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This photo shows hanks of washed fibre being taken off the poles and stacked onto a dray, ready for carting to the bleaching paddocks – apparently at the end of Stewart Street, Foxton. This particular mill was owned by Bock and Coley and was situated on the west side of the Manawatu River.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1912
Digitisation id
2007N_Fx40_FLA_0627
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Employees of King & Baker's Emu flax mill, Foxton
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