Benvenue Disaster 50th Jubilee, 1932. A portrait of three surviving crew members of the lifeboats involved in the Benvenue wreck, taken on the occasion of the fiftieth jubilee, 14 May 1932. Depicts the three men as (from left to right) as Isaac James Bradley, Carl George Vogeler, and Philip Bradley. South Canterbury Museum. 14/05/1932 CN 1457. https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/06F405BF-F04D-4339-A7A7-381944387269
Vogeler, Carl George, 1860-1934
Bradley, Philip, 1853-1936
Bradley, Isaac James, 1860-1936
Timaru, 1875, Dunedin, by Burton Brothers, Alfred Burton. Te Papa (C.014372)
Timaru Rocket Brigade, c.1883 – This photograph, taken by William Ferrier in Timaru between 1882 and 1888, depicts the Timaru Rocket Brigade posed as if practicing on the rocks below the cliffs at Caroline Bay. The brigade was part of local lifesaving efforts, particularly important after shipwrecks such as the Benvenue disaster of May 1882. Notably, five men in the image are wearing their Benvenue medals, awarded for bravery in that rescue.
From left to right, the men are identified as: Alf Potts, Alf Allan, Arthur H. Turnbull (at back), Carl Vogeler (in front), Chris Gruhn, Adamson, Arthur Haylock, George Davies, W. Budd, James E. S. Jackson (First Lieutenant), W. Webster (Captain and Harbour Master), John McNab, W. J. Hughes, and George Shirtcliffe (manning the rocket trough).
The print, an original albumen POP photograph (275 x 195 mm), was captured at Timaru Harbour and is held under catalogue number 0847. Ferrier, William. Timaru Rocket Brigade, c.1883. Timaru Harbour, circa 1882–1888. Albumen POP photograph, 275 × 195 mm. Catalogue No. 0847. https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/8AD4780D-2050-40FB-AC62-704195806056
14/05/1932 Memorial service, 50th anniversary of the Benvenue wreck, 1932. Crowds assembled around the Benvenue Memorial, in Sophia Street Timaru, for a service marking the the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Benvenue, dated 14th May 1932. In the left background the lifeboat Alexandra is visible. South Canterbury Musuem 1456. https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/D49F9CEB-DDDB-41F5-938D-879831741057
Port Guards on a parade 1901 fundraising for Boer War South Canterbury Museum CN 1581. https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F2AEFA31-B5FA-49EB-9EFC-577378580051