Inscription on reverse reads: “Huia Flaxmill, Harbour Street, Foxton, 1912. This mill was owned by Mr J Rose from 1908 to 1917. Mr Rose and his infant son Horace can be seen in the right foreground of this photograph. Donated by Mr Horace Rose of Pahiatua, 1969. Copy negative held by I R Matheson of Palmerston North.”

Huia Flaxmill, Harbour Street, Foxton, 1912. Owned by J Rose from 1908 – 1917. Mr Rose and his infant son, Horace, can be seen in the right foreground of the photograph. Flax fibre is coming out from the washers in the flaxmill.

Mounted print and copy.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Horowhenua Historical Society. Originally on the S.W. corner of Bath St. & Winchester St. facing bath St. F.C.S.”

Also written on the back with blue ballpoint pen: “71 Winchester St. Levin (formerly 144 Bath St.) Built by Mr Frank Parker (Mrs Parker nee M S Prouse) Donated by Mrs E. Kean.”

Embossed at bottom right of mounting board – H.T. Williams, photo.

A man woman and child, possibly the Parker family, sitting on chairs on the lawn outside the Parker family house, 71 Winchester Street. the house is a wooden villa with an iron roof and a verandah on the eastern and northern sides. The man in the photograph is dressed in dark trousers and vest with a white shirt. His white hat lies on the grass near his feet. The woman is wearing a light skirt and jacket with a white blouse and she is holding a baby dressed in a white gown.

Note from Corrie Swanwick written on photocopy of this article:

"The Parker House was shifted back from BATH STREET-WINCHESTER south west corner to south. Doctors rooms now on site."

1 B&W photo print,mounted with tear to top right hand corner.

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Inscription on reverse reads:- “Grandmother – Mrs Rigg – Wgton. Her daughter Mary Rigg (married Hector ). Flora McDonald (eldest daughter married Ranald A MacDonald). Daughter Mary MacDonald.”

Mrs Rigg of Wellington is seated in the front right of the photo and is wearing a black dress, white shawl, white lace scarf fastened at the throat by a square broach. She has a white lace cap atop her head and a walking stick in her right hand. Mrs Mary McDonald (nee Rigg) stands behind her mother and is wearing a light coloured top with a black lace collar and cuffs. She is also wearing a white, rich lace under-top with a large broach at her throat. Flora MacDonald (nee McDonald) is standing to the right of her mother and is wearing a white dress with a very high neck lace and pintucking. She has a small broach at her throat. She is holding her infant daughter Mary (Dorset) who is dressed in a plain white gown and is barefooted and bareheaded.

Inscription on reverse reads: “Grandmother Mrs Rigg – Wgton. Her daughter Mary Rigg (married Hector). Flora McDonald (eldest daughter married Ranald A MacDonald). Daughter Mary MacDonald.”

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Inscription on reverse reads: “David Evans Baby & Shark caught by Alf Petersen 1954”

David Evans, as a small child, sits in a chair alongside a shark that Alf Petersen caught at Foxton Beach, 1954

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Heatherlea Homestead.”

Embossed mounting board.

Heatherlea Homestead, Heatherlea East, Levin. A weatherboard house with an iron roof with elaborate brick chimneys. There are verandahs on bothsides of the house which has its front door set between two bay windows. Each of the bay windows has three sash windows and coloured glass surrounds the front door. Wooden steps lead to the slightly recessed front door. Mrs Hector McDonald (Agnes), R A McDonald, her son, three unidentified women and two babies sit at the front of the house.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Opening Akers Toll Bridge 1918. Refer book – From Fibre to Food, Opiki.”

Penciled on back: “PNPL FX123 On the newly completed Opiki toll-bridge, Jan. 1918. 2nd from left, Joseph Dawson, bridge-builder holding Mavis Henderson (3 1/2 yrs). 4th man from left is A.W. Hogg, Masterton. Woman with baby, centre, is Mrs Elsie Henderson with son Lewis (4 months). Her husband, Ernest, is at far right, he was blacksmith at Tane Mill & there fashioned all steel rods for the bridge. Next Elsie is Mrs Whitewick, then her husband – cooks at Tane Mill cookhouse. Note tramlines for horse-drawn flax wagons.”

Book (From Fibre to Food, Opiki) gives caption for photo - A group of local residents and visitors on the newly completed swing bridge, January 1918. The book also identifies the people mention above, and the 3rd woman (at right) as Miss Taylor.

Cost between $4,600 – $5,200 – mentioned page 26, in book ‘From Fibre to Food, Opiki’.

The opening of Rangitane Suspension Bridge, at Opiki inJanuary 1918. The man second from the left is Joseph Dawson and the small girl he is holding is Mavis Henderson (aged 3 1/2 years). The man 4th from the left is A W Hogg from Masterton. The woman holding a baby is Mrs Elsie Henderson and the baby is her son Lewis. Her husband Ernest is at the far right of the photograph. He was a blcksmith at Tane flaxmill and fashioned all the steel rods for the bridge. The woman next to Elsie Henderson is Mrs Whitewick whose husband also worked at the Tane Mill.

The bridge was purhased in 1919 by Mr Hugh Akers and made a Toll Bridge in 1925. This bridge closed in November 1969 when new Opiki bridge opened.

1 B & W print

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Collins family group with framed portrait of Mrs Nash, (Mother of Miriam Symons), in the background. At the left is Miriam Symons, the man is Charles Collins, the woman to the right is Matilda Collins (nee Symons), and the baby is Miva Collins daughter of Charles and Matilda Collins.

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Update: According to Marjorie Law (author of From Bush to Swamp - the centenary of Shannon 1887-1987 this is a photo of the Opening of Rifle Range, Kara Road, Shannon c 1900-1901

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Family Picnic.”

Penciled on back: “Ex Mary Dorset.”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society.

A group of 26 unidentified women and children, including infants at a picnic. The group poses in front of a canvas shelter which is set in a clearing in front of native bush. Could possibly be members of the McDonald family as photograph was donated by Mary Dorset.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

No identification of individuals.

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E E Snow, bootmaker, in Main Street Foxton. Two men and an infant stand outside the store while another man stands in the doorway.

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Five generations of female descendants with Mrs Rhoda Easton being the matriach. Those in the photograph are from left to right:-

Mrs Rhoda Easton, Trish Corney nee Fenton (third generation), Mrs Monica Fenton nee Easton (second generation), Carol Hopcroft nee Corney (fourth generation). The baby is Ami Hopcroft (fifth generation).

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Built by K. Douglas. Weraroa Rd. Durham lived there.”

Mrs Douglas and her son pose outside their home in Weraroa Road. Built by Mr George Kenmer Douglas the weatherboard house has two distinctive domes. There are two verandahs, one facing north and the other facing west. The windows are of the sash type, and wooden steps lead up to the house. To the far right of the photograph a white cockatoo is sitting on a perch. This house is situated at 66 – 68 Weraroa Road, opposite Horowhenua College.

1 B&W photo print copy

See also 2000.494.0024

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HHS No. 11. Caption: “The Adkin children in 1900 – Marge, Dora, Gilbert, Clare, Leslie”. Those not pictured are Vivian and Clifford

Five of the seven Adkin children taken in 1900. They are standing on the verandah of a weatherboard house, and the three youngest children are holding hands.

Marjorie (3), Dora (5), Gilbert (7), Clare (9) and Leslie (11). Later arrivals were Vivien (1900) ans Clifford (1902).

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Horowhenua Mounted Rifles 1900” and “Donated Mrs Jordan”

A group of women and children pose outside a tent which has been erected using makeshift poles, in a country setting.

Inscription on reverse reads: “Horowhenua Mounted Rifles 1900”, but this inscription does not match the photograph.

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Mrs Joe Hofmann” and “Hans Andresen, Grandson Kit, Mat Andresen & wife Alice (nee) Antrybuss”

A group photograph of the Andresen family. From left to right those in the group are Hans Andresen, his grandson Kit, Matt Andresen and his wife Alice, nee Antrybuss.

Circular sepia photograph, mounted

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