Inscription on reverse reads: “Inside Nye Homestead.”
Interior view of Nye House in Newth Road with two women standing in doorway.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Nye homestead, Newth Rd. Foxton 1980.”
Nye homestead, Newth Road, south of Foxton, taken from the north, 1980.
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Inscription on reverse of photograph reads: “Inside of ceiling at Nye house.”
Inside the ceiling of the Nye homestead, Newth Road, Foxton.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Granny Smithson’s house. Donated by grandaughter Mrs T Small.”
Wooden cottage with iron roof belonging to Granny Smithson. This cottage was situated immediately north of the Levin School site on the western side of the street. (Liquorland is on this site today 2001).
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Mr W Thorley’s house Tiro Tiro Rd still standing 1977 although altered considerably. Property owned by Mr Luhrs. Negative in Turnbull Library. W Thorley photographer. See note in the City of Auckland wreck photograph for donation information.”
W. Thorley’s house in TiroTiro Road, Levin. The weatherboad house has an iron roof with a brick chimney and a verandah on two sides of the house. In this photograph two women stand on the verandah and a man with a hoe in his hands is standing in the garden which surrounds the house. A macracarpa hedge is behind the house. This house was still standing in 1977 although somewhat altered.
See also 1977.018.0016 and 1977.018.0017
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Miss Bowen’s House donated 3/77
Miss Bowen’s house, 2 Karaka Crescent, from the south. This weatherboard house with an iron roof has two brick chimneys and a verandah which runs along the southern and western sides. A false turret is attached to the verandah. The house was built in 1905.
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Inscription on reverse reads: ” Miss Bowen’s house. Donated Mr Joyce 3/77 No 2 Karaka Cres, Levin see also Miss H E Bowen Built late 1905 for TAB Hudson.”
Miss Bowen’s house at 2 Karaka Crescent Levin. This weatherboard house with an iron roof has two brick chimneys and a verandah on two sides. A false turret is attached to the verandah. This house was built in 1905.
See also 1977.011.0018
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Inscription on reverse reads: “W Thorley home”
W. Thorley’s house in Tiro Tiro Road, Levin. The weatherboard house has an iron roof with a brick chimney and a verandah on two sides of the house. In this photograph two women stand on the verandah while a man works in the garden in front of the house. A macracarpa hedge is behind the house which was still standing in 1977 although somewhat altered.
See also 1977.018.0004 and 1977.018.0016
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Mr W Thorley’s home Tiro Tiro Rd. Negative in Turnbull. Photo by Mr Thorley”
Another view of W. Thorley’s house in Tiro Tiro Road, Levin. This view shows that what appeared to be a verandah which ran the length of two sides of the house, in fact only runs part way on the one side.
See also 1977.018.0004 and 1977.018.0016
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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 85”
Written on back with black ballpoint pen: ”’Lakeside’, H.H. McDonald residence.”
‘Lakeside’, the home of Hector Hugh McDonald, situated on what is now (2001) Golf Course Road. This house no longer stands, but the large macracarpa trees in the background still remain.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
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Postcard of Foxton in 1908 looking from Government Hill, showing the railway, Hulke Street houses, what is now the Manawatu College grounds, Easton Street and Park Street.
See also f1999.0186, f1999.0359, f1999.0360, f1999.1266.
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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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Inscribed on reverse with blue ballpoint pen: “Copy of photograph. Bartholomew Home, 8 Roslyn Rd.” and
“donated by Mr A. Goodwin, 14 Donegal St., Avondale. May 76.”
Also penciled on back: “letter to accompany in research notes.”
Bartholomew Home, 8 Roslyn Road, Levin. This wooden villa faces west and has an iron roof with weandahs facing the south and west. Three chimneys are visable above the roofline. Two women and a man are standing onthe west facing verandah, and the Tararua ranges are in the background. Trees behind the house have recently been burnt off. The high fences in the front of the house were used to keep several kangaroos, which were pets of the Bartholomew family, enclosed
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An unknown woman stands outside an unidentified cottage in Avenue Road. The house is surrounded by a picket fence. This is one of two photographs which were taken in “The Avenue” as it was known in the 1870s.
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Penciled on back: “Chron. Sup. 1937. From Helen Wilson’s book: “My First Eighty Years”, page 125, with caption – Bushwackers (H.H. Ostler standing on the left).”
H H Ostler (brother to Helen Wilson – early pioneering woman of Horowhenua) stands at the left of this photograph, outside a ponga log whare, as used by early settlers, c.1888.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted
From Helen Wilson’s book – “My First Eighty Years”, page 125. Probably the whare (1888) of her future husband (CK Wilson).
See also – Acc. #2000.085
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Laminated photograph of a house named “Ravensworth”. The loction of this large wooden two storied house with an iron roof is unknown.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Dear Ivy, Please excuse this card being so dirty, but its one I came across in a shop, and it is rather soiled. as ity was only for show. and was in the window. The cross marks our house and the line the Main Street so we are quite close to town Rollie”
Postcard showing view of Foxton from behind northern corner of intersection of Jenks Street and Park Street c.1912. Trees have been planted in Park Street, and many private residences are featured in this photograph.
Print and copy
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Printed with black ink below photo, as caption: “A Hundred Years Old.”
Penciled on back - Print No. 2. Title: A Hundred Years Old. J.F. Bryce. 36 Bartholomew Rd. Levin.
Competition identification form – Stamped on back with blue ink.
An abandoned and derelict house on Roslyn Road, Levin. The weatherboard building with an iron roof has had the doorways and windows covered with roofing iron. A number of cows graze in the padock surrounding the house, and a number of macrocarpa trees stand behind the building.
1 B&W photo print, mounted
See also 1979.098.0027A and 1979.098.0027B
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Built for Dr Rockstrow Ladies Mile Foxton in 18 – -.”
Dr Rockstrow’s house, Ladies Mile, Foxton
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Inscription on reverse reads: “C J Pownalls home.”
Home of C J Pownall. Location is unknown, but possibly could have been Wellington.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “This is a photograph of my grandfather’s, Theopholes Easton, home (Hatcham Cottage) built by him in Howan Street – Foxton about 1870. It is still in a wonderful state of preservation and is recorded in the Historical Places Trust in Auckland along with the specifications of the interior. Charles Edward Peterson 18/8/81.”
Hatcham Cottage built by Theophilous Easton around 1870, in Howan Street, Foxton.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “To Margaret love from Carole 1939”
Small photograph of the home of Henry Robinson at 27 Johnston Street Foxton.
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Written on back with black ballpoint pen - Newly completed Presbyterian Manse Clapham St., Shannon 1911
Opening of Presbyterian Manse, 60 Clapham St., Shannon, 1911 1 B&W photo print, copy
Large gathering of people on verandah (members of the Presbyterian Church congregation). Minister standing to right of corner verandah post. William Brown (railway ganger) seated to left of same post.
Reverand J.A. McKenzie appointed as minister of Shannon Presbyterian Church in 1911.
See also – Acc.# s2001.004.0002 same photo
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Colour photograph.
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen - “Westoe” home of Sir William Fox for whom Foxton was named.
“Westoe”, home built by Sir William Fox at Marton, 1980’s. “Westoe” is a two storey wooden building with a ‘3-storey entry tower’.
Colour photograph.
Similar photo to f2000.2109
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Black and white photocopy.
Printed below original photo - Mrs Carmont points to the shingle roof still visible in the Nye homestead.
Mrs Ettie Carmont inspecting old shingles on Nye house. This house was built in Newth Road in 1880’s.
Small black and white photocopy.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “House built by Albert Gibbs (flaxmiller). Became Youth Hostel.”
A house in Park Street, Foxton, which was built by flaxmiller Albert Gibbs. This building later became a Youth Hostel, and was eventually destroyed by fire.
One photograph and laminated copy.
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Black and white photograph.
Site preparation for Woolpack and Textiles factory. A number of men stand alongside sods of dirt in a hollow. The house in the background is possibly situated in Watson Street.
Black and white photograph.
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Inscription on reverse reads: “Methodist Parsonage 18 Robinson Street, Foxton”
Methodist parsonage at 18 Robinson Street c. 1960. The weatherboard house with an iron roof has sash windows and the front door opens from a verandah which runs across the front of the house.
Original and one enlarged print
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Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “House built late 1905, ref. tender notice in ‘Manawatu farmer’ at A. Turnbull Library. (refer Historic houses files at Horowhenua D. Council).”
Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Her house now facing No 2 Karaka Crescent, somewhat altered.”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
Miss Bowen’s house, Karaka Crescent, Levin, from the south. This weatherboard house with an iron roof has two brick chimneys and a verandah which runs along the southern and western sides. A false turret is attached to the verandah. The house was built in 1905.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0166b)
See also 1977.011.0018
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603 Queen Street (east), Levin. View of the western side of the house in 2000.018.0074a and 2000.018.0074b, showing the distinctive two storied tower which is still in place today (2001)
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0074a and 2000.018.0074b)
See also 2000.495.0001
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