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Date: Circa 1901

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

Reference: 1/4-038951-G

Description: "Ub" 335; a Ub class steam locomotive, type 4-6-0, built by Baldwin. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1901 at Timaru. \"Ub\" 335 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no 18581/01), entered service on the 20th of June 1901 and was written off in June 1953. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974.) See also 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Date and location identified from Godber's own index at TL 6/1/15, 1/4 plate sequence, under L. Loco Ub 335. Timaru. 1901. Box 5. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [Between early 1900s to 1910s?]

By: Meldrum, Jessie Irene McCallum, 1896-1986

Reference: PA1-o-337

Description: Photographs of the Hutt Valley railway line, some of which has been constructed. Some of the scenes seem to show the route the line will take, with a number of panoramic views of country areas in the valley, some older photographs of Upper Hutt township, a panoramic views of Lower Hutt and Petone taken from the Belmont Hills, and scenes at the Upper Hutt Railway Station. Two photographs show New Zealand Railways steam engine No. 197 at Upper Hutt Railway Station Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with green cover, entitled `Album', lettered in black with surrounding decoration; 17.5 x 21.5 cm

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: 1904

By: Buick & Young (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-MACHINERY-1904-01

Description: Shows portraits of the proprietors E R B Holben and W Kirk. Includes descriptions and illustrations of engines, boilers, cream vats, pulleys, pumps, milk cans, hoses, babcock testers, the "Neulyte" incandescent gas installation, electrical goods, cream coolers, butter printer and pounder, curd mills, rotary milk pumps, corn grinder, siphon well, turbine water-wheel, butter churns, the "Baltic" separator, "Melotte" separator, Reid's hand separator, woodworking tools, horticultural tools, "Aquarius" spray pump, side-delivery rake, Manitoba hay stacker, Thomas hay tedder, Noxon mowers and disc harrows, hoes, bone cutters, potato digger, grain grinder, pulper and slicer, Daniels Canadian incubator, O.K. washing machine, hay rake, steamship machinery, Wagner's testing glassware. Quantity: 1 sales catalogue.. Physical Description: Catalogue of 100 pages, 217 x 282 mm.

Date: ca 1905

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

Reference: 1/4-039002-G

Description: E class locomotive, E 66, at the Petone Railway Workshops, with William Godber standing on the front. This image is a copy negative made from an original print taken by A P Godber. The original negative is at APG-0242-1/2. Note on back of file print reads: "E 66 ('Pearson's Dream'). At Petone. Used on Rimutaka Incline. William Godber in front. Designed by G A Pearson. Built Petone Workshops 1905." See A N Palmer & W W Stewart 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' Rev. ed. (Reed, 1965), p 83. Known as "Pearson's Dream", designed by G A Pearson, and built at the Petone Railway Workshops for use on the Rimutaka Incline, in 1905; written off in 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [1908-1912]

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

Reference: PA1-q-103

Description: Photographs, chiefly taken by Albert Percy Godber, including family portraits, areas where he lived, Petone and the Petone Fire Brigade, railways, the Hutt Valley, Wellington, and areas in the upper North Island. The family photographs show his immediate family (his wife Laura (nee Zinckgraf), and children William Albert and Phyllis Mary); groups including his father and mother Charles and Mary Ann Godber, his brother Harry Leonard and wife Annie and their daughter Constance Alice, and Laura's brother Charles Albert Zinckgraf. Godber was a fireman with the Petone Fire Brigade, and there are photographs of groups of firemen and fire fighting equipment, and displays of methods of fire fighting. Associated with Godber's work with New Zealand Railways, and particularly at the Petone Railway Workshops, there are views of various workshop buildings, groups of railway workers; one of M J Mack (General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand); images of damage to rolling stock after railway accidents; trains; the Raurimu Spiral; railway viaducts; logging railways; and railway stations. Photographs taken in the northern part of the North Island include coal mines, rock formations, hot springs at Te Aroha and Kamo; Whangarei and the Wairua Falls; suburbs of Auckland including Newmarket, Remuera, Parnell, Onehunga, and Ellerslie Race Course. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 110 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram covers; 30.0 x 23.5 cm

Date: 1908

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

Reference: APG-0392-1/2-G

Description: "X" 439, and X class steam locomotive, type 4-8-2, with W Futter standing in front, photographed in 1908 by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops. See print from this negative at PA1-q-103 (vol 110, page 6.) Inscriptions: Album page - W. Futter "X" 439 was built as X class (compound) by New Zealand Railways at Addington (maker's no 94/08), went into service on the 9th of January 1909, was converted to X class (simple) in June 1947 and was written off on the 2nd of March 1957. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 62.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1901 and 1902

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

Reference: APG-0727-1/2-G

Description: "Wd" Class steam locomotive, NZR 323, 2-6-4T type in the erecting shop awaiting the tanks. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops, ca 1901 or 1902. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ready for the tanks. (Baldwin Locos.) "Wd" 323 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no. 18550/01), went into service in May 1901, and was written of in June 1933. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1901 and 1945

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

Reference: APG-0299-1/2-G

Description: "Ub" 331; a Ub class steam locomotive, type 4-6-0, built by Baldwin. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1945 at the Petone Railway Workshops. "Ub" 331 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no 18577/01), entered service on the 17th of June 1901 and was written off in March 1955. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 59.) See also 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' by A N Palmer & W W Stewart (p 75). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.4 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1900 and 1936

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

By: Stewart, William Walter, 1898-1976

Reference: APG-0302-1/2-G

Description: "Ua" 172 steam locomotive, type 4-6-0, built by Sharp Stewart. Copy negative by Albert Percy Godber of a photograph possibly taken by W W Stewart. This information from a reproduction of this image in "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart, in which the caption reads: "'Ua' 172 at Invercargill, showing the position to which the running board was raised. W W Stewart Collection." A print from this negative is at PA1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, page 47.) "Ua" 172 was built in 1899 (maker's no 4502/99), entered service on 23 November 1899 and was written off in February 1936. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 50.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Between 1901 and 1902

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

Reference: APG-0729-1/2-G

Description: The boiler for "Wd" Class steam locomotive, NZR 323, 2-6-4T type in the erecting shop. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops, ca 1901 or 1902. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - The boiler. Baldwin Locomotive. "Wd" 323 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no. 18550/01), went into service in May 1901, and was written of in June 1933. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1906

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

Reference: APG-0313-1/2-G

Description: "D" class steam locomotive, New Zealand Railways no 197, 2-4-0T type. There are four unidentified railway workmen standing beside the engine. Photographed at Lower Hutt in 1906 by A P Godber. Almost identical to image at APG-0312-1/2, which gives location and date in album at Pa1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, p 75) "D" 197, a D class steam locomotive, was built by Neilson & Co., Glasgow (maker's no 1844/74), went into service on 5 April 1879 and was written off in 1916. Source: "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (p 53). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1905

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

Reference: APG-0241-1/2-G

Description: E class locomotive, E 66, at the Petone Railway Workshops. Photographed ca 1905 by A P Godber. Designed by G A Pearson. Built Petone Workshops 1905. See A N Palmer & W W Stewart 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' Rev. ed. (Reed, 1965), p 83. Known as \"Pearson's Dream\", designed by G A Pearson, and built at the Petone Railway Workshops for use on the Rimutaka Incline, in 1905; written off in 1917. An original print is filed in Godber Album Vol 108, p 16 (PA1-q-101) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1902

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

By: Rockliff, Stanley Arthur, 1909-1963

Reference: APG-1469-1/4-G

Description: "We" steam locomotive 198, originally built as "B" class 198, converted to We class 4-6-4T type in 1902, and renumbered "We" 376 in 1942. Probably photographed by Stanley Arthur Rockliff, negative copied by Albert Percy Godber, probably circa 1902. An original print is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 59 (PA1-q-101) Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - We. 1902.; Album page - centre left - We 375. 1944. A S Rockliff. "We" 198 was originally built as "B" 198 (4-8-0 type) by Sharp Stewart (maker's no 4509/99), and went into service in December 1899. Altered to "We" class (4-6-4T type) in 1902 and renumbered "We" 376 in 1942. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (p 53, 84). Noted in Godber's album Vol 108, p 59 (PA1-q-101) as being renumbered "We" 375 in 1944. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: ca 1905

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

Reference: APG-0242-1/2-G

Description: E class locomotive, E 66, at the Petone Railway Workshops, with William Godber standing on the front. Photographed ca 1905 by A P Godber. Note on back of file print reads: "E 66 ('Pearson's Dream'). At Petone. Used on Rimutaka Incline. William Godber in front. Designed by G A Pearson. Built Petone Workshops 1905." See A N Palmer & W W Stewart 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' Rev. ed. (Reed, 1965), p 83. Known as "Pearson's Dream", designed by G A Pearson, and built at the Petone Railway Workshops for use on the Rimutaka Incline, in 1905; written off in 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1892]

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

Reference: PA1-q-101-038-1

Description: Ob Class steam locomotive, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. no 11, 2-8-0 type. Photograph taken at Paekakariki by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1904. Original print at Pa1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, p 38). Original print (from which the small print was copied) is at PAColl-D-0692. Ob class locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (maker's no 9018/88), as WMR no 11. At the end of 1908 the company was purchased by the Government, and it was renumbered NZR 'Ob' 455. Written off in March 1931. See 'Register of New Zealand steam locomotives, 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd. See also 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' (1965) by A N Palmer & W W Stewart, in which this image is reproduced on page 90, with the inscription "W.M.R. No 11 at Paekakariki, about 1904. A P Godber (A N P)". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 165 x 110 mm, mounted to album page

Date: Between 1901 and 1902

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

Reference: APG-0728-1/2-G

Description: "Wd" Class steam locomotive, NZR 323, 2-6-4T type in the erecting shop awaiting the tanks. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops, ca 1901 or 1902. See also APG-0727-1/2 for a different angle of this scene. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Ready for the tanks. (Baldwin Locos.) "Wd" 323 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia (maker's no. 18550/01), went into service in May 1901, and was written of in June 1933. See "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, and "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1904

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

Reference: APG-1364-1/4-G

Description: Ob Class steam locomotive, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. no 11, 2-8-0 type. This image is taken by Godber from the page in his album Vol 4, p 30 (PA1-o-196). See original glass negative at APG-0269-1/2. Original print at Pa1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, p 38) Inscriptions: Album page - centre right - Ob. Makers. Baldwin Loco Works. USA. Year 1889. No in service 2.; Album page - bottom centre - Dia driving wheels 3'7". Bogie wheels 2'6". Steam pressure 140 lbs. Coal space 3 tons. Heating surface 1013 sq. ft. Water space 1500 galls. Cylinders 16" x 20". Total weight 57.10.4. T.C.Q. Ob class locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (maker's no 9018/88), as WMR no 11. At the end of 1908 the company was purchased by the Government, and it was renumbered NZR 'Ob' 455. Written off in March 1931. See 'Register of New Zealand steam locomotives, 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, and 'Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives' by A N Palmer & W W Stewart. Image from the original glass negative is reproduced in \"Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives\" by A N Palmer and W W Stewart (p 60), with the inscription \"W.M.R. No 11 at Paekakariki, about 1904. A P Godber\". Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: 1908

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

Reference: APG-1165-1/2-F

Description: "X" 439, an X class steam locomotive, type 4-8-2, photographed in 1908 by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops. This image is a film negative taken by Godber of the page in his album at Vol 108, p 69 (PA1-q-101). The page also includes a blueprint plan for X class locomotives. See print from this negative at PA1-q-101 (vol 108, page 69.) "X" 439 was built as X class (compound) by New Zealand Railways at Addington (maker's no 94/08), went into service on the 9th of January 1909, was converted to X class (simple) in June 1947 and was written off on the 2nd of March 1957. (Information from the 'Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 62.) An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 108, p 69 (PA1-q-101) The images at APG-0373-1/2 and APG-0374-1/2 are glass plate negatives Inscriptions: Album page - X 1908 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm

Date: Between 1895 and 1905

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

Reference: APG-0268-1/2-G

Description: M class steam locomotive, M 4, 2-4-4T type, with two men. The man in the centre of the image is identified as G Lee in the caption at Pa1-q-101 (Godber Album vol 108, p 30). Dated from the same image reproduced in "Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd (p 41), which has the caption: "At Palmerston North about the turn of the century after rebuilding to give a lighter axle loading". Photograph taken by A P Godber. Original print at Pa1-q-101 (Godber album vol 108, p 30) Same image reproduced in 'Register of New Zealand Railways steam locomotives, 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd, p41. M class steam locomotive, 'M' 4, was originally built by Hunslet Engineering Co., Leeds, as 0-6-0T type, and went into service in July 1876. There were 4 "M" class locomotives of this type, which were simple, reliable and efficient. Between 1888 and 1890 they were all converted, at the Addington Workshops, to 2-4-4T type wheel arrangements to enable them to run on lighter lines. The conversion was unsuccessful. 'M' 4 was written off in 1924. See "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer & W W Stewart, and "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