Godber album 7

Date
[Between 1901 and 1903]
Reference
PA1-q-100
Description

Album of photographs taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1901 and 1903. South Island subjects include the Cape Foulwind Lighthouse and quarry, Westport railway yards and wharf, Reefton, and scenes of explosions in Lyttelton Harbour for Regatta Day, 1st January 1909, and a large number of people beside the Spit Volunteer Fire Brigade building.

Scenes show the laying of foundation stones for the Petone Waterworks, and for the Baptist Church in Petone, both in 1903. There is also a view of the lecturn for St Augustine's Church in Petone, which was made by the Petone Railway Workshops.

Several photographs show the Kelburn Cable Car, the cable car tunnel and the engine room, in 1903.

Two photographs of a group of school children, the girls wearing white pinafores over dark coloured dresses.

Some photographs relate to New Zealand railways, including specific locomotives, the Rimutaka Incline with the middle rail (part of the Fell System), railway tunnels, bush railways and railway workshops and yards; and some relate to Godber's interest and work in fire fighting.

Other Titles - Title lettered on spine - Godber Album 106

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm

Access restrictions
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Part of
Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Photograph album with brown buckram cover; 31.0 x 25.5 cm
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