Photograph taken by Leslie Adkin on 1 January 1913 of Maud Herd standing by the Ohau River. She is holding a fishing rod, net and a fish she has just caught.
From: Collection at Te Papa - online at http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/42105
Note attached to front reads:-
Group of men, women and children formally dressed sitting and standing in front of a building with a wooden roof.
Inscription attached to front reads: Levin Tennis Club entertain Mrs Stuckey and friends on her departure for South Africa. Feb 28th 1913.” Also “McDonalds present.”
Inscriptions on reverse read: “Mrs R A MacDonald Winchester Street Levin”, “Mrs Stuckey’s afternoon before leaving for South Africa Feb 28th 1913.” and “Presented by Mrs Mary Dorset, Manakau 16/02/81.”
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Foxton School Staff 1913. Those in the photograph are from left to right:-
Back Row:- Miss Woodford, Miss Grace Wanklyn, Mr H F Gabitiesand Miss Ellen Jamieson.
Front Row:- Ellen Skelton, Allan Shane, P G Jackson, S G Parlane, Miss S Broughton.
Original print and laminated copy
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Typed on paper glued to back: “W.G. Adkin & Family 1913. Leslie, Clare, Gilbert, Dora, Cliff, W.G. Adkin, Mrs W.G. Akin, Vivian, Marjorie. Photographed by Frank Denton. Lent by Mrs J. Aitchison. Copied by Mr F. Bryce, March 1979.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date Prov N0.2
Semi-formal photograph of the family of W.G. Adkin at ‘Cheslyn Rise’, 1913. The four eldest children (Leslie, Clair, Gilbert and Dora), stand behind their parents and two of their siblings (Cliff to the left and Marjorie to the right) sit alongside their parents’ chairs. Their youngest sister, Vivian, is seated at the feet of her parents and is holding a tabby kitten. Mr W G and Mrs Anne Adkin are seated in wicker chairs.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 1979.134.0005
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Written with blue ballpoint pen on piece of paper attached to back - Visit of the starboard crew of H.M.S. New Zealand. Local & Boy’s Training Farm cadets. In middle foreground the Levin Troop of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles. 1913
On reverse side of this piece of paper is a photocopy of an article that appeared in “The News”, Wednesday, October 12, 1977 about this event, including a picture of this photo.
Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
Crew of HMS New Zealand welcomed outside Levin Railway Station (Weraroa), 1913 1 B&W photo print, mounted (yellowed)
Crew of HMS New Zealand (centre) are lined up in 3 ranks facing the station Local & Boy’s Training Farm cadets (left, beside the station). Levin Troop of the Manawatu Mounted Rifles (foreground). Large crowd (with bicycles, horses & buggies).
Appeared in “The News”, Wednesday, October 12, 1977
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Rotunda with large group of children & 5 adults, between 1894 & 1913 1 B&W photo print, copy
School picnic / outing ?
See also – Acc.#s2002.002 glass negatives [box 3, neg. (b)].
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Inscription on reverse reads: ” ‘Cheslyn Rise’ family. Queen Street East, Levin, 1913. Standing: Leslie, Clare, Gilbert, Dora. Seated Cliff, Mr W G Adkin, Vivian, Mrs W G Adkin, Marjorie.”
The Adkin family at their home, Cheslyn Rise, Queen Street East, Levin 1913. Those in the photograph are from left to right:-
Back Row: Leslie Adkin, Clare Adkin, Gilbert Adkin and Dora Adkin.
Seated: Cliff Adkin, Mr W G Adkin, Vivian Adkin, Mrs Anne Adkin, Marjorie Adkin.
Mounted photograph
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Printed on original postcard, bottom, as caption: “Horowhenua Lake, Levin. (c)Ab058 Lucas series.”
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “1913 High water level Lake Horowhenua 1913. Old boathouse 1898-circa 1930. ‘
Horowhenua Historical Society.
Jetty and boatshed, Lake Horowhenua, c.1913. Two unidentified men are standing on the balcony of the Levin Boating Club building. A large clump of flax, growing in the lake is in the centre foreground.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
Photo of postcard from Lucas series.
See also 2000.360.0001, 2000.361.0001 and 2000.362.0001
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Printed on original postcard, bottom, as caption: “Horowhenua Lake, Levin. (c)Ab058 Lucas series.”
Jetty and boatshed Lake Horowhenua, c.1913. Two unidentified men are standing on the balcony of the Levin Boating Club building. A large clump of flax, growing in the lake, is in the centre foreground.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0115a)
Photo of postcard from Lucas series.
See also 2000.360.0001, 2000.361.0001, 2000.362.0001 and 2000.018.0114
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Written with blue ballpoint pen on piece of paper glued to back: “Photograph acknowledged to the S.C. Smith Collection. Ref. No. 19684 1/2. Labour Conditions 1913. Mt. Cook [? Buckle St.] Barracks. Special Constables brought in to work during 1913 strike. Leslie Adkin sitting up facing camera, centre of picture. See his diary held by museum.”
Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 193, with caption - Levin’s contingent of special constables encamped at Mt. Cook Barracks, Wellington, during 1913 waterfront strike. Centre, leaning on arm, is Leslie Adkin. S.C. Smith Coll. ATL
Used in book – ‘Leslie Adkin’ by A. Dreaver, page 103, with caption - Bedded down in the Garrison Hall, Buckle Street, 3 November 1913. Four hundred special constables prepare for their first night on duty. Leslie Adkin can be seen just right of centre, with Bert Denton to his right. Zac photo, G. Leslie Adkin collection, MONZTPT, B.029140
Special Constables in the sleeping quarters, Garrison Hall, Mt. Cook Barracks, Buckle Street, Wellington, 1913. G. Leslie Adkin is in the centre of the photograph, sitting up and looking directly at the camera.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted.
RESTRICTED PHOTOGRAPH
Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 193. Also used in book – ‘Leslie Adkin’ by A. Dreaver, page 103
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Group of men, women and children formally dressed, sitting and standing in front of a wooden building with a wooden roof. This was the occasion of a farewell which was put on by the Levin Tennis Club for Mrs Stuckey prior to her leaving Levin for South Africa. The date of the event was 28 February, 1913
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 1977.047.0083
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