[Photograph of the street view and store front of Arthurs Modern Drapery with children gathered, looking in the window.]

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard

The Cyclopaedia of New Zealand 1897, lists Thomas Westwood as the proprietor of the Red house Co-operative Store and a member of the Foxton Borough Council. (Also see 2011P_Fo74_004924)

Creator:      R.O. Hornblow, Foxton
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1905 to circa 1906

Arthur Maden owned A Maden's Grocer Co-op Store, situated in Rongotea on the corner of Douglas Square and Mersey Street from 1927-1931. The store was in another location from 1924-1927. The store's truck was also used to ferry children from the su...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Rongotea
Date:          1927 to 1931

The building was designed by Ludolph G West, a local architect, and stood in The Square. C M Ross is standing 7th from left with thumbs in pockets.

Creator:      Arthur E Hobbs
Date:          circa 1896