Postcard showing a group of unidentified Māori pose in front of flax bushes at Moutoa, 2 April 1916.
Names provided by Shannon CWI meeting 22 April 2010:
Man at back: Ihapera Nepia, women front right: Ku .. ?
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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 59”
Written on back with black & blue ballpoint pens: “Francis Corrison Swanwick, age 6, 1916.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society.
Francis Corrison Swanwick (age 6), standing on wooden seat,1916.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
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Inscription on one copy reads: “NEW YEAR’S DAY SPORTS, MANAWATU HEADS, 1916. This photograph, taken on the foreshore , shows the Methodist Hall, built in 1909 in the background.”
The last ten words have a blue line through them.
Two boys walk towards a number of cars and a crowd of people at the New Years Day Sports Day held at the Manawatu Heads 1916. In the background to the right is a wooden church with a steep iron roof.
Original print plus 2 x A3 copies
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Inscription on reverse reads: “New Years Day Sports 1916”
Crowd gathered at The Manawatu Heads for New Years Sports Day 1916. In the background are an number of houses and to the extreme right, a wooden church with a steep iron roof.
Original photograph plus 6” x 4” print.
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Leslie Ransom (as toddler), 1915-16
Son of Roland (“Jim”) Ransom.
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Written on back – Leslie Ransom
Leslie Ransom (as toddler), 1915-16
Son of Roland (“Jim”) Ransom.
Cut from photo postcard.
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One of six photos in accession. (3)
3) Vicar, Lay readers & Choir 1916
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Wellington 1916.”
Small photograph which appears to have been cut to fit a frame, featuring an unidentified woman and child holding hands in a formal setting. The woman on the left has a dark jacket over the top of a white blouse with a fine lace collar. She has a fine necklace and a white hat with a large brim. The child (of indeterminable sex) is wearing a white shirt with a knotted tie at the neck, and has shoulder length hair. Inscription on reverse reads: “Wellinton 1916.”
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Penciled on back: “Machinery in Brown’s mill, 1916, ‘Paetawa’ Waikanae. In 1915 old steam engine caught fire and was destroyed. This is the new gas suction engine. A.A. Brown set up mill about 1900 on 400 acres of flax. Each patch left for 4 years between cuttings. In 1920’s swamps drained for faster growth and yellow leaf disease attacked plant roots. Mill closed in 1927.”
A Gas Suction Engine at Brown’s Flax Mill, Waikanae in 1916.
1 B&W photo print
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Inscriptions on reverse read: ” Donated Mrs Jordan” and “Where the brown creek flows into the Mangahao River Shannon near the site of Surveyors Camp Hydro Electric Survey Dec 1916”
An unidentified woman stands at the edge of the Mangahao River which has native bush down to its banks.
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Information on back of original photograph - 1916 snow storm Mangahao
Snow storm at Mangahao, 1916
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Army camp at Foxton Racecourse in 1916
Mounted photograph presented by M E Perreau
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