Photo of 2 postcards of Levin. 1 B&W photo print

The top photo is of the Oxford Street / Queen Street intersection and is an earlier photograph than 2000.316.0001 as the center of the intersection is marked by a gas standard lamp (now in the grounds of Thompson House, Kent)

The bottom photo is of a newly formed Queen Street looking towards Oxford Street. To the left of the photo is the Town Hall and on its left the bank of New Zealand.

Top – Oxford Street, Levin. A912. – (caption) See also – #2000.294.0010 original postcard.

Bottom – Queen St., Bank of New Zealand, Levin – (caption) See also – #2000.278.0001 original postcard.

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Penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society. The 3 storied Arcadia Private Hotel, N.E. corner Oxford & Bath Sts. Built 1904-1905. G.K. Douglas joinery factory, built about 1900-1903. Scotneys & Global Shoes shops on site now.”

Hotel Arcadia, Oxford Street / Bath Street intersection. 1 B&W photo print copy.

Two small children dressed in white, appear outside the Arcadia Hotel in Bath Street. The hotel is a wooden structure of three stories, two of which remain today (2001). In this photo Oxford street is an unsealed road with a gas light and telegraph pole in the centre of the road.

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