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Cobb & Co. Coach on the Beach Road

Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 74”

Penciled on back: “ATL [Alexander Turnbull Library] Coach on the beach road.”

Stamped on back with black ink: “Horowhenua Historical Society. “

Three unidentified women sitting atop a Cobb and Co stagecoach crossing a river, on the beach ‘road’. The coach is drawn by four horses and driven by a male driver. The three women share two parasoles to protect them from the sun. A boy wearing a cloth cap and another person are barely visible inside the coach.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted – damaged – surface removed lower left hand corner.

See also 2000.103.0001 (duplicate, includes negative)

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

'Out of Harness' sketch in Evening Post, Nov. 1886

Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 127”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “This battered coach was observed by the Evening Post’s artist on occasion of last spike ceremony of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company line, held at Otaihanga, 6 November 1886, and commemmorated [sic] by a special issue of Evening Post printed in this form. (NZR photo)”

‘Out of Harness’ sketch in Evening Post, Nov. 1886. Photo of sketch of Cobb & Co., Wellington to Foxton coach that appeared in a special issue of the ‘Evening Post’, on completion of the Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company line on 6 Novenber 1886.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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

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