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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: [Between 1901 and 1903]

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

Reference: PA1-q-100

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1903. South Island subjects include the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse and quarry, Westport railway yards and wharf, Reefton, and scenes of explosions in Lyttelton Harbour for Regatta Day, 1st January 1909, and a large number of people beside the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade building. Scenes show the laying of foundation stones for the Petone Waterworks, and for the Baptist Church in Petone, both in 1903. There is also a view of the lecturn for St Augustine's Church in Petone, which was made by the Petone Railway Workshops. Several photographs show the Kelburn Cable Car, the cable car tunnel and the engine room, in 1903. Two photographs of a group of school children, the girls wearing white pinafores over dark coloured dresses. Some photographs relate to New Zealand railways, including specific locomotives, the Rimutaka Incline with the middle rail (part of the Fell System), railway tunnels, bush railways and railway workshops and yards; and some relate to Godber's interest and work in fire fighting. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 106 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm

Date: [Chiefly between 1912 and 1914]

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

Reference: PA1-o-198

Description: Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1912 and 1914. Images include Godber's family, a few of identified people (names listed in the name file), and many with no identification. One image of a group of fitters and turners apprentices at the Petone Railway Workshops, taken in 1913, has all the apprentices named (listed in the full record for Godber negative, APG-0457-1/2) Views of the old Central Fire Station at Petone, and the new Petone Fire Brigade Station; the aftermath of a huge fire at Cooks' Cooperage (on January 14, 1914); and a locomotive which had rolled. Local Petone scenes include the Petone Council Chambers and town clock, and a number of houses in the area, including the home of Godber's friend Tom Mather; Korokoro bush, and the Korokoro Reservoir. Away from the Wellington area, Godber photographed a number of houses in Clonbern Road area; the Makatote Viaduct and the Manganui-o-te-Ao Viaduct. Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 107 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown buckram cover; 25 x 32 cm

Date: 5th May 1938

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

Reference: 1/4-038926-G

Description: The van of T Russell & Sons, butchers of Upper Hutt, parked on Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream. The van is on a narrow bridge across a stream. On the right of the van is a path with the photographer's wife, Laura Godber, standing on a foot-bridge, and behind her is a long clipped hedge. Behind the hedge there are trees with a number of cabbage trees visible, and hills further back. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber on 5th May 1938. Inscriptions: Album page - Whiteman's Valley Rd, S'stream. Wife. 5/5/38. For another view of the same area, with the clipped hedge, in which the stream is being boxed into a culvert for road widening see 1/4-038927. An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 36 (PA1-o-194) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: Between 1915 and 1916

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

Reference: PA1-o-195

Description: Photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Many of the images show various aspects of logging in Piha and Karekare. Views include the Piha Tramway, bush railway inclines, scenes of lumbermen cutting down kauri trees and cross-cutting felled trees, transportation of logs by bullock teams and horse-drawn rail wagons, the Piha timber camp and mill and men at everyday activities in camp buildings and in their workmen's huts. Other sections of the album show views of Petone, and Godber's family (his wife, Laura Godber, and two children, Phyllis and William (Bill)); views of the central North Island; farming in the Mendip Hills (Canterbury); and views of Trentham. Other Titles - Title printed on spine - Godber Album 101 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 26 x 30 cm

Date: 1923

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

Reference: APG-1696-1/2-G

Description: Four people with a car (possibly Chevrolet), the hood up, parked outside a two-storied house at Kaitoke. The photographer's wife, Laura Godber, is sitting in the back seat on the left. There is an unidentified man standing on the left of the car, a woman next to Laura Godber in the back seat, and a young girl standing on the running board on the right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1923. Information from Godber's index held in Photographic Archives (under Box 74. House. Kaitoke. 1923. Car in front) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 25 December 1924

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

Reference: APG-1309-1/2-G

Description: Picnic group of five people, three women, a man, and a child. The two on the left are the photographer's wife and daughter, Laura and Phyllis Godber. The others are unidentified. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1924. A print of this image is in Godber album Vol 109, p 213 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Christmas dinner. Waikanae. 1924. 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-0778-1/2-G

Description: View of Whiteman's Valley Road in 1921. The photographer's wife and daughter, Laura and Phyllis Godber, stand in the foreground on the corner of Whiteman's Valley Road and Chatsworth Road. The small bridge in the lef foreground leads to the Godber's Silverstream property. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print in Godber album PA1-q-102, page 145. Inscriptions: Album page - Whiteman's Valley Road. Silverstream. 1921 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1911

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

Reference: APG-0715-1/2-G

Description: Two women and a man beside the rapids below the Wairua Falls. The woman on the right with dark hair is the photographer's wife, Laura Godber. Taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1911. Original print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 130 (Pa1-q-103) Inscriptions: Album page - Rapids below Wairua Falls. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: ca 1925

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

Reference: APG-0798-1/2-G

Description: Train carrying spectators from Wellington to the Trentham races, crossing the Silverstream railway bridge, photographed by Albert Percy Godber, ca 1925. The photographer's wife, Laura Godber, stands at the extreme left. Inscriptions: Album page - Race train crossing Silverstream Bridge. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Circa 1923

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

Reference: APG-1277-1/2-F

Description: Passenger train at Portland Railway Station. The photographer's wife, Laura Godber, is standing in the foreground, at the rear of the train, and the guardsman is standing at the entrance to the guard's van. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1923. This film negative is taken from the print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 190 (PA1-q-102). Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom centre - Portland Railway Station Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm

Date: 27 December 1910

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

Reference: APG-0408-1/2-G

Description: Albert Percy Godber and Laura Godber on a footbridge over the Korokoro Stream, photographed in 1910 by A P Godber. Identified and dated from PA1-q-103 (Godber album Vol 110, page 106). Album caption reads "The rustic bridge" 27/12/1910. Inscriptions: Album page - The rustic bridge. Korokoro. 27.12.10. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: February 1923

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

Reference: APG-1271-1/2-G

Description: View of derailed wagons after a railway accident at Ruatangata near Whangarei in February 1923. The photographer's wife, Laura Godber, is standing by the wreckage. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 188 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Railway accident Ruatangata, near Whangarei. 12 wagons derailed. Feb. 1923. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1925

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

Reference: APG-1065-1/2-G

Description: View of house belonging to Frank Scholes, farmer of Mangaroa. Frank Scholes, his wife and baby are to the left of the house, while the photographer's wife Laura, and daughter Phyllis are sitting on the front steps. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, 1925. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 222 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - F. Scholes. Mangaroa. 1925 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-1579-1/2-G

Description: View of a picnic group at the Taieri River, with a whitebait net nearby. The group are identified in the Godber File in Photographic Archives, as the photographer's wife and daughter, Laura and Phyllis Godber (sitting on a bench on the left), and H Gurr (standing) with his wife (seated on the right side of the bench) and son (standing behind his mother). Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Identification of names, place, and date from the Godber File held in Photographic Archives (under Whitebaiting. Taieri River. 1926. H Gurr, wife, son, & Godbers) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1929

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

Reference: APG-1603-1/2-G

Description: View of the main street in Pahiatua, showing three women standing beside a World War I field gun. They are in a park down the centre of Pahiatua, with cars parked alongside, and the Club Hotel across the road. The woman on the right of the gun is probably the photographer's wife, Laura Godber. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Place and date taken from Godber File held in Photographic Archives (under 114. Pahiatua. 1929) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1926

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

Reference: APG-0885-1/2-G

Description: View of the Southern Reservoir, Burnside. The photographer's wife and daughter, Laura and Phyllis Godber are standing on a path beside the reservoir. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1926. Original print in Godber Album Vol 109, p 242 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Southern Reservoir. Burnside. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: 1928

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

Reference: APG-1818-1/2-G

Description: Albert Percy Godber and Laura Godber standing beneath an archway leading to their house. The arch was designed, built and carved by Godber, with painted motifs and carving in Maori style. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber in 1928, in their garden at Silverstream. Identification of location and date from Godber's own index in Photographic Archives, filed at TL 6/1/15. In the 1/2 plate sequence see under G. Godber, AP & Mrs. Silverstream. 1928. At archway. Box 106. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: [ca 1930s]

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

Reference: APG-0955-1/2-G

Description: Manuhuia meeting house at Lake Rotoiti, circa 1930s. A group sits alongside, with Laura Godber on the far right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: Ca 1925

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

Reference: APG-0108-1/2-G

Description: The rocks, Huriawa, near Karitane, showing rock formation at the water's edge. Laura Godber standing in centre foreground. Photographed by A P Godber, ca 1925, when they visited the South Island. Note with original print at Pa1-q-102 (Vol 109, p 228) reads: The Rocks. Huriawa. Karitane. (Nga-Whatu-o-Haere.) Original print in Pa1-q-102, Godber X (Godber album Vol 109, p 228) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches