Unidentified children playing in a river (possibly the Pohangina River).

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina
Date:          unknown

A traction engine hauling felled trees. This traction engine [ see 2014N_Stu4_009085] has been temporarily converted to run on rails. The large back wheels have been removed and a chain taken from the drive gear via chain to the wheels of the r...

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina
Date:          circa 1910

Harbour Board grading shed.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Wellington
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph shows a Hemp Grader examining a hank of fibre pulled out of a bale of flax fibre. A grade was assigned to each bale and this enabled overseas buyer to purchase fibre of a uniform quality. The photograph is thought to have been ta...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Wellington
Date:          circa 1910

Portrait of Mervyn Williams, son of Eva Williams (Wildbore).

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina
Date:          circa 1930

Eva Williams (Wildbore) with her children (L-R), Noel, Patricia, and Mervyn.

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina
Date:          circa 1930

The exact location of this landscape is unknown, but it is almost certainly somewhere in the upper Pohangina Valley, north of Ashhurst. The trees on the hillside have been felled by and the area is ready to be burnt off.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina, Manawatū
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

This photograph shows the handiwork of students under Mr Stephenson. Some of the items pictured are ladders, a cabinet and sets of shelves. The photographer, Charles Wildbore, was a well known local, amateur photographer during the early years of ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina, Manawatu
Date:          1910

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. It is taken from above the power scheme working appears to show the Mangaore v...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. Shown here is the multiple cable suspension bridge during the construction of t...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1923

The milking was done by hand in this cow shed located in the Pohangina Valley. Note the leg-ropes on the cows and the men sitting on box-stools. The shed contains about 15 bays.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view is thought to be of the Arapete camp. This area was later flooded and...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Tokomaru No3 Reservoir, Shannon
Date:          circa 1923

This photograph is one of a series taken between 1922 - 1924 by Charles Wildbore which records the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges, east of Shannon. This view shows part of the Mangaore village, whic...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view shows the construction camp at the lower dam - original No.1 dam . ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1923

An unidentified brickmaker and brickworks.

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Manawatū

This photograph is part of a collection relating to the Mangahao Electric Power Scheme and its construction. The Scheme provides hydroelectric power, and is situated near the town of Shannon. It serves Wellington, Horowhenua, Taranaki, Hawkes Bay,...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          1922

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This photograph possibly taken at the Arapete camp shows three workmen and the...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Tokomaru No 3 Reservoir, Shannon
Date:          circa 1923

One of a series taken by Charles Wildbore between 1922 - 1924, recording the construction of the Mangahao electric power scheme. The power house was constructed at the foot of the ridge in the centre distance (to the right of the woooden building ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

One of a series taken by Charles Wildbore between 1922 - 1924, recording the construction of the Mangahao electric power scheme. Mangaore village was the headquarters of the project, with the large white building in the right-hand, middle distance...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

This photograph was taken from the second terrace above the river looking in an south-westerly direction. It is said that Wildbore, the photographer, wished to photograph a bush fire and was notified by Mr Roberts of Mount Richards of a burn takin...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1904

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view is thought to be of the Arapete camp

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1923

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view shows the construction of the Mangaore Power House, the large pipes ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1923

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view shows the foundations being laid for the power house. The Mangaore S...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view shows the construction of the lower Dam.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1923

Charles E Wildbore (1862-1937) came to New Zealand from England in 1874. He was a bee keeper, dairy farmer and a well-known amateur photographer in the Pohangina Valley during the period 1890s-1920. He married Jane Emily Dallison in 1888 and they ...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1900 to circa 1910

Mr Charles E Wildbore was a well-known resident of the Pohangina Valley during the early years of the 20th century. He owned a small dairy farm and apiary at Pohangina Township, but is principally remembered for his photographic activities, being...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

An unidentified girl holding a doll.

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina

Eva Wildbore poses with a swarm of bees in the Wildbore Apiary.

Creator:      Charles E. Wildbore
Place:          Pohangina
Date:          unknown

This photograph is one of a series made by Charles Wildbore showing the construction of the Mangahao hydro-electric power scheme in the Tararua ranges east of Shannon. This view shows the construction of the Power House.

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          circa 1922

"Totara Reserve" is the popular name of the 740 acre public reserve situated on the east bank of the Pohangina River and officially known as Pohangina Valley Domain. Since 1947, this reserve has been owned by the Palmerston North City Council. The...

Creator:      Charles E Wildbore
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1900