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William Westcombe Corpe (1836 - 1923) was one of the pioneers of the dairy industry in the Manawatu. He arrived in the Feilding district about 1881 and was a sawmiller for some years before constructing a butter and cheese factory at Makino, near Feilding. Mr. Corpe was making butter by 1887 and continued in the industry until 1903, when he sold to Joseph Nathan and Co Ltd. of Wellington. W W Corpe(3rd from left); Mr Streeter (4th from left); A W Corpe, grandson of WW Corpe (far right).

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection D 12
Date
1890 to 1900
Digitisation ID
2008N_D12_WOR_1413
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Manawatu

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License
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Taxonomy

Tags
building,
photographs,
post office,
work,
workers,
Community Tags
beards,
braces,
children,
girls,
hats,
makino butter factory,
men,
uniforms,
w.w. corpe,

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