These men were employed by New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, who had the contract to construct a road between Paraparaumu township and the beach. The man on the left is Jimmy Bain and the man on the right is unidentified. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as overseer for the contract.

Working on a Road Cutting at Paraparaumu
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014N_Ro17_007878
- Title
- Working on a Road Cutting at Paraparaumu
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- L C Eggers
- Place
- Unknown
- Date
- 1937
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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