Albert Percy Godber

Albert Percy Godber at his brass finishing lathe, Petone railway workshops
["this is my busy day" :)]

  

Climax locomotive hauling logs over the Mangatukutuku Viaduct, near Ongarue

  

Gum climbers' camp on the Waipapa River, near Rangiahua, 1918

  

Horse-drawn rail timber wagon hauling a log to the mill at Horopito, February 1921

  

 

Man transporting logs with horses and railway in the Akatarawa Bush, Hutt Valley, 1912-16

  

Men with a scow beside the Waipapa River, near Rangiahua, 1918

  

Native bush at Korokoro, with Albert Percy Godber standing on a large tree trunk which had fallen above the track, and his daughter Phyllis (aged 7) standing below, 27 December 1910

  

Rustic bridge at Ross Reservoir, Dunedin, September 1925

  

Tangarakau Gorge, a road bridge and grave site, 1915-16

  

 

The Hapuawhenua Viaduct, curving through an area of newly regenerating scrub, ca. 1915

Albert Percy Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Albert Percy Godber

 A bullock team and bullocky, Mate Browne, on hillside near the timber mill at Piha, 1915-16

  

 A group in a picnic area at Waitati, 1926

  

 Beech trees in Chatsworth Road, Silverstream, 1933

  

 Bushman's shanty surrounded by flax bushes at Wekatahi, ca. 1917

  

 Creek and dam at Anawhata, ca. 1917

  

 Grotto Gardens at Whangarei, 1923

[it takes a bit of looking to see that there is actually a person in this photo]

  

 Group having a picnic in bush beside the Taieri River, with a whitebait net nearby, 1926

  

 Horses transporting timber on a bush railway near Gamman's Sawmill, Ohakune, 1909

  

 Laura Godber standing beside a touring car, in 

Whiteman's Valley Road, Silverstream, ca. 1920s-30s

  

Man standing beside a car on the Akatarawa Road, 1923

  

Albert Percy Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Albert Percy Godber

Albert Percy Godber was an early 20th-century New Zealand photographer who focused much of his work on the backcountry.

 A bullock team hauling logs near the timber mill at Piha, 1915-16

  

 A bush saw-doctor sharpening a cross-cut saw for use in logging near Piha, 1915-16

  

 Bullock team, Piha, 1915-16

  

 Deadman's Point Footbridge, 1926

  

 Horse-drawn wagon carrying sawn timber, on the 

railway track of the Piha to Karekare tramway, 1915-16

  

 Horse-drawn wagonette on the West Coast Road, North Auckland, 1915-16

  

 S S Albatross, ferry, at Home Bay, Motutapu Island, taking firemen to their picnic, 1909

  

 Tangarakau Gorge road, surrounded by native bush. A four-horse carriage is coming towards the camera, and the Tangarakau River is visible on the right, 1915-16

  

Three men on horseback on the Karekare Road, 1915-16

Albert Percy Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand