More Info →Hughes Family and House - Devon St. & Oxford St. Intersection

Object type:Image

Description: Written on back with black & blue ballpoint pens: “The house on the S.W. corner of Devon St. & Oxford St. fronting the bakery (known from 1935 as the Arcadia Bakering [?] ).The house was older than the bakery (1909). It has been written in ‘Bush to Borough’ that a store was located at the corner in 1890. House demolished probably 1975 when Hudson & Burnham bought the property for used car sales. Hughes family in front of house. Harry Hughes sold bakery business in 1935. Photo probably late 1920’s or even 1930. Son Jim born 1913.” and “Donated by G.G. Taylor, P.O. Box 25316, St Heliers, Auckland. Executer of James Hughes Estate & one of the beneficeries.”

Embossed mounting board, also with – Billens’ ..... Levin, N.Z. – embossed at bottom right corner.

The Hughes family, Harry, his wife Gertrude and their son James pose with their dog outside their home on the corner of Devon Street and Oxford Street. The house is wooden with an iron hip roof, with one brick chimney on the left at the rear of the building. The house has a porch recessed into the front of the building, and sash windows. A wooden fence runs across the front of the property. This photograph is a companion photograph to 2000.324.0001, which features the same members of the Hughes family.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”