Greenhouses - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: 1907

From: Various artists :[Postcards and greeting cards collected by McCarthy. 1880s-1940s?]

Reference: Eph-A-CARDS-McCarthy-005

Description: Postcard shows a photograph of the house Holly Lea and a nearby hothouse in a park setting. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Chromolithograph on postcard, 89 x 140 mm. Provenance: Part of the McCarthy Collection of greeting cards.

Date: 1918

From: Vance, William, 1899-1981 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1725

Description: Photographs relating to Waikakahi homestead called "The Valley." Includes - A view of the house. Two interior views of glasshouses. Two views of the lake. Two views of the harvest of 1918. A large house called "Downlands." Waikakahi Station was purchased by John and Allan McLean in 1866. In 1880 Allan McLean became sole owner of the property. The house was built in about 1874. In 1899 the station was purchased by the government and broken up into small farms, though Allan McLean retained the house and gardens. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1919

From: Barton, Cranleigh Harper 1890-1975 :[Christchurch streets, gardens and houses] / Cranleigh Barton [1930s-1950s?]

Reference: A-227-250

Description: Shows a grassy area with a path in the foreground with a glass house and trees appearing over the roof of the glass house. The view is probably taken in the spring, with blossom visible on the trees in the foreground The first Townend Glasshouse, an orchid and begonia house, was left to the city by Annie Quayle Townend in 1914. It originally stood in the grounds of Holly Lea, a large Christchurch property, but was moved to the Botanical Gardens, being replaced by the current Townend Glasshouse building in 1955 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 190 x 285 mm

Date: [ca 1905-1926]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-023580-G

Description: Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate