This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 August 1960 "This macropcarpa log measured 21ft 6in. In circumference and contained 3700 feet of timber. It is probably the largest log milled in the Manawatu distric...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North

A group of workers (including one woman) outside a building thought to be Lewis and Coutts Timber yard. From left to right: Unknown, Fred Coutts, Jack Ruddick, Pat Cater, unknown, unknown, Amanda Allen, Jack Drury, unknown, unknown, unknown.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Corner of Cook and Church Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1910

Dismantling or repairing metal chimney at the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill). This image was shot from the back yard of Cook's house on Broad Street (now 192 Broadway Avenue).

Creator:      Cook Family
Place:          192 Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory located on Main Street. William Cook established his first business in Palmerston North 1879 in Coleman Place - a cooperage making barrels from kahikatea he had milled. In 1888 he purchased adjoining properties...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

Construction of a concrete chimney at Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill). Possibly dated 1916-17 when 200 pounds worth of improvements were added to factory.

Creator:      Cook Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1916 to 1917

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:      

Re-cladding the front of the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory (Cook's Mill) on Main Street. William Cook established his first business in Palmerston North 1879 in Coleman Place - a cooperage making barrels from kahikatea he had milled. In 1...

Creator:      Cook Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1920

Lewis and Coutts Timberyard was on the corner of Cook and Church Streets. You can also see Lewis and Coutts Timber Merchants, Sash and Door Factory. If travelling down Church Street these two businesses were the only ones between Cook and McGiff...

Creator:      unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

The eastern side of the Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory as seen from Main Street.

Creator:      Cook Family
Place:          Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          1920s

The name "George Bartholomew" and the date "1904" are stamped on the back of the print. The business adopted the name "Feilding Sash and Door Co. Ltd." in 1909.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Feilding, Manawatu
Date:          1904

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 6 page 703, says: "PROUSE BROTHERS, LIMITED, Timber Merchants, Levin. Established by the present proprietor in the "seventies," this industry has steadily increased from year to year. The mill and yards are si...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Levin
Date:          circa 1900