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This postcard shows two small boys atop one of the Cannon. The cannon was purchased by the New Zealand Government in 1878. In 1909 the Palmerston North Borough Council purchased two of the now unwanted cannons and displayed them in The Square until the 1950s.

Identification

Object type
Postcard
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Sq 77
Date
circa 1920
Digitisation ID
2014P_Sq77_008862
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North

Object rights

License
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Taxonomy

Tags
cute,
fun,
kids,
lakelet,
people,
photographs,
pond,
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