Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Living Portrait









The "Living Portrait" frame consists of two cards 100mm x 124mm, the top card has a hole in the center measuring 43mm x 57mm through which the image is viewed. Printed on the top card are the words "LIVING PORTRAIT" and blind stamped with "GLIDE TOP CARD SLOWLY TO RIGHT OR LEFT". The cards are joined down the left and right edges and open along the top and bottom edges. The reverse has the penciled number "1172".

The portrait measures 61mm x 70mm with a strips of paper 6mm wide down the left and right edges. This would have fixed the photograph to the backing card; the remainder of the paper strips can be seen inside the card. The reverse of the image has the penciled number "1172" corresponding to the number on the reverse of the card.

above: detail of the face

above: detail of the bow tie.

Inserted into the card on top of the photograph is this cellulose slide measuring 61mm x 63mm. The left side has a paper strip 10mm long the edge and the right a 7mm strip.

The cellulose slide has 140 black stripes alternating with clear stripes through which the image can be viewed. Down the left side 12 of these black stripes are covered with the paper strip and 15 on the right side.

below: moving the cellulose slide to the left and right moves the clear strips over the image revealing different parts of the image and hiding other parts.




The reverse of the card shows part of a post office canceling stamp. This card appears to have been posted in an envelope, the letters "NZ " can faintly be made out, but not the date of posting.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Developments - old updates

January 2009
3 Jan 2009 - George Weigel added
4 Jan 2009 - William Ferrier postcard of Caroline Bay dated before December 1905 added
4 Jan 2009 - James Ring postcard of Buller Gorge dated before July 1909 added
18 Jan 2009 - Easter & Wallis CDV
18 Jan 2009 - E. Wheeler & Son CDV
18 Jan 2009 - George & Walton CDV
18 Jan 2009 - W. Sherlock CDV possibly of May Annie Trounce
18 Jan 2009 - P. Genn - photographer added
18 Jan 2009 - R. E. McCourt - photographer added
18 Jan 2009 - Niels Peter Schourup cabinet card of Emily Smythe
18 Jan 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns photograph
18 Jan 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns cabinet card
18 Jan 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
18 Jan 2009 - Grand & Dunlop cabinet card
18 Jan 2009 - Standish & Preece cabinet card
18 Jan 2009 - Standish & Preece photograph
18 Jan 2009 - Coronation Studio, Victoria Square, photograph
18 Jan 2009 - W. H. Vinsen photograph
18 Jan 2009 - Eden George - Christchurch CDV
18 Jan 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns photograph
18 Jan 2009 - Walter Harvie Photograph 1
18 Jan 2009 - Walter Harvie photograph 2
18 Jan 2009 - Walter Harvie photograph 3
20 Jan 2099 - American Photographic Studio - Lovewell, Wing & Co. added

24 Jan 2009 - Ben Thiem - Hokitika added
24 Jan 2009 - James Ring cabinet card
24 Jan 2009 - James Ring cabinet card
24 Jan 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns post card
24 Jan 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns post card
24 Jan 2009 - Rose - Westport post card
24 Jan 2009 - George Hillsdon - Lyttelton cabinet card
24 Jan 2009 - The Filmograph Co. (N.Z.) Christchurch - photograph
24 Jan 2009 - H. H. Clifford post card
of Joy Bourne, Mrs Bourne and Burke Bourne
29 Jan 2009 - W. H. Vinson - Westport, cabinet card
29 Jan 2009 - W. E. Sorrell, cabinet card
29 Jan 2009 - A. Gadd, cabinet card
29 Jan 2009 - Eden George, cabinet card of Mrs T. G. Russell
29 Jan 2009 - Standish & Preece, carte de visite
29 Jan 2009 - Burrell & Hampton, postcard
29 Jan 2009 - John Spiller, postcard dated 6 July 1915
29 Jan 2009 - Rose, postcard

29 Jan 2009 - Burrell, postcard
29 Jan 2009 - James Ring, postcard
29 Jan 2009 - James Ring, postcard
29 Jan 2009 - James Ring, cabinet card
29 Jan 2009 - James Ring, cabinet card
29 Jan 2009 - James Ring, cabinet card

February 2009
4 Feb 2009 - Hacklock Williams photograph of the Winners of the 11 and half stone Canterbury Tug-of-War Championship, Christchurch 1928.
10 Feb 2009 - Henry Chatteris, 218 High Street, Christchurch, added.
10 Feb 2009 - H. T. Bowers CDV

10 Feb 2009 - Wheeler & Son CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Wheeler & Son cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Wrigglesworth and Binns cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Peter Schourup CDV
10 Feb 2009 - William Sherlock CDV
10 Feb 2009 - William Sherlock CDV
10 Feb 2009 - William Sherlock CDV
10 Feb 2009 - William Sherlock CDV
10 Feb 2009 - W. E. Sorrell cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Daniel Louis Mundy CDV
10 Feb 2009 - C. H. Manning cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Charles Lawrence CDV Mabel Potts 1873
10 Feb 2009 - Charles Lawrence CDV Mrs Slater
10 Feb 2009 - Charles Lawrence CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Charles Lawrence, Ashburton CDV
10 Feb 2009 - George Hillsdon cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - M. Heslop & Co CDV
10 Feb 2009 - M. Heslop & Co CDV
10 Feb 2009 - M. Heslop & Co CDV
10 Feb 2009 - M. Heslop & Co CDV
10 Feb 2009 - George & Walter CVD
10 Feb 2009 - George & Walter CVD
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Gaul's Portrait Rooms CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George & Co Ltd. cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Eden George cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Grand & Dunlop cabinet card
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill CDV
10 Feb 2009 - Henry Thomas Bowers, Lyttelton CDV
14 Feb 2009 - 1893 Electoral Rolls entered in Christchurch and District Photographers
15 Feb 2009 - Mascotte Photographic Studio, Greymouth added
15 Feb 2009 - Talma Studio, Greymouth added
16 Feb 2009 - American Photo Coy. cabinet card (on Otago blog)
16 Feb 2009 - American Photo Coy. photograph (on Otago blog)
16 Feb 2009 - American Photo Coy. photograph (on Otago blog)
16 Feb 2009 - Mascotte Photographic Studio - postcard
17 Feb 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns photograph
18 Feb 2009 -
Green and Hahn photograph added of CORSO bales loaded on trucks dated Oct 1958, destination - Athens?
21 Feb 2009 - Dianne Studios added. The location of this studio is not known.
21 Feb 2009 - Mascotte Photographic Studio - postcard. (what is this?)
21 Feb 2009 - Hemus Sarony photograph
21 Feb 2009 - George Hillsdon photograph
21 Feb 2009 - Alfred Gadd cabinet card
22 Feb 2009 - Coronation Studio - postcard of Jack Payne
22 Feb 2009 - Smith & Anthony added
22 Feb 2009 - Frank Olsen, Lyttelton added
25 Feb 2009 - Challinor, Ferry Road, Christchurch added
28 Feb 2009 - Elmar Studio, High Street, Christchurch added


March 2009
1 March 2009 - J. L. Nelson - Oxford added
New photographs added to:
Aldersley
George Hillsdon
Robert Meers

William Sorrell
George Burrell
3 March 2009 - Victorian Photograph Albums added
3 March 2009 - Heaton C. Peart, Hokitika added
5 March 2009 - C. A. McEvoy, Hanmer Springs added
6 March 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd carte de visite added
6 March 2009 - Denslow, Royal Portrait Gallery, Princes Street, Dunedin added to Early Otago Photographers.
7 March 2009 - Clifford, Morris & Co. carte de visite added to Early
Otago Photographers
7 March 2009 - Muir & Moodie added
to Early Otago Photographers
9 March 2009 - photograph of Winners of NZ Champion Fours at Dunedin, 1944 added to Green and Hahn.
9 March 2009 - three large photographs added to Unknown Photographers of Avon River, Christ College (?) boxers (framed by Hall, Colombo Street), and large unidentified group, possibly at Tearooms, Caroline Bay, Timaru
9 March 2009 - Yerex, cabinet card added to
Early Otago Photographers. Note the photograph album on table
9 March 2009 - Gladys Goodall added
9 March 2009 - F. N. Sinclair added
9 March 2009 - William Sorrell cabinet
card
9 March 2009 - William Sorrell cabinet card.
9 March 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill cabinet card of a large wooden house

9 March 2009 - Charles Henry Manning - cabinet card of two children
11 March 2009 - E Wheeler & Son - CDV added
11 March 2009 - William Sherlock - CVD added
11 March 2009 - Heaton Peart - postcard of "Along track to Franz Josef Glacier, South Westland, NZ" added
11 March 2009 - Heaton Peart - postcard of Lake Ianthe, Westland added
11 March 2009 - Daniel Maloney - Westport added
14 March 2009 - Standish & Preece photograph added
14 March 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd., cabinet card added

14 March 2009 - photograph by unknown photographer of William Guise Brittan (Junior) 1845-1916
15 March 2009 - Hamish Keith Studio - Christchurch added
15 March 2009 - H. H. Cliford photograph added
15 March 2009 -
Eden George Co. Ltd., cabinet card added
15 March 2009 - The Acme Studio - George Street, Dunedin added
16 March 2009 - G. E. A. Burrell - postcard added
16 March 2009 - G. E. A. Burrell - postcard added
16 March 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns - postcard added
16 March 2009 - Standish & Preece - twelve Children's Patriotic Pantomime postcards added
14 to 16 March 2009 - Christchurch and District Photographers - The Southern Provinces Almanac, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889 and 1890

17 March 2009 - Ferguson postcard of High Street, Christchurch
18 March 2009 - Alva Studio - photograph added
18 March 2009 - Alva Studio - photograph added
18 March 2009 - Standish and Preece - photograph added
18 March 2009 - Christchurch and District Photographers - NZ Post Office Directory (Wises) 1892-93, 1894-95 and1896-97
20 March 2009 -
Christchurch and District Photographers - NZ Post Office Directory (Wises) 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904
21 March 2009 - Green and Hahn, photograph of St Albans cricket club team 1949-50 added

April 2009
5 April 2009 - Unknown Photographers - photograph of clouds over a stonewall
5 April 2009 - Early Otago Photographers - Ferntree Lodge by an unknown photographer
6 April 2009 - Cabinet card added to F. A. Coxhead, Dunedin
10 -13 April 2009 - details on Nelson King Cherrill updated
13 April 2009 - current view of Cashel Street studio of H. H. Clifford, building dates from 1901
14 April 2009 - Swan and Wriggleworth (sic) carte de visite added to Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington perhaps showing Lady Grey, the wife of Governor, Sir George Grey.
14 April 2009 - J. D. Wrigglesworth carte de visite added to Wrigglesworth and Binns, Wellington.
14 April 2009 - Armstrong postcard added
14 April 2009 - "J. G." photographer added, I would be interested to know who this photographer was.
14 April 2009 - D. Craig & Co. - publishers added
14 April 2009 - Frederick George Radcliffe postcard showing a Panorama from Malte Brun Hut. Southern Alps F.G.R. 5365 added
14 April 2009 - David Alexander De Maus cabinet card added
14 April 2009 - Ross - Westport photograph added
14 April 2009 - William Ferrier, Timaru cabinet card added
17 April 2009 - William Sherlock, Christchurch, CDV added
17 April 2009 - George and Walton, Christchurch, CDV added
17 April 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill, Christchurch, CDV added. Reverse inscribed "Uncle Sydney"
17 April 2009 - Easter and Wallis, Christchurch, CDV added
17 April 2009 - Burton Bros., Dunedin, CDV added to Early Otago Photographer's site
17 April 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd, Christchurch and Dunedin, cabinet card added. Reverse inscribed "Mr & Mrs Lamb"
18 April 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd, Christchurch and Dunedin, cabinet card added.
18 April 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd, Christchurch and Dunedin, cabinet card added.
18 April 2009 - Eden George Co. Ltd, Christchurch and Dunedin, cabinet card added.
18 April 2009 - Clifford Morris & Co., Royal Arcade, Dunedin, CDV added
18 April 2009 - Edward Teague, Lyttelton, CDV added (a duplicate of one obtained earlier)
18 April 2009 - Burton Bros, Dunedin - cabinet card added
18 April 2009 - John Spiller, Christchurch - cabinet card added
18 April 2009 - William Sherlock, Reefton - cabinet card added
18 April 2009 - William Sherlock, Reefton - cabinet card added
18 April 2009 - J. J. Armstrong (amateur?) photographer added
19 April 2009 - Claude Ring, Christchurch, two photographs added
19 April 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns, postcard
19 April 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns, postcard
19 April 2009 - Nelson King Cherrill, Christchurch, CDV

25 April 2009 - Adolf Fischer updated
26 April 2009 - Douglas Jones, Lyttelton




May 2009
1 May 2009 - William Ferrier - cabinet card added
1 May 2009 - Dougall's Studio, Invercargill - cabinet card added
1 May 2009 - Gladys Goodall, postcard of The Lion and Pembroke, Milford Sound, added
1
May 2009 - Frederick George Radcliffe - postcard
1 May 2009 - Frederick George Radcliffe - postcard
1 May 2009 - Frederick George Radcliffe - postcard
2 May 2009 - American Photo Co. - photograph added
2 May 2009 - Armstrong - postcard added, dated 31 July 1909
2 May 2009 - Tanner Bros added
2 May 2009 - Coronation Studios - photograph added, taken in July 1926
2 May 2009 - Wrigglesworth & Binns - photograph added, dated 1926
6 May 2009 - Mahan - Postcard added
6 May 2009 - Frederick George Radcliffe - postcard of Museum Christchurch 1343 added
6 May 2009 - Douglas Jones, Amberley - postcard of child added
6 May 2009 - Ben Thiem - postcard
6 May 2009 - Walter Clegg - postcard
6 May 2009 - George Edward Albert Burrell - postcard
6 May 2009 - Frederick Smith added
6 May 2009 - Talma Studio, Onehunga photograph added. It is not known if there is a correction between the Talma Studio in Greymouth and Onehunga.
6 May 2009 - Mascotte Photographic Studio - photograph added.