Makerua
Bales of flax fibre ready for market
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
Flax worker feeding a flax leaf into the stripper
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
A flax worker harvesting the green leaves, using a sickle
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
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
Flax mill at Makerua, circa 1910
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1434-1/4-G
Description: View of the flax mill at Makerua. 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 7003 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. 15. An up-to-date phormium mill ...; Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 7003 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Flax worker with harvested leaves of flax (phormium tenax)
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1435-1/4-G
Description: View of a man with a bundle of flax leaves after harvesting from a single bush or clump. 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 7017 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. 3. The harvested leaf from a single clump or bush.; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 7017 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Two flax workers scutching the fibre
Date: [ca 1910]
From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
Reference: APG-1436-1/4-G
Description: View of two men scutching flax fibre at the Makerua Flax Mill. 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 7006 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. 12. Scutching the fibre.; Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 7006 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Man feeding a flax stripper
Date: [ca 1910]
From: New Zealand. Department of Agriculture :Negatives
By: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949
Reference: 1/1-007581-G
Description: Man feeding a flax stripper (at Makerua?), circa 1910. Photograph taken by (Albert Percy Godber?) Back of file print 677. Flax industry. G1439 1/4 reads: "Godber" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
Makerua Swamp
Date: Between 1885 and 1888
From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway
Reference: PA1-f-239-50
Description: View of the Makerua Swamp, a 20,000 acre expanse between Shannon and Tokomaru, looking north the Manawatu River in the background. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Photograph probably taken at the same time as PA1-f-239-51. the Makerua swamp was drained during the 1890s, in the course of construction of the Wellington & Manawatu Railway. Source of information: Uncommon carrier : the history of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 / K.R. Cassells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.3 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm
Makerua Swamp
Date: Between 1885 and 1888
From: Levin, William Hort, 1845-1893 :Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd :Views on the Wellington & Manawatu Railway
Reference: PA1-f-239-51
Description: View of the Makerua Swamp, a 20,000 acre expanse between Shannon and Tokomaru, looking south toward Shannon, with the Wellington & Manawatu Railway track at the left. Photograph taken between 1885 and 1888 by Wrigglesworth & Binns of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 245. Tokomaru Swamp, Manawatu. W&B Photograph probably taken at the same time as PA1-f-239-50. The Makerua swamp was drained during the 1890s, in the course of construction of the Wellington & Manawatu Railway. Source of information: Uncommon carrier : the history of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, 1882-1908 / K.R. Cassells. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Collodion print 15.2 x 20.4 cm, mounted on album page 23.4 x 30.1 cm