Inscription on front:- “To Mum from Flora 9 3 08.” Inscription on reverse:- Flora McDonald ( Daughter of Hector McDonald, Native Interpreter). She married a Mr Ranald Aloysius MacDonald and lived her life of 82 years in Levin.” Also :- “Rode and drove at A & P Shows also went to the Hunt Club meets.”

Flora McDonald in formal riding outfit including bowler hat, sitting side-saddle on a horse in a garden setting. Flora holds a riding crop in her right hand and double reigns in both hands. The horse has a small white blaze on its forehead and a cropped tail.

Inscription on front reads:- “To Mum from Flora 9 3 08.”

Inscription on reverse reads:- “Flora McDonald ( Daughter of Hector McDonald, Native Interpreter). She married a Mr Ranald Aloysius MacDonald and lived her life of 82 years in Levin.”

Also “Rode and drove at A & P Shows. Also went to all the Hunt Club meets”.

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Hector Roderick (Kita) McDonald astride his horse at the rear of the Grand Hotel, corner of Oxford and Durham Street

Inscription on reverse “The 3rd Hector McDonald. Probably taken the same day as the photo of him riding into the Grand Hotel. Same Horse. Donated by Chronicle.”

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Inscription on back – Mrs Hector McDonald Jnr (Native Interpreter) nee Mary Rigg – Wgtn

Mrs Hector McDonald (nee Mary Rigg) seated on horse side saddle wearing riding habit and hat.

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