Plant fibre industry

Date: 1949

Reference: PA1-o-1026

Description: Album illustrating the propagation, growing on, and harvesting of New Zealand flax (Phormium tenax) at the Moutoa Estate's Paiaka Nursery, Foxton. Also illustrated is the work carried out at the Moutoa Estate's Phormium tenax Research Station into the disease Yellow leaf, and into the control of the invasive Tall fescue grass. The final section illustrates the processing of flax fibre at New Zealand Woolpacks and Textiles Limited, Foxton. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1438-1/4-G

Description: View of bales of flax fibre (often known as New Zealand hemp, or New Zealand flax, but more correctly known as phormium tenax). 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. 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. 13. Hemp baled ready for market. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [ca 1910]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: APG-1439-1/4-G

Description: View of a flax worker feeding a flax leaf into the stripper. 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. 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. This image also reproduced in "Phormium tenax : the New Zealand fibre industry" by Esmond H Atkinson" Inscriptions: Recto - Plate No. 8. Feeding the leaf into the stripper Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches