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The float, which won a first prize, was created by the Display department of C M Ross and was made of hundreds of paper flowers. Gwen Becker, on the float, was an employee of C M Ross. The parade was organised as part of the Jubilee celebrations of 1952, to mark 75 years of Palmerston North.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2008N_J5_A-E_1459
Title
C M Ross Co. Ltd float in the 75th Jubilee parade
Relation
Public Photograph Collection J5
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
1952

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
c m ross building,
department store,
floats,
jubilee,
roscos,
thematic collections,
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