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Cameron Family

Inscriptions on reverse read: ” Ann (Mrs A Jordan P.N.) Mr & Mrs Cameron parents, Jess (Mrs J Shaw, Levin), Freda (Miss Cameron), Mary (Miss Cameron, twin of Jess). The Camerons came from Shannon and lived in Levin”. and Mrs B F Spencer, Stafford Street, Shannon. If not home, c/o Miss Cameron, c/o C Franks, Motor Garage, Shannon. As photo, Sepia, Oak Frame” also “The Manager, The Medallion Art Co, 182 Lambton Quay, Wellington”

Mr and Mrs Cameron pose in this formal photograph with their four daughters. The group is from left to right, back row, Ann (Mrs Ann Jordan, Palmerston North), Mrs Cameron, Mr Cameron, Jess (Mrs J Shaw, Levin), and front row, Mary Cameron and Mary Cameron (the twin of Jess). The Cameron family came from Shannon and lived in Levin.

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Jessie Shaw With Rara

Inscriptions on reverse read: “Donated Mrs Jordan”, “Jess and Rara” and “Mrs Jessie Shaw (Cameron)”

Mrs Jessie Shaw (nee Cameron) stands alongside her horse Rara, in front of some native bush.

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Picnic at the Beach

Inscription on reverse reads: “Donated Mrs A Jordan”

An unidentified group of people sit on rugs alonside their car having a picnic at the beach. In the background is a horse and gig.

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John Cameron

Inscription on reverse reads “John Cameron. Don Mrs A Jordan”

An oval photograph of a bewhiskered gentleman with the inscription “John Cameron” on the reverse.

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Oxford Street, 1933

Inscriptions on reverse read: “Levin. Dec. 1st. 1933” and “Donated Mrs Jordan”

Two unidentified persons stand on the footpath outside A L Williams Tearooms on the western side of Oxford Street, where the DEKA store is now located (2001). On the southern side of the tea rooms is Kenneth Aitken’s bookshop. Parked against the kerb on an angle is a service car with the destinations New Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington painted on its side.

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Mangahao River

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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Mangahao River

Inscriptions on reverse read: “The Mangahao River behind Shannon near site of Surveyor’s camp Hydro electric project. Very dry summer river very low. Dec 1916.” and “Donated Mrs Jordan”

An unidentified woman who is wearing a large sun bonnet is sitting on rocks beside the Mangahao River behind Shannon. Native bush reaches down to the banks of the river.

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Group of Women and Children

Inscriptions on reverse read: “Horowhenua Mounted Rifles 1900” and “Donated Mrs Jordan”

A group of women and children pose outside a tent which has been erected using makeshift poles, in a country setting.

Inscription on reverse reads: “Horowhenua Mounted Rifles 1900”, but this inscription does not match the photograph.

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Shannon - Moutoa Bridge

Inscription on reverse reads: “Shannon – Moutoa Bridge. Mary – Jessie Cameron, Margaret Law. 1919”

An oval photograph showing three women in a horse drawn gig crossing the Shannon-Moutoa bridge in 1919. The three women have been identified as Mary and Jessie Cameron and Margaret Law.

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Mrs Jane Harrison Aged 91

Inscription on cover facing photograph reads: “Mrs Jane Harrison Aged 91 yrs. Martinborough Wairapa (sic) Mother of Mrs John Cameron Levin x Shannon”

Mrs Jane Harrison aged 91 years, of Martinborough, Wairarapa. Mrs Harrison was the mother of Mrs John Cameron of Shannon and Levin. In this photograph Mrs Harrison sits in a wicker chair which has been placed on rugs outside a house, and in front of a large bush.

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