Workers are shovelling (possibly) blood and bone into sacks, marked as 'Longburn'. Note the dog looking over one of the sacks.

Creator:      Robert Wallis
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910 to circa 1920

This photograph is stored with the caption, "City Council Workmen repairing a storm water drain on the corner of Park Road and Fitzherbert Avenue. It was necessary to dig down to a depth of 14 ft. to uncover the drain which is understood to be the...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Corner of Park Road and Fitzherbert Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          October 26, 1956

These men were employed by New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, the contractors for the reconstruction of the road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as ove...

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          1939

The Main Science Building of Massey Agricultural College was designed by Lippencott and built by the Fletcher Construction Company in time for the beginning of the 1931 academic year. Excavations were dug out by hand and carted away in drays and t...

Creator:      J H Daroux
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1929

New Zealand Laykold Ltd, of Wellington, were the contractors for reconstructing the road between Foxton and Foxton Beach. This firm owned a bitumen factory in Wellington and employed Mr L C Eggers (photographer) as overseer for the contract.

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Horowhenua Region
Date:          April 1939

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 b...

Creator:      L C Eggers
Place:          Unknown
Date:          1937

The caption reads, "Working on the Manawatu Gorge", but there is some doubt as to whether this is a correct identification. The road is clearly being constructed through soil, whereas the Gorge road is hewn from rock. The slope of the land is also...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Unknown
Date:          circa 1900