Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “(3) M.D. Father Branaghan Outside Club Hotel.”
Penciled on back: “c / 8”
Father Branaghan standing beside a car outside the Club Hotel, Shannon.
1 B&W photo print, copy
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Inscription on reverse of mounted photograph reads: “Lent by Mrs Kirkcaldie. nee Marjorie Kebbel daughter of John Kebbell. Now given. Cook’s Family Hotel now known as the Foxton but of course re-built.”
Foxton Family Hotel, formerly the home of Thomas U Cook, in Gray Street, prior to 1892 when the building was demolished and a new hotel of the same name was opened on the present site in Main Street.
Two original photographs, one of which is mounted, and two copies
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Parade to support wounded soldiers c.1915. This photograph shows cars with placards outside the Foxton Coronation Hall. The Manawatu Hotel can be seen in the background at the left.
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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 eastern side of Main Street, Foxton, from Chung Wah. Whytes Hotel is the two storied building in the centre of the photograph. Note the hitching rails to the right of the photograph.
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The Albion Hotel, Plimmer Terrace, Shannon
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The antique shop and Manakau Hotel on the eastern side of the main street, Manakau
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Whytes Hotel, on the corner of Main Street and Whyte Street, Foxton. Three women are standing on the balcony and nine men and a dog on the street.
Photograph and paper copy.
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Procession passes the Arcadia Hotel on the corner of Oxford and Bath Streets during the Armistice Day Peace Parade 1918. In the background up Bath Street the Tararua Range can be seen.
1 B&W photo print
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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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Typed on paper (with Horo. Hist. Soc. letterhead) glued to back: “A Queen Carnival held in Levin in 1941 when the population was a mere 2790 raised 3179 pounds ($254,220) towards the Patriotic Funds to supply comforts to the army overseas. Here the N.Z. Air Force stationed at Kimberley parade with their queen Ellen McDonald. Other Queens were Maureen O’Conner – Citizen’s Queen and Barbara Blenkhorn – Business Queen.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
Queen Carnival Parade, Levin, 1941. N.Z. Air Force (stationed at Kimberley) parade with their carnival queen, Ellen McDonald. This photograph features a truck carring a large model aircraft with Ellen McDonald as the pilot, two uniformed women, two uniformed men and two lines of uniformed men marching either side of the truck. The truck is followed by children on bicycles and trolleys. The parade is moving north along Oxford Street. The Hotel Arcadia (on Bath Street and Oxford Street corner) is in the background.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Spring Fling Parade 1985 Historical Society Float”
The Foxton Historical Society’s float having passed Post Office Hotel, Main Street, Foxton, during the 1985 Spring Fling Parade.
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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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Photograph is attached to a piece of white paper which has the following inscription: “After the 1912 fires Walls erected a temporary shed. Presbyterian Church and old Town Hall can be seen at left. In foreground picket fence of the Methodist Church still stands.
Scene after fire on eastern side of Main Street Foxton in 1912. In the foreground the site of the fire on the western side of Main Street, also in 1912, has been partly cleared. The picket fence of the Methodist Church remains standing.Whytes Hotel is the two storied building on the eastern side of the street.
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The Manakau Hotel on the eastern side of the main street of Manakau
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Printed on original as caption: “Weraroa & Railway Stn.”
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Weraroa about 1910. Weraroa Hotel on south west corner of Ward St. 1899-1909 Railway Station on left. “
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
Main road at Weraroa, looking south from near Mako Mako Road and 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 photograph 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.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
See also 2000.316.0008 (original postcard)
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “[R.F. ?] Hinchcliff, 27 Walton Av. Waikanae.
Oxford Street Levin, taken from north of the Oxford Street / Queen Street intersection looking south c . 1890. The road is unsealed and narrows at what is now the Oxford Street / Bath Street intersection. A small cottage is on this site. in the distance towards Weraroa is a large two storied building, possibly the “Weraroa Hotel”. The Levin Hotel is the large building on the southern corner of Oxford Street and Queen Street West.
1 B&W photo print copy – slightly damaged
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Printed on front of mounting board, top left, with black ink: “Waikanae 1849” Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 1”
Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 120, with caption - William Jenkins kept this bush-licence accommodation house at Te Uruhi, near Waikanae; sketch by William Swainson, 1849. National Art Gallery.
Accommodation House, Te Uruhi, Waikanae, 1849. A black and white photograph of a sketch by William Swainson of the bush-licence accommodation house which was run by William Jenkins.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (damaged & dirty)
Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 120
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The remains of Whytes Hotel, Main Street, Foxton, after a fire had destroyed the building in 1918.
See also f1999.0210 and f1999.0211
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Printed bottom of original: “West Side. Oxford Street. Levin. H. Plimmer. Wgton. 852. F.T. Series.”
Penciled on back: “Oxford St. West. Levin Hotel.
The west side of Oxford Street, Levin, looking south from the Queen Street intersection. The building to the far right of the photograph is the Levin Hotel. A horse and covered cart stands outside the hotel facing south. Another horse drawn cart is further down Oxford Street, as is a man on a bicycle. In this photograph the plane trees (planted 1897) are quite small indicating that this photograph was probably taken in the early 1900s.
Photograph of postcard.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0151b)
See also 2000.292.0001 (original postcard)
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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Oxford Street north of Queen Street About 1911” and “Donated Mr C Sim 9/77”
The Western side of Oxford Street, north of the Queen Street / Oxford Street intersection, looking south c 1911. The road is unsealed, and commercial businesses including the Levin Hotel line the side of the street.
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Postcard donated by Mrs E.M.Wood 372 Oxford St, Levin
The “new” Manawatu Hotel, Foxton. A E Shadboldt was the proprieter at the time this photograph was taken. A horse, bicycles and a horse-drawn carriage are the featured means of transportation in this photograph. Four women stand on the upper floor balcony and a number of men stand on the footpath outside the two storied weatherboard building.
I postcard and one print.
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Post Office Hotel, western side of Main Street, Foxton c1900. A group of men stand outside the wooden building which has a flag flying above it. George Gray was the owner and licensee at the time this photograph was taken.
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Foxton Family Hotel, Main Street, Foxton. A group of men, women and children along with a dog stand outside the hotel. A Mr Laing was the proprieter of the hotel at the time the photograph was taken.
Photograph and paper copy
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Manawatu Hotel from Avenue Road in the early 1900s. Four women a small girl and an infant are on the balcony. A number of men and youths stand outside the hotel along with two men in a horse and gig.
Photograph and paper copy
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The War Memorial at Plimmer Terrace, Shannon. Taken from near the railway station looking east this photograph shows the war memorial with the Club Hotel in the background
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Spring Fling 1985 Historical Float”
The Foxton Foxton Historical float passes Whytes Hotel, Main Street, Foxton, during the 1985 Spring Fling Parade.
Colour print.
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Inscriptions on reverse read: “W Hannan” and “Miss Knight C/o Mrs E Hollard, Kaponga, Taranaki.”
The western side of Oxford Street, north of the Queen Street / Oxford Street intersection, looking south c 1911. The road is unsealed and is lined by the plane trees which were planted in 1897. To the left of the photograph is the Levin Hotel and further south down Oxford Street are other commercial premises.
See also 1977.035.0002
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