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Tourist Department album 2
Date: [circa 1905 to 1912]
By: New Zealand. Tourist and Publicity Department
Reference: PA1-o-498
Description: Photographs of a range of industries in New Zealand, possibly related to the Christchurch International Exhibition in 1906-1907. Industries include animal related products including wool, from fellmongery to transportation and finally weaving; meat works, including the slaughter house, the mutton cooling room, shipping fozen mutton, the beef cooling room; butter, at the Hautapu Butter Factory, showing butter in the factory, and delivering butter at Ngaruawahia Railway Station; the Waikato Bacon Factory, and pig carcases. Other industries include flax, with scenes showing a flax mill, carting flax to the mill, stripping, washing and drying flax, and also grading hemp and loading bales of it at Auckland wharves; kauri timber industry, from felling the trees, hauling logs by bullock, floating logs over the Wairoa Falls, sorting timber at the mill booms, timber mill on the Wairoa River, and a million feet of sawn timber at the mill. The latter part of the album shows scenes of gold dredging on the Buller Gorge, hydraulic gold-mining at Ross, Westland; coal mining at Brunner; kauri gum diggers and a warehouse storing kauri gum; and finally views of the Sugar Refinery in Auckland, and a warehouse filled with sacks of sugar. Other Titles - New Zealand scenery Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with red cover, leather corners and spine, entitled "New Zealand scenery" in gold lettering; 26.0 x 34.5 cm
Jones, J R :Photographs of Kaiparoro and Mauriceville West
Date: ca1912
Reference: PAColl-7678
Description: Collection comprises: Two photographs of Mauriceville West, showing the dairy factory, and a cow & bulloch, probably on the property of Alfred Forsberg, taken ca 1912-1915 by Benjamin Murgatroyd. Two photographs of Falkner's sawmill at Kaiparoro, taken ca 1906 by Robert Wallis of Eketahuna. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mercer album 1
Date: [Circa 1900s to 1910s]
From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations
Reference: PA1-o-338
Description: Album of photographs taken in the Otago and Southland Regions, by unidentified photographers. All the locations are well identified. Some of the images are related to railways, including railway tunnels (e.g. The Caversham Tunnel when under construction circa 1909), and the Hunts Road Tunnel; the Clutha Railway Bridge; the Wingatui Signal Box; the Balclutha Railway Station, railway yards, and sales-yards; railway barns; D-class engine (New Zealand Railways steam-engine No. 355); the Owaka Express; and bush tramway tracks, one sawmill typical of small mills in the Catlins area. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, including sunsets, stormy days on the coast near Dunedin, evening at Ocean Beach, storm clouds at Lawyer's Head, and "By beach and sand-hill". There are a large number of views of the Dunedin Botanic Gardens and the Winter Gardens, and the Dunedin Reservoir. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark brown cover, gold lines down spine and across corners; 19.5 x 26.5
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
[Haylock, Arthur Lagden] 1860-1948 :Cotttage at Mill where Geo Haylock lived. 12. 1919.
Date: 1919
By: Haylock, Arthur Lagden, 1860-1948
Reference: A-158-010-1
Description: A small wooden two-storied gabled cottage with a garden around it and bush behind it. The property was at Akaroa and the mill was Haylock's Mill On the verso of Haylock's pencil drawing: 'Looking towards Green's Point ...' (A-158-010) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing 180 x 134 mm
Southern Lakes and mountains, and some North Island views
Date: [Between 1885 and 1919]
From: Kennedy, William Alexander, 1865-1950 :Photographs of the Southern Alps area
By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.); Muir & Moodie (Firm)
Reference: PAColl-0959-15
Description: Views of the Southern Lakes District, interspersed with a few scenes in the North Island taken by the Burton Brothers and Muir & Moodie between about 1885 and 1919. Most of the places mentioned are listed above. Image no. 63 shows a party of men and women at Sandfly Point (Milford Sound) showing some of the women wearing veils over their hats for protection from sandflies; image no. 79 "Phantom canoe as seen on Lake Tarawera" is an artist's impression of the phantom canoe which appeared to a group of tourists on Lake Tarawera on May 31st prior to the eruption of Mount Tarawera on June 10th 1886 and which was considered to be a bad omen; image no. 82 shows a collage "No. 1. Maori Land. The portraits are originals - taken from life"; image no. 094 shows a close-up view of the "wire tram" over the Taramakau River; no. 095 shows a logging tramway in the Taupaki Kauri Bush belonging to Matthew Henry Roe, while no. 120 shows his Kauri Point Sawmill, with the paddle steamer "Oregon" in the background; no. 096 shows a self-acting tramway incline at Wairongomai used for gold extraction; nos 104 and 105 show gold dredges, "the Dunedin Gold Dredge" and "Sew Hoy's Dredge". Quantity: 122 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints. Some items retouched with white, showing snow-covered peaks. Finding Aids: Typescript inventory of this box held in Photographic Archive backfile under "Kennedy, William Alexander.".
Cashmere Bay, Lake Brunner, Westland
Date: [Circa 1910s]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000704-G
Description: View of Cashmere Bay, Lake Brunner, with a timber mill on the right, and a small boat moored, centre left. Photograph taken by William Archer Price Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Cashmere Bay. [No.] 2360.B Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
Odlin's Mill in the Akatarawa Divide, Wellington
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Elder, N L :Photographs relating to Waimohoe Station
Reference: PAColl-0464-02
Description: View of men at work at Odlin's timber mill in the Akatarawa Divide, Lower Hutt. Photograph taken circa 1910 by an unidentified photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Odlins Mill, Akatarawa Divide Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Probably glossy collodion print, 10.8 x 6.4 cm
Akatarawa, at the base of Mt Barton, with Baigents' sawmill
Date: [ca 1908-1910]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-019995-G
Description: Akatarawa, at the base of Mt Barton, approximately 6 and 3/4 miles from Brown Owl, Upper Hutt. Shows Baigents' sawmill. Photograph taken circa 1908-1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Other - Cottage in foreground was still standing in 1988. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Sawmill and workers, Upper Hutt
Date: [ca 1900]
From: Kenneally, Joseph Mervyn, 1944- : Photographs of the Wellington region, mainly of Upper Hutt, Whitemans Valley, Khandallah and Karori
Reference: 1/2-110365-F
Description: Scene alongside native bush in Upper Hutt, showing workers in the foreground, outside a sawmill. Photograph taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer. Copy photograph taken by an unidentified photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
Barclay steam locomotive for the Taringamutu Totara Sawmill Company, circa 1910
Date: Circa 1910
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1376-1/4-F
Description: Privately owned steam locomotive, built by Andrew Barclay Sons, Kilmarnock. Owned by the Taringamutu Totara Sawmill Co. The locomotive has "Taringamutu" painted on the side. Photographed circa 1910 by Albert Percy Godber. This film negative is taken from the print in Godber Album Vol 110, p 59 (PA1-q-103) Original print at Pa1-q-103 (Godber Album Vol 110, p 59) Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Locomotive for Taringamutu Totara Sawmill Coy. [in pencil "1910"]. Locomotive built by Andrew Barclay Sons, Kilmarnock (maker's no. 1186) in 1909. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 11.0 x 7.0 cm
Timber mill at Piha.
Date: Circa 1917
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1216-1/2-G
Description: View of the timber mill at Piha, photographed by Albert Percy Godber. A print of this negative is in Godber Album Vol 109, p 70 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The Mill. Piha. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Group at sawmill, Akatarawa
Date: [ca 1908-1910]
From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
Reference: 1/1-019994-G
Description: Group at sawmill, Akatarawa, probably Baigent's mill. Photograph taken circa 1908-1910 by Sydney Charles Smith. Other - Man seated in front, holding oilcan, also appears 1/1-019992-G Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Powell Company timber tramway, Ohakune, or possibly Rangataua
Date: [ca 1916]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1178-1/2-F
Description: Steam locomotive at the Powell Company sawmill, probably in Rangataua, or possibly Ohakune. Inscription in Godber Album Vol 101, p 44 (PA1-o-195) reads: Powell Coy. Timber tramway". However there is no Powell Company listed in Wise's Post office Directory (1914 and 1917) in Ohakune, but there is a "N Z Powell Wood Process Ltd" at Rangataua. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1916. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Powell Coy. Timber Tramway This film negative was taken from an original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p 44 (PA1-o-195) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm
Logs at the Mountain Rimu Timber Company at Mamaku.
Date: Circa 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0699-1/2-G
Description: Logs at the Mountain Rimu Timber Company in Mamaku. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1916. Original print in album Pa1-q-102, page 46. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Worker standing beside machinery for cutting boards in a timber mill
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0648-1/2-G
Description: An unidentified man standing beside machinery for cutting boards in a timber mill. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, between 1915 and 1916. Original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p 31 (PA1-o-195). Inscriptions: Album page - Cutting boards. Original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p 31 (PA1-o-195) There is a film negative of this image, copied from the print in Godber's album, at APG-1171-1/2-F. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Kauri Timber Company, Freemans Bay, Auckland, and Massey's Special Constables, during t...
Date: 1913
From: Nash, Walter :Postcards associated with Walter Nash
Reference: PAColl-5792-06
Description: Kauri Timber Company, Freemans Bay, Auckland, during the Waterfront Strike of 1913. Shows the Company's factory buildings and a row of Massey's Special Constables on horseback, in the foreground. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Waterfront strike, and Massey's Special Constables, identified by cataloguer. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - K.T.C Mill The strike, work resumed 21-11-13 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 8.7 x 13.8 cm
Leyland O'Brien Timber Company mill, Kaiangaroa, near Kaitaia
Date: 1914
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-006370-G
Description: Leyland O'Brien Timber Company mill, Kaiangaroa, near Kaitaia, 1914. Scene with stacks of timber. Photograph taken by Northwood brothers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Gamman & Co sawmill, Ohakune
Date: [ca 1910]
From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives
Reference: 1/1-008639-G
Description: Gamman & Co sawmill, Ohakune, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.
Brownlee's sawmill in Carluke
Date: 1912
From: Akersten, James Raglan, 1855-1928 :Photographs of Marlborough
Reference: 1/2-110308-F
Description: Brownlee's sawmill and timber yards in Carluke. Photograph taken by James Raglan Akersten in 1912. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Brownlee's Mill Carluke Protected 1/5/12 "Akersten" Photo Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).