Written on back – Olive & Ella

KBH Print form attached.

Sisters, Olive and Ellen Knight, 1887-88

Daughters of Maud and Samuel Knight. Copy of photo in album (see # .0001-11)

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Embossed with gold leaf on mounting board below photo - Wrigglesworth & Binns Willis St. Wellington, N.Z.

Written on paper attached to back – James Knight

Written on back with felt-tip pen (faded) - James Knight Son of James & Hellen Died in his early twenties after 14 years an invalid

Written on album page with black ballpoint pen – James Knight

James Easby Knight, son of James and Ellen, (1890)

Aged about 2 years old. Died 1922, aged 34 after 14 years as an invalid

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Printed on mounting board below photo - Wrigglesworth MATT-OPAL-TYPE 7 Willis Street, & Patented Wellington, Binns. N.Z.

Written on paper attached to back - Olive and Ella Knight daughter of Samuel Knight

Written on album page below photo with pen - Olive & Ella daughters of Mrs Sam Knight

Olive and Ella Knight – daughters of Maud and Samuel Knight, 1887-88

Ella is the eldest child (born 1885). Olive is the 2nd eldest child (born 1887).

Samuel is step-brother of Mary Ann Ransom (nee Knight). Samuel is the eldest child of his father’s second marriage.

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Head and shoulders portrait of J W Gower, Mayor of Foxton 1888-90.

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copy of photo in Manawatu Herald of Main Street 5 in 1888/

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1.Manawatu railway company's vision speeded Levin district's development.

The saga of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's pioneer railway enterprise which, more than any other single act of private enterprise, expedited the opening up and development of the Manawatu, must always hold a place of pride in the history of Levin and the Horowhenua district. In those far-off days there was no Welfare State, as we know it today, and in many fields of progress the pioneers had to be prepared to back up their visions and faith in their new country with their own hard-won savings.

2. Levin personalities in earliest days.

The first Dairy Factory in Levin was situated in Weraroa Road between where the Horowhenua College now stands and Queen Street. The manager was Mr, A. J. Galishan. He was probably also the first cyclist in the area.

3. This date would have made firemen town's pioneers.

A slightly perplexing exhibit recently came to light during a hunt for early records. This is a copy of the by-laws, rules and regulations of the Levin Fire Brigade, printed in Wellington in 1921.

4. Maoris missed their train after night-long vigil.

A group of Maoris waited at the Levin Railway station, then at Roslyn Road crossing.

5. Weraroa at the turn of the century.

In the years round 1900 Weraroa was the main centre.