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Godber album 10
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.)
Hans Peter Knutzen sitting on the verandah of his home, Piha
Date: [ca 1915-1916]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0349-1/2-G
Description: Hans Peter Knutzen sitting on the verandah of his home in Piha. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1915-1916. Original print in Godber Album PA1-o-195, vol 101, page 9, with the caption 'The whare in the bush'. Other Titles - The whare in the bush. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" with a load of timber, taking on water at the Kar...
Date: [ca 1915]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0827-1/2-G
Description: The logging locomotive "Sandfly" taking on water at Karekare with a load of sawn timber. The driver is George Snowden (see back of File Print), and Mr H P Knutzen is seated on the timber on the first wagon. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print from this negative is in Godber album Vol 109, p 5 (PA1-q-102) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe (new enl. ed). Inscriptions: Album page - Taking water. Kare-Kare. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
H P Knutzen on a horse, J J Walklate on the right
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0689-1/2-G
Description: Mr H P Knutzen on a horse. J J Walklate is on the right. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915-1916, probably in Piha. Original print in album PA1-q-102, page 5 This image is reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 62). Inscriptions: Album page - H.P. Knutzen Esq. J.J. Walklate. Mr Walklate was the manager of the American Electric Tramway Company, and spent holidays at the old Lovett house. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Erecting a locomotive, Piha. Steam locomotive "A" class no. 62 (0-4-0T type)
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0685-1/2-G
Description: Erecting a locomotive at Piha, for use on the Piha Tramway. This is locomotive A62 (0-4-0T type). The manager of the Piha Mill stands in front of the locomotive, with four undentified men standing on the running board. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. "A" 62 was built by Dubs in 1873 (maker's no. 656/73), and went into service in January 1875 at Christchurch and Timaru. She was transferred to Wellington in 1897, and six years later was loaned to the New Zealand Railways Maintenance Branch for working the quarry at Pencarrow, Wellington, and in 1906 was purchased by the Maintenance Branch. In 1914 she was sent north to the Stores Branch sawmill tramway between Piha and Whatipu, and five years later returned to the Newmarket Workshops for shunting duties. Borrowed by a sawmilling company near Rotorua in 1921, and finally written off in 1926. See "Cavalcade of New Zealand locomotives" by A N Palmer and W W Stewart. Inscriptions: Album page - Erecting a locomotive. Piha. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Bush shanty bunkhouse, Glenesk [i.e. Glen Esk].
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0352-1/2-G
Description: Inside a bunkhouse at a timber camp in Glen Esk, Piha district. Men are gathered around a table set for dining, including Hans Peter Knutzen who is seated on the right. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916 when he spent time extensively photographing the Piha milling operations. Identification of Knutzen and further information see "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 58). Original print also held at PA1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, page 12), with caption "Bunkhouse. Glenesk". Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 58. For exterior view of this bunkhouse see APG-0677-1/2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Bunkhouse, Glenesk The shanty is dirt-floored, and is typical of those found wherever kauri bush was being cut. See above re book by Sandra Coney. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
The Piha logging locomotive "Sandfly" framed by the Pararaha Tunnel mouth.
Date: [ca 1915]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0826-1/2-G
Description: The mouth of the Pararaha Tunnel on the Piha tram line, with a group of workers standing beside the logging locomotive "Sandfly". Mr H P Knutzen is seated on the front of the engine. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print from this negative is in Godber album Vol 109, p 9 (PA1-q-102) This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe. Inscriptions: Album page - Pararaha Tunnel. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches