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A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Jack and Betty Evans and sons seated on the lawn of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North. Though Savage Crescent houses were designed in a variety of architectural styles, windows as shown here were a standard feature and mass produced in enormous numbers. These probably came from the local joinery factory of H.E Townshend, a firm which secured contracts to build a large number of the houses in the suburb.From left Michael(7 years) Betty Evans, Tony (5 years), Wayne (3 years), Jack Evans and John (10 years). Only the elder boys John and Michael appear in the rest of the series.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
CA: Evans Collection: A175/67/1
Date
1947
Digitisation ID
2010N_A175-67-1_004202
Held In
Research File

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Taxonomy

Tags
1940s,
black and white,
evans collection,
family,
savage crescent,
state housing,
thematic collections,
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Evans Family Collection: John and Michael Evans off to school, 5 Mansford Place
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