Black and white laminated photocopy.
Manawatu River in flood in 1880. In this photograph the “Jane Douglas” is at mooring at Foxton Wharf.
Black and white laminated photocopy.
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Cobb and Co Coach in 1880 unstated but presumeably in Foxton/
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Cobb and Co Coach crossing shallow ford with ladies travelling on top/A3 photo copy/
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Black and white photocopy.
Printed on original photo – Gov. P.S. “Luna”
Written below picture - Paddlesteamer “Luna”. Transported the Scandinavian Immigrants from Wellington to Foxton – 5 miles up Manawatu river, ran aground 14-2-1871. DeMaus Collection. Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. Ref. No. 6 14954 1/2
Paddle Steamer “Luna”, with several ships in the background
A4 black and white photocopy.
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Black and white photocopy.
Written below original photo – Presbyterian Church Foxton
Presbytarian Church, Main Street, Foxton, 1880’s. An unidentified man wearing a top hat is standing by the gate to the church.
Small black and white photocopy (Laser print ?).
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Inscription on reverse reads: ””Louie Cook married R J S Hickson (14.7.1879 at Foxton) b 1875? d 1916.”
Louise Cook (?1857 – 1916). Married R J Hickson at Foxton 14 July 1879.
Two copies
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Inscription below the photograph reads: “Foxton 1880 Copy of an oil painting J P Murton 1880. Presented to the Socy by Mrs Coyle”.
A photograph of a painting by J P Morton of Foxton from beside Duncan House looking back towards Port of Foxton. A heavily laden boat is on the Manawatu River, and the Tararua Ranges are in the background. In the centre of the picture some ships are tied up at the Foxton wharf.
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Inscriptions on front read: “Kia ora koe: Tenei Kirihimete (A Merry Christmas)” and Horowhenua Lake, NZ”.
Inscriptions on reverse read: “Date 1880s. Lake Horowhenua. Photographer – William Williams. This photograph must be acknowledged to the Edgar Williams collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. New Zealand. Reference No. G 259551/1”, and “Hamaria Gentle Wind canoe. The last of the great canoes on the lake.
Group of local Maori and Hamaria canoe, Lake Horowhenua. Taken from the eastern shore looking westwards. To the left are two unidentified Maori women with short hair, one of whom is holding a baby in a striped blanket. The Hamaria canoe is parallel to the shore with two unidentified males, four unidentified youths and a black dog aboard. There are two other boats in the water, and one boat behind the two women. Inscriptions on the photograph read: “Kia ora koe: Tenei Kirihimete (A Merry Christmas)” and “Horowhenua Lake,NZ”. Inscription on reverse reads: “Date 1880s. Lake Horowhenua. Photographer William Williams. This photograph must be acknowledged to the Edgar Williams collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference No. G259551/1”, and “Hamaria Gentle Wind canoe.The last of the great canoes on the lake”.
RESTRICTED ITEM
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This collection was owned by Mrs Holland, previously Mrs Low (see notes on Ernest Low) and was given by her daughter, Mrs Penny Overton (nee Low).
One cast iron kitchen mincer, with traces of green paint on its wooden handle.
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A Cobbler’s last which belonged to the grandfather of Lincoln Hill. It is over 100 years old. (1982)
One cobbler’s last.
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