2 copies
Rope works at Foxton (“Jam factory”) in Johnston Street/Peter Robinson stripper keeper/horse and cart loaded withfibre/ Flax leak stacked and fibre on rails/Seaview gardens behind?
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Inscription printed on front of photograph reads: “Poplar Mill.”
Inscriptions on reverse read: “Tramming for Poplar Mill.” “Geo Rankin on Tram.” “Fred Allerby on tram.” “About 1919.” “Donated by Mr Fred Allerby of Rongotea 1969. (Copy negative held by I R Matheson.”
Carting flax at Poplar mill c1919. Two horses are pulling wagons loaded with cut flax along a tramway. The two men in the photograph are Fred Allerby and Geo Rankin.
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Ernie, John Montgomery?,Ivan Anderson, Norman Gates, Tip the dog, Laddie & Blossom the horses, with the horse drawn hay mower
Horse drawn tram and load of flax beside Manawatu River at Moutoa. set of scales in paddock one of set of 6 photographs
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Written with blue pen on piece of paper attached to back - Sawmilling, log hauling. Also penciled on this paper - Page 41, “75 Years in Levin”.
Penciled: “61 CH”
Stamped on back with black ink – Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. Date
See also – Acc. #2000.073.0006 (Original, sepia photo – Felling White Pine, Levin district, c.1904).
Loading log onto waggon, c.1904. Five unidentified men working with a four horse team in the native bush in the Horowhenua district. Two men wait on the horse drawn wagon while the other three men attempt to roll a log onto the wagon using stumping jacks.
1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0317a)
See also 2000.073.0006 (Original, sepia photo – Felling White Pine, Levin district, c.1904).
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Paper with typed information: “PNDL/BF 8 c.1904 Felling White Pine in the Levin district. Tree on the right is of unusual size. White rectangular area between two jigger boards is a sign nailed to the trunk. The man at the base is holding a jigger board, three others in use. Copied from AJHR 1904 C-1 P.30”
White pine milling in the Levin district, c.1904. A large log is being loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon using jigger boards.
1 Sepia tone photo print
See also 2000.018.0317b (B&W copy, mounted).
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