Inscription on back – Theresa Hinemoa McDonald

Full length childhood photo of Theresa Hinemoa McDonald,standing in garden wearing light coloured dress with long sleeves and pintucking on skirt, beading at neck, dark sash, dark stockings and boots. Hair down.

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Label attached – 3 age groups of Theresa Hinemoa (younger daughter of Hector Jnr)

Formal threequarter length studio childhood portrait of Theresa Hinemoa McDonald wearing light coloured coat and hat, fur muff, two string pearl necklace.

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Two unidentified girls, aged about 3 years on a wooden rocking horse. The girls are dressed identically in woollen dresses, ankle socks and black shoes. They could possibly be twins.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Donated Mr E White” and “Probably Waikanae”

The 68 pupils of Waikanae School pose outside their schoolroom with sports equipment in foreground. The playground is unsealed with the children sitting and standing on shingle.

Sepia, mounted

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Inscription on back reads:- “Flora Campbell McDonald elder daughter of Hector McDonald and Mary.”

Photo of Flora McDonald taken in a garden. Flora is wearing a dress which comes down to her ankles and has a wide hem. It appears to be of a sprigged material and has a collar with a white over-collar. A large white tie completes the outfit. Flora is also wearing a white underblouse, a straw hat with a wide brim, a dark coral [?] necklace and black leather boots. Her hair is down. In the background is a high wooden fence and a wooden power-pole. Bush covered hills are in the distance.

Inscription on the back reads: “Flora Campbell McDonald elder daughter of Hector McDonald and Mary.”

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Written with black ink pen on mounting board below photo, as caption: “Shannon Girls at School. date about 1901.”

Written on back with black ink: “James Hallam {crossed out and replaced with} J T Bovis Shannon.”

Stamped on back with green ink: “G.F. FRAMJEE, Photographic Dealer, 18 George Street, Palmerston North. ——Phone 6663.”

Shannon Girls at school, c.1901. Forty-seven girls pose in the playground of their school for this photograph. The girls are dressed in long dresses, many with pinifores. One girl is wearing a white bonnet, while in the front row another girl holds a hat. The caption written below photo reads “Shannon Girls at School. Date about 1901.”

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Donated by Mr W Joyce 4/77 details not known”

Five girls surround a sixth girl who is dressed in flowers. The girls are standing on the western footpath of Oxford Street, approximately where the entrance to Regent Court is today (2001).

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Mr E Spring and his granddaughter Voila Langley. In this studio portrait Mr Spring sits on a wooden chair while Viola stands beside him. Viola later married a Mr Cummerfield.

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Three Hendricksen family graves with wreaths, presumeably after a boating tragedy.

Two copies

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A small girl, identified by Sandra Hansen as being Gayleen Clayton from Shannon, stands with her hands on her hips. To the right of the photograph is a post and rail fence.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Ken Mitchells car.”

Ken Mitchell and others in car, c.1920’s. Ken Mitchell is sitting behind the wheel of the car and is dressed in military uniform with a ‘lemon squeezer’ hat. Beside him sits his mother, while Miss Mitchell and Jessie Cameron are in the back seat. Annie Cameron, dressed in a school gym (black serge) stands behind the front of the car. An unidentified woman stands beside the front passenger door on the far side of the car.

An enlarged copy of 2001.012.0001

1 B&W photo print copy

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Inscription on reverse reads: “Ken Mitchells car”

Ken Mitchell and others in car, c.1920’s. Ken Mitchellis sitting behind the wheel of the car and is dressed in military uniform with a ‘lemon squeezer’ hat. Beside him sits his mother, while Miss Mitchell and Jessie Cameron are in the back seat. Annie Cameron, dressed in a school gym (black serge) stands behind the front of the car. An unidentified woman stands beside the front passenger door on the far side of the car.

Enlarged copy of 2001.012.0001

1 B&W photo print copy

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Penciled on back: “E.A.R. Ken Mitchell at the wheel & his mother. Miss Mitchell & Jessie Cameron with Annie Cameron looking on.”

Additional information: – Ken Mitchell at wheel of car, his mother beside him. Miss Mitchell & Jessie Cameron in rear seat. Annie Cameron (right) in school uniform looking on. Other person unknown.

Ken Mitchell and others in car, c.1920’s. Ken Mitchell is sitting behind the wheel of the car and is dressed in military uniform with a ‘lemon squeezer’ hat. Beside him sits his mother, while Miss Mitchell and Jessie Cameron are in the back seat. Annie Cameron, dressed in a school gym (black serge) stands behind the front of the car. An unidentified woman stands beside the front passenger door on the far side of the car.

1 B&W photo postcard – oval shaped

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Elsie Edwards (King) as a young girl.

Hand painted mounted photograph.

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Written in back with black ink pen: “Very best wishes of health, wealth & prosperity from Mr & Mrs Fosella” and “[to] Mrs Bowen, c/o Mr Hudson, Levin”

Stamped on back with blue ink – Horowhenua Historical Society….....

Pupils outside the main building of Levin School in Oxford Street post 1903. The wooden building with an iron roof and five brick chimneys faces east, and although a flagpole has been erected at the front of the school, the playground is unsealed with large rocks clearly visable.

State School, Levin, N.Z. – (caption)

1 Postcard, sepia tone

Also see – Acc. #2000.329

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Penciled (but related to photo 2000.018.0320a on reverse) above photo: “Sawmilling at Kereru, Koputaroa Railway Station.”

Three unidentified young women washing a car.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0320a on reverse)

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Written on back with blue ink pen: “Mrs C Young 1 Mrs Young 2 Mrs Clayton 3 Mrs Mayvis Johnson 4 Mrs Murray the Queen Patty Caldwell Mrs Peterson Mrs Caldwell”

Penciled & written on back with black ballpoint pen: “AIH 3 RI Committee of Queen Carnival Funds for Shannon Swimming Pool the little girl Pat Caldwell won the crown.”

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “P Locke”

Stamped on back with black ink - Plese re-order from numbers above. ACME STUDIOS.

Committee members of Shannon Queen Carnival, c.1938. Those in this photograph are from left to right: – Mrs Young, Jessie Clayton, Mavis Johnson, Mrs Murray, Patty Caldwell (one of the Queen Carnival “princesses” – who was crowned Queen of the Carnival), Myrtle Peterson and Mrs Caldwell. The Queen Carnival was held to raise funds for swimming pool at Shannon School.

1 B&W photo print

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Albert Dunn with his grandchildren Graham Dunn, Marilyn Dunn (left) and Carol Robinson (right)

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Foxton Beach Ladies Progress Club 1957. The woman in the centre of the front row of the group is possibly Mrs E.M.Field.

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Muir and Moodie postcard

Postcard featuring Main Street, Foxton, looking north from Cook Street, c.1910. A small boy is crossing the street in the foreground, while in the centre of the photograph an early car raises dust on the unpaved road. On the left of the photograph are the Council Chambers while on the right are the Post Office Hotel and the Bank of New Zealand.

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Unidentified man, woman and child sitting beneath a ponga fern. Metal pail to the right of man.

Same photo as 1977.047.0063

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Penciled on back: “A bring-and-buy held recently by the Levin Junior Red Cross for Vietnam relief work. Sat. Nov. 15, 1969.”

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.

The 2 photos joined together by masking tape on back.

Levin Junior Red Cross, bring-&-buy, 1969 1 B&W photo print (composite, 2 photos joined)

Large group of girls around table with soft toys etc.

A group of girls examine goods at a bring-and-buy held by the Levin Junior Red Cross, to raise funds for Vietnam relief work, November 1969.

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Probably Foxton Beach Ladies Progress Club 10th birthday celebrations in 1956. Included in this photograph are: – Mrs Tremewan, Mrs Ryder, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Keegan, Mrs Hodge, Mrs Glennie, Mrs A Bartlett, Mrs Symons Mrs Regan, Mrs Symons, Mrs Low, Mrs Hudson, Mrs Perry, Mrs McAlister, Mrs Wouldes, Mrs Thomas, Mrs Lewis, Mrs McQuilkin, Mrs Corkill, Mrs A Short, Mrs Rosvall, Mrs Anderson Church, Mrs Short, Auntie Margaret Martin, Peggy Bulmer, Carol Perry.

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 82”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “At Hokio Stream crossing, near ‘Lakeside’.”

Mrs Hector Hugh McDonald (nee Mary Rigg), stands on a bridge across the Hokio Stream near ‘Lakeside’ (the McDonald home). With her are her two daughters, Flora (centre) and Theresa Hinemoa (left). A large dog is also standing on the bridge which has a wooden canoe alongside it.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 1977.047.0021

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Printed on front of mounting board, top left, with black ink: “SHANNON ” Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 6 “

Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “P6 Engine room of ‘Miranui’ Flaxmill, situated on east side of main road north of Shannon. Photo by James Hallam, Shannon.”

See also – Acc. #2000.533 (original ?) HHS Photos Outsize

The engine room of Miranui Flax Mill, c 1908. Miranui was the largest flaxmill ever built in New Zealand and was situated on the Shannon to Tokomaru highway. The flaxmill was opened in 1907. In this photograph nine men and a small girl are pictured alongside the suction gas engines in the engine room which is lined with timber.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.533.0001 (HHS Photos Outsize)

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Inscription on reverse of one postcard reads: “To Tom with love and best wishes From Mary Oct 8.1918”

A view of Main Street, taken from the eastern side of the street and looking south west. Commercial premises line both sides of the street which has a man riding a bicycle along its centre. Young girls are also crossing the road.

2 Postcards

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Written on back with black ink pen:

“Ian 11 yrs 7 mths Ronald 9 ” 10 ” Tommy 5 ” 7 ” Barbara 3 ” 3 ” “

Embossed border on mounting board around photo.

Four unidentified children pose for this outdoor portrait. The three boys all wear jackets and shorts with knee-length socks, and the small girl who shares a seat with one of the older boys is dressed in white with white knee-length socks and brown sandals. The four children are unidentifies but the names “Ian, Ronald, Tommy and Barbara” and their respective ages are written on the back of the photograph.

1 Sepia tone print,mounted

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Written below photo with black ink pen: “Suction Gas engines, Miranui, about 1908.”

Also written on back with black ink pen: “In Miranui Engine room at Stripping Sheds, about 1907-8. James Hallam, Shannon”

Embossed mounting board.

The engine room of Miranui Flax Mill, c.1908. Miranui was the largest flaxmill ever built in New Zealand and was situated on the Shannon to Tokomaru highway. The flaxmill was opened in 1907. In this photograph nine men and a small girl are pictured alongside the suction gas engines in the engine room which is lined with timber.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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Two black & white photographs and one black & white photocopy.

Written on back of both b/w photos with blue ballpoint pen – Park St.

Written on back of one of the b/w photos with black ink pen - Les Christie Louise Barber Lewis Clapham Margaret Langley Stan Cull Bev. Rogers

Photographer’s stamp (purple ink) is illegible.

Foxton School Prefects, 1951. Those in this photograph are from left to right:-

Les Christie, Louise Barber, Lewis Clapham, Margaret Langley, Stan Cull, Bev Rogers.

Two black & white photographs and one black & white photocopy. Names on a separate sheet of paper.

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Inscription on reverse reads “1903”

The main block at Levin School on the western side of Oxford Street looking south, 1903. The wooden building has an iron roof and 5 brick chimneys rise above the roofline. The playground area is unsealed and large rocks are clearly visable. The students in this photograph are in the main separated with boys to the left and girls to the right.

See also 2000.329.0001

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