Symington's "Libertyland" Factory
Object type
Image
- Description
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An image of the Libertyland Factory in Palmerston North. R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear manufacturing, a small factory was built in Palmerston North in 1937, and the main "Libertyland " factory was completed and opened in 1946. The company was acquired by Courtalds Pty (UK) in 1965 and then in 1990 became a wholly owed subsidy of Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) lndustries Ltd, New Zealand’s largest textile garment company. Libertyland closed to business in July 2009, and was demolished in 2012.
Identification
- Relation
- Public Collection Bc 379
- Date
- circa 1950
- Digitisation id
- 2014P_Bc379_009620
- Format
- B&W print
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- A Taylor
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone
Taxonomy
- Community Tags