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This ball was held in the Foresters' Hall. A large group of people in fancy dress are grouped in front of the stage. Elizabeth Lily Grater (née Keogh), future Mayoress of Palmerston as the wife of James Alfred Nash, is visible in the front row sitting to the left of the woman wearing the "Golden Bee Jam" hat. Many of the party-goers are wearing advertisements for local businesses, including Keeling and Hart (later Keeling and Mundy), Leopold Simmons Drapery, Harry Palmer Auctioneers and The Silver Grid (proprietor Geo. Simpkins.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1896
Digitisation ID
2007P_Sp15_EPN_0289
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

Tags
dance,
early palmerston north,
palmerston north,
photographs,
Community Tags
advertisement,

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Related items

Residence of Charles Dahl, Duke Street
First Occidental Hotel, corner of The Square and Fitzherbert Street
Dawick's Buffett, Rangitikei Street
Railway Station, Main Street
Peter Gray's hut on the banks of Manawatu River
Lydia Dahlstrom and Barbara Fafieta at Dahlstrom Orchard, Roberts Line
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