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John and Thomas Watson purchased the grocery, hardware, produce and crockery departments of Palmerston North's United Farmers' Co-Operative Association in 1910, and began trading as Watson Brothers. Sometime later, before 1937, it was taken over by a local syndiate and floated into a limited company of Watson Bros. Ltd. The photograph shows the interior displays of the shop, situated between Main Street and Church Street west on The Square.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc214_BUI_2445
Title
Interior of Watson Bros, The Square
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 214
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1937

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
building,
buildings,
commerce,
department store,
display,
kitchen ware,
photographs,
retail,
shop,
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