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Godber album 3
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
Photographer unknown: Views of Miramar Gas Works and the Hutt River
Date: [ca 1915-1925]
Reference: PAColl-6889
Description: 5 views of Miramar Gas Works and the streets surrounding it including carts being loaded from overhead hoppers; three of the Hutt River mouth; one of railway yards with a gas works in the background; a view from The Terrace looking out over the harbour with gardens in the foreground; and one of Island Bay looking east across The Parade. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-044251 to 044261 and 106035 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives
Cab interior of a N Class steam locomotive
Date: [ca 1915]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0530-1/2-G
Description: Cab interior of a N Class steam locomotive showing fittings, photographed by Albert Percy Godber at the Petone Railway Workshops, circa 1915. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Cab fittings Loco Class N Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Ab class locomotive (New Zealand Railways, number 608, 4-6-2)
Date: After 1915
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0211-1/2-G
Description: Ab class locomotive (NZR Number 608). Photographed at the Hillside Railway Workshops, Dunedin, by A P Godber. NZR locomotive no. 608 (4-6-2) was built by New Zealand Railways, Addington, Christchurch in 1915, and was preserved in 1967. See "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
Two steam locomotives, Petone railway workshops, Lower Hutt
Date: [Between 1915 and 1927?]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1129-1/2-G
Description: Two steam locomotives in the railway yards, at Petone railway workshops in Lower Hutt. The Locomotive on the left is a class Wd, and the one on the right is class Ab number 735. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, possibly between 1915-1927. Source of descriptive information - Location identified by Library client. Formerly described as being probably at Hillside, Dunedin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Lawrence, Otago
Date: [191-?]
From: Buchan, Walter Charles, fl 1981-1995 :Postcards of New Zealand scenes
Reference: 1/2-056514-F
Description: View of Lawrence, Otago, showing the railway yards in the foreground and houses in the background. Photograph taken ca 1910s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - LAWRENCE RAILWAY Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Railway yards, Waipukurau
Date: ca 1914
From: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923 : New Zealand post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-006642-G
Description: Railway yards, and station, at Waipukurau, photographed by Frederick Radcliffe circa 1914. Shows stacks of railway track in the foreground. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Railway Station Waipukurau FGR 4870 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
View of Petone railway yards looking towards Wellington, with several steam locomotives...
Date: Between 1906 and 1915?
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0386-1/2-G
Description: Petone railway yards, with several steam locomotives, part of the workshops, and the Hutt railway line, looking south towards Wellington. 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
Petone Railway Workshops. Lathes in the machine shop, with piles of newly turned axles.
Date: Circa 1915
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0748-1/2-G
Description: Lathes in the machine shop at the Petone Railway Workshops, with piles of newly turned axles in mid picture. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915. A print of this photograph is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album, vol 109, page 1) Inscriptions: Album page - Lathes. Petone Shops. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Petone Railway Workshops. Machine shop and finishing benches.
Date: Circa 1915
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0749-1/2-G
Description: Finishing benches in the Machine Shop at the Petone Railway Workshops Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915. A print of this photograph is at PA1-q-102 (Godber album, vol 109, page 1) Inscriptions: Album page - Machine Shop and finishing benches. Petone Workshops. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Steam locomotive 481, Wg class (4-6-4T type)
Date: 1915
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1724-1/2-G
Description: Steam locomotive 481, Wg class, type 4-6-4T, built by New Zealand Railways at Hillside. Shown at the Petone Railway Workshops in 1915 with new standard funnel. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber. Information from Godber Index filed in Photographic Archives under Box 23. (WG class loco No 481. Petone Shops. 1915. New chimney) "Wg" 481 was built by New Zealand Railways at Hillside (maker's no 105/10), went into service in October 1910. Written off in June 1969, and preserved. See "Register of New Zealand Steam Locomotives 1863-1971" by W G Lloyd, 1974, page 64.) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
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.)