Penciled on back: “42 Oxford Street, Levin looking south from near Queen Street intersection. Made by B. Eykel, Horticultural Research Centre, Levin. Negative on file H.H.S.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date 20/10/90

See also – Acc. #2000.269 (Traffic Survey, set of 25 colour photos)

The eastern side of Oxford Street, Levin, looking south towards the Bath Street lights, 1990. Taken at 4:45pm this photograph shows the large volume of traffic on Oxford Street which is also State Highway One. The two storied building which was the Arcadia Hotel is visible at the end of the business premises at the Bath Street intersection.

1 Colour photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.269 Collectin (Traffic Survey, set of 25 colour photos)

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Penciled on back: “35. Exchange. New Levin telephone exchange from ‘Chronicle’ 8 November 1963. Operator and supervisor.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date 20/10/90

A switchboard operator and her supervisor at the Levin Automatic Telephone Exchange, 1963.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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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)

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 53”

Written below pictures 1 and 2, as caption: “The whares left by Mr P. Bartholomew after the removal of his sawmill. 11.1.14.”

Written below picture 3, as caption: “The old sawmill site from the terrace near the main gate leading into Leighton paddock. 11.1.14.”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen - The Bartholomew sawmill occupied this site by the Makahika river from 1906. Late in 1913 the machinery was removed to a new site near the Makaretu junction with Ohau. G.L. Adkin renovated the whare next the low knoll (The ‘Kopje’) so that he could camp there while developing North Block. After he had married Maud Herd ( in December 1915) they spent nearly three months living here while ‘Woodside’ homestead was built on Section 42, Queen Street East. They called it ‘Sonoma’, after ‘The Valley of the Moon’ in Jack London’s novel of that name. (Adkin Coll, A.T.L)

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

Three photographs of the old sawmill site, Makahika River, Horowhenua, 1 November 1914. Picture (1) top – Whare (door open) and saddled horse. Picture (2) centre – Same whare (left) and 2nd whare (right). Picture (3) bottom – Remains of sawmill site & the whares.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (composite)

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Written with blue pen on piece of paper attached to back - Sawmilling, log hauling. Also penciled on this paper - Page 41, “75 Years in Levin”.

Penciled: “61 CH”

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

See also – Acc. #2000.073.0006 (Original, sepia photo – Felling White Pine, Levin district, c.1904).

Loading log onto waggon, c.1904. Five unidentified men working with a four horse team in the native bush in the Horowhenua district. Two men wait on the horse drawn wagon while the other three men attempt to roll a log onto the wagon using stumping jacks.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0317a)

See also 2000.073.0006 (Original, sepia photo – Felling White Pine, Levin district, c.1904).

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Flax Cutters, Miranui Mill, Shannon.”

Four flax cutters taking a break, Miranui Mill, Shannon. The swamp was divided into blocks which were cut once every four years by the flax cutters.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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This phot was also used in Bob Ayson's book Miranui with the following description:

Flaxcutters having a welcome rest amongst the flax. The swamp was divided into blocks which were cut once every four years by the flaxcutters who used a sharp blade shaped like a reap hook. The portions of the block allotted to each group of cutters were called "breaks". The flax was cut about one foot above the base of the plant and tied into bundles of about 25 to a ton and stacked for the "trammies" to collect. Over three acres of flax was cut daily and the average worker cut 3rh to 4 tons of flax in a 8 hour day. About 22,000 tons of leaf was cut annually.
Photo: Palmerston North Public Library.

Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink – P 41

Written with blue ballpoint pen on piece of paper glued to back: “Meeting between Flax Miller’s and County Chairman, G.F. Monk (centre bottom). Bottom Left : A.A. Brown – His Father-in-Law.

This photo used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 158, and acknowledged to – Brown Coll.

Flax Millers with the County Chairman, G.A. Monk, 1919. Mr Monk sits in the centre of the front row , with his father-in law Mr A. A. Brown, seated to the far left in the front row.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 113”

Typed on piece of paper glued to back: “P. 113. Four men at working face in No. 2 tunnel. Nine men were killed in this tunnel, seven at one time by foul air. P.N.P.L.”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Four men at working face in No. 2 tunnel. Nine men were killed in this tunnel, seven of them in a single incident when ventilation system broke down. G.L. Adkin photo (P.Nth. Pub. Lib. Collection. MGH 205)”

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 280, with caption - Workers in No. 2 tunnel at head of pipeline. Nine men died here, seven in a single tragic occurrance of foul air. PNPL.

Four unidentified men working at the face in the No. 2 tunnel, Mangahao, 1920’s. Nine men were killed during the construction of this tunnel, seven of them in a single incident when the ventilation system broke down.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 280

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Skating rink. Bottom of Oxford St. just near Stuckey St. north of (now) Wisharts Textile Factory.”

An unidentified girl on roller skates at the skating rink, Oxford St., Levin. The rink was located immediately opposite the Principal’s house at Levin School, and the apex of this house (now, 2001, the Information Centre) can be seen above the rink wall in the centre of the picture. This site is used today as a car park for workers at Wisharts.

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Penciled on back: “AHI 20. AHI factory Tararua road under construction 19th July 1985 from ‘Chronicle’ photograph No. 85 1051.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date 20/10/90

The Alex Harvey Industries factory building under construction, Tararua Rd., Levin, 1985. This photograph shows steel roof trusses being raised into place by cranes.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Penciled on back: “26CH 1981 Sup. P. 64.”

Used in Chronicle newspaper supplement – ‘Levin Borough 75th Jubilee, 1906-1981’, page 64, with caption – Looks like Chainey’s.

The interior of an unidentified shop, possibly in Levin. A man in a suit stands alongside a wooden counter. Bicycles and tyres are to the left of the photograph while Columbus radios are advertised prominently. A wireless sits on the centre of the counter.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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People examine the burnt out site of business premises on the western side of Oxford Street. The building to the right was A L Williams’ Tea Rooms and this was sold to Woolworths in 1947 and demolished to make way for a new building. The tea rooms was situated in the northern half of what is now (2001) the DEKA Building.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Handwritten bottom right of original: “32.”

Penciled on back: “Oxrord St. Harvey & Co. “

Harvey & Co. Ltd., builders and joiners, Oxford St., Levin. This two storied wooden building was built in 1912, and Joe Harvey operated from this site as a cabinetmaker, with a shop on the ground floor and a workshop upstairs. In this photograph four people stand in the entrance to the shop. This building still stands today (2001) and is currently the premises of Robyn Bates Pharmacy.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Penciled on back : “14 – 75 yrs in Levin, Page 20”

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

The premises of W.M. Clark, Importer and Draper, c. 1903. Situated on the eastern side of Oxford Street, this wooden shop replaced the one shown in 2000.018.0137, and precedes the shop shown in 2000.519.0001. A verandah supported by wooden posts covers the outside of the shop which has many of its wares on display. Three men, one woman and a small child are standing on the verandah in this photograph which also shows a hitching rail at the front of the shop. Although the street is unsealed and there is no footpath, metal has been spread infront of the shop.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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

Swainson & Bevan Ltd. building on the south western corner of Mako Mako Road and Oxford Street at Weraroa before 1910. The wooden building is two storied and has a coloured iron verandah supported by wooden posts. The shop opens onto the corner of the intersection and a gas lamp is suspended from the verandah above the entrance. On Oxford Street a man is driving a horse and cart, while a man sits astride a horse on Mako Mako Road. Four men stand outside the entrance to the shop, the one in shirtsleeves leaning against the verandah support post has been identified as Walter Bull. Another man stands beside the horse and rider on Mako Mako Road. On the seventh and eigth windows on the upper floor of the building, the words “public” and “library” are inscribed.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.471.0001 2000.472.0001

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Probably early Horowhenua County Council.”

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

This photo used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 133, with people identified as follows - (Standing L to R) – G. McBeath, J. Malcolm (Inspector), H. Freeman, J. McCulloch (Clerk), H.J. Richards, J. Prouse, G.N. Stephenson. (Seated L to R) – W.H. Simcox, J. Davies (Chairman), F.W. Venn.

Horowhenua County Council, 1901. Standing L to R – G McBeath, J Malcolm (Inspector), H Freeman, J McCulloch (Clerk), H J Richards, J Prouse, G N Stephenson. Seated L to R – W H Simcox, J Davies (Chairman) F W Venn.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Unknown woman on horse at the Levin Racing Club stables, Mako Mako Road, Levin

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with #.0009b on back)

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink – P 90

Written on back with black ballpoint pen : ” ‘The Order of the Bath’ Clare, Viv., and Marjorie Adkin at ‘Cheslyn Rise’ back porch, 1902. Photo : F.J. Denton, Wanganui. Copied : J. Casey, VUW, June 1986, from M. Broomfield album (D. Hodge) for A.J. Dreaver. Neg. : A.J.D.”

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

Adkin Children, “The Order of the Bath”, 1902. Clare (12) bathing Vivian (2), while Marjorie (6) looks on. Back porch at ‘Cheslyn Rise’.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Printed on front of mounting board, top left, with black ink: “Lake Horowhenua” Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 70”

Two boats being rowed past one of the artificial islands on Lake Horowhenua. There are two women in the boat to the left of the photograph and this boat appears to be decorated with toetoe. The boat on the right contains three men, three women, a child and an infant in the arms of one of the women. In the background, native bush comes down to the edge of the lake.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink – P 19

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Earl Jellicoe, Governor General of New Zealand, 1920-1924.”

Penciled on back: “Visit of Lord Jellicoe to Levin, in front of Century Hall, Queen St.”

Governor General Jellicoe visits Levin, early 1920’s. The Governor General and other dignitaries stand in front of the Century Hall, which was situated on the south west corner of the Queen Street / Cambridge Street intersection. A large crowd has pressed forward towards the dias and three police officers stand amongst the large number of people.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Penciled on back: “Queen St. / Oxford St. corner.”

Commemoration Service for Edward VII, 1910. A group of dignitaries has gathered around a dias at the intersection of Oxford Street and Queen Street. The gas standard at the intersection has been covered with the New Zealand ensign. In the background are the commercial premises situated on the north east corner of the intersection.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also Collection 5000.515

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Penciled on back – 37 CH

Typed on paper glued to back: “Opening of the Levin Carnegie Free Library 29/11/1911 Opened by Sir Joseph Ward, Premier. Entirely financed by Carnegie grant. Built by Mayer and Illingworth at a cost of 1450 (pounds), $2900. Sited on the north west corner of Bath and Oxford streets. Demolished March 1965. Brenmuhls and Warnocks shops are now on the site. Photo taken by Joseph Scott with a Brownie Box camera, Kodak.”

Written on back with black pen: “1981, Page 89. Chronicle Supplement.”

Opening of the Levin Carnegie Free Library, 29 November 1911. This library was situated on the north western corner of the intersection of Oxford Street and Bath Street.

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See also2000.296.0001

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Typed caption at bottom of photo: “Typical of the tributes paid by Levin folk to the Anzac tradition was this 1958 parade, led by, from left, Mr E.W. Wise, then Mayor, Mr S.T. Russell, member of the RSA Dominion executive, and Mr A.T. Fletcher, then president Levin RSA.”

Penciled on back: “chr. sup. 1981. P.18.”

Anzac Commemoration, 1958. Led by Mr E W Wise, then Mayor, who is accompanied by Mr S T Russell and Mr A T Fletcher, the people of Levin take their floral tributes to the Soldiers Memorial in the Levin Public Gardens on the corner of Bath and Cambridge Streets

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “chron. Peace Memorial Weraroa Domain. Opened 1922. Demolished for road widening circa 1960’s.”

Peace Memorial, Weraroa Domain which was opened in 1922 and demolished for road widening in the late 1960s.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Printed bottom of original, as caption: “Levin Gardens, N.Z.”

Public Gardens & Methodist Church, Levin. To the right of the photograph is the war memorial which replaced an earlier one. To the left is the Methodist Church on the north eastern corner of the Cambridge Street and Kent Street intersection.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0240b)

See also 2000.290.0003 (original postcard).

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 79”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Tar-sealing of Queen Street West.”

A group of ten unidentified men stand beside a steam roller on the during the tar-sealing of Queen Street West, Levin. The operator of the machine is visible in the cab

Names provided in The Chronicle 75th Jubilee Supplement published in March 1981:

From left: E.M. Mortensen, W.G. Clark, F.E. Parker, F. Lowe, F.G. Roe, H. Channings (borough overseer), T. Hobson (Mayor),F.J. Ramsay (power board secretary), A. Skitrop (Union Asphalt Co who supplied bitumen) and C.S. Keedwell.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Printed bottom of original, as caption: “Public Gardens, Levin.”

The Public Gardens, Bath Street ,Levin, c.1926 showing a pergola built of ponga logs. Thompson House is in the background. This photograph is taken looking north-east.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0237a)

See also 2000.289.0006 (original sepia photo).

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Penciled on back : “Thompson House. 75 yrs in Levin, P.52”

See also 2000.234.0001 (original and information) as follows: “Cenotaph. (Circa 1922) The first Soldier’s Memorial erected in the Public Gardens. Due to public protest, it was pulled down and the present one built. The stone in the picture was a natural one obtained from the Arapapae Hills (Gladstone Road extension). In getting the stone out it was cracked (as shown in the picture). Thompson House is in the background.

The first war memorial in the Bath Street gardens with Thompson House in the background, c.1922. The war memorial is made of a large natural stone from the Arapaepae hills and is set on a mound of other stones with steps leading to it. This memorial was later replaced.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0237b)

See also 2000.234.0001

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 62”

Typed on paper glued to back: “Levin Borough water supply settling tanks, Ohau Valley, constructed 1908. R.A. McDonald, photographer; from Dorset Collection.”

Settling tanks for the Levin water supply located in the Ohau valley.

1 B&W photo print

Also see 2000.258.0001 and 2000.260.0001

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Printed top of photo as caption: ”... country killing stock the crunch came late in 1972 for the export works.”

Penciled on back: “30 CH Chron. Sup. 1981. P.6.”

Levin Abattoir, Hokio Beach Road, Levin, which closed in 1972. The sign on the gate reads “Abattoir closed. No further killing.” This photograp was used in the Chronicle supplement which was published in 1981.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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