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A home appliance display at Garners Store. Garners began in The Square, Palmerston North 7 February 1906 with a small drapery business. Three years later Miss M M Garner went into business with her brothers and they became “Garner and Garner'. In 1923 K M Garner joined the firm, later becoming its Managing Director. By 1937 Miss Garner was no longer involved in the business and Garners moved to the old Zealandia Hall site in Broadway Avenue, which was remodelled to suit the business. The building was remodelled again in 1959 and the premises were extended through to Main Street. R and W Thorrold-Jaggard were the architects. Garners were bought out by Smith and Brown in the 1960s.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_Bc365_009614
Title
Garners Store, Broadway Avenue
Relation
Public Collection Bc 365; R.W. Thorrold-Jaggard
Format
B&W print
Held In
Community Archives
Archive
R.W. Tnorrold-Jaggard

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Creation

Created By
Place
Between Main Street and Broadway Avenue, Palmerston North
Date
1959

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
appliances,
broadway avenue,
furnishings,
garners,
heaters,
hoovermatic,
retail,
sewing machines,
toasters,
washing machine,
woolworths,
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