Steele Studio

Steele Studio

Auckland

"Donald Brash"
 by Steele, Auckland

 Donald Gilmour Brash QSM - Reg No. 23899. Capt, 24th Battalion, 2NZEF. WWII, POW
 born 2 November 1916, son of Ethel Gertrude Walters  and John Gilmour Brash, died Sunday 8 July, 2012. Aged 95 years at Oakura, [brother of Eric Roberts Brash].

reverse inscription "Sis & Dick Bearny"

Bartlett and Taylor

Bartlett and Taylor

New Zealand Academy of Photographic Art

Queen Street

corner of Wellesley Street

Auckland

also see Robert Henry Bartlett

Cartes de visite of John Wilkes Booth, the murderer of President Lincoln, also likenesses of the latter, have been taken by Bartlett and Taylor, photographers, Wellesley-street and Queen street, from steel engravings which have appeared in the "Sydney Illustrated News.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2502, 27 July 1865, Page 4

ASHE, Thomas Henry

Thomas Henry Ashe
Onehunga, Auckland

Grace Alwyn Austin
"Love from Alwyn May 1944"

DEAN, Marie

Marie Dean

126 Cuba Street, Wellington
During 1915 to 1918 Herbert Lewis Fawson's Alva Studio was located at this address.

Viv and Glen Fleming

"Ciss Agar? nee Priddle"
Photograph by Marie Dean, 126 Cuba Street, Wellington

"To Auntie & Uncle from Stewart, 1 year" about 1924

BILLENS, Archibald

Archibald Billens

Levin

born 19 June 1885 Akaroa, New Zealand [1] reg. 1885/15285
son of the photographer Henry Billens and Elizabeth Hewitt
died September 1962 Levin, New Zealand
buried 7 September 1962 Tiro Tiro Road Cemetery, Levin [2]

"Miss Pike. Married to ? Managed orchard that became Chignells"

[1] Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume X, Issue 933, 26 June 1885, Page 2
[2] Ancestry.com.au

HULME, Frederick William

Frederick William Hulme

86 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
15 Riccarton Road, Christchurch
21 Byron Street, Sydenham

Frederick William Hulme (c.1879 - 1942) was born in Christchurch the son of Ambrose Isaiah Hulme, a baker and Eliza Hulme nee Hague. He married Daisy Amy Bell Johnson on 29 August 1906 in the house of Mrs. Johnson, 99 Coleridge Street, Christchurch. He is shown at this time to be employed as a photographer. Their son Frederick William Hulme died aged 14 years in 1926. He died on 28 December 1942 aged 63 years, he was then employed as a gardener and living at 37 Byron Street, Christchurch. He was buried in Sydenham Cemetery on 30 December 1942, block 31c plot 52.

above - by F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch

by F. W. Hulme, photographer, 86 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

[purchased April 2023]

 "Mr Radford"

by F. W. Hulme, Artist Photographer, Fowke Street, Richmond, Christchurch.

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch
[purchased January 2024]

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch
[purchased June 2023]

F. W. Hulme, photographer, 86 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

 

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, Sydenham

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch

 



  F. W. Hulme, Photographer, Sydenham, Chch

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, Sydenham, Chch
postcard addressed to: Miss F. Thomson, c/o Mrs Calder, Mavis Bank, Normanby, N.E.V. Dunedin from Lily, c/o Mr Butterfield, Elizabeth Street, Sydenham, Chch. Dated 1908. 


 

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch

 

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch
"Best Wishes to all from Ethel & Hughie"

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, Sydenham, Chch
post dated Linwood 24 November 1910
"Dear Miss Scalan ... With very many thanks for the lovely time I had on the river. Yours sincerely May P."

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch

 F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 21 Byron Street, Sydenham, Chch

F. W. Hulme, photographer, 86 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
reverse message dated 25 March 1914

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, Sydenham, Chch

 

 

F. W. Hulme, Photographer, 15 Riccarton Road, Ch'ch

 

 

  unknown photographer - attributed to Frederick William Hulme

 

  unknown photographer - attributed to Frederick William Hulme
reverse inscription " Laura and Bill on "River Avon" Christchurch 1908"

F. W. Hulme, photographer, 86 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch

purchased February 2022 from Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

 

unknown photographer - attributed to Frederick William Hulme

unknown photographer - attributed to Frederick William Hulme

[purchased 2025]

unknown photographer - attributed to Frederick William Hulme

[purchased 2025]

 

Mistaken Identity.
A curious case of mistaken identity occupied the attention of the Waimate Magistrate's Court the other day. A young man, said to be Charles Ernest Tilby, was charged with stealing a camera, lenses, and other outfit, valued at £45, from W. H. Neal, travelling photographer, at Waimate. The informant stated that he engaged the accused, whom he identified as Tilby, as assistant, in Christchurch early last March. He left him in charge of the stock at Waimate while business took him to Christchurch, and returned to find both stock and assistant gone.

Four other witnesses having sworn that the accused was Tilby, and a fifth having recognised him, but declined to swear, Mr Joynt, who appeared for the accused, stated that his client's name was Hulme, and that he had never been in Waimate. James Anderson, railway porter, swore that the accused was two inches taller than Tilby, and differed from him in having a moustache. Ambrose Isaiah Hulme, father of the accused, deposed that the young man was living at home with him in Fowke Street, Richmond, all the time when he was supposed to have been in Waimate, and two other witnesses gave evidence to the same effect. Frederick William Hulme, the accused, said that he was a photographer, but had never been in Waimate before in his life. The Bench decided that the case was one of mistaken identity, and dismissed the information.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 153, 3 July 1902, Page 4

New Zealand Electoral Rolls
1905-1906 Christchurch North Roll page 63
Frederick William Hulme, 32 Peacock Street, Christchurch, photographer

1911 Riccarton page 9
Frederick Hulme, 15 Riccarton Road, Christchurch, photographer

1911 Christchurch East page 86
Frederick William Hulme, 106 Madras Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, photographer

1914 Christchurch East Supplementary page 20
Frederick William Hulme, 86 Madras Street, Christchurch, photographer

1919 Christchurch East page 88
Frederick William Hulme, 21 Byron Street, Christchurch, photographer

1935 Christchurch East page 89
Frederick William Hulme, 37 Byron Street, Christchurch, labourer

1938 Christchurch East page 113
Frederick William Hulme, 37 Byron Street, Christchurch, labourer
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

above and below - by unknown photographers these postcards are similar to those taken by Frederick Hulme, the location is not known.

 

 

BRITT, Edward

Edward Britt

236 Colombo Street, Christchurch, later 55 Cathedral Square, Christchurch

born c. 1870 Australia, arrived New Zealand about 1889, married about 1895 to Lily Beswick, died 9 January 1954 aged 84 years, buried Sydenham Cemetery block 3J plot 1

 

Wanted, high-class canvassers; no pedlar need apply. Britt, 236, Colombo Street.

Star, Issue 7261, 23 November 1901, Page 6

 

Wanted, two canvassers, wages and commission. apply Britt, 236 Colombo Street.

Star, Issue 7267, 30 November 1901, Page 5

 

MAGISTERIAL.
CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday, June 14.

Alleged Theft. — William Nelson was charged that, having, on Feb. 28, at Christchurch, received various sums of money in all amounting to £1 5s 6d, on terms requiring him to account for, and pay the same to Edward Britt, he did fraudulently omit to do so, thereby committing theft. Mr G. T. Weston appeared for the prosecutor. The accused, who was unrepresented, pleaded not guilty. The accused was employed by the informant as a canvasser for photographic enlargements. He received a nominal wage of 1s per week, and a commission of 2s on each order he obtained. He last had a settlement with the informant on Jan. 13, and since that time had obtained orders for which he had not accounted. It was stated that the informant recently received from the accused a package that had not been opened, and his Worship adjourned the case until Monday, in order that the package might be opened.

Star, Issue 7428, 14 June 1902, Page 5

 

(Before Mr R. Beetham, S.M.) Theft of Moneys:— The charge against William Nelson of having stolen £1 5s 6d, the property of Edward Britt, was further investigated, Mr G. T. Weston appearing for the informant. Nelson was acting as a canvasser for the informant, and failed to account for moneys received by him for the informant. A parcel sent by the accused to his employer was opened and was found to contain no money, but simply orders. The accused had nothing to say, and was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.

Star , Issue 7429, 16 June 1902, Page 3

Baby's photos taken for nothing all day to-morrow (Wednesday). Fine Art Studio, 236, Colombo Street.

Star, Issue 7520, 30 September 1902, Page 2

 

The Christchurch City Libraries have a photograph of the unveiling of the memorial statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Square on Empire Day (25 May 1903) which shows the studio of Edward Britt in the background.

Wanted, girl to assist in Studio. Also B.W. Artist, Bromides. Britt, Art Studio, 55, Cathedral Square.

Star, Issue 9420, 19 December 1908, Page 6

An inquest was held at the hospital yesterday afternoon by the District Coroner, Mr H. W. Bishop, on the body of Lizzie Alma Britt, aged five years, daughter of Mr Edward Britt, photographer, of George Street, New Brighton. Dr. Scott, medical superintendent, stated that the child had been brought to the hospital about ten o'clock the previous night, and it was stated that she had swallowed a brass paper clip. An attempt to remove the obstruction failed, but as the child seemed to be quite comfortable she was put to bed. About half-past twelve the child suddenly expired. Death was due to asphyxiation. Edward Britt, father of the child, stated that the little one had been playing in the bedroom. On the bed was a box containing two or three brass paper clips, and she evidently swallowed one. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to asphyxiation.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8418, 21 November 1912, Page 2