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All newspaper articles and advertisements are from Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand or Trove - National Library of Australia unless otherwise stated.

Photographer's negatives - the most common question I am asked relates to the current location of photographer's negatives - see this post.

I'm not able to provide any information about photographers other than that on this site. I'm am also not able to date photographs or assist you in identifying people in photographs you may have. I am unable to assist in locating the current location of business records or negatives of any photographer.

I recommend the Auckland City Library's website for more information about New Zealand photographers - http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/photographers/basic_search.htm




Political Postcards


Westland
Political Postcards


The names on this ballot box refer to Henry Leslie Michel and Tom Seddon.  
[Thomas Edward Youd Seddon was the son of New Zealand's longest-serving Prime Minister Richard Seddon.]


Premier Wyandotte here refers to Joseph Ward, Mi-chel refers to Henry Leslie Michel. The Liberal Party "Chick' is Tom Seddon. 



"Electors. This is ours to bestow, not yours Sir Jo[e]."






Jones, Frederick Nelson



Frederick Nelson Jones
born 4 May 1881 - died 29 August 1962



Sand Yachting - Tahuna, Nelson, N.Z
by Frederick Nelson Jones
[postcard purchased July 2024]


Road and Sea, Nelson, N.Z
by Frederick Nelson Jones
[postcard purchased August 2024]


Nelson from the Zig Zag
by Frederick Nelson Jones
[postcard purchased August 2024]


Nelson, N.Z., Looking West
by Frederick Nelson Jones
[postcard purchased August 2024]




Curran, Henry Grattan

 


Henry Grattan Curran
died 1946

reverse inscription "Tim laying pipes for water Milton"
[purchased July 2024]


Cook Islands

 

[off topic]


Pictured is Mr Ernest Wheeler (second left), the former
 manager of the Are Manuiri, with the three paddles and
spear he was gifted by Cook Islanders. Fourth from left
is Jack Wheeler (son of Ernest Wheeler) who was born
in Rarotonga in 1914.
[postcard purchased July 2024]


Cook Island News

Kiwi family returns Cook Islands artefacts gifted to their forefather
Thursday 15 June 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Art, Features

A visiting New Zealand family yesterday returned Cook Islands artefacts owned by their forefather, entrusting them to the Cook Islands Library and Museum Society for future generations of Cook Islanders.

Nestled along the drive of Makea Tinirau Road is the Cook Islands Library and Museum Society, a private organisation dedicated to the preservation of the history and culture of the Cook Islands, entirely run and funded by resilient volunteers whose passion for the country has kept many of the artefacts for posterity.

Pictured is Mr Ernest Wheeler (second left), the former
 manager of the Are Manuiri, with the three paddles and
spear he was gifted by Cook Islanders. Fourth from left
is Jack Wheeler (son of Ernest Wheeler) who was born
in Rarotonga in 1914. CILMS/23061419

Yesterday morning, Cook Islands artefacts – a spear and three paddles – were gifted to the Society by the Wheeler family from the South Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. The family is on holiday in Rarotonga.

The artefacts were owned by the late Ernest Wheeler who was the manager of the Are Manuiri (now Banana Court) in the 1920s. He lived in Port Chalmers and United Kingdom before coming to the Cook Islands.

Jean Mason, curator-manager of the Cook Islands Library and Museum Society, said Linda Wheeler – the widow of Trevor Wheeler (1945-2013) who was the grandson of Ernest Wheeler – made the arrangements to gift the items to the Society.

The Cook Islands Library and Museum Society are grateful for any old and authentic Cook Islands artefacts that are returned to the country of origin, says Mason.

She said that many of the items have been cared for by families of the ancestors that first took them away and the descendants who inherited the items have put a lot of faith in the Society to continue to take good care of the items for the benefit of future generations of Cook Islanders.

“The Cook Islands Library and Museum Society always takes seriously its main purpose for existing, which is to enable the survival of the country’s material cultural heritage for the benefit of future generations,” said Mason.

Tim Buchanan, president of the Society, said that they have been the recipient and custodians of many authentic Cook Islands artefacts.

“Objects from before and after European contact are among our collection,” Buchanan said.

“The Society are grateful to the Wheeler family for thinking of us and for going to the trouble of repatriating these items gifted to their forefather. Items that are now artefacts from those early colonial days of our history.”


The Wheeler family from Aotearoa New Zealand gifted
Cook Islands artefacts (three paddles and a spear) to the
Cook Islands Library and Museum Society. 23061418

The Cook Islands Library and Museum Society is a private, non-profit organisation that was founded in 1963.

Buchanan said: “Although the Society is an autonomous, non-profit organisation, we did benefit from Government support up until 1992.”

“That support was withdrawn by the Geoffrey Henry Government of the day in a pique of anger over being denied full control of the Society and the grounds gifted for their purposes by Makea Nui Teremoana Ariki.”

The Society now mostly survives with individual and corporate donations and volunteer labour.

“It is our sincere hope that current and future governments will again assist us with this custodial duty, in recognition of the importance of preserving the tangible objects of our history,” said Buchanan.

Cook Islands News


unknown photographer

 

United Bowling Club, Christchurch Champion Rink 
1913.

Arthur Stedman [Vice President], Oliver Thomas McManaway [Secretary] , J. Brown, J. Brown , W. Fraser and Isaac Woolf. 
by an unknown photographer

Arthur Stedman was the Manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Christchurch and died in Auckland in 1928. Isaac Woolf collapsed and died while playing bowls in 1943.


unknown photographers

 



postcard purchased August 2024


reverse inscription "226 Antigua Street, City Chch"
by an unknown photographer
postcard purchased 2024

A house at an unknown location by an unknown photographer
postcard purchased 2024

Cashmere House, Christchurch by an unknown photographer 
[postchard purchased May 2024]

Built in 1909 to designs by Samuel Hurst Seager, Cashmere House was set in a depression atop the Cashmere Hills. Reached via a long driveway which wound its way up the hill, the house overlooked an expanse of trees, lawns and gardens. Within, the house contained more than thirty rooms...
Christchurch City Libraries


A house at an unknown location by an unknown photographer
postcard purchased 2023


A house at an unknown location by an unknown photographer
postcard purchased 2019


A house at an unknown location by an unknown photographer
postcard purchased 2017


unknown house painted by Alfred Robin
painting purchased 2018






Elmar and Ambrose Studios




Elmar and Ambrose Studios


and



209 High Street 
Christchurch
about July 1966 to about 1971
previously Elmar Studios


photographer's reference number C1030-4
[purchased 2024]



182 High Street
Christchurch
about 1971 to about October 1979 [1]




photographer's reference number C322-17
[purchased 2024]


photographer's reference number C322-14
[purchased 2024]



Level 3, 
Stades Arcade
Hereford Street, Christchurch
from about October 1979 to about August 1986

Press, 24 January 1980, page 12


... Near the entrance to the new Shades complex the customer can find Elmar and Ambrose. For quality photography, processing, printing, mounting and framing — this is the shop to visit. Elmar and Ambrose’s retail premises offer a film process service that includes a 10 per cent discount and a free film. But this is only one area of the service offered by the firm. Elmar and Ambrose are the complete professional photographers. All portraits, wedding, commercial, fashion and sporting photos are done by Mr John Ambrose to ensure that the final photo is the result of experience and modern techniques. Mr Ambrose is willing to spend as much time as is necessary on his work in order to create a quality presentation. Personal service, experience and the latest equipment are all available from Elmar and Ambrose. Mr Ambrose constantly attends seminars and courses in order to develop and create photography of today that will last. 
Press, 9 December 1980, page 26


Press, 16 August 1986, page 52



[1] Press, 27 October 1979, page 29


Sutherland, Alexander William


Alexander William Sutherland
Murchison


Matakitaki Junction Gold Dredge, opened 1936 at Murchison

Murchison, NZ
number 100

Mataki' Valley, Murchison
number 107



Heslop


Heslop
Canterbury Street, Lyttelton







Crown Studios



Crown Studios
Gore


[purchased 2024]



Winship, William Edward



William Edward Winship
Whangarei







Samuel McGuigan and "Glengarvie"

 


Samuel McGuigan and "Glengarvie"
photograph by Mr Brown




"Glengarvie" the "Brackenfield" Stallion
and groom S McG. [killed in action in France 1/10/16]
Taken by Mr Brown October 1909
[photograph purchased July 2024]



Lyttelton Times, volume CXIX, issue 14796, 23 September 1908, page 7



This newspaper article was attached the the reverse of the photograph above.