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The display window features summer fashions in a beach setting, entitled 'Season in the Sun'. An existng business was reorganised into the PDC in 1915 when bought by James Wallace, and a new 3 storey building was constructed in 1929. The business became one of the leading department stores in Palmerston and in 1956 was taken over by the Manwatu Co-Op Society. The PDC was demolished in 1990 to make way for the Plaza Mall and ceased to exist.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 412
Date
December 1959
Digitisation ID
2009P_BC412_BUI_2549
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
building,
commercial,
elmar studios,
pdc,
photographs,
premier department company,
retail,
shop,
window display,
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