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A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family.Most children from the Savage Crescent state housing area, developed between 1937 and 1945, attended West End School at the western end of the suburb. The school opened in 1913 and was the second public school to be built in Palmerston North after College Street School in 1893. The teacher is Mr. IA Charles.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2010N_A175-67-1_004214
Title
Evans Family Collection: Class at West End School
Relation
CA: Evans Collection: A175/67/1
Held In
Research File

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Creation

Created By
Place
Botanical Road, Palmerston North
Date
1947

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
1940s,
black and white,
classroom,
education,
evans collection,
primary school,
savage crescent,
teaching,
thematic collections,
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