Penciled on back - Mr Stevens M.P. After new flag pole raised in school grounds 1901

Mr Stevens M.P. addressing crowd, flag raising ceremony, Shannon School, 1901 1 B&W photo print, copy

Mr John Stevens (Member House of Representatives) standing on a low platform by the flagpole.

Identical photo to Acc. #s2001.020.0002 (dated as c.1890)

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Penciled on back - Flag Ceremony July 13 1901 Mr Stevens M.P.

Stamped on back with purple ink - John Cleland Photo Studio Ltd. Ph. 78-878

Flag raising ceremony, Shannon School, 18th July 1901 1 B&W photo print, copy

The Horowhenua Mounted Rifles are lined up in background (left). Some band music instruments are sitting on ground (right).

Information in 1949 Jubilee booklet (Acc.#1979.132.0002): First flagpole erected, 18th May, 1901 (replaced 21 June 1917). 18th July, 1901 the ceremony of hoisting the flag took place at the Shannon School. Among those present were Hon. T.Y. Duncan (Minister of Lands), Mr John Stevens (M.H. Reps.), the Horowhenua Mounted Rifles and the Shannon Brass Band. Speeches were made by Messrs Duncan, Stevens, Davis, Rev. McLean, Nation, Voysey (headmaster), and Lind.

Identical photo to Acc. #s2001.020.0001

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