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The millinery department was sited on the third floor of the C M Ross Co. Ltd building, and made on-off hats, and hats to order. From left: Maureen Brown; Jan Funnell; Nagaire Thacker; Molly King (Head Milliner); Mr D Cook (Departmental buyer); Betty Lewis (later Oldham), Arnold Dix (Managing Director of C M Ross Co. Ltd). C M Ross Co. Ltd was one of the foremost department stores of Palmerston North and operated in The Square from 1883 until it was sold to Milne and Choyce in 1959.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
A175/237 C M Ross interviews Digital archive.
Date
circa 1953 to 1955
Digitisation ID
2009P_DIGITALCOPY_CMROSS_2169
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive

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christmas,
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thematic collections,
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