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Inscriptions on reverse of photograph read: “Queen Carnival, Foxton 1912 Negative Palmerston North public Library” and “More likely June 1917” and “Presented by Joan Rankin”

Float drawn by two horses and flanked by youths with rifles passes the Police Station at the north end of Main Street Foxton during the 1912 Queen Carnival parade. Main street is unsealed and a large crowd lines the street to watch the parade.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Foxton Historical Society”

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fhs museum,
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military carnival float streets and roads,
parades & pageants,
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