Local photographer Jacob Brookie took this picture in September of 2022- local election season! This scene is of the Seaview Gardens, at the base of the Foxton water tower on Main Street. The signs seen here belonged to candidates for Mayor, Council and the Te Awahou Foxton Community Board. Some of these faces were successful in their bid for office, others less so.
Jacob used a 1956 Lipca Rollop Automatic camera to take this picture.
Foxton's Busy Bee Dairy was a fixture of the town on State Highway One. In late 2022 it moved from the highway to a building in Foxton's Main Street.
The old dairy was full of advertising and has been photographed many times by travellers passing through. Local photographer Jacob Brookie heard about the dairy's relocation and wanted to take a photograph of the Coca-Cola bottle painted on the side of the building before it was demolished. The photograph was taken in August 2022.
It is a strange combination of advertising for a massive global company which was probably made by a local painter!
Jacob used a 1957 Lipca Rollop Automatic camera to take this photograph. This camera takes twelve photographs per roll of 120 format film, with the photographer composing the photograph by looking down into a hood on the top of the camera.
A feature of Foxton for many years, the 'Foxton Trading Post' second hand shop closed in Winter 2022. Local photographer Jacob Brookie took this photo of the shop's front entrance just before it closed down for good in an effort to preserve this part of the Main Street.
Jacob used a 1934 Rolleicord to take this photograph. The Rolleicord was the budget version of the Rolleiflex camera and was made for amateur photographers. Nonetheless, it was well built and had a quality lens and shutter.
Foxton's New World Supermarket was in the midst of renovations when this photograph was taken. The scaffolding, road cones and construction workers quickly became a part of the town's Main Street.
Local photographer Jacob Brookie took this photograph in June of 2022, looking down the footpath and towards the police station end of the street (towards Himatangi). Jacob used a 1953 Agfa Billy 1 folding camera to make this photograph on Ilford FP4 film.
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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Update from plaque in Main Street, Foxton.
The view from Clyde Street dates from the early 1900s, prior to 1905. It was in that year that the old Bank of New Zealand building (next to the first telegraph pole on the left) was burnt down. Whytes Hotel is on the left and on the other side of White Street is the Red Store of M H Walker. A flag flies on the Post Office Hotel. On the right a group stands outside the building which was built as the Bank of Australasia and in the photograph is probably a doctor's surgery. It was also used by the Salvation Army Red Shield Club before it was burnt down.
Main Street, Foxton, looking south from Clyde Street intersection, c.1900. A group of people are gathered on the footpath while a girl dressed in white stands on the road . A gas streetlight stands on the corner.
Also large mounted copy
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Penciled on back – 2/3/71 Woolworths, Oxford St. west. Negative No. 16
Woolworths, west side Oxford St., 1971 1 B&W photo print
Negative No. 16
Farmer’s Trading Co. Ltd. at Queen St. intersection also shown.
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Penciled on back – 15/3/69 Bath St., East from Public Library veranda [? verandah]
Public Trust building, cnr. Oxford & Bath Sts. before replacement in 1977. Compare with #.0075 May 1977 (same view).
Bath St., looking east from Public Library, 1969 1 B&W photo print
Compare with #.0075 May 1977 (same view).
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Penciled on back – 2/3/71 Mall Development. Negative No. 18
Mall Development, view behind Oxford St. shops, 1971 1 B&W photo print
Negative No. 18
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Paddling pool in foreground. Toilet block with sheltered seating between Men’s (left) & Woman’s (right). Note houses in background (right) on what is now (2000) the Village Green & Regent Cinema complex.
Levin Domain, cnr. Queen & Salisbury Sts., 1970 1 B&W photo print
Paddling pool in foreground. Toilet block with sheltered seating between Men’s (left) & Woman’s (right). Note houses in background (right) on what is now (2000) the Village Green & Regent Cinema complex.
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Penciled on back - A.W. Allen Ltd. Drapers & Furnishers.
Drapers & Furnishers. Levin’s largest Departmental Store.
Taken from upstairs in ‘Central Building’. When added to #.0112 forms mini panorama.
A.W. Allen Ltd., cnr. Oxford & Bath Sts., 1970 1 B&W photo print
Drapers & Furnishers. Levin’s largest Departmental Store.
Taken from upstairs in ‘Central Building’. When added to #.0112 forms mini panorama.
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen – Oxford St. P.Office, Commercial Bank, Bowman’s Bookshop, Tip Top Milk Bar & Tearooms, Worsfolds Jewellers, Hanlon Dentist upstairs.
Oxford Street, east side, 1970 1 B&W photo print
Left – right : Post Office / CBA (Commercial Bank of Australia) / Bowman’s (bookshop) / Levin Milk Bar & Tearooms (Tip Top sign) / Worsfolds Jewellers / M.L. Hanlon, Dental Surgeon (upstairs).
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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen - Looking along Service Lane from Bath St. Railway Crossing.
Sign above building (centre) – Dalgety Loan Ltd. Dalgety & NZ Loan Ltd, Oxford St. – Showroom, Office, Stock, Land, Produce, Hardware, Insurance & Travel Depts., also Data Processing Dept. (see 1967 Telephone Directory).
South Service Lane, looking south from Bath St., 1970 1 B&W photo print
Sign above building (centre) – Dalgety Loan Ltd. Dalgety & NZ Loan Ltd, Oxford St. – Showroom, Office, Stock, Land, Produce, Hardware, Insurance & Travel Depts., also Data Processing Dept. (see 1967 Telephone Directory).
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The Hyde family Hardware Store on the corner Plimmer Terrace and Ballance Street in Shannon.
Penciled on back – 9/3/69 (Sunday) Queen St. Oxford St. corner.
Manawatu – Wairarapa Savings Bank / Benning’s Footwear Ltd. / Delicatessen / H.E. Orbell, Real Estate Agent / Oxnam’s Studio, Photographer.
Oxford & Queen Sts. intersection, north-east corner, 1969 1 B&W photo print
Manawatu – Wairarapa Savings Bank / Benning’s Footwear Ltd. / Delicatessen / H.E. Orbell, Real Estate Agent / Oxnam’s Studio, Photographer.
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Rugby Street – seal prior to reasealing a portion of road
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Written on back - To Wish Mr & Mrs Sunley The compliments of the season From Mr & Mrs J. Blake 1951-1952
Post Office, Levin, 1951
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