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Photographs by William Williams

by National Library NZ on The Commons

William Williams (1859-1948) was a Welsh-born amateur photographer who worked for the Railways Department in New Zealand.

This selection of photographs by Williams includes views of Wellington, New Zealand, taken in the late 19th century, including a number of photos taken at ‘The Old Shebang’, a cottage on Cuba Street that Williams lived in with several friends before his marriage to Lydia Devereux in 1887.

The images are part of the Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera (PA-Group-00076) group in the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand. You can see more images from this group on the Timeframes website.

These images were added to The Commons on Flickr in November 2008.

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View of Thorndon, Wellington, from inside a railway tunnel in Kaiwharawhara, 1880s
Wellington Harbour, semi-moonlight, 188-?
William Williams on a railway jigger, rabbit hunting in Otago, ca 1900
Stranded blackfish whales underneath Te Aro reclamation trestling at the foot of Taranaki Street, Wellington, between 1882-1883
Princes Street, Round Hill, Southland, February 1900
"The Old Shebang", Cuba Street, Wellington, ca 1883
Bedroom in "The Old Shebang", Cuba Street, Wellington, ca 1883
Elsdon Best, Tom Wyatt and William Williams, the Old Shebang, Cuba Street, Wellington, 1883
"The Old Shebang", Cuba Street, Wellington, ca 1883
The Old Shebang, Cuba Street, Wellington, 1883
Locomotive J 41 class train at Te Aute Station during a trial run from Napier to Waipukurau, 1887
Peter F Colledge at Paki Paki, ca 1890
Rocky cliffs and T W Brebner on horse, near Cape Kidnappers, ca 1890
Benevolent Institute, Caversham, Dunedin, ca 1890s
Lydia Williams and dog Pogs, alongside her cottage at Carlyle Street, Napier, ca 1890
Marine Parade, Napier, 1887
Threshing, late 1880s
L H Duval and A B Keyworth, Kaiwharawhara Creek, Wellington, 1886
Lydia Williams feeding chickens in the garden of her cottage at Carlyle Street, Napier, [ca 1889]
Women having tea outside the house of William and Lydia Williams in Napier, between 1888-1899
Group in the garden of William and Lydia Williams, Carlyle Street, Napier, [ca 1890]
Guinea pig house at Seacliff Hospital, Dunedin, 9 November 1897
Edgar and Owen Williams, ca 1895
Men felling rimu, Leith Valley, Dunedin, 1890s
Deserted hut, Waitati Bush, Dunedin, [1896 or 1901]
Edgar Williams playing in the garden outside his parents' house Viewbank on Maitland Street, Dunedin, Sep 1894
Photographer and assistant, with a camera, between 1902-1922
The Lauderdale arriving at Greymouth, 1902-1922
Stereoscopic photograph of a hot air balloon at the Domain, Auckland, 191-?
Stereoscopic photograph of a hot air balloon at the Domain, Auckland, 191-?
Stereoscopic photograph of a hot air balloon over the Domain, Auckland, 191-?
Steam ship Mararoa in Akaroa Harbour, April 1909
Steam ship Mararoa in Akaroa Harbour, 1909
Steam ship Rotomahana in Dunedin Harbour, early 1890s
Steam ship Rotorua at Dunedin, early 1890s
Dead trees, Catlins district, ca 1905
Mr Butler with his bullock team, Leith Valley, Dunedin, 1893
Dunedin Art Gallery, ca 1890s
Owen Williams in the railway office, Hillside, Dunedin, 2 February 1897
Sluicing for gold at Round Hill, Southland, February 1900
People strolling in Akaroa, 1909
Edgar and Owen Williams and Edith Kenworth inspect a Nikau palm flower bud, at Motohou near Wanganui, 1901
Scene at Waiwhetu, Lower Hutt, with weathered tree stump and Willcox's flour mill, ca 1885
Edgar Williams standing beside a small hut, Pounawea, Catlins River, January 1906
Rabbit hunting on the Otago Central Railway, ca 1900
Water race at a gold mine, Round Hill, Southland, February 1900
Elevator at mine, Round Hill, Southland, February 1900
Lydia Williams in the conservatory of her house in Royal Terrace, Kew, Dunedin, 1905
Obelisk monument, and group, at Green's Point, Akaroa, ca 1910