Penciled on back: “Horowhenua Historical Society. Commercial & Farmers Club. Date visable on original photo 1904. Building probably about same date.”

Oxford Street, Levin – (caption). East side north of Queen Street. 1 B&W photo print copy

This early 1900s photograph shows the Commercial and Farmers Club building on the eastern side of Oxford Street north of the Oxford Street Intersection. The Post Office is south of the intersection and in Queen Street a horse and trap are approching the intersection. Two women dressed in white blouses and dark skits with two children and a man are outside a verandahed shop. The centre of the intersection is marked by a gas standard lamp.

Photo enlargement of postcard See also – #2000.294.0014 original postcard

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One man, two women and two children, all unidentified, at the Ohau River.

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Two unidentified women pose in front of an ivy covered trellis at an unknown location. The woman on the left is dressed in white and has white stockings and shoes. She is wearing glasses and has a small brooch at the centre neck of her dress. The woman on the right is wearing a long sleeved white blouse, a dark skirt, dark stockings and dark shoes.

1 B&W photo print, mounted

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Inscriptions on front read: “Kia ora koe: Tenei Kirihimete (A Merry Christmas)” and Horowhenua Lake, NZ”.

Inscriptions on reverse read: “Date 1880s. Lake Horowhenua. Photographer – William Williams. This photograph must be acknowledged to the Edgar Williams collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. New Zealand. Reference No. G 259551/1”, and “Hamaria Gentle Wind canoe. The last of the great canoes on the lake.

Group of local Maori and Hamaria canoe, Lake Horowhenua. Taken from the eastern shore looking westwards. To the left are two unidentified Maori women with short hair, one of whom is holding a baby in a striped blanket. The Hamaria canoe is parallel to the shore with two unidentified males, four unidentified youths and a black dog aboard. There are two other boats in the water, and one boat behind the two women. Inscriptions on the photograph read: “Kia ora koe: Tenei Kirihimete (A Merry Christmas)” and “Horowhenua Lake,NZ”. Inscription on reverse reads: “Date 1880s. Lake Horowhenua. Photographer William Williams. This photograph must be acknowledged to the Edgar Williams collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. Reference No. G259551/1”, and “Hamaria Gentle Wind canoe.The last of the great canoes on the lake”.

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