Lumley Autograph Album
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This album comes from Annie Mabel Watson nee Lumley, born in 1900, died in 1999.
Her parents Charles and Sarah Jane Lumley ran a general store in Ashhurst. When Charles died in 1912 the family moved to Palmerston North. Jane ran a small boarding house, circa 1914 onwards in Ferguson Street, where Pak ‘n’ Save is now.
These autographs largely come from World War I when Mabel was in her late teens. Many are from soldiers at the adjacent Awapuni Camp [Awapuni racecourse, Palmerston North],** **home to one of New Zealand’s largest training camps in World War 1 and an important location for the training of the New Zealand Medical Corps. staff.
Some hand drawn and painted illustrations included.
Identification
- Object type
- Multi page
- Relation
- Te Manawa Collections 2015/4/1
- Date
- circa 1913 to circa 1925
- Digitisation id
- 2018Pa_TeManawa2015-4-1_024988
- Format
- Paper
- Held in
- Other
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Creation
- Created By
- Mabel Lumley
- Place
- Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions