The side of one truck reads, "W.Amey & Co. Merchants. Rongotea".

The company was also described as: W.Amey and Company. Seed, Grain and Hardware Merchant, Rongotea

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          1959

Photographed here is a circular saw, as commonly used by builders, manufactured by William McLean of Dundee.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Alexander Clark (1881-1971) began as a painter and paper hanger in Palmerston North circa 1906. He soon opened a shop at 15 Fitzherbert Avenue, eventually trading as Alexander Clark Ltd. The business was onsold in 1978.

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Creator:      International Press Service Association
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          October 2, 1937

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 Cyclopaedia of Ne Zealand 1897, lists Thomas Westwood as the proprietor of the Red house Co-operative Sore and a member of the Foxton Borough Council. (Also see 2011P_Fo75_004925)

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

Thomas Thompson Reid (right of Photo). C A Odlin Timber and Hardware were a Wellington based company that established a Palmerston North branch in Joseph Street during 1926, but in 1934 moved to larger premises in Rangitikei Street.

Creator:      

This Wellington based company established a Palmerston North branch in Joseph Street during 1926, but in 1934 moved to larger premises in Rangitikei Street.

Creator:      Snapshots Unlimited
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1937