WARBURTON, Ralph




Ralph Warburton
 born 1915 Invercargill - died 2007



IN THE 1940s, and while in his 30s, Ralph Warburton fell in love with the mountains. He gave up his job of watchmaker and trained as a glacier guide, later becoming official photographer for glacier parties at Franz Josef. His family formed and grew up in the tiny South Westland village, a remote spot before the Haast highway was put through years later. He died in 2007 aged 92 years.
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Red Lake : Mount Cook by Ralph Warburton

Franz Josef Glacier by Ralph Warburton


Franz Josef Glacier by Ralph Warburton

Franz Josef Glacier by Ralph Warburton
purchased July 2023


"View from Alex Knob, Franz Joseph 1951", by Ralph Warburton
purchased August 2024


Franz Josef Glacier by Ralph Warburton

 Gallery Gorge, N.Z. by Ralph Warburton


Fox Glacier Hotel by Ralph Warburton


Stone's Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Directory 1950
Warburton R. J. Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
Stone's Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Directory 1951
Warburton R. J. Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
Stone's Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Directory 1953
Warburton R. J. Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
Stone's Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough and Westland Directory 1955
Warburton R. J. Franz Josef Glacier, Westland
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Anonymous said...

Hi I have colour slides by R Warburton of Lake Mathewson and Mapourika. I have Gladys M Goodall. N Hatwell. Can you please let me know if valued or rare?

June 14, 2022 at 7:50 PM
Early Canterbury Photography said...

Are they rare? I think they probably are. Some would have been taken overseas by tourists and those that ended up staying in New Zealand would later have been thrown away as people are no longer weren't interested in them or don't have the means to view them.

Are the valved? I assume you mean to they have a monetary value. They are not something you can frame and hang on the wall. You can't see the image unless you have something to view them in. If you digitally scan them, the image is poor. They might be worth a few dollars each.

Te Papa or The Alexander Turnbull Library might be interested to accept them as a donation or you could try and sell them on Trade Me. Te Papa has Goodall's negatives but no slides that I know of. My collection is the only one in New Zealand that I know of. The executive of Goodall's estate had only ever seem a few of her slides. Hope this helps.

June 15, 2022 at 12:17 AM

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