IMAGE
Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
- Date
- [ca 1890s-1930s]
- By
- Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949-
- Reference
- PA-Group-00889
- Description
Contains photographs donated by Dr Ruth Elizabeth Lightbourne, taken by unknown photographers (except where specified), ca 1900s-1930s.
Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by photographers including F B Blackwell and Radcliffe & Stewart. Prints mainly consist of scenes in locations north of Auckland, Canterbury Region, and areas around Rotorua and Whanganui.
Also contains photographs of St John the Baptist Church at Te Waimate, Waiheke Island, taken ca 1930s.
Quantity: 51 b&w stereoscopic cards (including postcards). 2 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, dye coupler prints, stereoscopic cards
Provenance: Donated by Dr Ruth Lightbourne, Wellington in 2008, and 2013. The 2013 collection came from the donor's father's family and the 2008 collection came from the donor's parents.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 51 b&w stereoscopic cards (including postcards), 2 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Dye coupler prints, Stereographs, Landscape photographs, Silver gelatin prints, dye coupler prints, stereoscopic cards
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Copyright
UnknownPhotographs
Date: [193-?]
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-9248
Description: Photographs of the church of St John the Baptist at Te Waimate and of Palm Beach, Waiheke Island, taken ca 1930s by an unknown photographer Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
Stereoscopic prints by various photographers
Date: [ca 1890-1910]
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
By: Brown & Stewart (Firm); Whittington, A J (Mr), active 1900
Reference: PAColl-10177-3
Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900, probably in the Auckland area, and sold by A J Whittington, Elstow Photo, and Brown & Stewart. Prints include a living room interior (including teapot, toast rack fruit bowl, decanter flower arrangement, and camera visible), an unidentified Maori family on the porch of a house, a [Kauri logger's?] shack, Colonel Nixon Monument in Otahuhu, and a man milking a cow into the mouth of one cat while others gather around. Quantity: 5 b&w stereoscopic cards (including postcards). Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards
Stereoscopic cards by unidentified photographers
Date: 1900-1910
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
Reference: PAColl-10177-1
Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by unidentified photographers. Includes images of a ferry coming into Auckland, an unidentified man photographed with Rangitoto Island in the background, various waterfalls and rivers, farmland, a thermal area [geyser?], mangroves, a monument with maori carving and a bust of Queen Victoria, an unidentified town, and a man on a kneeling horse. Quantity: 12 b&w stereoscopic cards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards
Frank Bartrum Blackwell stereoscopic cards
Date: [ca 1890-1910]
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
By: Blackwell, Frank Bartrum, 1862-1934
Reference: PAColl-10177-2
Description: Stereoscopic prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by Frank Bartrum Blackwell. Includes images of Christchurch (Post Office, Cathedral), the Mount Cook Hermitage, a Kea on the rocks near Ball Hut, the dining room at F B Blackwell's family homestead 'Karepo' and a view of the surrounding bush, a view of Mount Ruapehu [from the Rangipo Desert?], mangroves, Aubrey Island, Wanganui River [Tieke, rapids, Pipiriki House and landing), Pahi River, and an unidentified woman in the bush. Images from Auckland show 'Laocoon' sculpture in Auckland Museum, fountain at Albert Park, and a railway goods station. Quantity: 20 b&w stereoscopic cards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic cards
Stereoscopic postcards by Radcliffe & Stewart
Date: [ca 1890-1910]
From: Lightbourne, Ruth Elizabeth (Dr), 1949- : Photographs
By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923; Stewart, (Mr?), active 1897?
Reference: PAColl-10177-4
Description: Stereoscopic postcard prints taken circa 1900 around New Zealand, by photographers Radcliffe & Stewart. Prints mainly consist of images taken in the Auckland and Rotorua areas. Images include gum diggers and a bullock team hauling kauri logs in Northland, a man milking a cow and squirting the milk into the mouth of a cat, Kereru Geyser at Whakarewarewa, Twin Geyser at Wairakei, men fishing on Lake Rotorua, Rotorua Sanatorium building and grounds, young girls doing a haka outside Tamatekapua Marae, Ohinemutu, a maori dwelling (Rotorua), Okere Falls on Lake Rotoiti, beehive rock formation at Waiotapu, and a swarm of 50,000 bees at a hive. Quantity: 14 b&w stereoscopic postcards. Physical Description: Stereoscopic postcards