IMAGE
A flax worker harvesting the green leaves, using a sickle
- Date
- [ca 1910]
- Reference
- APG-1437-1/4-G
- Description
View of a man harvesting green flax leaves using a sickle. The negative is a copy of an image in an unidentified publication, photographed by an unidentified photographer. Copy photographed by Albert Percy Godber circa 1910. Inscription from the publication is visible on the negative, but is not shown on the File Print. Also visible is the number 7013 on the original image.
Information about place taken from Godber File at TL6/1/15 (1/4 plate. Flax industry. Makerua. Box 13. Copy). Possibly from the Weekly Graphic.
Inscriptions: Recto - Plate No. 2. Harvesting the green leaf. The "cutter" uses a sickle.; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 7013
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
- 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 3.25 x 4.25 inches
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A flax worker harvesting the green leaves, using a sickle. Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives. Ref: APG-1437-1/4-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23056560More information can be found in our terms of use.