Mendip Hills

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

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0470-1/2-G

Description: A group of five unidentified men (possibly musterers) playing cards in the shade of a tree. Photograph taken at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 16 (PA1-q-102) Other - Published in Making New Zealand, Vol 2, No 25, page 11, with the caption "Musterers playing cards in the midday heat. Cards are as popular in the back-country as they are in the cities." Inscriptions: Album page - A quiet game. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0459-1/2-G

Description: River winding through a valley, below The Bluff, on the Mendip Hills property (owned by Andrew William Rutherford). Some native bush on the steeply sloping hillside below the Bluff, and cleared farming country in the distance. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 17 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The Bluff. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0462-1/2-G

Description: Looking down on the back of the Mendip Hills Homestead (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) from a field above, with most of the house hidden by hedges. A path with a farm gate runs behind the house. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 11 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - "Mendip Hills" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0745-1/2-G

Description: Dipping sheep on the Mendip Hills sheep farm owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 15 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Dipping. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0746-1/2-G

Description: Mustering and drafting sheep on the Mendip Hills sheep farm owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 18 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Mustering and drafting. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0465-1/2-G

Description: Interior of the woolshed on the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford), showing bales of wool, a wool presser, and corrugated iron compartments containing unbaled wool. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 16 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Interior of the woolshed. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0467-1/2-G

Description: A man seated on a plough being drawn by a team of four draught horses, on the Mendip Hills property, owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 19 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Ploughing. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0464-1/2-G

Description: Drafting sheep on the Mendip Hills sheep farm owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 11 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Drafting Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0519-1/2-G

Description: Men loading hay onto a horse-drawn cart. The name of the runholder is printed on the side of the cart "A W Rutherford. Mendip Hills". Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. A print of a very similar image is found in Godber album, Vol 109, p 19 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The last load. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0466-1/2-G

Description: Mendip Hills Homestead (owned by Andrew William Rutherford), with people playing croquet on a distant court, and a marked tennis court in the foreground. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 11 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - "Mendip Hills" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0523-1/2-G

Description: Droving sheep on the Mendip Hills sheep farm owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Two men on horseback following a herd of sheep into a holding paddock. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 18 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Droving. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0468-1/2-G

Description: A group of prize merino rams in a paddock at the Mendip Hills sheep farm, Hurunui District, owned by Andrew William Rutherford. A thatched haystack is partially visible centre right. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 19 (PA1-q-102) For a fuller image of thatched haystacks and their construction see APG-524-1/2. Inscriptions: Album page - Prize rams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0460-1/2-G

Description: A man seated on a plough being drawn by a team of four draught horses, on the Mendip Hills property, owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 17 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Ploughing. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0463-1/2-G

Description: The woolshed and men's cottage on the Mendip Hills property (owned by Andrew William Rutherford), with fields in the foreground, and shelter belts noticeable in the background. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 11 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Woolshed and men's cottage. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0469-1/2-G

Description: A group of five unidentified men with their farm dogs, around a camp fire. The man second from left, with a moustache and dark coloured hat, is holding a wild piglet on his lap. They are on a hillside covered with tussock grass. Photograph taken at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 16 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Photographing the pig. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0522-1/2-G

Description: Yarding sheep on the Mendip Hills sheep farm owned by Andrew William Rutherford. Three men and their dogs in a fenced paddock with a large herd of sheep. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 17 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Drafting Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0521-1/2-G

Description: An outdoor abattoir. Two men have a couple of sheep carcasses strung up for skinning and butchering, at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford). There is a third carcase in a wheelbarrow. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 15 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The Station abbatoirs [i.e. abattoirs]. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0461-1/2-G

Description: The Gelt Hut, in tussock land on the Mendip Hills property (owned by Andrew William Rutherford). There are signs of erosion in a gully to the left. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 17 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - The Gelt Hut. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75

Date: 1917

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

Reference: APG-0471-1/2-G

Description: A shearer in a wool shed shearing a sheep, using electric shears. There are two more shearers partially obscured in the background, with piles of shorn wool on the floor alongside the men. Photograph taken at the Mendip Hills sheep farm (owned by Andrew William Rutherford) by Albert Percy Godber in 1917. Original print in Godber album, Vol 109, p 15 (PA1-q-102) Inscriptions: Album page - Shearing. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75