Typed on damaged piece of paper sellotaped to back: “Perhaps 1918 Peace Procession. Miss M. McKegg was the successful Carnival Queen (Later Mrs Easton). Mr Vickers dressed as John Bull.”

Children lead the Armistice Day Peace Parade, along Oxford Street and west down Queen Street in 1918. The photograph is takenacross the Oxford Street and Queen Street intersection looking west towards the Levin Hotel. There are flags across the intersection and hanging from buildings.

1 B&W photo print, mounted (composite)

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Hector McDonald on a horse in the Grand Hotel

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Typed below picture - Huia Flag paraded at civic Welcome Home to men from the Boer War – 1903.

Taken from the building next to the Post Office on Oxford Street looking towards the Levin Hotel on the Queen Street and Oxford Street intersection. The Ngati Huia flag Huia is across the intersection and a crowd stands in a block to take part in the service.

See also – Acc #2000.018.0210 identical photo (scene described as: Service of Commemoration for Edward VII, 1910)

See also 2000.516.0001, 2000.510.0001, 2000.510.0002 and 2000.510.0003

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Public Library on the corner of Oxford and Bath Streets, Levin.

There is a crowd of people at the front of the building, possibly for the opening day of the library.

Photographed ca 1909 by an unidentified photographer.

From National Library Collection - 1 negative, ID: 1/2-139937-F

Pencilled on back - Old Levin Library From the left: Mrs Goldsmith, ...?... , ...?... , Mrs Walker, Bert Phillips, Mrs Clark, ...?... , ...?...

Group seated outside old Levin Library

From the left: Mrs Goldsmith, Mrs McDonald, Mrs Roe, Miss Bowen (previously identified as Mrs Walker), Bert Phillips, Mrs Clark, ...?... , ...?...

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Masonic Lodge, Bristol Street, Levin. 1 x B&W photo print

Single storied concrete building with porch featuring two columns topped with spheres and two larger columns which supoport the roof of the porch. The windows appear to be concreted over, and the iron roof slopes behind a facade. Above the porch the gable rises to an apex with the Masonic symbol and Lodge Horowhenua 135 painted in a dark colour. An iron gate is set in the middle of a low block wall in front of the building.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Contact House, cnr Queen St. / Bristol St.”

Penciled on back: “Bank of Australasia before” [Contact House].

Corner Queen & Bristol Streets, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Two storied commercial building, formerly a bank. There are a number of sash windows on both floors and a false bacony which obscures the roof. On the eastern side is a small porch which has coloured glass panes. Above this porch is a wooden fire-escape.

At the time of this photograph being taken the building was used asContact House and the Citizens Advice Bureau

Originally – Bank of Australasia

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “A.S. Mc Nair, 15 Queen St.”

Penciled on back: “Blenkhorn, Todd’s Solicitors Office 1920 on.”

15 Queen Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print

Concrete commercial building with year 1919 above the arched doorway. This building faces south, and on the northern side is a chimney. A large display window takes up most of the centre of the building. The concrete has grooves in it which are patterned around the door and above the window. A sign above the window proclaims “A.S. Mc Nair, saddlery – canvaswork Phone3192.”

This building is now demolished (2000)

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “66 68 Weraroa St.” {should be Road}

Penciled on back: “Built by Ken Douglas.”

66 – 68 Weraroa Road, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard house with iron roof and verandah facing west. At each end of the western side of the house are domes which have iron which has been cut to form the dome. There is an observitory in the centre of the roofline which has four windows facing west with six panes of glass in each window. The windows on the windows beneath the domes have shingle shutters. The windows are the sash type.

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Penciled on back: “Bank of N.Z. Queen St.” and “altered 1928.”

Photo damaged (stained).

27 Queen Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print, damaged (stained)

Two storied weatherboard building with iron roof and single gable on the right hand side, behind single storied concrete addition of later vintage. There are both single and double paned sash windows.

Former Bank of N.Z. Currently (2000) – Todd . Whitehouse, Barristers & Solicitors

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “St Mary’s Church.”

St Mary’s Anglican Church, Corner Cambridge & Manchester Streets, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Concrete church built facing west. Wooden doors are at the bottom of the bell tower which is four stories high and is topped by a concrete cross.

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Penciled on back: “Te Whanau”

Envelope includes – Photocopy of newspaper article (The News, Wednesday, February 29, 1964).

603 Queen Street, (East) Levin.1 B&W photo print

Weatherboard villa with iron roof, built to face the south. The roof rises to two gabels in the front, one either side of the front porch and enterance. Beneath each of the gabels are bay windows with a set of three windows in each. All the windows are of the sash type. In the rear on the left hand side of the photograph, the roof of the tower which is attached to the house, can be seen.

Now (2000) – Te Whanau Elderly Care Centre, 603 Queen St.

Includes – Photocopy of newspaper article (The News, Wednesday, February 29, 1964).

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Hanlon’s, Oxford St.”

216 Oxford Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Two storied roughcast building with brick featuring around the windows and top of the artificial gables at each end of the roof. The building is situated in on the eastern side of Oxford Street in the main shopping block.

This photograph shows M.L. Hanlon, Dental Surgeon, Norwich Union Insurance and G.W. Brownhill Ltd (Certina Swiss Watches) as the tennants, however in 2000 the tennants are, Bennets Pharmacy (Guardian)and M.L. Hanlon, Dental Surgeon.

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Penciled on back: “Tony Dreaver, Corrie Swanwick.”

Photo damaged (stained).

Weraroa Post Office, 35 Oxford Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print, damaged (stained)

Single storied weatherboard rectangular building with an iron roof. A gable rises to an apex in the centre front of the building and the windows are of the sash variety. There is are small sloping roofs over each of the two doorways at the front of the building, and above the northern side enterance. To the right closed wooden doors secure the enterance to the main part of the Post Office. The enterance to the left gives access to the Postal Box foyer.

Currently (2000) – Harcourts Kapiti-Horowhenua Realty Ltd

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Penciled on back: “Grey Phillips had an upstairs office (Maori Interpreter).”

Camden Building, 217 – 219 Oxford Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print

Two storied brick building with iron roof on western side of Oxford Street. There are five sash windows on the upper floor with four of them being set in arched upper concrete frames, while the fifth is in a square concrete frame. On the lower floor are two shops with a solid door which gives acces to the top floor, situated in the centre.

217 Oxford Street – Oscar Edwards Footwear currently (2000) – Levin Shoes. 219 Oxford Street – Ray Harrison, Hairdresser-Tobacconist currently (2000) – Patz Fashion & Jewellery.

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184 Bartholomew Road, Levin. 1 B&W photo print, damaged (stained)

Single storied villa built in weatherboard with an iron roof. Two steps lead to a wooden verandah which has a curved iron roof. The roofline rises to a high “A” apex. The house has sash windows in wooden frames.

A picket fence is at the front of the house.

See also 2000.494.0001

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553 Queen Street, Levin

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Cnr Queen St. / Winchester St.”

Also penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society.”

Corner Queen & Winchester Streets, Levin. 1 B&W photo print

Weatherboard house with tiled roof and shingles up into gables. Two, three tiered concrete columns support the square porch at the front of the house.

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Weatherboard villa with iron roof. Three sided bay window juts out onto the verandah in the north-east corner. Sash windows and a wooden varandah are features of this house which has been relocated from this site.

Also see 2000.458.0001 and 2000.494.0016 which has newspaper cutting pertaining to this house.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “18 Kent St.”

Also penciled on back: “Demolished 1982. F.C.S.”

18 Kent Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard villa with iron roof and angled wooden verandah. The sash windows have two panes of glass above each window. The northwest corner of the house rises to a gable, and the bay window in the front of the house has a gable above it. There is a second verandah on the western side of the house.

Demolished 1982.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “8 Roslyn Road.”

Typed sheet of paper included.

8 Roslyn Road, Levin. 1 B&W photo print

Weatherboard villa with an iron roof and verandah. This house has sash windows either side of the front door. Most of the house is obsured by bushes in this photograph.

Printed material with photograph describes this house at the Bartholomew Homestead, built by Peter Bartholomew in 1888.

Also see 2000.459.0001

Includes – typed sheet of paper

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “21 Durham St.”

Penciled on back: “now Jack Allan House, H.D.C. Community House.”

Envelope includes – several typed & written pieces of paper.

21 Durham Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard house with iron roof and small verandah facing north. The wooden framed windows have fanlights which have leadlight with plain glass in a diamond pattern. Wooden posts support the verandah roof. Shingles clad the section rising to the gable in the front of the house above the verandah.

Now known as – Jack Allan Community House (2000)

Envelope includes – several typed & written pieces of paper.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “41 Bath St.”

Penciled on back: “Built by Ken Douglas. William Davie (Draper) lived here 1920 on.”

Typed piece of paper included.

41 Bath Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard house with iron roof, with a verandah facing north. The wooden framed windows have muti panes of glass with coloured glass fanlights above most. In a false gable on the roof are four sets of windows each with six panes of coloured glass. River stones form the edge of the verandah and rise to form a pillar which supports the verandah roof. The chimney which rises above the roof is also made of river stone.

Envelope includes – typed piece of paper.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “48 Liverpool St.”

Penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society.” Also penciled: “Richard Allan Prouse “

Includes – Newspaper article (Weekly News 18.8.82, page 22-23). Typed piece of paper.

48 Liverpool Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Roughcast single storied house with iron roof and verandah running length of northern side. A small gabel is directly above the front enterance, and the front door is wooden with glass in the upper third. The windows are set in wooden frames with fanlights above each window. To the right (western side) is a room with a lower pitched roof and an aluminium framed window / door.

Envelope includes – Newspaper article (Weekly News 18.8.82, page 22-23). Typed piece of paper.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “4 Kent St.”

4 Kent Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Eastern side of Thompson House (see photograph 2000.494.0019), showing upstairs gable and room, and showing the steepness of the pitch of the roof. The gas standard in the centre of the photograph used to stand at the Queen Street – Oxford Street intersection.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “4 Kent St.”

Unsourced newspaper clipping included in envelope.

4 Kent Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print

Two storied weatherboard house with attics beneath tiled roof. “A” shaped gable design is repeated in the design of the enterance. Wooden framed windows with fanlights in all the northern facing rooms.

Known as Thompson House, and used as cultural centre in Levin

Also see – photograph 2000.494.0020

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “554 Queen St.”

554 Queen Street, (East) Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard villa with iron roof and verandah on northern and western sides. The Front bay window on the north eastern corner of the house has four sach windows. The front door is half wood and half glass and coloured glass panels suround the door. Wooden posts support the verandah roof.

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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “14 Manchester St.”

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: Built 1906 by De Frene for Mary Woodham [possibly Wooding], Midwife.”

and “Photo by Chris Cockcane, 1981.”

14 Manchester Street, Levin. 1 B&W photo print.

Weatherboard villa with iron roof with gables and a wooden verandah on northern and western sides. The sash windows have a central pain of clear glass with four panels of coloured glass in the upper frame. The verandah roof is supported by wooden poles and there is considerable patterned woodwork on the exterior of this house.

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According to a Kete contributor:

This house was built for Mary Wooding and was later owned by Harwood ,Geange and Richardsbefore being sold to Campbell in the 1950s and converted to flats.It was returned to a single dwelling in the 1990s.

Inscription on reverse reads: “Courthouse – Stanley St. site.”

Levin Courthouse (side view). Corner Bristol & Stanley Streets. 1 B&W photo print

Weatherboard building with sash windows and iron roof. This view is of the original part of the building and shows later aditions to front and rear of building.

See also 2000.495.0008

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Inscriptionon reverse reads: “Levin Courthouse – Bristol St. site.”

Levin Courthouse (front view). Corner Bristol & Stanley Streets. 1 B&W photo print

Weatherboard building with sash windows and iron roof. The main enterance which faces Bristol Street is a recent addition and has double wooden doors with glass panels on each side and in the gable which rises to a sharp “A” apex.

See also 2000.495.0009

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Penciled on back: “Walkley House, Weraroa Rd.”

Typed piece of paper included.

120A Weraroa Road, Levin. 1 B&W photo print (plus Laser copy made 17.10.2000)

Weatherboard villa with sash windows, iron roof and a wooden verandah on the northern and western sides. Four steps rise to the verandah on the western side. The bay window on the north-western corner rises to a dome to which there is no access.

Known as the Walkley House.

Envelope includes – typed piece of paper.

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