This humorous slide would have been shown during cinema intermission in Foxton. The design may have been a generic one used by many garages (the farmer's language seems more American than local) but the message was loud and clear! 

This slide is in a similar style to another Foxton slide, O'Leary and Sons plumbers. Both feature eye  - catching cartoons which show the social embarrassment of not calling 'an expert' to do the job.

MAVtech cannot find any record of when Evans & Cooper were operating. However, by the looks of the car the 1950s would be a good estimate. 

A slide depicting a traditional farming scene from New Zealand made in around the 1920s. Agriculture was a popular theme in New Zealand painting, photography and literature at the time. The fact that it formed the biggest part of our economy no doubt had something to do with this.

This slide was designed to be projected onto a wall using a 'magic lantern' projector. 

Ernie, John Montgomery?,Ivan Anderson, Norman Gates, Tip the dog, Laddie & Blossom the horses, with the horse drawn hay mower

Alex Hogg’s farm in Hoggs Road Ohau, at milking time. In the background are the Tararua Ranges.

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Milking time at Alex Hogg’s farm in Hoggs Road Ohau. In the background are the Tararua Ranges.

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Penciled on back: “46. Horowhenua Co. Weraroa. Weraroa Boys Training Farm. 1912. Thrashing hay at Weraroa Boys Training Farm, Levin 1912. Photographer : William Williams.”

Typed on pieces of paper (X2): “Threshing hay at Weraroa boy’s Training Farm, 1912.Photographer William Williams. An 65868 1/2 P.C. Williams Coll. Alexander Turnbull Library N.Z.”

A group of men and boys threshing hay at the Weraroa Boy’s Training Farm, 1912. A traction engine is being used to thresh the hay probably for grass seed. To the left of the photograph are a number of bags of seed. The man at the centre of the photograph with a cap and moustache may be Superintendent Major Burlison.

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Inscription on reverse of original photograph reads: “Foxton. Grass Seed. December 1909. Fescue cutting. Swamp, backof Robinson’s Bush. Towards river from No 2 Line (Newth Road). Negative at Palmerston North Public Library. George Hughes second from right. Presented by Joan Rankin”.

Inscription on reverse of print reads: “Fescue cutting 1909”

A group of 11 farm workers who have been cutting fescue with sickles on the Robinson farm in Newth Road in 1909. Ten of the workers are unidentified, however, the man second from the right has been identified as George Hughes. All the workers are wearing long trousers, shirt sleeves and hats. They have sickles in their hands which would have been their tool for cutting the fescue.

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Buildings at Levin State Farm, CD Farm Road, Levin (later the site of the Boys Training Centre and Kohitere). The wooden buildings are set behind a field which has a crop growing in it, and native bush grows behind the buildings.

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Hand printed on original photo: “H. Larkin.”

Printed below photo as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. The Milking-shed.”

The exterior of the milking-shed, Weraroa Experimental Station, C.D. Farm Road, Levin.

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Hand printed on original photo: “H. Larkin.”

Printed below photo as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. Interior of Milking-shed.”

A view of the interior of the milking-shed, Weraroa Experimental Station, C.D Farm Road, Levin, prior to the cows being brought in for milking.

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Typed on bottom of photo, as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station : Horticulture Section. The Apple Orchard.”

A tree laden with fruit in the apple orchard, Weraroa Experimental Station.

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Main Gate, Weraroa Experimental Station. The view from the road through the main gate, looking down tree lined driveway. In the driveway coming towards the road is a horse & buggy with three people.

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Typed on bottom of photo, as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. Stumps.”

Stumps, Weraroa Experimental Station.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Harvest, [‘Cheslyn Rise’ – crossed out on 28/10/86] Queen Street East. At farm of James Prouse, 3 Feb. 1913. Horse-sweep and elevator at work. ‘These machines make hay-making easy and pleasant’, commented G.L. Adkin in his diary. they must have been new in the district. Photo : G.L. Adkin. Copied : J. Casey, VUW, June 1986, from D. Hodge album for A.J. Dreaver. (Neg. : A.J.D.)”

Hay-making on the farm of James Prouse, Queen Street East, Levin 1913, showing a horse-sweep and elevator at work. In the background are the Tararua Ranges.

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Typed on bottom of photo, as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. (1.) Shire Stallion, “Hertfordshire Boy”. (2.) Clydesdale Stallion, “Sir Talbot”. [ H. Larkin, Photo.]”

Two stallions from the Weraroa Experimental Station, Levin. In separate pictures the same unidentified man holds the head of (1) – Shire Stallion, “Hertfordshire Boy” and (2) Clydesdale Stallion, “Sir Talbot”.

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Hand printed on original photo: “H. Larkin.”

Printed below photo as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. Milking-time.”

The interior of the milking shed at the Weraroa Experimental Station, C.D. Farm Road during milking time. The cows are in bails with one leg tied to the post at the end of each stall. In the centre of the milking shed is a small rail-mounted hand-truck.

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Printed below photo as caption: “Weraroa Experimental Station. The Creamery.”

The Creamery, Weraroa Experimental Station, C.D. Farm Road. This photograph shows the exterior of the building with milk cans on small rail-mounted hand-trucks.

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