Iron Bridge (Lyell, N.Z.)

Date: 1914

From: Girdlestone, Hubert Earle, 1879-1918 : Albums relating to surveying, tramping and climbing

Reference: PA1-q-914

Description: Opens with a group of men on a tramp into the valley of the Orongorongo River in the southern Rimutaka Ranges. Included are views of the river and surrounding mountains, in particular Mount Matthews which they climbed posing for a photograph at the Mt Matthews trig station. There are views in the native forest and one looking over the Wainuiomata Valley. One image shows a group of men standing on the Fernside Railway Station labled as the "Mt Hector Party". This probably relates to a group of photographs later in the album recording a tramp in the Taraua Ranges. A group of five photographs records a trip to the Dawson Falls on Mount Egmont. There are views of the road leading to the falls through native forest, the group sitting on a huge rock below the falls, and the falls themselves. The other images in this group show the party on the Mountain, and loaded onto a cart at Eltham. Two pages of views of Days Bay, Lower Hutt, showing individual houses, Croyden School, and coastal scenes. A surveying trip to Kapiti Island. Views of the western cliff face of the island, the caretaker's house and surroundings, a tame deer, nautilus shells, and H E Girdlestone standing beside an 8 inch micrometer on a tripod. Views of the Volcanic Plateau showing Mounts Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro and the surrounding plains. The departure of the Main Expeditionary Force from Wellington during the First World War. The focus of these images is on the transports moored at the wharves, and the two escorting warships, the Japanese "Ibuki" and the British H M S "Minotaur", in the harbour. A group of women playing golf on the Waiwhetu golf links Family and friends at Eastbourne. Trip to the West Coast and the glaciers. Views of the main road south of Ross passing through heavy native forest, the Franz Josef Glacier and people climbing its ice fields, Mount Tasman, the Toaroha Rapids, and the Fox Glacier. There are also views of the Pelorus River and Bridge, the Buller Gorge, the Buller River, and the bridge on the road between Lyell and Inangahua. A general view of Greymouth where the party stayed with friends whoes two children were photographed driving peddle cars. A southern crossing of the Tararua Ranges. The route was by way of Mount Reeves, then down into the Tauherenikau River valley, along the river, then up to Mount Alpha and along the ridges to Hector and out again along the Waiotauru River to Otaki Forks. There are two photographs of members of the tramping party, as well as general views of the ranges, the rivers, a mountain tarn, and the Waihoanga Bridge. A visit to the Army training camp at Trentham. Photographs of individual soldiers and groups of soldiers and visitors. Three views of a man on horseback and a dog in the Manganuiateo River. Three images of surveyors making observations at a trig station using an 8 inch micrometer. Views of the Southern Alps. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [Circa 1910s?]

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-473

Description: Photographs of the South Island taken by various photographers, mostly unidentified, circa 1910s Other Titles - New Zealand photographs - South Island Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover, entitled "New Zealand photographs. South Island" in gold lettering; 26 x 32 cm

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-23-54

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1903 and 1906]

By: Mair, John Thomas, 1876-1959; New Zealand. Department of Tourist and Health Resorts

Reference: PA1-o-321

Description: Album of scenic photographs, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Department, with views of the North Island and South Island. North Island scenes include a number of tourist views of Maori, showing carved meeting houses; a group performing a haka; two women demonstrating the hongi; a young woman wearing a feather cloak, hei tiki and huia feathers, and holding a mere; a group of young boys in a haka pose; a woman smoking a pipe; a group of children bathing in a hot pool at Ohinemutu; and Mr. Nelson's carved house at Whakarewarewa. Other North Island scenes show Mount Taranaki, the Auckland wharves, Lake Waikaremoana, and a man fishing at the Ohau Channel, Rotorua. South Island views cover Lakes Wakatipu, Manapouri and Te Anau; the Tasman Glacier; peaks in the Southern Alps; Milford Sound and Mitre Peak; a team of four horses with a laden Cobb & Co coach on a ferry, crossing the Mangahua [i.e. Inangahua] River, the Lyell River Bridge and Hawks Crag, all in the Buller Gorge. The last few images are exterior and interior views of the Dunedin Railway Station soon after it was finished in 1906. Inscriptions: Album page - John T. Mair, Wellington, New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with textured black cover, entitled `Photographs' lettered in gold; 26.0 x 31.5 cm

Date: [1960s], [1993-1997

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11649

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title supplied by Library. One slide is annotated with "1960s". Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in an upright slide container with two rows of slide drawers, comprising 10 slide drawers in total. Slides were arranged in the container largely alphabetically either by bridge or river name, or location name, and possibly also by type of bridge. Slides were physically arranged from top to bottom and across both rows. The container was labelled as follows: "Concrete 1 - 5 | Stone Arch 6 - 7 | Steel Arch 8 also Brick | Stone Arch Concrete Arch 2 - pt 5 | Concrete Girder pt 5-6". Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: 1957, 1992, 1994, 1996-2000

From: Thornton, Geoffrey Garth, 1922-2017: Papers and photographs relating to industrial and construction heritage

Reference: PA12-11655

Description: Transparencies of bridges in New Zealand, taken by Geoffrey Thornton or Jocelyn Thornton. Each slide mount is annotated with the subject (bridge or viaduct name, and/or river/stream name, and/or road name) and location. Dates and photographer name are often but not always annotated. Title transcribed from item Arrangement: Transparencies were arranged in a 6-row, 50 slides per row, metal case, alphabetically for the first 2 rows. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Colour transparencies in plastic and cardboard slide mounts. Processing information: Slides have been removed from container and put into archival pockets, following the original order, from left to right and top to bottom.

Date: [Circa 1910s]

From: Starke, June, 1923-2006: Photographs

By: New Zealand. Government Tourist Bureau

Reference: PA1-o-476

Description: Album of photographs which include 12 pages of views of Scotland and one postcard of the memorial cairn at Culloden. They include views in and around Inverness, including the Caledonian Canal and Culloden. Pages 13-34 show photographs of New Zealand, chiefly taken by the New Zealand Government Tourist Bureau. Scenic views of the South Island are mostly in the Southern Alps, Southern Lakes district and the Buller Gorge; and in the North Island they are mostly in the central volcanic area around Wairakei, Taupo and Whakarewarewa, and also include views of the Whanganui River One of the images shows young Maori women heating kettles and cooking food in hot pools at Whakarewarewa Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with black cover; 22 x 28 cm

Date: [1880s-1890s]

From: Donne, Anne, fl 1975 :Photographs mainly of Richard John Seddon in New Zealand and the Pacific

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-52-19-2

Description: View of the Lyell Bridge taken from another bridge. On the far side of the Lyell Bridge is a house and an area cleared of trees. A man, boy and a dog are on the bridge in the immediate foreground looking up towards the photographer. Photograph taken by Tyree Brothers, ca 1880s-1890s Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Bridge. Lyell Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 18.5 x 24 mm

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-23-08

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-23-60

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s-1910s]

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-365

Description: Album showing various aspects of New Zealand life in cities, on farms, and in industries such as gold and coal mining, the timber industry, dairy industry, and flax industry. Other images focus on New Zealand scenery ranging throughout the North Island and the South Island. Photographers are mostly unidentified, but groups who are named are A. Northwood, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Album identical in content to that at PA1-o-364. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, entitled `New Zealand'; 24 x 30 cm

Date: [1900s]

By: Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-316

Description: Album of scenic views of New Zealand, many taken by Thomas Pringle, others taken by photographers from the New Zealand Tourist Department, and others by unidentified photographers. A number are hand-coloured. South Island scenes include Milford Sound, lake and mountain views, and some of Christchurch city. North island scenes include a number in Wellington, with views of city streets, the Chief Post Office, Government Buildings, St John's Church and the railway station. Most of the other North Island views are of tourist destinations, particularly in the thermal regions, with hot springs, geysers and mud pools. There are a large number relating to Maori, especially at Whakarewarewa, with taniko weaving, flax weaving, poi dancers, te hongi, and posed portraits of young girls in front of a meeting house wearing different styles of cloaks. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown textured cover; 25.5 x 30.0 cm

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

By: Tyree Brothers (Firm)

Reference: PA7-23-20

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Circa 1900s]

By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department

Reference: PA1-o-500

Description: Photographs, mostly showing the West Coast of the South Island, with some showing parts of Southland, taken by the New Zealand Tourist and Publicity Department circa 1900s. Most are landscapes, but some show people in the distance, including horse-drawn coaches in the Buller Gorge and Bealey Gorge; Archer's punt on the Inagahua River; two men standing outside the Malte Brun Hut; climbers on the various glaciers; and people in rowing boats on Lake Kaniere. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm

Date: 1895

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Collection of sketches] ca 1860-ca 1895

By: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898

Reference: A-182-085

Description: Shows a tramper on a track beside the river, with the bridge in the background. There are bushcovered slopes in the background. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title, initials W H and date in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 310 x 250 mm

Date: 1910

From: [Postcards of the Wesport and Buller area, collected by William Robert Jones. 1900-1970s]

By: G Parkhouse (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-POSTCARDS-Jones-01

Description: Photograph on postcard shows two bridges: a wooden bridge in the foreground with a horse-drawn carriage crossing it; and in the left background a further bridge with a stone column supporting it. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph on postcard, 89 x 139 mm.

Date: [Circa 1900s-1910s]

By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949; New Zealand. Tourism Department

Reference: PA1-o-364

Description: Album showing various aspects of New Zealand life in cities, on farms, and in industries such as gold and coal mining, the timber industry, dairy industry, and flax industry. Other images focus on New Zealand scenery ranging throughout the North Island and the South Island. Photographers are mostly unidentified, but groups who are named are A. Northwood, and the New Zealand Tourist Department. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Album identical in content to that at PA1-o-365. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with maroon covers, entitled `New Zealand'; 24 x 30 cm