Timber camps - New Zealand - Auckland Region
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
Timber settlement, Piha
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-039050-G
Description: Timber settlement at Piha. Shows bush, workers dwellings, timber yards, a mill building and a stream. This image is a glass copy negative taken from an original print photographed by Albert Percy Godber, 1915-1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 3, with the caption "Piha from the sea" Inscriptions: Album page - Piha from the sea. The original 1/2 plate glass negative is at APG-0663-1/2, with a digital copy available; an original print is in Godber's album Vol 101, p 3 (PA1-o-195); and there is a File Print of the original image at "634. Timber industry. Mills. 1915-16." Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
Piha creek in flood
Date: [ca 1916]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1175-1/2-F
Description: Piha creek in flood, a railway line crossing the creek, and sawn timber stacked on the far side of the creek. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber, circa 1916. Note on back of file print reads "Copy neg from Godber album 101 [PA1-o-195], p 43. Was no 1/2-29272] This film negative was taken from an original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p 43 (PA1-o-195) For another view of this scene see APG-1174-1/2-F Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm
Piha Creek in flood showing a timber yard
Date: [ca 1915-1916]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1174-1/2-G
Description: Piha Creek in flood showing a timber yard in the background. On the right is the yard's office building with two people and a horse nearby. A railway track runs across the creek. Taken by Albert Percy Godber circa 1915-1916. This image is a film negative taken from the original print in Godber Album Vol 101, p43 (Pa1-o-105), with the inscription "Piha Creek in flood" For another view of this scene see APG-1175-1/2-F Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Piha Creek in flood Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 17.25 x 11.75 cm
Timber settlement, Piha
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0663-1/2-G
Description: Timber settlement at Piha. Shows bush, workers dwellings, timber yards, a mill building and a stream. Taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1915-1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 3, with the caption "Piha from the sea" Inscriptions: Album page - Piha from the sea. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Part 2 of a 2-part panorama overlooking the timber settlement at Piha
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0671-1/2-G
Description: Part 2 of a 2-part panorama (with APG-0673-1/2) overlooking the timber settlement at Piha, showing workers dwellings, stacks of sawn timber and a railway track. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 2, with the heading "Piha". Forms a panorama with APG-0673-1/2 Inscriptions: Album page - Piha Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Timber settlement, Piha, view from the Piha Tramway.
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0676-1/2-G
Description: Timber settlement at Piha, from the tramway. Shows bush, the Piha Mill, timber yards, and the tramway below. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 3, with the caption "Piha from the tramway" This image is reproduced in "The Piha Tramway" by David Lowe. Inscriptions: Album page - Piha from the tramway. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Timber workers, North Auckland
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Northwood brothers :Photographs of Northland
Reference: 1/1-010825-G
Description: Timber workers at a camp in North Auckland. Photograph taken ca 1910 by the Northwood brothers of Kaitaia. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Date estimated by cataloguer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Bush shanty bunkhouse, Glenesk [i.e. Glen Esk].
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0352-1/2-G
Description: Inside a bunkhouse at a timber camp in Glen Esk, Piha district. Men are gathered around a table set for dining, including Hans Peter Knutzen who is seated on the right. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916 when he spent time extensively photographing the Piha milling operations. Identification of Knutzen and further information see "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 58). Original print also held at PA1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, page 12), with caption "Bunkhouse. Glenesk". Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 58. For exterior view of this bunkhouse see APG-0677-1/2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Bunkhouse, Glenesk The shanty is dirt-floored, and is typical of those found wherever kauri bush was being cut. See above re book by Sandra Coney. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Kitchen interior. The cookhouse at the timber camp at the Piha Mill.
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0353-1/2-G
Description: Kitchen interior at a timber camp in Piha, between 1915 and 1916. Shows the table set for a meal, with bread, enamel jugs, plates and cutlery, and the huge wooden bush chimney in the background. Two men stand alongside. Mugs hang up on hooks on the right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber. A photographic print of this image is in Godber album PA1-o-195, vol 101, page 11, with the caption "The kitchen, Piha" Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 59). Other Titles - The kitchen, Piha Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5x 4.75 inches
Part 1 of a 2-part panorama overlooking the timber settlement at Piha
Date: 1915-1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0673-1/2-G
Description: Part 1 of a 2-part panorama (with APG-0671-1/2) overlooking the timber settlement at Piha, showing the Piha Mill, workers dwellings, and stacks of sawn timber. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916. Original print in album PA1-o-195, page 2, with the heading "Piha". Forms a panorama with APG-0671-1/2 Inscriptions: Album page - Piha Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches
Exterior of the bush shanty bunkhouse at Glenesk [i.e. Glen Esk], near Piha.
Date: Between 1915 and 1916
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-0677-1/2-G
Description: The exterior of a bunkhouse at a timber camp at Glen Esk, Piha district. A group of men and women are standing outside, looking towards the photographer who stands above a pool above the Glen Esk Falls. Taken by Albert Percy Godber between 1915 and 1916 when he spent time extensively photographing the Piha milling operations. For further information see "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney (p 57). Original print also held at PA1-o-195 (Godber album vol 101, page 12), with caption "The Glenesk". Image reproduced in "Piha : a history in images" by Sandra Coney, p 57. For interior view of this bunkhouse see APG-0352-1/2. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - The Glenesk Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches