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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. RED HOUSE, FOXTON 1904. The Red House, on the corner of Whyte and Main Street is one of the few buildings to escape the fires which ravaged the township earlier this century. It was built in 1894 as a general store.”

Red House, Foxton, 1904. A group of men and children stand on the footpath outside the shop which has a sign reading “Red House, 1894, M.H. Walker. Groceries” above the door. A saddled horse and a horse and cart are on the road in front of the building.

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

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children horse transport,
commercial costume,
foxton,
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m.h. walker,
men costume,
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