Levin Post Office clock tower taken from Queen Street West looking towards the Tararua Ranges

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Looking out across the Queen Street and Oxford Street intersection from the Levin Post Office.

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Looking north along Oxford Street, Levin towards the Post Office clock tower, showing the commercial premises on the eastern side of the street.

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Oxford Street, Levin, c.1920. Taken from the roof of the building on the southwest corner of Oxford Street and Queen St. intersection. The Post Office is on the left and the Levin Hotel on the right. Plane trees line both sides of Oxford Street.

1 B&W photo print, copy

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Printed on front of original postcard, as caption: “Levin.”

Penciled on back: “75 years in Levin, p. 12”

Bristol Street about 1921, looking towards Queen Street from about where The WareHouse building now stands (2001). The early Bank of New Zealand is on the left. Now with additions and alterations, it has been converted into lawyers offices. The Town Hall. built in 1896, was used for community activities until 1942, when it was demolioshed. The bank of Australasia has had various occupants; the Social Security Office, the Public Trust Office, the Citizens Advice Bureau, and is currently a lawyers office (2001).

1 B&W photo of postcard (print copy), mounted (with 2000.018.0056a).

See also 2000.018.0120 (enlarged)

See also 2000.279.0001 (original postcard), and 1980.173.0003 (duplicate postcard).

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Penciled on back: “CH Oxford St. c.1920”

Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date

Three unidentified women walk across Oxford Street, from west to east, c.1920. There are cars parked at the kerb and under the plane trees, along with horses pulling carts.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted.

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Photo of 2 postcards of Levin. 1 B&W photo print

The top photo is of the Oxford Street / Queen Street intersection and is an earlier photograph than 2000.316.0001 as the center of the intersection is marked by a gas standard lamp (now in the grounds of Thompson House, Kent)

The bottom photo is of a newly formed Queen Street looking towards Oxford Street. To the left of the photo is the Town Hall and on its left the bank of New Zealand.

Top – Oxford Street, Levin. A912. – (caption) See also – #2000.294.0010 original postcard.

Bottom – Queen St., Bank of New Zealand, Levin – (caption) See also – #2000.278.0001 original postcard.

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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.

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Inscriptions on reverse read: “Levin. Dec. 1st. 1933” and “Donated Mrs Jordan”

Two unidentified persons stand on the footpath outside A L Williams Tearooms on the western side of Oxford Street, where the DEKA store is now located (2001). On the southern side of the tea rooms is Kenneth Aitken’s bookshop. Parked against the kerb on an angle is a service car with the destinations New Plymouth, Wanganui and Wellington painted on its side.

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