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Description

Bunnythorpe is a small community near Palmerston North. The Glaxo factory, seen left, was opened there in October 1904 and was operated by Joseph Nathan and Co. of Palmerston North. In 1920 the name was changed to the “Glaxo Manufacturing Company”. Then in 1937, it became “Glaxo Laboratories”. The name” Glaxo” was registered in 1914 as the trade name of the products of the company.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection bu 13
Date
1959
Digitisation ID
2009P_Bu13_RTL_2741
Held In
"Coolstore"

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factory,
photographs,
rural,
rural towns and life,
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