Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference
PAColl-5155
Description

Arrangement: Negatives at 1/4-019537 to 019639

Quantity: 103 b&w copy negative(s).

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Alternative form available: File prints available in Pictorial Reference Service

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103 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives
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Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River

Date: ca 1880s

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019613-F

Description: Mail coach stuck in the Waimakariri River. Shows the horse drawn vehicle in the centre of the image, with rocks and shingle on the surrounding river bank. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer circa 1880s. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Mail coaches crossing the Bealey River, Canterbury

Date: [188-?]

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019637-F

Description: Mail coaches crossing the Bealey River, Canterbury, circa 1880s. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print and from PAColl-5155. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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The Mangonui to Kaeo mail coach crossing Hodge's Bridge, Northland

Date: 1912

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019556-F

Description: The Mangonui to Kaeo mail coach crossing Hodge's Bridge, Northland, in 1912. Taken by unidentified photographer. Back of file print reads: "Mangonui to Kaeo Mail Coach crossing Hodge's Bridge 1912." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Waiouru-Tokaanu mail coach leaving Waiouru in the snow

Date: 1908

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019572-F

Description: Waiouru-Tokaanu mail coach leaving Waiouru in 1908. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Coaches at Waihohonui Hut, at the base of Mount Ngauruhoe

Date: ca 1901

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019569-F

Description: Horse drawn coaches at Waihohonui Hut, at the base of Mount Ngauruhoe (in the vicinity of Waihohonui Stream), circa 1901. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Instrument room, Telegraph Office, General Post Office, Wellington

Date: 1912

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019586-F

Description: Instrument room, Telegraph Office, General Post Office, Wellington, 1912. Includes telegraphers. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Crowd at Kohukohu, celebrating the coronation of George V, King of Great Britain

Date: 22 Jun 1911

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019554-F

Description: Maori and Pakeha group at Kohukohu, 22 June, 1911, celebrating the coronation of George V, King of Great Britain. They stand beneath a triumphal arch decorated with palm fronds. Signs read "God save the King" and "Hokianga". Peter Buck stands on the left, holding a tewhatewha. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Transferring the mail from train to coaches, at Cass

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019618-F

Description: Transferring the mail from train to coaches at Cass, circa 1880s. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

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View of part of Wellington showing the corner of Willis and Manners Streets and the sur...

Date: ca 1869

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019551-F

Description: View of part of Wellington showing the corner of Willis and Manners Streets and the surrounding area. The Rhodes, Hickson, Hunter and Fitzherbert wharves can be seen on the left of the image. Taken by an unknown photographer for the Post and Telegraph company ca 1869. This photograph was taken before the new St Mary's and All Angels Church was built in 1873-1874, but taken after the Methodist Church (with spire) was built in 1868. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Group in front of the Post Office at Aickens, Westland

Date: 1890s

From: Post and telegraph collection :Mainly mail coach photographs ca. 1880's.

Reference: 1/4-019636-F

Description: Group of unidentified men, women, and children, in front of the Post Office at Aickens, Westland, in the 1890s. Shows a one storied, wooden building, with a verandah, surrounded by a picket fence. Most of the group stand alongside the fence, grouped around a tree stump and a clump of arum lilies. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative