Penciled on back: “PNPL / D46 Opening of Reikorangi skimming station c.1902 -[but opening given as 1904 from Massey archives] Adjacent to P.O. site. From here, cream sent by horse transport to Waikanae and then by rail to Otaki. Back row 2nd from left, white beard, Alf Monk. Front row 4th from left : R. Stubbings. 3rd from right : Byron Brown.”

Reikorangi Cream Skimming Station Opening, c.1902-04. From here the cream was sent by horse transport to Waikanae and then by rail to Otaki.

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Paper with typed information: “PNDL/BF 8 c.1904 Felling White Pine in the Levin district. Tree on the right is of unusual size. White rectangular area between two jigger boards is a sign nailed to the trunk. The man at the base is holding a jigger board, three others in use. Copied from AJHR 1904 C-1 P.30”

White pine milling in the Levin district, c.1904. A large log is being loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon using jigger boards.

1 Sepia tone photo print

See also 2000.018.0317b (B&W copy, mounted).

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Moving the one-roomed Weraroa School from its site on Hokio Beach Road to its Levin School site in Oxford Street, 1904. The building is passing Weraroa Domain (on right). The building was originally on the corner of C D Farm Road for the families of staff at Levin State Farm

1 B&W photo print copy

See also 2000.018.0253 and 2000.018.0254

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A studio portrait of the staff of Foxton School 1904. Those in the photograph are from left to right:

Back Row:- Mr E O Mousley (Part Time), Mr L J Furrie (1st Assistant), Miss A Dilks (Part Time), Mr Lewellyn Jenks (Part Time).

Sitting:- Miss A Wanklyn (Assistant), Mr W S Stewart, Headmaster, Miss McEwen (Infant Mistress).

Mounted photograph

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 80”

Penciled on back: “1898 schoolroom from Central Development Farm was moved to Beach Road (Harvey’s Joinery site). Then called Weraroa School. In 1904, as shown in this picture, it was towed along Main Road to Levin School site, where it is still used as the library (NW corner of N. block). Slab fence on right is round Weraroa Domain. A corner of Swainson & Bevan store (Mako Mako Rd / Main Rd corner) appears right. ‘

A tractor towing a school building from the site of Weraroa School in Hokio Beach Road to the Levin School site in Oxford Street in 1904. In this photograph the building is on the main road, just going past the Weraroa domain which is surrounded by a slab fence.To the right Swanson and Bevan’s building can be seen behind the domain fence. On the left a couple travel southwards in a horse drawn gig.

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See also 2000.018.0254 (enlarged duplicate) and 2000.118.0001

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See notes #2000.317.0002

Mrs Fitzherbert’s School, 1904. 2 B&W photo print copies (duplicates of #2000.317.0002)

For details see 2000.317.0002 (original photo)

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Penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society. Commercial & Farmers Club. Date visable on original photo 1904. Building probably about same date.”

Oxford Street, Levin – (caption). East side north of Queen Street. 1 B&W photo print copy

This early 1900s photograph shows the Commercial and Farmers Club building on the eastern side of Oxford Street north of the Oxford Street Intersection. The Post Office is south of the intersection and in Queen Street a horse and trap are approching the intersection. Two women dressed in white blouses and dark skits with two children and a man are outside a verandahed shop. The centre of the intersection is marked by a gas standard lamp.

Photo enlargement of postcard See also – #2000.294.0014 original postcard

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Written on back of mounting board with black ink pen: “Dorothe Brewster.

Penciled on back of mounting board: “Norwood School, Levin. Post to, Miss D. Brewster, Victoria St., Cambridge. (with list)”.

Written on piece of paper with bight red / pink pen & sellotaped to back: “This is the property of – Miss D. Brewster, Victoria St., Cambridge.”

Also typed on paper sellotaped to back: “Mrs. R. Fitzherbert’s School (“Norwood School”) Queen Street, Levin 1904. Standing at back: Miss M. Fitzherbert and Mrs. Fitzherbert Pupils: Standing (From left) Eileen Matier, Emma Prouse, Phyllis Matier, Ella Snow, Leila Cobb (with Jeanette the cat), Nessie Day, Marjorie Hitchings, Ethel Palms, {Nesbie} (Lesbia) Wilson, Myrtle Burden ? or Burton ?, Clare Adkin. Sitting (From left) – back: - Skerman, Lily Snow, {Dorothy} (Margaret) Dean, Edith Smart, Amy Lancaster. – front: Lilian Bartholomew, Marjorie Adkin, Dorothy Brewster, Alma Reeve, Lance Prouse, Athol Gibbons, Dora Adkin.” [Names in { } crossed out and replaced by name in ( ).

Mrs Fitzherbert’s School, Queen Street West, Levin 1904. 1 B&W photo print, mounted

Mrs R Fitzherbert and her daughter Miss M Fitzherbert standing at the rear of their pupils, on the porch of the school. Twenty one of the twenty three pupils are girls with only two boys in the photograph.

This school was also known as “Norwood School” Also see #.0003 modern photo duplicates

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 28”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Horowhenua Historical Society. Moving one-roomed Weraroa School from Hokio Beach Rd, 1904, to Levin School site. Building is passing Weraroa Domain (on right). Building was originally on corner C.D. Farm Road for children of families and staff at Levin State Farm.”

Moving the one-roomed Weraroa School from its site on Hokio Beach Road to the Levin School site in Oxford Street in 1904. The building is passing Weraroa Domain (on right). This building was originally on the corner of C D Farm Road for the children of families and staff at Levin State Farm.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.018.0253 and 2000.118.0001

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Penciled on back: “4 SCH

Mrs R Fitzherbert and her daughter Miss M Fitzherbert stand on the porch at the at the rear of this group of pupils from the Norwood School, Queen Street, Levin, 1904. Twenty-one of the twenty three pupils are girls with only two boys appearing in this photograph. The school was on the site of today’s ‘Village Green’ (2001) and was also known as Mrs Fitzherbert’s School.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.317.0002 (original) with names of pupils listed, and 2000.317.0003 duplicate copies}

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 1904. For many years the legendary Queen of the South traded regularly between Wellington and the port of Foxton. She sank in 1911 after striking a rock off Port Chalmers.”

‘Queen Of The South’ (coastal trader), 1904. This small steamer is pictured tied up at the Foxton wharf.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. POST OFFICE HOTEL, FOXTON 1904. All four hotels in the town have a rich heritage. The Post Office Hotel, was first built to house a drapery business, but was converted into an hotel during 1893. This building stands opposite the Post Office in the main street.”

Post Office Hotel, Foxton, 1904. A group of people stand on the footpath outside this two storied wooden building.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. PERREAU’S BAKERY 1904. Mr M.E. Perreau was not only renowned for the cakes and pies he baked, he was a long-serving Mayor and member of virtually every organization in Foxton at the time.”

Perreau’s Bakery, Foxton, 1904. Staff from the bakery line up on the footpath outside the bakery, while the horse-drawn delivery cart is to the right of the photograph.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. C.T. EASTON’S BUTCHERY 1904. Mr Easton set up business opposite the cattle yards in Foxton. The beasts frequently caused havoc, and sometimes injury in the main street when they broke away while being ferried across the Manawatu River.”

C.T. Easton’s Butchery, Foxton, 1904. A group of butchery staff stand outside the two storied wooden building, along with a horse and cart and a horse which are used for delivery purposes.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. RED HOUSE, FOXTON 1904. The Red House, on the corner of Whyte and Main Street is one of the few buildings to escape the fires which ravaged the township earlier this century. It was built in 1894 as a general store.”

Red House, Foxton, 1904. A group of men and children stand on the footpath outside the shop which has a sign reading “Red House, 1894, M.H. Walker. Groceries” above the door. A saddled horse and a horse and cart are on the road in front of the building.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. THE FOXTON WHARF 1904. Coastal steamers were a convenient way to transport goods and passengers in a time when inland routes were not yet established.”

Loading goods at the Foxton Wharf, 1904. A number of men stand beside a horsze which is pulling a wagon. A steamer is tied to the wharf behind the men.

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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. VETERINARY FORGE, FOXTON 1904. Farriers working at this veterinary forge occupied an important position in town, keeping people and their possessions on the move.”

Three men along with two horses stand outside the Foxton Veterinary Forge, 1904.

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Three-quarters portrait of George S Simpson, Mayor of Foxton 1904 and 1906

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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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