Inscription on reverse reads: “Don Mr C Sims Post Office Res. upstairs. Oxford Street about 1912. Building next to P. Office pulled down about 1912 was a sweet shop run by the Dear family + next to it a tea rooms which had accommodation at the rear run by a Mrs Wilson. On the corner opposite the Levin Hotel was a stationers + book shop run by a Mr Fred Jones beyond that the fire station + fire bell.”

Oxford Street, north of the Queen Street intersection looking south c. 1912. The street is unsealed and plane trees are growing in a grass verge that runs alongside the road. At the centre of the intersection is a gas standard with two lamps. The Post Office is on the left hand side and the Levin Hotel on the right hand side.

Inscription on front of postcard reads: “Oxford Street, Levin. N.Z.

See also 1977.007.0003

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The old and new Court House, Main Street, Foxton and the Town Hall.

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Foxton looking south from Ihakara gardens. The Town Hall and Court House are on the left, with the War Memorial at the northern end of Main Street, c.1930.

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Printed bottom of photo: “Plimmer Terrace. Shannon. No.3601.”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “B.P. Moynihan”

Letter written on back with black ink pen: “Dear Dick how are you getting on. How many eggs are you having now and how many meals are you having a day. I am writing a letter to Douglas Vickers. Goodbye from Alex.”

Plimmer Terrace, Shannon c.1920. This photograph looks south along the eastern side of Plimmer Terrace and shows the Bank of New Zealand (left), W. H. Gunning’s General Store, the Post Office in the centre distance and in the far distance the Club Hotel. Several children are outside the bank.

1 B&W photo postcard (Fragile, damaged)

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Inscription on reverse reads: “N Sinclair donated 4/77”

Oxford Street, north of the Queen Street intersection looking south c. 1910. The street is unsealed and plane trees are growing along a grass verge that runs alongside the road. At the centre of the intersection is a gas standard with two lamps. The Post Office is on the left hand side and the Levin Hotel on the right hand side.

Inscription on front of postcard reads: “Oxford Street, Levin. N.Z.

See also 1977.009.0001

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Weraroa & Railway Stn. – (caption). 1 B&W postcard.

Main Road at Weraroa showing the Weraroa Hotel on the corner of Ward Street, and the Levin Railway Station on the left in the distance. In the centre of the photo is a horse and trap, and a youth leans on a bicycle chatting to two young girls. Two women and a girl have just walked past the general store, which doubles as a registry office for servants, and there are others outside the hotel and other shops.

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Inscription on reverse is very faint but begins: “Dear Mrs Ransom…..” A message follows but is too faint to read. “W. Hannan” has been written in blue ink across the message.

Oxford Street, north of the Queen Street intersection looking south c 1910. The street is unsealed and plane trees are growing along a grass verge that runs alongside the road. At the centre of the intersection is a gas standard with two lamps. The Post Office is on the left hand side and the Levin Hotel on the right hand side.

See also 1977.035.0002

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The main street of Manakau showing the Post Office which was opened in 1907 and the Manakau Hotel.

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Oxford Street, Levin, c.1920. Taken from the roof of the building on the southwest corner of Oxford Street and Queen St. intersection. The Post Office is on the left and the Levin Hotel on the right. Plane trees line both sides of Oxford Street.

1 B&W photo print, copy

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Printed bottom left of original, as caption: “Oxford Street Levin. A912.”

Penciled on back: “17 CH Oxford St. Post Office. ‘

The eastern side of Oxford Street, looking south towards Bath Street c.1920. The businesses which line the street are:- the Post Office, J.E. Dean (‘This is Deans’), Mrs Wilson, W.M. Clark (Draper), and the Hotel Arcadia. The street is unsealed and bicycles and horses are the main form of transport.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.294.0010 (original postcard).

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Penciled on back: “21 CH”

The Levin Post Office on the south eastern corner of the intersection of Oxford Street and Queen Street. Taken looking north-east this photograph a telephone box is outside thew main building as is a bike-stand. Commercial premises in Queen Street are also shown.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Written with black ballpoint pen, bottom of photo – 102 12

Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “5. A civic occasion in the square, Levin. Probably [crossed out with blue ballpoint pen] services for the death of King Edward VII 1910, or else the coronation of King George V 1911. Boys training farm cadets in row near bottom of photograph.”

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

Commemoration, death of Edward VII, 1910. Taken from opposite the Post Office in Oxford Street looking east, a large crowd hold sheets of paper, possibly song sheets for singing during the service.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.510.0001 and Collection 2000.516

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NZ Real Photo postcard

Main Street Foxton, looking north from Wharf Street, c1920. A number of motor vehicles are parked on the western side of the street, while a horse and gig and a bicycle are the other forms of transport in this photograph. Inscription at bottom of photograph reads: “Tourist Series 1439.”

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Main Street, Foxton from Ihakara Gardens c.1920. Compared with the previous photograph this view shows that the pine trees have been removed. The picket fence is still in place, but in a state of disrepair. Several schoolboys stand in front of the War Memorial. The Court House, Police Station, two churches and an expanding commercial area are clearly shown.

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The Main Street of Foxton looking south from Ihakara gardens c.1940s

Four small prints, one larger print

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Oxford – Queen Street intersection.”

Oxford – Queen Street intersection looking south. 1 B&W photo print copy.

Probably taken in the early 1900s this photo shows the intersection of Oxford and Queen Streets with a gas lamp standard in the centre of the intersection. A ladder is against the pole of the lamp standard. The Oxford Street plane trees have protective wooden barriers around them. A bicycle is propled against a pole on the south-eastern side of the intersection.

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E Hussey series Postcard. One donated by Edna Mohekey. One sent to P T Robinson, Flaxmill Union Secretary, Main Street, Palmerston North. “Dear Tuck, Kindly find …(rest of message unreadable). One sent from Sanson “Mrs E J Murphy Foxton Dear Alice and Ted …..from H R”

View of the Main Street of Foxton from the end of Park Street looking south c.1917. The Court House stands on the left of the photograph, with commercial premises on the opposite (western) side of the street. Beside the “triangle” to the right of the photograph is a street light on an iron pole.

4 oval framed postcards, one unmounted copy and one framed copy.

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Inscription on reverse reads: “June 3rd 1912. Foxton Fire. From Mr Healey of Bondi Australia.

Scene after fire on the western side of Foxton’s Main Street June 1912. Properties between Perreau’s tearooms and the Post Office were all destroyed.

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Members of the Young Framers Club outside the Foxton Post Office being welcomed by Mayor M Perreau.

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