A New Reference Listingofbeattie Postcards I:Real Photo Series

A new reference listingofBeattie postcards I:real photo series

Royce WILES

Collectors appreciate the value of hand lists, catalogues and the like more than anyone else. Without the guidance of a comprehensive listing it is not possible to have an overview of how individual items from our collections fit into the large corpus of material. Postcards for me are no exception. This short article is to announce my preparation of a cumulation of images from, and details about, the real photo (RP) series of William Beattie (1864-1931). I have attempted to provide an illustratedhand list—i.e. a systematic listing for reference purposes—of the RP postcards published by this early New Zealand-based photographer (a separate listing of the printed cards is also under preparation).

Why are suchlistings necessary? The images on the Beattie cards are important for many aspects of New Zealand social and cultural history and yetwe do not have a single ‘complete’physical collection of Beattie cards, instead (as well as the private and inaccessible collections of members of the New Zealand Postcard Society) scattered copies are held in some library collections around New Zealand, with a few images even individually catalogued in library holdings on-line. This draft hand list attempts to provide access to as complete a collection as possible of the Beattie RP images. As far as I am aware no attempt has been made before to compile a complete illustrated listing.

The full hand list is around 230 pages long, mainly because I have devoted one full page to each of the cards. I have scanned, copied or otherwise found a way to obtain an image of as many cards as possible,to provide access to the complete set of known images in one place. This listing provides systematic access to the images for the first time (however, there are gaps in the images I have).

A low resolution PDF version of the draft hand list is currently uploaded to the Society website (for members only and not for public distribution). My request is that members download the listing and help me by filling in gaps in information or images: I will include here below my ‘complete’ list of Beattie RP cards as a starting point. If anyone has cards not listed, or can scan cards for which I have no images yet that would be enormously helpful.

Creating the hand list

To begin the hand listI used the immensely helpful and pioneering articles about this series prepared by Alan Jackson and published in the New Zealand Post Card Society’sPostcard pillar (details below). In addition, I have drawn on the examples of these cards that I have been able to acquire (mostly through on-line TradeMe auctions) since 2009. I have also been able to source from the internet images of some of cards not otherwise known.

I prepared a 600 dots-per-inch (dpi) scan of each card to which I have direct access, mainly, to preserve the images in a published format. Postcards which I have not seen directly are marked with an asterisk (*) before the title. In most cases I have reproduced the card somewhat larger than the original published versions so that the quality of the images and the wealth of visual detail they provide is available in one place. In some cases I have had to use images of lower resolution as a temporary measure until such time as a higher quality image is available.

There are (no doubt) a number of gaps in the listing, which is in part what makes the preparation of a comprehensive listing even more challenging. Some cards have dates on them, some are undated, some cards are numbered but the numeration sequence is not fully understood as yet and more research is needed, although it seems likely the publisher prepared numbered subseries of views of particular locations. Until we have a more complete listing of the cards it will be difficult to know exactly how the numeration systems functioned.

Previous documentation

I began to collect Beattie cards (both the printed and real photo types) because of the high quality of many of the images, I was mildly frustrated not to be able to find a reference listing to know how particular cards fitted into Beattie publication history. I then began to prepare (piecemeal) my own systematic listing but then discovered on the New Zealand Post Card Society’s website (Members’ area (under ‘Research’)) a series of articles (PDF versions) of Alan Jackson’s vital work in this direction (Alan was helped by other collectors as well). I have combined the information in those articles with my own collection, adding in scans of the front and backs of all the cards to which I have access. I have also reproduced those articles as appendices in the hand list, such documentation is too precious and hard to get access to. Below is a chronological listing of all the cards known to me and including all the cards identified by Alan Jackson.

The scans of articles by Alan Jackson made available on the New Zealand Post Card Society website do not have anypagination, so in the hand list I have had to refer to those with makeshift abbreviations indicating only the article. Subsequently the New Zealand Post Card Society index 1983-2013 appeared and I have added as footnotes below the exact page numbers for anyone who has access to those publications.

1. ‘The postcards of, William Beattie: [part 1]”, Alan Jackson, articles from issues 57 and 58 of the Postcard pillar (starting February 2002) (referred to here as AJ 57);[1]

1. ‘[The postcards of, William Beattie]: part 2: “real photo” postcards’, Alan Jackson,Postcard pillar 58 (includes the first listing of the types of backs and catalogue of the cards) (AJ 58);[2]

1. Untitled articles from issue 59 to 66 of the Postcard pillar (AJ 59/66);[3]

1. ‘William Beattie and local publishers’ by Alan Jackson, Postcard pillar issue 60 November 2001, (AJ 60);[4]

The New Zealand Post Card Society index 1983-2013 also lists the following articles but I have not yet been able to see them:

1. No. 75, p. 10-11;
2. No. 100, p. 64 (Waimangu Geyser, Rotorua, various photographers of, cards by Beattie).

Overview of Beattie’s postcard production

There can be no better general outline of the history of the output of W. Beattie than the cogent summary already published by William Main and Alan Jacksonin their 2005 book “Wish you were here”: the story of New Zealand postcards (Wakefield: New Zealand Postcard Society, page 42) reproduced below (with permission) but without the illustrations.

William Beattie (1864-1931) was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1878 his family emigrated to Hobart, Tasmania, where he assisted his elder brother in a photographic business. In 1894 he moved to Auckland where he married Evelyn lsobel Green. From 1897 to 1900 Beattie was in partnership with Sanderson in Ponsonby Road. Together they issued a series of stereoscopic views featuring gold mining in Thames. About 1901, Beattie went into business on his own where amongst other activities he offered lessons in photography and services to tourists. His first postcard series appeared in 1904. The same year he was one of several photographers who applied to the copyright authorities in Wellington to register a series of photographs showing the Waimangu Geyser in action. A few years later he purchased land in Shortland Street where he had constructed a three-storey concrete building for his expanding photographic business. His son William Barbour Beattie, who was also destined to become a skilful photographer, recalled in later years witnessing the arrival of the American Great White Fleet into Auckland Harbour from the roof of these premises in 1908. Beattie's post- cards can be divided into two basic types: a) printed postcards, printed in N.Z. or Germany from 1904 on; b) real photo postcards, printed in N.Z. from 1908 on. In general, his postcards are of high quality in terms of both photographic skill and postcard reproduction. Many of his real photo postcards are of great historical interest today, not only because of their photographic excellence, but also because so many of them depict significant contemporary events (such as the construction of the North Island Main Trunk railway line or the visit of the American Fleet to Auckland). For this reason, his real photos are especially valued today by collectors. Besides real photo postcards, of which there are many, he issued at least two printed series of postcards. The first was a black and white series (printed locally). Later came a series (both black & white and coloured) which was called the "Moa" Series and was printed in Germany. These mainly feature the scenic attractions of Rotorua, the Coromandel and Auckland. He was one of the first to place trust in local printers for editions of his postcards. While most of his printed postcards do not seem to be so highly valued as his real photo cards, they are well executed and often full of interest. He appears to have stopped producing postcards around World War 1. After the war he began abdicating some of his photographic responsibilities to his son. Finally, in 1926, he sold his building in Shortland Street and retired.

Arrangement of the PDF hand list

As detailed above, W. Beattie published printed postcards from 1904 onwards and real photo postcards(i.e. genuinely photographic ones rather than printed versions) from 1908 onwards. The complex history and interrelationships of the images is not yet fully documented, as a preliminary step the cards are arranged in the hand listchronologically, in the sequence of the dates printed on the cards. It is likely however (given the different backs used for some cards) that the most popular cards were repeated a number of times. Sub-arrangement (when more than one card has the same date) is then by strict alphabetical sequence (ASCII order) based on the titles written onto the cards.

Some cards are not dated; those are arranged at the end of the chronological sequence in strict alphabetical sequence as ‘Undated’ cards.

Backs of the real photo cards

The backs of the cards are indicated using the system already set up by Alan Jackson (types A to D)—Alan’s comments from article 2 above are cited below. Some new types of backs (named here as E to G) have been included below. A few cards also have blank backs. It seems likely that we will be able to work out a sequence of these backs, certainly the “C” type becomes dominant in the later cards.

A
“EMPIRE pre-printed back. This was imported double weight photographic paper, which postcard collectors refer to simply as card. IT was designed specifically for producing RP postcards. The backs were already printed before they reached Beattie’s hands. Possibly produced in Australia (note the Kangaroo in the logo).” (AJ58)
Found on around three dozen cards with dates from 1908 and 1909 only. /
B
“Pre-printed with serifed ‘POST CARD’. On the evidence of the postal rates quoted in the upper right corner, this form of back may have been printed in the UK; or possible New Zealand. On 16 December 1907, the NZ inland postcard rate was reduced to 1/2d, whereas previously it had been 1d both inland and abroad; the same division of rates had already been in force in the UK for many years.” (AJ58)
Found on six cards so far, all from 1908. /
C
“Rubber-stamped with double-line ‘T’ device and ‘PENNY STAMP’. Impression applied (by Beattie himself?) to the back of plain photographic paper. The ‘PENNY STAMP’ inscription is puzzling. It may have been prepared prior to December 1907, when the inland rate was reduced, but it would have been applied only to Beattie’s RP postcards and there is not evidence so far that these were produced prior to January 1908.” (AJ58) The first card found with this back is dated 01.01.1908, it continues in use until at least 24.08.1915 (BOUND FOR TRENTHAM). /
D
“Rubber-stamped, with ‘W.B. & CO./A.’ logo and ‘MOA SERIES’. This is the only form of back indicated the publisher. As for the ‘MOA SERIES’ imprint, Beattie apparently regard his RP postcards as a continuation of the earlier printed ‘MOA’ series.” (AJ58)
Found on cards from 1908 up to 1910 (20.6.1910) only so far. /
E
Seen only on one card so far
NEW BRIDGE FROM GRAFTON ROAD,
PROTECTED 1.10.1909 /
F
N.Z. POST CARD
Correspondence Address
Only seen on two cards so far (1) (the undated Cargen Hotel advertising card) which was “probably produced 1908” (AJ 58); and
(2) ONE TREE HILL FROM ST. JOHN, 01.10.1915 /
G
Divided back
POST CARD
BRITISH MADE
Correspondence Address
So far only identified on two cards:
(1) NO. 15 CHURCH OF- / - S.T. STEPHEN THE MARTYR, OPOTIKI (1.10.11); and
(2) NO. 1 PANORAMIC VIEW OF AUCKLAND HARBOUR SHOWING NORTHCOTE - & RANGITOTO, FROM MR. E.G. SKEATES RESD. BIRKENHEAD (1.3.13) /

Chronological listing of all known Beattie Real Photo (RP) cards

Date / Title / Back
1900.01.01 [?] / A RELIC OF OLD AUCKLAND / Blank, C
1908.01.01 / OPENING OF THE NEW STEEL ARCH BRIDGE AT CAMBRIDGE, WAIKATO RIVER: HIS EXCELLENCY / THE GOVERNOR LORD PLUNKET CUTTING THE RIBBON / B
1908.01.01 / THE HANGING BLANKET, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1908.01.01 / THE LADDER WAITOMO CAVES / C
1908.01.01 / THE ORGAN WAITOMO CAVES / C
1908.01.01 / THE TERRACES, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1908.02.01 / THE SPIRAL / A
1908.02.01 / TRAIN ASCENDING THE SPIRAL AT RAURIMU / A
1908.03.01 / NO. 2 PANAROMIC VIEW OF TAIHAPE / D
1908.03.01 / NO. 3 PANAROMIC [sic] VIEW OF TAIHAPE / AD
1908.03.01 / AT MAKATOTE / A
1908.03.01 / MATAROA RAILWAY STATION / B
1908.03.01 / MT. RUAPEHU FROM WAIMARENO / B
1908.03.01 / THE MAIN STREET TAIHAPE / A
1908.03.01 / THE SPIRAL ABOVE RAURIMU - / - SHOWING THREE LEVELS, RAURIMU IN DISTANCE / ABD
1908.05.01 / RAIL HEAD OHAKUNE / A
1908.06.01 / MT RUAPEHU FROM WAIORU [sic] RAILWAY STATION / AD
1908.06.01 / MAKATOTE VIADUCT / A
1908.07.01 / MANGATURURU VIADUCT, SULPHUR CREEK / B
1908.07.01 / MT. RUAPEHU FROM WAIMARINO PLAINS / AB
1908.07.01 / MTS. TONGARIRO & NGAURUHOE [sic] / D
1908.07.01 / PLAN OF SPIRAL AT RAURIMU
1908.07.01 / RAURIMU RAILWAY STATION / A
1908.07.01 / RAURIMU FROM THE SPIRAL SHOWING TWO LEVELS / A
1908.07.01 / TAUMARUNUI - SHOWING ONGARUI & WANGANUI RIVERS / A
1908.07.01 / MAIN ST OHAKUNE
1908.07.01 / THE HAPUWHENUA VIADUCT NEAR OHAKUNE / A
1908.07.01 / THE RAIL HEAD MAKATOTE / A
1908.07.01 / THE SKEW BRIDGE / A
1908.08.09 / NO. 3 U.S.A. BATTLESHIP OHIO / A
1908.08.15 / U.S.A. BATTLESHIP VERMONT - GOVT. STEAMER TUTANEKAI SAYING GOODBYE / A
1909 / NO. 2 THE MAIN ST. OHAKUNE
1909.01.01 / A PEEP ON THE SPIRAL / A
1909.01.01 / GAMMAN'S MILL OHAKUNE / A
1909.01.01 / NO. 2 WANGANUI RIVER BOATS TAUMARUNUI
1909.01.01 / TAUMARUNUI SHOWING RAILWAY STATION / C
1909.01.01 / THE HAPUWHENUA VIADUCT, THE THROUGH EXPRESS CROSSING / AC, blank
1909 01 01 / THE STATION YARD OHAKUNE / AD
1909.01.01 / TRAIN ASCENDING THE SPIRAL SHOWING MT. RUAPEHU. / D, blank
1909.02.01 / COACH CROSSING MANGAWHERO RIVER, OHAKUNE / A
1909.02.01 / HAUTAPU RIVER - TAIHAPE / A
1909.02.01 / MAIN ST. TAIHAPE / A
1909.04.10 / NGAURUHOE [sic] VOLCANO IN ERUPTION / D
1909.06.01 / M.T. RUAPEHU FROM OHAKUNE / C
1909.06.06 / A CALM MORNING, AUCKLAND HARBOUR / A
1909.06.06 / MOUNT EDEN, AUCKLAND / ?
1909.08.01 / THE SOUTH-BOUND EXPRESS AT WAIOURU RAILWAY STATION SHOWING - / -MT. RUAPEHU & NGAURUHOE VOLCANO IN ERUPTION / CD
1909.08.10 / NO. 1 STATION YARD OHAKUNE / D
1909.08.20 / NO. 1 PANAROMIC [sic] VIEW OF WINTER, OHAKUNE STATION YARD / D
1909.08.20 / RUINS STRAND ARCADE MORNING AFTER THE FIRE / D
1909.08.20 / THE STRAND ARCADE FIRE AT ITS HIGHT [sic] / D
1909.09.01 / POST & TELEGRAPH OFFICE. OHAKUNE - SHOWING MT. RUAPEHU
1909.10.01 / GRAFTON BRIDGE / D
1909.10.01 / NEW BRIDGE FROM GRAFTON ROAD / E
1909.10.01 / SOUTH-BOUND EXPRESS ASCENDING THE "SPIRAL" / C
1909.11.01 / N.I.M.T. RAILWAY - THE STATION YARD, OHAKUNE / D
1909.11.01 / NO. 1 TAIHAPE - SOUTH-BOUND EXPRESS ENTERING RAILWAY STATION / D
1909.11.01 / NO. 6 TAUMARUNUI PEEP THROUGH THE TREES / C
1909.11.01 / NO.7 GENERAL VIEW OF TAUMARUNUI FROM ONGARUE RIVER / D
1909.11.01 / RANGATAUA SHOWING M.T. RUAPEHU
1910.01.01 / NO. 3. THE WANGANUI RIVER BELOW THE HOUSE-BOAT. / CD
1910.01.01 / NO. 21 MAORI SECTION, MUSEUM, AUCKLAND / C
1910.01.01 / THE GREAT BLOW HOLE, FRYING PAN FLAT, WAIMANGU, ROTORUA / C
1910.01.01 / THE TWINS & INFERNO, TIKITIRI, ROTORUA / C
1910.01.01 / WAIMANGU GEYSER IN ACTION, ROTORUA / ?
1910.03.01 / NO. 4 MORNING'S CATCH, 24 TROUT - WEIGHT 207 LBS. TOKAAANU N.Z. / D
1910.03.01 / NO. 5 17 LB & 18 LB RAINBOW TROUT, TOKAANU, N.Z. / D
1910.03.01 / THE GRAFTON BRIDGE, AUCKLAND. / CD
1910.04.20 / NO.2 GRAFTON BRIDGE / C
1910.04.20 / NO.2 GRAFTON BRIDGE / C
1910.06.20 / NO.1. MAIN ST. HUNTLY. / D
1910.06.20 / NO.2 GENERAL VIEW, HUNTLY / D
1910.12.26 / NO. 23 PANN. THE BAY FROM MANSION HOUSE, KAWAU / ?
1910.12.26 / NO. 25 PANN. THE BAY FROM MANSION HOUSE, KAWAU / ?
1911.01.01 / CHELTENHAM BEACH, AUCKLAND / C
1911.01.01 / NO. 5 MAIN BATH HOUSE, GOVERNMENT SNATORIUM [sic] GROUNDS, ROTORUA / C
1911.01.01 / NO. 6 WAIROA GEYSER IN ACTION, WHAKAREWAREWA, ROTORUA / C
1911.03.01 / ENTRANCE WAITOMO CAVES / C
1911.06.01 / "ALLY SLOPER", WAITOMO CAVES / C
1911.06.01 / BISHOP'S MITRE, ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / LOOKING AT GLOW WORMS, UNDERGROUND RIVER, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1911.06.01 / STALACTITES, ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE OCTOPUS - / - ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE OSTRICH BOAS ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE OUTLET, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1911.06.01 / THE REREDOS, ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE SENTINEL, ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE THRONE ROOM ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.06.01 / THE WATERSPOUT - / - ARANUI CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1911.08.11 / AT HUNTLY RAILWAY STATION, ARRIVAL OF EXPRESS / C
1911.08.11 / NO. 2 MAIN STREET, HUNTLY.
1911.10.01 / MAIN ST., TAUMARUNUI / C
1911.10.01 / MANUNUI, FROM THE HILLS, NEAR TAUMARUNUI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 1. WANGANUI & RIVER, FROM THE HILLS / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 2 RETURNING FROM SCHOOL, OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 4 POST OFFICE, MAIN ST., OPOTIKI
1911.10.01 / NO. 7 BRIDGE, WAIOWERA RIVER, OPOTIKI
1911.10.01 / NO. 8 CHURCH ST. FROM N[ORTH], OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 9 CHURCH ST. FROM S[OUTH], OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 10 STRAND ARCADE, CHURCH ST., OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 11 PANORAMIC VIEW OF OPOTIKI FROM SAND HILLS / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 12 PANORAMIC VIEW OF OPOTIKI FROM THE SANDHILLS / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 14 THE BEACH SHOWING WHALE ISLD., OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / NO. 15 CHURCH OF- / - S.T. STEPHEN THE MARTYR, OPOTIKI / G
1911.10.01 / NO. 18 AT OPOTIKI / C
1911.10.01 / TAUMARUNUI, FROM ABOVE TANGAROA / C
1911.11.01 / 100. CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN THE MARTYR, OPOTIKI / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 1 LAKE ROTORUA, OHINEMUTU, ROTORUA / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 2. GENERAL VIEW OF WHAKAREWAREWA, ROTORUA / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 2. MT. EGMONT - TARANAKI'S LONELY SENTINEL / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 2 PANAROMIC [sic] VIEW OF TAUMARUNUI / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 2. THE GREEN LAKE ON THE ROAD TO WAIROA, ROTORUA / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 4. THE LAKE, RECREATION GROUNDS, NEW PLYMOUTH / C
1911.11.01 / NO. 102 CHURCH OF S.T. STEPHEN THE MARTYRS OPOTIKI
1911.11.01 / THE SQUARE, PALMERSTON NORTH, THE EXPRESS PASSING THROUGH / C
1911.12.11 / QUEEN ST., SHOWING POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND / C
1911.12.14 / OFFICIAL OPENING OF TOWN HALL AUCKLAND BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR / C
1912.01.01 / SECTIONAL VIEW OF WATERFRONT, AUCKLAND / C
1912.02.01 / NEW GROTTO, CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1912.02.01 / NO. 100. TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND / C
1912.02.01 / NO. 101 TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND / C, blank
1912.05.01 / NO. 104 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH & CONVENT, OPOTIKI / C
1912.06.01 / 101 QUEEN S.T. LOOKING N[ORTH], SHOWING POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND / C
1912.06.01 / 102 QUEEN ST., FROM CITY CHAMBERS / C
1912.06.01 / 105. WELLESLEY ST. EAST, AUCKLAND / C
1912.06.01 / NO. 107. AT DEVONPORT, SHOWING AUCKLAND / C
1912.06.01 / VIEW FROM MT. EDEN SHOWING TRAM TERMINUS, AUCKLAND / C
1912.06.01 / VIEW OF REMUERA FROM M.T. HOBSON, AUCKLAND / C
1912.06.01 / WAITOMO HOUSE, WAITOMO / C
1912.07.01 / AUCKLAND HARBOUR, SHOWING NORTH SHORE & RANGITOTO / C
1912.07.01 / REMUERA FROM MT. HOBSON, AUCKLAND / C
1912.07.01 / THE FERRY BLDS. AUCKLAND
1912.07.01 / TOP ONE TREE HILL (MAUNGAKIEKIE), SHOWING RANGITOTO, AUCKLAND / C
1912.07.01 / VIEW FROM FERRY BLDS. SHOWING ALBERT PARK & MT. EDEN, AUCKLAND / Plain back
1912.08.01 / FAIRY LAND NEW GROTTO, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1912.08.01 / NEW GROTTO, CAVES, WAITOMO / C
1912.08.01 / THE DRESS CIRCLE, NEW GROTTO, WAITOMO CAVES / C
1912.09.01 / ACTIVE SULPHUR HOLE, WHITE ISLAND / C
1912.09.01 / CREEK SCENE NEAR MAUNGATUROTO / C
1912.09.01 / MID-DAY EXPRESS LEAVING AUCKLAND RAILY. STATION / C
1912.09.01 / NO. ?? WHAKATANE FROM THE HILLS SHOWING MT. EDGCOMBE / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 1 THE CRATER & LAKE, WHITE ISLAND / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 3 A STORM WHITE ISLAND
1912.09.01 / NO. 4 GIBRALTAR ROCK & LAKE OVERFLOW WHITE ISLAND
1912.09.01 / NO. 10 AFTER FIFTY YEARS -- MAIL COACH BOGGED, MAIN ROAD, MAUNGATUROTO / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 10 THE BAR, WHAKATANE / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 11 THE WATERFRONT, WHAKATANE, SHOWING OLD MAORI FIGHTING PA
1912.08.01 / NO. 14 AFTER FIFTY YEARS - THE MAIN ROAD, MAUNGATUROTO / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 120 GREAT BLOW HOLE, WHITE ILD. / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 121 THE BOILING LAKE AND CRATER, WHITE ISLAND / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 122 STORM, WHITE ISLD. / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 123. THE GREAT BLOWHOLE, WHITE ISLD. / C
1912.09.01 / NO. 125 STREET, OPOTIKI
1912.09.01 / THE "GATES OF DEATH", SHOWING GREAT BLOWHOLE, WHITE ISLAND
1912.09.01 / THE CRATER PEAK, 800 FT. HIGH, WHITE ISLAND / C
1912.09.01 / THE GREAT GEYSER WHITE ISLD. / C
1912.09.01 / THE GUARDIAN OF WHITE ISLD. / C
1912.10.01 / BOILING CAULDRON, WHAKAREWAREWA / C
1912.10.01 / NO. 105 OPOTIKI FROM GOLF LINKS / C
1912.10.01 / NO. 108 S.S. NGATIAWA LEAVING WHARF, OPOTIKI / C
1912.10.01 / NO. 109 EARLY MORNING RIVER SCENE, OPOTIKI / C
1912.10.01 / OPOTIKI FROM GOLF LINKS / C
1912.12.01 / "ALL SAINTS CHURCH", PONSONBY, AUCKLAND / C
1912.12.01 / "ST. JOHN'S METHODIST CHURCH", PONSONBY / C
1912.12.01 / NO. 1 IN THE WESTERN PARK, PONSONBY, AUCKLAND / C
1912.12.01 / NO. 6 [?] A PEEP FROM THE WESTERN PARK, PONSONBY, AUCKLAND / C
1912.12.01 / QUEEN ST. FROM VICTORIA ST. AUCKLAND / C
1912.12.01 / QUEEN S.T. SHOWING TOWN HALL, AUCKLAND / C
1912.12.01 / QUEEN ST., SHOWING POST OFFICE & WIRELESS INSTALLATION AUCKLAND / C
1913.01.01 / STEAMING HILLS & BOILING WATER, LAKE ROTOMAHANA, ROTORUA / C
1913.01.10 / No. X. PRINCES S.T. AUCKLAND, FROM ALBERT PARK / C
1913.02.01 / 23. COOKING OPERATIONS, ROTORUA / C
1913.02.01 / AT THE TERRACE HOTEL, TAUPO / C
1913.02.01 / THE BEAUTIFUL THERMAL VALLEY, THE "TERRACES", LAKE TAUPO / C
1913.03.01 / NO. 1 PANORAMIC VIEW OF AUCKLAND HARBOUR SHOWING NORTHCOTE - & RANGITOTO, FROM MR. E.G. SKEATES RESD. BIRKENHEAD / CE
1913.03.01 / NO. 1. PUBLIC SCHOOL & C PUKEKOHE / C
1913.03.01 / NO. 2 "METHODIST CHURCH" & SCHOOL, PUKEKOHE / C
1913.03.01 / ‘NO. 10 NO. 2 PANORAMIC VIEW OF AUCKLAND HARBOUR. SHOWING NORTHCOTE & NORTH SHORE FROM MR E.G. SKEATES RES., BIRKENHEAD” (AJ 59/66). / C
1913.05.01 / YMCA AUCKLAND/ LORD LIVERPOOL LEAVING THE BUILDING / C
1913.05.20 / POST OFFICE, HOTELS & BUSINESS HOUSES, TAIHAPE / C
1913.05.20 / TAUMARUNUI - FROM THE HILLS, SHOWING ONGARUI RIVER IN FOREGROUND
1913.07.01 / HMS ZEALAND, FINAL DEPARTURE FROM AUCKLAND / C
1913.09.01 / HOT SPRINGS HOTEL NO. 15 WAIWERA, NEAR AUCKLAND / ?
1913.09.01 / NO. 11 HOME BAY, MOTOTAPU, AUCKLAND / blank
1913.09.01 / NO. 13 M.T. EDEN FROM M.T. HOBSON, AUCKLAND
1913.09.01 / ONE TREE HILL FROM M.T. EDEN - / - SHOWING ALEXANDRA PARK & AGRICULTUAL SHOW GROUNDS, AUCKLAND / C
1913.09.01 / PRINCES ST. SHOWING JEWISH SYNAGOGUE, AUCKLAND / C
1913.09.01 / VIEW FROM MT. EDEN SHOWING TIRI TIRI, RANGITOTO - EXTINCT VOLCANO - ENTRANCE TO HARBOUR, NORTH SHORE, NEW MARKET & EXHIBITION BUILDINGS, AUCKLAND / C
1913.09.01 / VIEW OF ENTRANCE TO HARBOUR, FROM MT. HOBSON, AUCKLAND / C
1913.10.01 / TEA KIOSK CORNWALL PARK / C
1913.10.01 / VIEW FROM ONE TREE HILL, SHOWING RANGITOTO
1913.12.26 / ON THE ELLERSLIE RACE COURSE / C
1914.01.24 / N.Z.C. MONOPLANE "BRITANNIA" FLYING OVER EXHIBITION GROUNDS / C
1914.12.01 / A TERROR TO THE TURKS, MAORI WARRIORS AT THE DARDANELLES / WAR CRY "KAMATE KAMATE KAORA KAORA" / ?
1915.06.01 / THE QUEEN'S WHARF, AUCKLAND / C
1915.08.24 / BOUND FOR TRENTHAM - / DEPARTURE OF 8TH REINFORCEMENTS / C
1915.10.01 / ONE TREE HILL FROM ST. JOHN / F
191?
191?.11.1 / THE HARBOUR FROM - / -GRAFTON BRIDGE, SHOWING NORTH SHORE & RANGITOTO, AUCKLAND / C
1918.2.1 / MALFROY GEYSER GOVT. SANATORIUM GROUNDS ROTORUA
Cards without dates (in alphabetical order)
Undated / 23 ENTRANCE GATE MODE PA WHAKAREWAREWA
Undated / "THROW A PENEEE", OHINEMUTU, ROTORUA / C
Undated / A LITTLE PAKHEA[sic]-MAORI
Undated / A "TANGI", MAORI LAMANTATIONS OVER THE DEAD, [AGED?] 68 / C
Undated / A PEEP FROM THE HILLS, WAIWERA / C
Undated / ARRIVAL H.M.S. RENOWN IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR / C
Undated / CARGEN HOTEL, AUCKLAND / unique
Undated / DREAMLAND ROAD, WAITAKERI RANGE, NIHOTUPU / C
Undated / KING GEORGE V HOSPITAL, PUKEROA HILL, FROM SUNKEN PA, OHINEMUTU, ROTORUA / C
Undated / LOWER QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND
Undated / MAIL COACH CROSSING SULPHUR CREEK / A
Undated / MAKATOTE VIADUCT, SHOWING MT RUAPEHU. N.I.M.T. RAILWAY / C
Undated / MAORI CHURCH, OHINEMUTU, ROTORUA / C
Undated / MAORI POI DANCERS ROTORUA
Undated / MT. RUAPEHU AND ACCOMODATION [sic] HOUSE WAIOURU N.Z.
Undated / NGARUAHOE VOLCANO IN VIOLENT ERUPTION / CD
Undated / NO. 3 CHURCH ST. OPOTIKI, LOOKING S[OUTH] / C
Undated / NO. 5 WHITIANGA TOWNSHIP & WHARF MERCURY BAY
Undated / NO. 8. THE FERRY BUILDINGS, AUCKLAND / C
Undated / *NO. 10 LAUNCH OF FIRST EIGHT OAR BOAT 22.2.1908 AT AUCKLAND
Undated / NO. 13 MAKATOTE VIADUCT, SHOWING MT RUAPEHU, N.I.M.T. RAILWAY
Undated / NOTED MAORI CHIEF PATAA TE TUHI / C
Undated / PONSONBY NEW ZEALAND CHAMPION DRUM AND FIFE BAND - WINNERS 5 QUICK STEP, 1 SELECTION / C
Undated / PONSONBY NO. 1 N.Z. CHAMPION DRUM & FIFE BAND: WINNER 5. QUICK STEP 1. SELECTION / C
Undated / R.M.S. NIAGARA / C
Undated / ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, TAIHAPE / C
Undated / SOPHIA OF TARAWERA FAME
Undated / THE BRAIN POT WHAKAREWAREWA / blank
Undated / THE GREAT MAKATOTE VIADUCT, SHOWING MT RUAPEHU / ACD
Undated / THE LAWN - "IRUNGA" - PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL WAITAKERI RANGES, NIHOTUPU
Undated / THE / MONUMENT & THE MAN, THE LATE SIR JOHN LOGAN CAMPBELL / EPSOM, AUCKLAND
Undated / THE TEA KIOSK
Undated / Wiamate Silo. "Cox Photo." Beattie Series / Frank Duncan

[1]Postcard pillar no. 57, p. 1, (Waihi Gold Mining Company views by Beattie) 5-11.