Clabburn Prendergast House Kinross Street off Bolton Street Wellington about 1926.

Just discovered this great album on eBay recently. 

It shows a house and the Clabburn family  - the house was in Kinross Street - just off Bolton Street in Wellington, New Zealand. 

The house was built about 1869 for Sir James Prendergast, (he moved to Wellington in 1867) Chief Justice of New Zealand, he died in 27 Feb. 1921, then at a later date about 1925 to 1938, it was owned by the Clabburn family. It was demolished about 1939.

The Clabburn family came out from Norwich and lived in Karori, at Kinross Street, and then Kelburn.

Photos in the album:

1. Claire Clabburn nee Hitchcock outside house at 8 Kinross Street, Wellington c. 1926 b. 9 jul 1882 married 9 feb 1910 d. 10 feb 1966 so 44 in this photo

2. Front gate to driveway to 8 Kinross Street,

3. Steps up to house

4. path up to house

5. Driveway to house

6. House at 8 Kinross Street

7. Claire Clabburn with Penelope (or Nell) outside house 1926 Nell about 1 years old

8. Two women and a girl oustside 8 Kinross St 2 are in photo 12 too.

9. Charles Edward Stuart Clabburn with adopted daughter Nell

10. Charles Edward Stuart Clabburn with adopted daughter Nell

11. House at 8 Kinross Street

12. House at 8 Kinross Street

13. L to R: Coral (6), or Charles, (36) Heather (8) , Nell (1.5), Claire Clabburn (35,) Garth (10), Marjorie (12)

14. View from yard at 8 Kinross Street

15. View over Wellington looking east to Mt Victoria, Kirkaldies Department store in centre

16. View over Wellington looking North – Lambton Quay to right

17. Family wedding photo c.1936 –. Charles and Claire to left.  Others yet to be identified 

Notes on photos:

1 Probably wearing paisley scarves sold by her husband – the embroidered dress looks amazing too. Huge rock of a ring on her wedding finger, strings of pearls, long manicured nails. Her white collar has beads sewn around the edge and small badges or medallions around the edge as well

7 & 9 Nell is wearing a silver brooch, upside down, spelling out “NELL”. The photo has not been developed evenly – amateurishly done?

13. Charles and Clara holding Nell but others unknown – nieces and nephews? From death notices they only had one daughter Nell. . Possibly: children of Walter Lionel Clabburn (1889-1951) emigrated to Australia in 1910 and married Marjorie ("Madge") Camplin Sommerville (1890-1977) (37). They had five children, Marjorie b 1915 (12), Garth b 1917 (10), Heather b 1919 (8), Coral b 1921 (6) Marcus Keith b 1921 . and their descendants include members of the Plowman, Bartlam, Shorter, Rothacker, Harnett, Clabburn, de la Cruz, Bailey, Johnstone, Thornton, Wilkinson, Marsh, Bateman, Adams and Noack families, who are mainly located in Australia. (ages in 1927 in ( ))

Clearing out photos

I am clearing out some older photos, but not old enough for me!, I am putting movie memorabilia onto eBay including Paul Newman's original publicity photos, I have listed some from "The Drowning Pool" - where the song "softly killing me with your song" came from. apparently.

Also from "Cool Hand Luke" and "Winning."

Lots more to go, also have heaps of New Zealand Aircraft photos to clear out - from the "Wings" magazine archives. I have some regulars who buy these as well as putting some on the local Trademe auction. I am keeping a lovely old photo of the Vogel 1 aeroplane made by Wellington photographer Arthur Schaef.

I also have an eBay guide on how to identify different types of photographs. Let me know if this is useful and if I can improve it.

Old Photo of Dunedin about 1862 Princes Street

Just got this in mail today. A great photo of Princes street in Dunedin. I had a look on Timeframes A great site to see some of the National Libraries holdings. It takes a bit of navigating around and don't go on it after midnight as they seem to shut all their servers down.

Anyway, there is a copy of this photo there.

I at first thought it the same but noticed a few differences; mine is not cropped so much and the library one seems to have a name written in the negative to the lower left corner as well as a few more scratches. (The National Library images are not high resolution - to encourage you to buy a print!)

This photo also appears on page 11 of Hardwicke Knight's book "Photography in New Zealand" pub 1971 - he attributes this photo to William Melluish who seems to have had his studio very near here. The National Library says photographer unknown. Knight uses it as an example of how these photos from collodian glass plates are a bit "faster" than earlier so you can see people who are not moving too much but there are still "ghosts" of moving carts and people.

In the photo can be seen the following names:

Day & Mieville

W & J Barr - Butcher

James Bird & Co. Auctioneers, Commission & Shipping Agents

A. Mercer ships chandlers

a milner?

On the rear of mine it says Princes Street Dunedin & Dunedin looking down main street.

It came on the same page as another print.

This is labelled on rear - Club Hotel, Dunedin and "Club House - This club is now broken up"

I have no idea where or what this was so if any one knows ...

There is a small shield over the door but too indistinct to see much

Mrs Cole, Brighton, Melbourne [c.1865]
Johnstone O’Shannessy & Co 3 Bourke St, East, Melbourne active 1865-1886.

This album seems to use the married names for everyone so this is probably her married name.

Small photo glued in. Mrs A McCrae [c.1865]

Page 1 Photo 3 The late Mr Cole. On rear: Mr G K[?] Cole [taken?] 21st Aug 1865 born 31st Oct 1848 Died 5th Aug 1866 taken by Johnstone O’Shannessy & Co 3 Bourke St, East, Melbourne active 1865-1886