Petone Railway Station

Date: 1905 to 1907

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PA1-o-197

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1905 and 1907, covering a variety of topics. They include family photographs, both individual and group portraits, and Wellington houses (eg `Railway Whare', the house Godber and his family lived in, in Bay Street, Petone). One scene shows Godber's parents, Mary Ann and Charles Godber, with a large group of family members, including Albert Percy Godber, his wife Laura, and two children, Phyllis and William (p.21). On p. 13, Godber's wife Laura and two children are seen with an elderly couple, probably Laura's parents Charles Albert and Magdelina Clara Zinckgraf. Numbers of images show scenes associated with New Zealand Railways, including the Mataroa Railway Tunnel under construction, specific locomotives, signal stations, the railway station at Petone, and scenes at the Petone Railway Workshops. At the beginning of the album, several images show Godber and a team from the Petone Fire Brigade with medals they have won at fire-fighting practice competitions. A pocket at the front of the album holds two photographs, on of a new cutting on the road near Lowry Bay, and one of the `model of `D' class locomotive used in the Petone Peace Demonstration Procession' following the Boer War in 1902, signed `With A.P. Godber's compliments'. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 105 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 19.5 x 26.0 cm

Date: [ca 1950s]

From: Gear Meat Company Ltd :Photographs of Gear Meat Co

By: Whites Aviation Ltd

Reference: PAColl-D-0106

Description: Aerial photograph of Gear Meat Company and surrounding area looking west towards the Hutt Road and Horokiwi Quarries. Includes Petone Esplanade, Petone Railway Station, Jackson Street, Cornish Street industrial area, etc. Probably taken by Whites Aviation Ltd in 1950s. Inscriptions: Mat recto - centre - Gear Meat Co. Ltd, Petone, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand coloured. Physical Description: 38 x 47.5 cm with mount

Date: Between 1915 and 1926

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Sherriff, D J, active 1901-1931

Reference: PA1-q-102

Description: Album of photographs chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, relating to his family, his work and his interests. Family photographs include portraits of his wife (Laura) and two children (William and Phyllis), and scenes of their home in Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream; views of the Hutt Valley including large numbers of cars travelling to Trentham Racecourse, and the Hutt River. Another group of images relate to a holiday at the Mendip Hills Homestead in Canterbury, with scenes of farm life, including haymaking, merino sheep, and farm buildings. During their stay in the South Island Godber also took photographs of Dunedin (including the Ross Reservoir, Otago Boys' High School, Seacliff Mental Hospital, the 1926 Dunedin Exhibition, and the Hillside Railway Workshops); Invercargill (including the Invercargill Railway Workshops); Stewart Island, Moeraki, Tuatapere, Waiau River, Oamaru and Port Chalmers. Various railway stations in Canterbury and Otago, the Burnside Iron Mills, and the Rosslyn Mills. Godber was a volunteer fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade with the album including views of the building, groups of firemen, fire engines and other fire fighting equipment, and a building in Petone damaged by fire. In his work with New Zealand Railways, mainly at the Petone Railway Workshops, he took interior photographs of various buildings, including the Machine Shop and finishing benches, the engine room, lathes, boilers, and fitting shops. He also took photographs of many of the steam engines that were built and worked on at the workshops. One scene shows a group of men watching a fight. Many images show his interest in logging railways, particularly in the Piha, Karekare, Anawhata area. Scenes of logging camps, various methods of transporting logs including bullock teams, logging trains, and dams created and then tripped to send logs down by river, and timber mills. Other topics covered in Godber's photographs are scenes at Maori marae and meeting houses, with some of the people identified; Maori carving and rafter designs; beekeeping, and gold mining. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber album 109 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 38.0 x 26.5 cm (257 p.)

Date: 1926

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1996-F

Description: Panoramic view looking down over Petone. On the far right there is the side view of a wooden house with tiled roof, and a thatched gazebo in the centre foreground. Wellington Harbour is seen across the image, Petone Wharf in the centre. Buildings of Munt, Cottrell, Neilsen & Co. (Motor body builders) are centre right and the Petone Railway Station is in front of the motor buildings. Stacks of wood at a timber mill in the left foreground. Matiu/Somes island centre left. Photograph taken in 1926 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - Panorama of Petone. 1926; Marginal notes on negative - Petone. 1926. 1 B&W sample Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 131.8 cm

Date: 1970

From: Packwood, George Earl Syvia W, 1916-1991: [Portfolio of nine ink studies of Petone buildings. ca 1970]

Reference: B-163-034

Description: Shows an ornate wooden building with tudor timbering and a squared dome. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G. Packwood Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on sheet, 297 x 420 mm.

Date: between 1915-1920

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0213-1/2-G

Description: Aa class steam locomotive 650, type 4-6-2, built by Baldwin. Photograph taken at the Petone Railway Station by Albert Percy Godber. Original print in Godber Album PA1-q-101 (Vol 108, page 3) This engine (built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia) entered service in June 1915, and was written off in February 1957. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 69.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1921

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1722-1/2-G

Description: View of the steam locomotive, "Ww" 678, that had been used on the Royal Tour in 1920. Photographed at the Petone Railway Station in 1921 by A P Godber. Information from Godber Index filed in Photographic Archives under Box 23 (Ww class loco No 678 (2). Petone. 1921. Was Royal engine) Ww 678 (4-6-4T type) was built by New Zealand Railways at Hillside (maker's no. 209/19), went into service in May 1919, and was written off in July 1969. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.4 x 4.75 inches

Date: [1920s-1930s]

From: Daroux, James Henry, 1870-1943 :Collection of negatives and prints

Reference: 1/1-023371-G

Description: Petone Railway Station, 1920s-1930s. Shows surrounding buildings, trains and commuters. Photograph taken by James Henry Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1902

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0031-1/2-G

Description: Photograph in the style of a greetings card decorated with fern leaves, with a montage of images relating to Petone, and in particular the Petone Railway Workshops and the Petone Railway Station. Images include from top left: The sawmill, Machine Shop, Round Rocky Point, Birds-eye view of Workshops, Petone Railway Station, Blacksmith's Shop, Erecting Shop, and Heating tyres. Photograph by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - centre - From Petone. With every good wish; Photographer's title on negative - top left - The sawmill; Photographer's title on negative - top right - Machine Shop; Photographer's title on negative - centre left - Heating tyres; Photographer's title on negative - centre right - Round Rocky Point; Photographer's title on negative - centre left - Erecting Shop; Photographer's title on negative - centre right - Birds-eye view of workshops; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Blacksmith's Shop; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Petone Railway Station Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1906

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0137-1/2-G

Description: Petone Railway Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. This Petone station was opened 26 July 1905 by Sir Joseph Ward. It was designed by George Alexander Troup. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1938

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1487-1/4-G

Description: Rail motor No 34, "Tainui" at Petone Railway Station. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1938. Inscriptions: Album page - bottom right - N.Z.R. An original print is in Godber Album, Vol 108, p 107 (PA1-q-101). This page in the album also includes blueprint specifications for R.M. Nos 32 to 35. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1901

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0026-1/2-G

Description: Petone Railway Station, decorated for the visit of the Duke of Cornwall & York in 1901. People are on the platform. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Petone Railway Station Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 25 April 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0589-1/2-G

Description: Anzac day commemoration at Petone, on 25 April 1916. Shows a crowd, flagpole and banners next to the Petone Railway Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. A similar image is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album Vol 109, p 48), with caption: Anzac Day. Petone. 25.4.16. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: After 1925

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0205-1/2-G

Description: Ab class locomotive (NZR Number 829). Photographed at Petone Railway Station ca 1925 by A P Godber. NZR locomotive no. 829 (4-6-2) was built by North British Locomotive Co., Glasgow, in 1925, and was written off in 1968. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: After 1925

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0207-1/2-G

Description: Ab class locomotive (NZR Number 829). Photographed at Petone Railway Station ca 1925 by A P Godber. NZR locomotive no. 829 (4-6-2) was built by North British Locomotive Co., Glasgow, in 1925, and was written off in 1968. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 25 Jul 1952]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: PICT-000105

Description: ANZAC memorial flagpole being re-painted, Petone Station, Lower Hutt, circa 25 July 1952. Photograph taken by a staff photographer for the Evening Post. The flagpole is half Australian hardwood and half kauri. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1900s]

By: Old, Janet Haldane, 1928-2003

Reference: 1/2-137228-F

Description: Petone Railway Station, circa 1900s. Includes a boy with a bicycle, a horse-drawn carriage and large advertising signs on the hillside. Including Defiance brand of butter advertised on billboard, and a billboard for Red Jacket, Myrtle Grove cigarette tobacco, Bell's Perth Whisky, and Tonking's Linseed Emulsion. Taken by unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Petone Railway Station Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Copy negative from loaned print

Date: between 1915-1920

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1367-1/4-G

Description: Aa class steam locomotive 650, type 4-6-2, built by Baldwin. This image is a photograph of a page in Godber Album Vol 108, p 3 (PA1-q-101), taken by Albert Percy Godber. See also APG-0213-1/2 for the original negative. Original print in Godber Album PA1-q-101 (Vol 108, page 3) Inscriptions: Album page - Aa. Superheater. Builders Baldwin Loco Works, USA. Year 1914. Number built 10. 4-6-2. This engine (built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia) entered service in June 1915, and was written off in February 1957. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 69.) See also another original print in Godber Album Vol 104, p 55 (PA1-o-196) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1916

From: [Postcard album of cards donated by the Reuben Holroyd estate. 1905-1920].

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-11-12-1

Description: Shows a view of Petone Railway Station, with railway tracks in the foreground, and a train pulled up beside the station building. On the right is a memorial flagpole, said to have been first used in 1916. The flagpole at the right of the picture is said to have been first used on Anzac Day 1916 when the Prime Minister unfurled and Australian flag presented to the railwaymen of New Zealand by the railwaymen of New South Wales. Therefore the date of the postcard is likely to have been in 1916 or later. (See correspondence from David Castle, S.AR.002.001.014-v01, 6 April 2007) Quantity: 1 photograph(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Photograph, 89 x 137 mm.

Date: 25 April 1916

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-0590-1/2-G

Description: Anzac day commemoration at Petone in 1916. Looks over railway lines to a crowd alongside the Petone Railway Station. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print at PA1-q-102 (Godber Album Vol 109, p 48) Inscriptions: Album page - Anzac Day. Petone. 25.4.16. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches