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The business, located at 162-163 The Square, was founded in 1923 as Watchorn and McNaught, but was soon taken over and operated solely by Mr G Watchorn as Watchorn's Ltd. This photograph shows window displays advertising a sale.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc63_BUI_2358
Title
Watchorn & McNaught's Hardware Co., Ltd, the Square
Held In
Coolstore
Original held in
Public Photograph Collection Bc 63
Date
1970~/1999~

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
building,
buildings,
business,
photographs,
retail,
shop,
store,
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