Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Please return to N. Clayton. 2”

Penciled on back [faint / faded] : “The old factory Bill Crowther back on.”

Shannon Co-op Dairy Co. factory. This is the same building as shown in s2002.019.0004 but this photograph shows the view from the side. Ten men, one of whom is sitting on the tank stand at right, are pictured with a number of horses and carts which are carrying milk cans. Penciled information on the reverse identifies the man sitting on cart with his back to the camera (left foreground) as Bill Crowther.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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Written on back with black ink pen: “Jan 2nd 1914”

Written on back with black ballpoint pen in box at right: “E.A.R.”

One of four views of Heights Road, Shannon. This photograph shows a view of the road as it cuts into side of the hills as it follows a relatively level grade along the foothills of the Tararua Range.

1 B&W photo postcard

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Shannon Co-op Dairy Co. factory. This is a copy of s2002.019.0005 and shows ten men, one of whom is sitting on the tank stand at right, with a number of horses and carts which are carrying milk cans. Penciled info on back of mounted original, identifies the man sitting on cart with his back to the camera (left foreground) as Bill Crowther.

1 B&W photo print, copy of 2002.019.0005. Photo is damaged.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: – “1 – 87 M. Eveleigh, Ross, Don, Richfield. Return to P. Sinclair.”

A machine designed for the harvesting of potato crop into large wooden bins has four men working on it. The person to the left is Don Richfield, the unidentified person behind him is obscured, facing the camera is Melryn Eveleigh and Ross Sinclair has his back to the camera.

1 Colour photo print

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An unidentified man drives a tractor during the process of cultivating a potato crop near Shannon. The Tararua Ranges can be seen in the background

1 B&W photo print

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Unidentified man on a tractor, moving away from camera, lifting potatoes from soil & weeds onto top of soil ready for pickers to sort and bag by hand. Rows of bagged potatoes are standing at the left.

1 B&W photo print

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Written above photo with blue ballpoint pen: “Shannon 1899 Creamery.”

Written on back with black ink pen: “James Hallam Shannon”

N.Z. Farmers Dairy Union Creamery, Margaret Street, Shannon, 1899. In this photograph five horses and carts with milk cans and drivers surround the wooden building. Leaning against the cart on the left is a woman wearing dark clothes and a white bonnet.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

See also s2001.022.0003, a colour copy of this original, which identifies this as the Margaret Street Creamery, Shannon, and the photo was taken by Mr J. Cornwall (Manager), c.1901.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Please return to N. Clayton.”

Penciled on back [faint / faded] : “The new factory – Dad ….. ..ght”

Shannon Co-op Dairy Co. factory. Outside the factory are six horses with carts which are carrying drivers and milk cans. In the centre foreground of the photograph two men stand alongside a small child.

1 Hand coloured / tinted photo print, mounted

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Written on back with blue and black ballpoint pens: “Shannon Creamery, 1900, 1901 or 1902. J. Cornwall was the manager then.”

Typed information on the mounting card (#s2001.022.0004) states: “Original photo taken by the then (1901) creamery manager, Mr J. Cornwall. His daughter, Mrs D.M. Harding, reproduced the photo as a ‘gift’ to the people of Shannon. Mrs I.L. Ward of Shannon said that by 1908, J. Nathan & Co. of Wellington, Wholesalers and Exporters of butter, owned the creamery.”

See also – #s2001.022.0006 Handwritten note about creamery.

Margaret Street Creamery, Shannon, 1901. Horses with carts carrying cream and milk cans surround the wooden building.

This copy of a black and white photograph is somewhat discoloured.

1 Colour photo print.

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