Sleeping car

Sleeping car
Date
1926
Reference
APG-1482-1/4-G
Description

Exterior view of a railway sleeping car. Photographed by A P Godber at the Hillside Railway Workshops, in 1926.

Noted by the photographer, A P Godber, as being the first sleeping car built in New Zealand, built at the Hillside Railway Workshops, and exhibited at the Dunedin Exhibition 1926-1927. There is a note on the back of the file print which reads N.Z's first sleeping car, with "first" crossed out, and 1928 pencilled above (with no indication of where the change of date came from).

Title supplied by Library.

Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - First sleeping car built in N.Z. built at Hillside Shops, aand exhibited at Dunedin Exhibition, 1926-7.

Noted by the photographer, A P Godber, as being the first sleeping car built in New Zealand, built at the Hillside Railway Workshops, and exhibited at the Dunedin Exhibition 1926-1927. There is a note on the back of the file print which reads N.Z's first sleeping car, with "first" crossed out, and 1928 pencilled above (with no indication of where the change of date came from).

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Processing information: Title changed 19 April 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Sleeping car. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1482-1/4-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22335924

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