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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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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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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Printed on back: “Photograph courtesy of Foxton Historical Society. POST OFFICE HOTEL, FOXTON 1904. All four hotels in the town have a rich heritage. The Post Office Hotel, was first built to house a drapery business, but was converted into an hotel during 1893. This building stands opposite the Post Office in the main street.”

Post Office Hotel, Foxton, 1904. A group of people stand on the footpath outside this two storied wooden building.

1 Sepia tone print

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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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Stamped on back with dark blue ink: “This photograph must be acknowledged to the Evening Post Collection Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference No. 72203 1/2 Club Hotel, Shannon”

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “about 1894.”

Club Hotel, Shannon, c.1894. Situated on the south eastern corner of Ballance Street and Plimmer Terrace, the hotel is a two storied wooden building. In this photograph a woman wearing white apron is standing by door on left side of the building (Ballance Street). A woman dressed in white is standing in a doorway on the right side of the building with two men sitting on the steps.

From the Alexander Turnbull Library (Evening Post Collection).

RESTRICTED PHOTOGRAPH

1 B&W photo print, and 1 copy

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Penciled on back: “N. Allan”

Written on back with red felt-tip pen: “113”

Club Hotel, Shannon, c.1894. Situated on the south eastern corner of Ballance Street and Plimmer Terrace, the hotel is a two storied wooden building. In this photograph a woman wearing white apron is standing by door on left side of the building (Ballance Street). A woman dressed in white is standing in a doorway on the right side of the building with two men sitting on the steps.

RESTRICTED PHOTOGRAPH

1 B&W photo print, copy (identical to s2002.035.0001a)

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