Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives.1899-1946.
Reference number: PA-Group-00048

Scope and contents

Photographs taken ca 1899-1946 by Albert Percy Godber (1875-1949), railway employee and amateur photographer. The collection comprises photographs of railways, timber industry, Maori art, and general views throughout New Zealand. It features a considerable number of views of Petone, where the Godber family lived for many years, and of the railway workshops at Petone and Hillside.

Access

Conditions governing access

Partial restriction - Negatives are not available for viewing. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Other descriptive data

Provenance

Photographs taken and collected by Albert Percy Godber. Part of the A P Godber bequest, 1949

Separated material

From Manuscripts and Archives - MS-Papers-0078

Arrangement

Prints housed at PAColl-3039-1, PAColl-0912, PAColl-4380, PA7-14-09. Other prints dispersed in sequences. Negatives housed at APG-0001 to 2115, 1/4-002920, 002921, 008767 to 008771, 008777, 008780 to 008781, 009010, 009012, 009028, 009254 to 009256, 015153, 015154, 015317 to 015326, 015446, 015449 to 015452, 015305 to 015313, 015317 to 015326, 018619, 018620, 021690, 038846 to 039809, 050273 to 050338, 050344 to 051277, 051762 to 052187, 057748 to 057745, 057757 to 057795, 091523 to 091535, 105708 to 105744, 105746 to 105748, 106038, 106040; 1/2-003136, 003137, 003171, 003264, 003279, 003302, 003707, 003758, 0003792, 003869, 003872, 003873, 03988 to 004012, 004139, 008032 sequence, 011868 to 011905, 021518, 104701 to 104746. Lantern slides housed at PA11-028 to PA11-030.

Finding aids

Negative listing with correspondence file TL6/1/15, negative registers held by Photographic Archive.

Notes

Source of title - Title supplied by Library

Citation

Any publication must be accompanied by the credit "Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library"

Key terms

Coverage dates

1880-1890

1899-1940

1946

Names

New Zealand Railways

Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949

Subjects

Railways - New Zealand - Otago Region

Railways - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Railways - Design and construction

Locomotives

Forests and forestry

Fire stations - New Zealand - Wellington Region

Fires

Mahi toi

Wood-carving

Automobiles

Lighthouses

Moriori

Hot springs

Railways - Employees

Mission stations - New Zealand - Bay of Plenty Region

Geographic names

Petone

Hillside

Hen and Chickens Islands

Torlesse Range

Ngauruhoe, Mount

Whangaroa

Port Fitzroy

Parengarenga Harbour

North Cape

Whakarewarewa

Heathcote

Kaeo

Akatarawa Road

Raurimu

Arthur's Pass

Ohakune

Brooklyn

Koputaroa

Mangahao Hydro

Ruatahuna

Takapuna