Skip to Content
Description

Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 81”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Maud Herd at the ford, Hokio Stream. (probably 18 September 1913). G.L. Adkin photo, Donated Mrs M. Dorset.”

Penciled on back: “Cross Reference : Hokio, Adkin, McDonald.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society.

Maud Herd, later Mrs Leslie Adkin, sits astride a horse at the ford, Hokio Stream, in 1913. The ford is where the bridge now crosses the Hokio Stream on Golf Course Road. The home of Hector Hugh McDonald was to the left of this photograph. A footbridge made of wooden planks crosses the stream.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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

Identification

Related items

Hokio Stream
Hokio Stream, bridge near 'Lakeside'
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), 1885
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), 1872
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), b.1842
A Fair Fisher 1913
Cutting a track and Diverting Styles Creek, 1914
First Burn (Leighton's Spur), North Block, 1914
Bartholomew & Dunn tramline, W.G. Adkin farm, c.1888-95
Diverting Styles Creek, 1914
Cutting a track through the First Burn, 1914
Kohitere Forest (pine plantation), 1968

Taxonomy

Tags
hhs mounted photograph collection,
hokio stream costume,
horowhenua,
maud herd,
people - h,
women horse bridge,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

Hokio Stream
Hokio Stream, bridge near 'Lakeside'
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), 1885
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), 1872
Alexander John Hadfield (portrait), b.1842
A Fair Fisher 1913
Cutting a track and Diverting Styles Creek, 1914
First Burn (Leighton's Spur), North Block, 1914
Bartholomew & Dunn tramline, W.G. Adkin farm, c.1888-95
Diverting Styles Creek, 1914
Cutting a track through the First Burn, 1914
Kohitere Forest (pine plantation), 1968