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Date: 1908 - 1909

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Bessie Cornish. 1905-1920].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-075

Description: Shows a view of the Hutt Road with the railway beside it, and an overhead bridge, across which the New Plymouth train is steaming. Wellington is in the distance, with the harbour at the left. Published by Fergusson Limited, and printed in Sydney. Sepia series. Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard in album.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 89 x 138 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs B L M August in 1976.

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 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: 1956-1958

From: Cleveland, Francis Leslie, 1921-2014: Photographs

Reference: PAColl-10131-3

Description: Photographs of the South Island of New Zealand taken by Les Cleveland, 1956 to 1958. Information relating to the content as well as the date taken and the date printed, is on the rear of most prints. Most prints relate to the West Coast Region, but also some images of Nelson, Canterbury, and Otago regions. Identified people are: Kopara Sawmill workers Bill Brown, Owen Jacobs, Morry Pullman, Hans Van Ruyven, Jimmy Birchfield, Doug Macalister, Joe Kavanagh, Neil McLean, Archy Fluerty, saw doctor John Henry Ord, Ted McGhie; licensee of Nelson Creek Hotel D Graham; Dorothy Debenham; Mick Bowie, and chief guide at Mt Cook Hermitage. Unidentified people include a female French tourist and some children. Featured natural environments include Karamea beach scenes, mining and sawmilling sites, and Buller Gorge. Featured town sequences include Reefton and Nelson's Creek houses and businesses, many of which are derelict. Further images (and series of images) of note include: a series of images of the Kopara Sawmill with forests, exterior felling scenes, lumber yard, processing of timber, and workers; spectators at a Cobden soccer match; crib-logging on the Wataroa River; various road works and maintainence scenes; locomotive at Ngahere sawmill site; images relating to various mining activities; church buildings; municipal buildings; and some mountaineering prints. Arrangement: Photographs ordered chronologically by Library using the date on rear of prints. Note that some images in the same photographic sequence have been given varying dates by the photographer. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints

Date: [ca 1940-1951]

Reference: PAColl-6862

Description: 50 views of Wellington harbour. 34 are of the docks showing bales of wool being prepared for loading; merchant and naval ships docked; soldiers preparing for embarkation with supplies and artillery; construction of dockside buildings; cranes in use including the Hikitia etc. The remaining 16 images are of Oriental Bay and various leisure activities around it such as sunbathing, swimming and running. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-031255 to 031304 Quantity: 30 b&w original negative(s) glass. 20 b&w original negative(s) film. Physical Description: Glass and film ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1970 - 1974

From: Robinson, Peter Franklin, active 1970-2017: Colour slides of Wellington City and suburbs, and railways images

Reference: PAColl-1616-1

Description: Quantity: 34 b&w original photographic print(s) in three envelopes.

Date: 1948-1953

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-148

Description: Photographs taken for publication in NZ Free Lance between 1948 and 1953. See child records attached. Other photographs include: Camp site and holiday makers at Esson Camp, Picton (later known as Alexander's Holiday Park, Essons Valley, Picton); Wainuiomata, 1950; New Zealand Ballroom Dancing Championships at Christchurch, Oct 1950; visit of Royal Australian Navy to Wellington, Mar 1950; Tory Channel whaling station; Bluff; boating on the Avon (1905); stone vicerage at Te Henui, New Plymouth (1950); Wellington-Auckland express (photos relating to Taihape to Pokaka section and railway staff, Jim Polkinghorne & Sam Medhurst), 1950. Identifiable photographers include: Douglas Elliott, New Plymouth; William George Weigel; William Hall Raine; Green & Hahn; Alan Sayers. See also PAColl-0785-1-140 for further photographs relating to Wellington-Auckland express and Sam Mehurst and Jim Polkinghorne Quantity: 69 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1910-ca 1920]

From: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983: Negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, colour transparencies, monochrome prints, photographic ephemera

Reference: 1/4-54895-F

Description: An A196 locomotive hauling a kauri log, Piha, New Zealand. Photographed by William Williams between about 1910 and 1920.

Date: 1905 - 1906

From: [Postcard album of cards collected by Joye Eggers / Taylor. 1905-1970s].

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-6-009-centre

Description: Shows a train steaming northwards around a bluff beside Wellington Harbour. Exhibited in 'Petone Days; Photographs by Percy Godber 1900-1920 (Exhibition)' Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on postcard.. Physical Description: Hand-coloured photograph, 140 x 89 mm.

Date: [ca 3 March 1987]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1987/0990-F

Description: Buckled railway line and a locomotive flung on its side by the force of the Edgecumbe earthquake. Photographed ca 3 March 1987 by an unknown Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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: ca 1930

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

Reference: PA1-o-194-63-2

Description: M90 Locomotive in the Napier railway yards. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber about 1930 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - M90, Napier Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: [ca 1910]

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

Reference: APG-0153-1/2-G

Description: Fell engine and train exiting Siberia Tunnel on the Rimutaka Incline. High fences as windbreaks are on both sides of the railway line, with a young boy (possibly William Godber) sitting on the fence in right foreground. Photograph taken ca 1910 by Albert Percy Godber. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass plate negative

Date: ca 17 May 1940

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-7171-49

Description: The Dunedin Express train leaving Christchurch Railway Station (at Wilsons Road crossing?), circa 17 May 1940. Shows railway signals in the foreground. Looks over railway tracks, towards power poles and a steam locomotive. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 20.2 cm Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 71. Christchurch. Railway Station

Date: [Between 1886 and 1888]

From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway

Reference: PA1-f-239-12

Description: View of Paekakariki railway yards, showing three Wellington and Manawatu Railway locomotives, Belmont (left), No 8 (centre) and No 2 (right). Photograph taken between 1886 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Standing in front of the locomotives are (from left): unknown, I Fryer (driver), C Fielding (fireman), J Foster (driver), unknown, yard foreman (name unknown), unknown, W Trueman (driver), and V Richardson (fireman). Identifed from "Uncommon Carrier", by K R Cassells, Wellington, 1994. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - 189. Manawatu Ry Co's engines at Paikakariki [sic]. W&B Belmont was owned by contractor J Saunders and used on construction and maintenance of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway until 1888. Locomotive No 8 arrived in Wellington in March 1886. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.2 x 20.5 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm

Date: [ca 1910]

Reference: 1/2-018447-F

Description: Wanganui E 22 steam locomotive and railway workers, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Note on OTS record reads: "E22 class steam locomotive, type 1068-9/75 built by Avonside. The engine entered service on 9 February 1876." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [ca 1907]

From: Skinner, V (Mrs) :Photographs of Wonderland Park at Miramar and other Wellington scenes

Reference: PAColl-1357-02

Description: A small locomotive drawing two open carriages full of chilren at "Wonderland" amusement park, Miramar, Wellington. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1907. "Wonderland was originally built in Hagley Park, Christchurch, as the amusement park for the New Zealand International Exhibition of 1906-1907. After the exhibition closed in April 1907, "Wonderland" was dismantled, brought to Wellington and rebuilt at Miramar where it opened in November 1907 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 10.5 x 7.6 cm

Date: 1916

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

Reference: APG-0696-1/2-G

Description: Train coming out of the Porootarao tunnel (78 chains long), circa 1916. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. Original print of an almost identical image (APG-01091-1/2) is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album Vol 109, p 35), with caption "Emerging from Porootarao Tunnel (78 chs. long)". Date from images on either side of this one in the Godber Album. Inscriptions: Album page - Train emerging from Porootarao Tunnel (78 chs. long) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches

Date: 1886

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

Reference: PAColl-3060-029

Description: F and N class steam locomotives, unidentified railway workers, and a young boy, outside a Christchurch engine shed in 1886. Photographer unidentified. Making New Zealand caption reads: "Bowler hats were popular with men in the eighties. Here is a group of railwaymen, many of whom are wearing bowlers." Published in 'Making New Zealand' Vol 2, No 23, page 30 Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.4 x 20.7 cm Provenance: Item lent by William Walter Stewart to the Department of Internal Affairs for publication in 'Making New Zealand' in 1939. Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at: 385. Locomotives. Steam. F

Date: 1934

Reference: 1/2-027952-F

Description: Royal train ascending the Rimutaka Incline during the Duke of Gloucester's tour in 1934. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).