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Children feeding the ducks at the Butterfly lakelet in The Square. The lakelet was created in the shape of a butterfly in 1909, and the fountains were added in 1966.

The photograph was taken by Alf and Merlyn Drew, to test equipment for their business, Photo Instruments Limited which operated at 55 Princess Street from 1959-1989.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2017P_2014-19_024368
Title
Ducks on the lakelet in The Square
Relation
Coolstore 2014-19
Format
Colour print
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
1980s

Object rights

Credit Line
Ian Matheson City Archives
License
By Attribution Alone

Taxonomy

Tags
ducks,
pond,
the square,
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