More Info →Flax Workers, Foxton, 1904

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. FLAX WORKERS, FOXTON 1904. From the 1880’s onwards Foxton became known as the flaxmilling capitol of New Zealand. Fortunes were made and lost as the price of flax fibre fluctuated on the world market. A familiar sight on the outskirts of the town was the expanse of flax draped over rows of fences.”

Flax Workers, Foxton, 1904. A group of workers outside building with raw flax and bales of processed fibre.

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