Typed on card glued to front (top) of mounting board, as caption: “Hotel Arcadia. Top storey was burnt & removed in 1912.”

Penciled on back : “27 CII”

Additional information supplied verbally: “Arcadia Private Hotel. Run by John & Elizabeth McFarlane, 1919-1941 (or later). John also ran a taxi.”

Two small children dressed in white are outside the Hotel Arcadia on the northeastern corner of the intersection of Bath Street and Oxford Street, Levin, prior to 1912. The hotel is a wooden structure of three stories, two of which remain today (2001) In this photograph Oxford Street is an unsealed road with a gas light and a telegraph pole in the centre of the road.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.316.0003

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Printed bottom left of original: “Levin, Thompson & Palmer series.”

Penciled on back: “Oxford St. West. Gappers.”

The businesses on the western side of Oxford Street, Levin, looking north towards Queen Street c 1900. The first business to the left is that of W. Jamieson who was a cabinetmaker and upolsterer. This shop was situated where Noel Leeming is situated today (2001). All the businesses north from Jamiesons to the Levin Hotel at the Queen Street intersection are shown. The plane trees which were planted in 1897 appear very young in this photograph.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0151a)

Photo of postcard.

See also 2000.018.0150 (enlarged)

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

Penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society. The 3 storied Arcadia Private Hotel, N.E. corner Oxford & Bath Sts. Built 1904-1905. G.K. Douglas joinery factory, built about 1900-1903. Scotneys & Global Shoes shops on site now.”

Hotel Arcadia, Oxford Street / Bath Street intersection. 1 B&W photo print copy.

Two small children dressed in white, appear outside the Arcadia Hotel in Bath Street. The hotel is a wooden structure of three stories, two of which remain today (2001). In this photo Oxford street is an unsealed road with a gas light and telegraph pole in the centre of the road.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”