Printed below original photo with black ink – 1895

Penciled on back – PB S&D 2 Prouse’s Sawmill Present Site of HEPB Depot Photo 1

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0072a & #.0073 (photo b) Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

Prouse Sawmill 1895 – future H.E.P.B. depot area (Cambridge Street south, between Liverpool Street & Prouse Street). 1 B&W photo print, copy (large)

3 men, 4 saddled horses & (3 ?) dogs (foreground). Sawmill (centre) operated 1891-1907. 2-storey Prouse House (background, right). Bush being felled (background) with Tararua Ranges in distance.

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0072a & #.0073 (photo b) & #.0075 Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

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

Penciled on back: ” 62 CH. 1895 (caption) Levin Centenary. Scene from Railway Goods Shed. Prouse Brothers Sawmill 1891-1907. 2 storey Prouse House in back. The Power Board sub-station stands there now 1980.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date

Prouse Brothers Sawmill, Weraroa, 1895. The sawmill is on the eastern side of the Main Trunk Line. Behind the mill native timber stands with the Tararua Ranges in the background. The two-storied home of James Prouse is visible in the centre right of the photograph. In the foreground are three saddled horses and a man stands at the head of one horse.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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

Printed below photo, as caption: “Prouse’s Sawmill, 1895 Photographed from the balcony of the Weraroa Hotel.”

Penciled on back: “See also enlargement – (2001.108.0001)”

Prouse’s Sawmill, Weraroa, 1895. Taken from the balcony of the Weraroa Hotel, which is the site of the present day Cosmopolitan Club, this photograph shows the Prouse brothers’ sawmill, and the home of Richard Prouse in the background

1 B&W photo print, mounted

See also – 2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Photograph Collection). 2001.108.0001 (enlargement).

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

Printed below original photo with black ink – 1895

Penciled on back – Prouse’s Sawmill Photo 2

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0072a & #.0073 (photo b) Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

Prouse Sawmill 1895 – future H.E.P.B. depot area (Cambridge Street south, between Liverpool Street & Prouse Street). 1 B&W photo print, copy

3 men, 4 saddled horses & (3 ?) dogs (foreground). Sawmill (centre) operated 1891-1907. 2-storey Prouse House (background, right). Bush being felled (background) with Tararua Ranges in distance.

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0072a & #.0073 (photo b) & #.0076 Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

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

Hand printed with black ink in large letters below original photo – 1895

See also – Acc.#1979.098.0001 (mounted copy) – Acc.#2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection)

Prouse Brothers Sawmill, Weraroa, 1895 1 B&W photo print, copy (large)

3 men, 4 saddled horses & dog (foreground). Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co. tracks (middle foreground, left to right). Sawmill (centre) 1891-1907. 2-storey Prouse House (background, right). Bush being felled (background) with Tararua Ranges in distance. Taken from the balcony of the Weraroa hotel.

See also – Acc.#1979.098.0001 (mounted copy) – Acc.#2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) – shows only 3 saddled horses & 1 man.

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

Printed below photo with black ink – 1895

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0073 (photo b) & #.0075 & #.0076 Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

Prouse Sawmill 1895 – future H.E.P.B. depot area (Cambridge Street south, between Liverpool Street & Prouse Street). 1 B&W photo print, mounted (Fragile)

Original photo or early copy ?

3 men, 4 saddled horses & (3 ?) dogs (foreground). Sawmill (centre) operated 1891-1907. 2-storey Prouse House (background, right). Bush being felled (background) with Tararua Ranges in distance.

See also – #.0069 (photo a) & #.0073 (photo b) & #.0075 & #.0076 Acc. #1979.098.0001 (Bryce Photographs) Acc. #2001.108.0001 (enlargement). Acc. #2000.018.0322 (HHS Mounted Collection) similar photo.

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