More Info →Children modelling for C M Ross Co. Ltd

Description

Darrell Coley (later Lee) at 4 years of age, with an unidentified boy, on the cat walk in the Roscos tearooms. C M Ross had seasonal fashion parades for adult and childrens' wear. Darrell modelled at these shows from about 3-8 years of age, having got the job through her grandmother, Mrs Jean Thompson, who worked for C M Ross. Darrell was not paid but could select an outfit to keep. C M Ross Co. Ltd was one of the foremost department stores of Palmerston North and operated in The Square from 1883 until it was sold to Milne and Choyce in 1959.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Digital Photograph Collection. A175/237 C M Ross interviews

Date

circa 1959

Digitisation ID

2009P_DIGITALCOPY_CMROSS_2145

Held In

IMCA Digital Archive