Date1910s or 1920sReference NumberPhoto 99-047DescriptionCaption: Main Street Te Puke. Welsh Photo. Te Puke c 1920s showing first Bank of New Zealand building. See also a slightly copped verion (tcl-image-16-099. The street scene includes a store advertising "Stop Valve" and a General Store. The roads are lined with telegraph cables and possibly power lines as well. There are both horse and carts (traps and buggys) on the street as well as early model automobiles. The first motor car to arrive in Te Puke was driven by Alf Brooks in 1903. The central islands in the middle of the wide streets have saplings growing within them and a similar photo of Te Puke with identical saplings is dated 1917 (REF:natlib. govt. nz:emu:PAColl-5007-1). Partial text at extreme left is known to read "C. F. Washer", "House Furnisher Iron Monger & Coach Builder". Also printed in the Auckland Weekly News on June 27, 1918. Similar held at Tauranga City Libraries (16-099). FormatPrintPhysical Descriptionblack and white printSource of AcquisitionIan McCutcheon (c.1943-2018) Photographer/CreatorWelsh, John, 1891-1964
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