Farm buildings - New Zealand - Canterbury Region

Date: 1863

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888

Reference: E-081-q

Description: Two complete 360 degree panoramas, back-to-back. The first one is 12 pages with two inserts, with a closer view of the station, homestead, outhouses, etc. The second, 14 pages plus 1 insert is a wider view of the countryside from a higher, more distant position. Notes include vegetation and landmarks, including Tekoa, Mt Veto, Jollie's Pass, Maori Kaik, Domett's run, top of Mt Pam [i.e. Mt Palmerston], Duppa's nephew Bryan, and his dog Norma. The drawing of Bryan Duppa is a back view of him seated by a flax-bush, the dog Norma seated at his side. His initials are below the drawing Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: 2 pencil drawings on both sides of 14 sheets 228 x ca 3500 mm and 228 x ca 4000 mm on sheets 228 x 285 mm

Date: 1860 - 1869

By: Duppa, George, 1817-1888

Reference: Plans-80-0713

Description: Plan view of a house Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-041

Description: A preliminary sketch for the almost identical watercolour on the opposite page, showing a fence, two small houses and two sheds, a bare plain and the Southern Alps in the background. Possibly in the Rangitata River area, since the artist visited that area several times. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1893

From: Medley, Mary Catherine, 1835-1922 :Sketchbook no. 11. 1892-1893.

Reference: E-373-042

Description: Two small houses and two sheds on a bare plain in summer, with a fence in the foreground and the snow-clad Southern Alps in the background. Possibly close to the Rangitata River, since the artist visited friends in the area on several occasions. The preliminary sketch for this work is on the opposite page of the sketchbook. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, in sketchbook, 130 x 360 mm. Finding Aids: Shelflist/inventory available - copy with sketchbook..

Date: 1890

By: Gibb, William Menzies, 1859-1931

Reference: G-541

Description: Shows three head of cattle standing in a small field beyond the foreground stream. A tree in the foreground leans against one of the wooden picket fences, and there is a hut or stable beyond the cattle. The spire of a church in the middle distance is possibly St Mary's Merivale. Title from back Inscriptions: Signed: W. Menzies-Gibb Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil painting on canvas 356 x 500 mm

Date: 1890

By: Gibb, John, 1831-1909

Reference: G-646

Description: A view of a pontoon ferry crossing Lake Pukaki, poled by a man standing on one side. Cables are attached to both ends of the ferry. People and goods are on board. A house is on the left by the ramp leading to the water. A rowboat and cows are in the foregound. A small island in the lake to the right has further buildings and possibly poplar trees Inscriptions: Signed: John Gibb Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil 205 x 305 mm Provenance: Purchase: Sotheby & Co., London, 20 April 1975

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Pollard, William, active 1923-1928

Reference: Pan-0882-F

Description: Panoramic view of farm and homestead of "The Shades" sheep station near Kekerengu. Now listed in current maps as being in Canterbury (no longer in Marlborough). Taken by Robert Percy Moore Refer also Pan-0880-F Inscriptions: Marginal notes on tape - Delta Station Marlborough W Pollard; Marginal notes on negative - 3 3 3 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 113.0 cm

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: O'Halloran, J R, f 1920s

Reference: Pan-2310-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down from a tusocky hillside to a farming valley on the left. A single-storeyed farmhouse is partially hidden by trees with outbuildings on the right, haystack in the centre left middle distance. Rougher ground and some pasture on the right of the image. Hills, in part bush-clad, and mountains partly snow-clad in the background. Paddocks and river valley in the distance on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - J R O'Halloran. Glentui. Oxford. [2?] B&W. Weak light; Marginal notes on negative - 8 8 8 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.2 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Lassen, E, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2308-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a paddock [possibly a turnip field] which runs across the image. A single-storeyed farmhouse with outbuildings and stands of trees are seen in the middle distance centre left. Flock of sheep to the left of the house. Hills and mountains in the background, some snow-capped. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Source of descriptive information - Date from a number of other images taken in the same location by Robert Percy Moore Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - E. Lassen. Oxford. 3 oils. red roof. Make outbuildings look nice. Print from sheep on left; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 114.2 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Howard, Frederick W, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2309-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up across a large paddock in the foreground with a flock of sheep grazing on the left. An unidentified man with sheepdog is standing in front of a fence and hedge behind which a single-storeyed farmhouse is partially hidden. Outbuildings nearer the camera include a large barn on the right of the house. Shelter belts of trees behind and on the far left. Tussock hills behind and snow-capped mountains in the far left and far right backgrounds. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Glencairn" Oxford 1925; Marginal notes on negative - F.W. Howard "Glencairn" 1925. Oxford. 2 oils. 1 B&W. Print from left of film. Red roof. Iron shed. Green foreground. Tussock hills. Snow effects Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 106.0 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Skurr, Ed, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2306-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a field towards a large single-storeyed wooden farmhouse, tiled roof, with Arts and Crafts features. Separated from the field and a drive by a fence, the drive leading to outbuildings on the right. Car parked on the far side of a lawn on the left of the house. Windmill behind on the right, stands of shelter belt trees, haystack near the buildings on the far right. Hills in the background, some on the left snow-capped. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Silverstream" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - E. Skurr. Oxford. 2 B&W. 1 oils. Title "Silverstream" 1925. Red tile roof. Cream house. Black car. Red outbuildings & iron buildings. Slight snow on hills. Light tussock hills Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 108.8 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Judson, Richard E, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-2312-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse centre left. Garden furniture and pot plants are seen on a verandah at the front entrance, pergola over the path with climbing roses by the front door. Shrubs and flower beds around the lawn and around the base of the house. An unidentified man (possibly Mr Judson) is standing in a paddock with a herd of cattle on the far right. Paddocks up to the foothills on the right, hills partly bush-clad and partly snow-capped in the background on the right. River valley and river flats on the far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Glencoe" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - R.E. Judson "Glencoe" 1925 Oxford. 2 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 12 12 12 12 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 115.4 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Henderson, Alexander, 1866-

Reference: Pan-2311-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up an unsealed driveway across a wide paddock in the foreground. Single-storeyed farmhouse mostly hidden in trees is seen in the centre middle distance at the foot of high hills, outbuildings to the left. Small flock of sheep by a hedge on the far left. Trees across the image include bare basket willows and poplars, and coniferous trees around the house. Paddocks seen through trees; hills, in part with pasture and in part snow-capped, in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "The Grange" Oxford; Marginal notes on negative - Alex Henderson "The Grange" Oxford 1925. 1 oils. 2 B&W. Red roof. Autumn tints; Marginal notes on negative - 11 11 11 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.0 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Gorton, Frederick John, 1892-1986

Reference: Pan-2314-F

Description: Panoramic view looking across a tussocky paddock running across the foreground of the image. House hidden amongst high coniferous trees in the centre left middle distance, with a large flock of sheep aound a farm building in front of the trees. A car parked on a field in middle distance on the far left. Cultivated fields in the right middle distance. Snow covered mountains in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - F. Gorton. Oxford. 2 oils. 2 B&W. Print from car on left. Tussock foreground, same as Tongariro Nat. Park. On extreme right very heavy green, almost black; Marginal notes on negative - 7 7 7 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 112.0 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: McQuilkin, Joseph Patrick, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1953-F

Description: Panoramic view of a single-storeyed wooden villa-styled farmhouse in the centre of the image, with outbuildings to right and left. In a flat paddock on the right there is a flock of sheep and lambs, and three calves in the foreground. There is a man standing in the paddock in the middle distance. Hedgerows separate paddocks and hedges surround the house and garden. Glassed-in corner of return verandah, iron roof, finials. Car parked on drive on left of house. Empty paddock in left foreground, more sheep and lambs in a paddock beyond. Man on a horse in the middle distance to the left of the house. Farm buildings in the middle distance, far left. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. From Box 185 Ashburton Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Rushy Park" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - J.P. McQuilkin. Ashburton. Rushy Park; Marginal notes on negative - 1 1 1 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 109.7 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Anderson, William J, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1950-F

Description: Panoramic view showing a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse with Arts and Crafts features. Arches around a corner verandah, tiled roof, brick chimneys. Large lawn in foreground with poles for tennis nets, bordered by a hedge on the left. Car parked on a drive to the left of the hedge (number plate: NZ47-705). Established shrubs and trees on the far side of the lawn in the foreground. Garage and outbuildings at the end of the drive behind and to the left of the house. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Te Aro"; Marginal notes on negative - W.J. Anderson. Te Aro. Ashburton; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 118.4 cm

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Gill, H R, active 1920s

Reference: Pan-1964-F

Description: Panoramic view looking up a slope to a single-storeyed wooden farmhouse at the head of a drive on the far left. High hedge behind the house, outbuildings behind. Lawn around the house. Area of thickly planted shrubs to the right of the drive. Border of shrubs and flowers on the left. Rolling paddocks on the right half of the image, with a vegetable garden and fruit trees in the centre between the garden and the paddocks. Plants include pampas grasses, cabbage trees and flax. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - H R Gill. Tycho D [i.e. Taiko [Downs?]]. Timaru. 1 oils. 2 B&W. Cream house. Red roof. White chimney. Blossoms on trees pink. White heather. Pansies yellow, purple daisies. Various coloured foliage. Various coloured foliage yellows. Red tipped roses in centre of lawn Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 125.0 cm

Date: [1925]

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Grigg, John Hutton, 1895-1974

Reference: Pan-1973-F

Description: Panoramic view of the Longbeach Station looking over flat marshy paddocks running across the foreground. Homestead on the right with two conical turrets, partially hidden amongst trees. Several smaller houses and farm buildings can be seen beyond the paddocks to the left of the homestead. Established trees, including eucalypts in the background. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Refer also Pan-1970 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - J.H. Grigg. Longbeach. Ashburton. 1 oils. 2 B&W. Print from cowshed on left to Homestead on right. Some red outbuildings. Some white buildings, see by film; Marginal notes on negative - 2 2 2 2 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 113.1 cm

Date: 1925

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

By: Kelly, George, 1891-1949?

Reference: Pan-1969-F

Description: Panoramic angled view of a single-storeyed wooden villa-styled farmhouse centre left. Iron roof, verandah with decorative wrought-iron trim along the top. Trimmed hedge all around, drive on the left to the house and outbuildings behind. Wrought iron gate with footpath to the house in the left foreground. Lawn with some flower beds, shrubs and trees inside the hedge. Old orchard with bare trees, unmown grass on the right with a shelter belt of conifers behind. Wide picket-style gate from the road on the right. Taken by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "Spring-Lynn" 1925; Marginal notes on negative - G. Kelly. Spring-Lynn. 1925. Winchmore rural. Ashburton. 3 B&W; Marginal notes on negative - 4 4 4 [in list formation] Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 107.6 cm