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Three buildings made up the C M Ross (Roscos) department store in Palmerston North, linking through to George Street and another building on the corner of George Street and Coleman Place. The building in the centre is the original "Bon Marche" shop built in 1883, the building on the left, built c1890, was leased by C M Ross in 1905 and the building on the right built 1915. All three buildings were demolished in 1927 to make way for a new 4 storey building.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1917
Digitisation ID
2007N_Bc273_BUI_0190
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1910s,
black and white,
c m ross building,
cm ross and co,
the square,
thematic collections,
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