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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
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 63
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
The Square, Palmerston North
Date
circa 1970 to circa 1999

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

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

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