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Arthur Roy Chivers Collection

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Collection of photographs relating to the family of Arthur Roy Chivers, who was killed in action in 1916, and Christchurch scenes. Portrait of Chivers in uniform, Edgar A. Chivers and Allan Harden.

  • Other Id

    67124 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1985-2 (Reference Number)

    4875 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Arthur Roy Chivers Collection
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Photographer)

  • Date
    1900-1926
  • Physical Description

    Postcard

    Cabinet card

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Related Object Notes
    MS 1579
  • Media
  • Technique
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Transferred from MS1579
  • Content
    1. D.C.M. Fell Aug 3rd 1917.; postcard
    2. Ernest J. Chivers; postcard
    3. Alan at 6 months; postcard
    4. Ernest John and Ernest Samuel; postcard
    5. [Two women in costume], 1919; postcard
    6. [Unidentified woman seated on chair outside], ca. 1910; postcard
    7. [Portrait of unidentified woman], 1911; postcard
    8. Oraiaura [sic], N.Z., 1907; postcard
    9. [Snapshot of men and women seated on bench], ca. 1910; postcard
    10. Edgar Chivers [aged 1 year approx.], 1909; postcard
    11. [Baby in pram. Dorothy Muriel Chivers?], 1911; postcard
    12. [Maude?], 1921; postcard
    13. [Maude?], 1921; postcard
    14. A family tea party at Burwood; postcard
    15. Post office and rotunda, Palmerston North, N.Z.; postcard (photomechanical)
    16. Moyra Beatrice Lancombe, six months; postcard
    17. [Group seated in garden]; postcard
    18. A happy party at Buswood Tea Gardens; postcard
    19. Wesleyan Church, Amburley?; postcard
    20. After a storm Christchurch N.Z.; postcard
    21. [Small boy seated in tree]; postcard
    22. Edgar Andrew Chivers, aged 4; postcard
    23. Alan Lancombe aged 2 years 3 months, June 1922; postcard
    24. [Unidentified woman on patio]; postcard
    25. Oscars boy he is getting on.; postcard
    26. Ernest 1st Duke of Ashburton; postcard
    27. [Ernest - double exposure]; postcard
    28. Arthur Roy Chivers. Killed in Action. France 25th Sept 1916. 2nd ... Canterbury Coy. New Zealand; postcard
    29. Edgar A Chivers, Ch.Ch. N.Z. 20/3/[19]26; postcard
    30. Edgar. April 1911; print mounted on card
    31. Edgar & Allan Chivers, Fiji, 1925; print mounted on card
    32. [Portrait of woman]; print mounted on card
  • Public Access Text

    Arthur Roy Chivers, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, was killed in action on 25 September 1916, in France.

  • Copyright
    Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
  • Last Update
    11 May 2023
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