New Zealand - Dannevirke - High Street, Main Road , Street Scene , Cars, People - 1926 dated - Real Photo Post Card Format - Frank Duncan Photographer #501011 - Dannevirke is a rural service town in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. - European settlers arrived in this area in the 1870s. - Originally, the line of descent for Maori in the area was from the Kurahaupō waka. - The town was founded on 15 October 1872 by Danish, Norwegian and Swedish settlers. - They arrived at the port of Napier and moved inland. - Fire destroyed much of the town's business district on 27 October 1917. The fire had started in the Andrew's Hotel on the corner of High and Station Streets and flames blew across the road. (Wikipedia)