (Info from "Round the Round World on a Church Mission," Rev G E Mason, Society for the promotion of Christian knowledge, London, 1892). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2005 Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive.

Date: [1897]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-12

Description: Two views of Niagara Falls, taken ca 1897 by an unknown photographer. The upper photograph (PA1-f-195-12-1) is a close-up view of the torrent. The lower photograph (PA1-f-195-12-2), shows the steamer Maid of the Mist. Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Two photographic prints mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-285

Description: Shows a man and a woman on horseback, Niagara Falls and buildings in the distance Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 240 x 350 mm

Date: 1878

From: [Yarborough, Gertrude Flora Cooke], d 1934 :[Scrapbook of watercolours, prints and photographs, 1878 and later].

Reference: E-881-f-010

Description: Shows a view of part of a wide waterfall, falling over large rocks at the base. Extended Title - From Gertrude Flora Yarborough's scrapbook of watercolours ... 1878 and after, page 10 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 255 x 158 mm.

Date: [1897]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-195-14

Description: View of Niagara Falls, taken ca 1897 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: One photographic print mounted on album page, 416 x 286 mm (page size)

Date: 1853

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-282

Description: Shows a waterfall in the countryside, sheep & cows, three figures Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 360 x 570 mm