Bush tramway with horses hauling logs
Three workers, with horses hauling a log along a bush tramway. The background shows evidence of bush clearance by burning off.
Date: circa 1890
Slab Hut at Waituna West
This historic photograph was reproduced in the Evening Standard, 18 December 1971, with the caption: "Slab Hut at Waituna West, is situated on Messrs Hare Bro's farm."
Date: circa 1900
Stereoscopic image of a bullock team hauling a log, near Shannon
A team of at least six bullocks (with a seventh in reserve), hawl a log along wooden tracks.
Date: 1895 to 1905
Messrs. Taylor and Gibstone felling a tree, near Shannon
Two axemen stand at at the base of a large tree trunk in an area of partially cleared bush.
Date: 1895 to 1905
Bushmen and dog
Three young "Bush-whackers" of Tiriraukawa, near Taihape. From left: Bill, Jack and Peter Munro, the three sons of Mr Alex Munro, who was a builder in Palmerston North during the 1880s – 1890s.
The three Munro brothers were the children of Alexan...
Creator: G E Archer, Tiriraukawa
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1905
Employees at building site, Hawkes Bay
Unknown building site, with large number of employees posed as a group.
Huia Mackrell is seated in the front row centre, with cloth cap and white shirt sleeves, directly behind shovel.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Hawkes Bay
Date: circa 1920 to circa 1930
Flaxmill workers
Three workers posing in front of a flax bale.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1903 to 1907
Threshing mill at work, Bunnythorpe
Mr W Egglington’s threshing mill at work on Mr Peter Scheidt’s farm, Dixons Line, Bunnythorpe.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1912
Workmen at sawmill, Feilding district
Workmen stop for a break from sawing up logs into timber. It is believed to be in the Feilding/Halcombe area.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1900
Formation of Scotts Road, near Linton
Henry (right)and Herman Dittmer, local farmers, had a contract for the formation of 1 and quarter miles of Scotts Road. The contract was let for £1100.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1910
Threshing grass for seed
The two men in the centre, including Thomas Harrison, rhythmically beat the grass using wooden flails. As one flail is in the air the other is beats the grass. Other men carry the cut grass to the threshers in sacking which has wooden sticks sewn ...
Creator: Charles E Wildbore
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
Wagonload of Wool Bales, Salisbury Road, Ashhurst
These bales of wool are being transported from A W Akers' "Broadlands" Estate to the Ashhurst Railway Station. The wagon was owned by the Akers' Estate and was driven by the late Mr Clarrie Ralph. W G S Romley was manager of the estate at this tim...
Creator: R A Jones, Ashhurst
Place: Ashhurst
Date: circa 1931
Stacking oats, Feilding area
A group of men stacking oats into two large piles on a farm in the Feilding area.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1900 to 1910
Workers clearing slip in Manawatu Gorge
Workmen clearing a slip in the Manawatu Gorge.
From left: Unknown; H Lyons; W Weston; Unknown
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu Gorge
Date: 1895
Workers' memorial signage at Memorial Park, Palmerston North
A new sign was created by the Palmerston North City Council, for the workers's memorial at Memorial Park on Napier Road, Palmerston North. It was installed on 6 April 2018, and is to be launched on Workers' Memorial Day on 28 April. The sign discu...
Creator: Paul Staddon, for Capture Signs
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: April 6, 2018
Workers at Miranui Flaxmill, near Shannon
the Miranui Flaxmill was owned by A & L Seifert flaxmilling Company Ltd and opened in 1907. This group of Mill employees stand in front of the stripping sheds, which consisted of seven gables each holding a stripping plant.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Horowhenua Region
Date: circa 1907
Wagonload of Wool Bales, Salisbury Road, Ashhurst
These bales of wool are being transported from A W Akers' "Broadlands" Estate to the Ashhurst Railway Station. The wagon was owned by the Akers' Estate and was driven by the late Mr Clarrie Ralph. W G S Romley was manager of the estate at this tim...
Creator: R A Jones, Ashhurst
Place: Ashhurst
Date: 1930
Grain seed harvest, Foxton area
A group of men scything wheat by hand in a paddock said to be in the Foxton area. George W Hughes is second from the right.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1900
Construction of 18 Rangitikei Street - Bank of New South Wales
This photograph was commissioned by the bank to document the construction of the new building. The first branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened in the Royal Hotel (1901-1905). On January 1 1906, the branch moved into a leased building on Mai...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 18 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1967
Workmen forming a tramline
The men are digging out the bank with shovels and carting the dirt away by horse and cart along the constructed part of the tramline. The tramline was being built at Broadbelt's Mill at Coal Creek, near Apiti. Men identified as Dick Sixtus and Joh...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
Threshing Mill at work, Penny's Line
This Aveling and Porter Traction engine and the Clayton and Shuttleworth threshing mill were owned by John Henson and his contracting partner Tom Gifford. The man driving the engine is Wilfred Henson, son of John Henson. The photograph was taken o...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatu
Date: 1903
Workmen casting at A F Martin Ltd, 648-660 Main Street
Martins were engineers, grinders and gear cutters. They also erected and repaired machinery, made concrete posts and manufactured 'Martins Concrete Mixers' and woodworking machinery (Wises Directory 1953). Also see 2011N_ELMAR-1-B2_005082
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1947
Bush fellers and camp site, Wairarapa
Bushfellers at their tent site in the forest. The photographs in this collection are thought to have been taken in the Forty Mile Bush area of Wairarapa, at Kaiparoro near Mount Bruce. The area was largely settled by Scandinavians who came to Wair...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Tararua District
Date: circa 1900 to circa 1910
Felling a Kahikatea tree
Three unidentified young men chopping down a Kahikatea tree thought to be in the Longburn area.
Creator: Jack Anderson
Place: Manawatu
Date: circa 1905
Workmen felling trees, Horowhenua
This white pine felled in the Levin district was of an unusual size. (A copy of the photograph in the Journal of the House of Representatives (C-1 facing page 30) shows the wording on the sign which was obliterated in this reproduction.)
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1904
Construction of 18 Rangitikei Street - Bank of New South Wales
This photograph was commissioned by the bank to document the construction of the new building. The first branch of the Bank of New South Wales opened in the Royal Hotel (1901-1905). On January 1 1906, the branch moved into a leased building on Mai...
Creator: Unknown
Place: 18 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1967
Workmen building the Manawatū Gorge road
Four men with pick and hammers said to be on the construction of the road through the Manawatū Gorge.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Manawatū Gorge
Date: 1970s
Flaxmill at Foxton
Flax workers at an unidentified Foxton flaxmill.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Wellington
Date: circa 1905
Workmen casting at A F Martin, 648-660 Main Street
Martins were engineers, grinders and gear cutters. They also erected and repaired machinery, made concrete posts and manufactured 'Martins Concrete Mixers' and woodworking machinery (Wises Directory 1953). Also see 2011N_ELMAR-1-B2_005081
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1947
Chaff cutting on John Henson's farm, Mt Stewart
The Aveling and Porter Traction engine and chaff cutter were owned by Mr Gifford and John Henson until they were sold, with their mill, to a Mr Jensen.
Creator: Unknown
Place: Rangitikei Region
Date: circa 1910
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