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Postcards of towns in Northland
Date: [ca 1900-1919]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
By: Northwood Brothers (Firm); Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923
Reference: PAColl-7219
Description: Postcards of a Maori chief from Whangape in a feathered cloak with moko and carrying a taiaha; mail coaches leaving Ohaeawai; sheep mustering on McKenzie's Estate, Herekino where the sheep are being herded into a field next to a beach; two of the second oldest church in New Zealand at Waimate North; Bedgood's Mill at Waimate North; Bedgood's mill waterwheel; a horse and cart heading to the Waimate Show in the distance; Te Paki Cattle Station; Houhora Hotel and harbour; Mount Camel and heads, Houhora harbour; moonlight on Houhora harbour; Herekino settlement; Herekino harbour overlooking Keay's with Manukau in the distance; Kerikeri Falls; Kohukohu showing the hotel and other buildings on the waterfront; two boats on the Waihopo River; a girl talking to a boy on a horse with the staff quarters of the Kaitaia Wireless Station behind them; three views of the Kaitai Radio Station (in operation 1912-1929); two men on rope slings gathering gum from a kauri tree; view of Kaikohe; Government Buildings, Kaikohe; Kaikohe Hotel with two men on ponies outside; two men on bicycles with the Kaitaia Post Office behind them; view of Mangonui; a man boating in Mangamuka Gorge; the Mangamuka River; sheep being driven along a road in Marangai, looking west; two views of Marangai looking east; a view of Kerikeri from the river showing the Stone Store and Kemp House; the bathing pool at Ngawha Springs; the Black Lake, Ngawha Springs; Ngataki Lake, Waihopo; boys from Te Kao North Cape Native School doing a haka; Ohaeawai Hotel; the Church of England, Ohaeawai (with additional photography by Radcliffe); the pier in Parengarenga Harbour; sheep on the road at Ohaeawai; a loaded horse-drawn cart on the main street in Ohaeawai, looking west; a steam locomotive pulling kauri logs at Puketi; and a kauri tree in a forest with a hut behind it. Photographer was Northwood Brothers. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/2-002254, 002392, 002395, 002741, 002742, 002744 to 002746, 002748 to 002750, 002788 to 002795, 002809 to 002811, 002825, 002826, 002828, 002881, 002882, 002889, 002909 to 002911, 003123, 003156 to 003159, 003187, 003260 (additional copy at 1/2-021628), 003499 to 003503, 003543, 026804, 002998 to 003000, 032360 Quantity: 48 b&w original negative(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Barge laden with kauri gum, Ahipara
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006272-G
Description: Barge laden with kauri gum, Ahipara. The steam ship Chelmsford may be seen in the background. Photograph taken circa 1910s by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 35. Shipping gum Ahipara; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A. Northwood protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Interior of a gum shed, Lake Ohia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006339-G
Description: Interior view of Jurlina's gum shed at Lake Ohia, Northland. Shows machinery and crates marked 'Waipuna Kauri Gum Co Ltd, London'. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Gum digging settlement, Sweetwater Hill, Northland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006275-G
Description: Gum field settlement at Sweetwater Hill, Northland, circa 1910. Dwellings and other buildings are dotted amongst the landscape and are constructed of corrugated iron, sacking and wood. A washing line is on the right. Two men stand by horses and a cart on the left, while another two men stand in the centre middle distance. Taken circa 1910 by the Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Barge laden with kauri gum, and bullock carts, on the beach at Ahipara
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006271-G
Description: Barges loaded with sacks of gum, and bullock carts, on the beach at Ahipara. Photograph taken by Arthur Northwood circa 1910. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
John Henry Subritzky digging for gum on a beach at Houhora Harbour
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-004944-G
Description: John Henry Subritzky digging for gum on a beach at Houhora Harbour, Northland Region, circa 1910. A kete (Maori flax basket) and a dog are alongside. Photographed by the Northwood Brothers. Souce of descriptive information - gumdigger identified by library client Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Interior of a gum shed, Lake Ohia
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006338-G
Description: Interior view of a gum shed at Lake Ohia, Northland. Shows men filling sacks with kauri gum. Photograph taken ca 1910s by Northwood brothers. Source of descriptive information - Notes on back of file print Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Kauri gum from beach, North Cape
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010567-G
Description: Men loading sacks of Kauri gum into a boat on the beach at North Cape, to be taken through the surf to thwe ship lying offshore. Phhotograph taken 1910s by Northwood brothers. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 2. Shipping gum through surf, North Cape.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A Northwood protected Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Kauri gum being weighed, Northland
Date: [ca1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-004938-G
Description: A group of men watching sacks of kauri gum being weighed on Mount Camel. Photographed by the Northwood Brothers in about 1910. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Bradley brothers cleaning gum, near Houhora
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006217-G
Description: Brothers Sam (left), Bill (centre) and Joe Bradley, cleaning and scraping kauri gum, near Houhora, Northland. Photograph taken circa 1910s, probably by Arthur Northwood. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Gum diggers at Sweetwater
Date: ca 1914
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/2-051975-F
Description: Gum diggers working on a trench at sweetwater. Beside them are trucks on rails. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Men bagging gum chips, Kaitaia
Date: [ca 1914]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949
Reference: 1/1-004904-G
Description: Men bagging gum chips in Kaitaia for shipment to Auckland. The gum had been retrieved by gum washing machines near Awanui and was of inferior quality compared to that dug from the ranges and flats. It was sold for 9/- per cwt. Taken by Arthur Northwood circa 1914. Information in Scope and Contents from 'The Gumdigger; The Story of Kauri Gum' by A H Reed, from the page of photographs facing p 61. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Nicholas Covich senior, and his son, by a pile of processed kauri gum, Ahipara, Northla...
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006218-G
Description: Nicholas Covich (senior), and his son Nicholas (Eku) Covich (junior) , by a pile of processed kauri gum, at Ahipara, circa 1920. Taken in the yard where the gum from Covich's own gum field was processed. Photograph probably taken by Arthur James Northwood. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print from Library client. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Man, outside a hut in the gum fields, holding loaves of bread
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006360-G
Description: A man (possibly Urlich) standing outside a gum diggers hut in Ahipara holding a round loaf of bread under each arm. The hut is constructed of wood, sacking and corrugated iron. A shovel, a tin bucket, a billy, two pairs of boots and a gum spear can also be seen. Taken by the Northwood brothers circa 1910. The back of the file print reads: 'Ahipara "Urlich's Bakery"' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Gum diggers on a boat, Houhora Harbour, Northland
Date: [191-?]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
By: Northwood, Arthur James, 1880-1949
Reference: 1/1-011203-G
Description: Two gum diggers and the boat in which they lived, Houhora Harbour, Northland. Photograph taken circa 1910s by Arthur Northwood. Source of descriptive information - File print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 21. Gum diggers living in boats Hohoura Harbour.; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A. Northwood Protected. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
Gum diggers hut showing Joseph Kenworthy and two others, Kaitaia
Date: 1 August 1914
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006309-G
Description: A gum diggers hut, with a sod chimney, in Kaitaia, Sunday, 1 August, 1914. Three men sit outside, the one on the left holds a piano accordion. Joseph Kenworthy is in the centre, peeling potatoes, and the man on the right is smoking and reading a newspaper. Billy cans, buckets, shovels and gum digging equipment are visible. Taken by Arthur Northwood. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Sunday at home on the gumfields b3; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - A Northwood prot 1-8-14 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches