Peace window display, C M Ross and Co.

Description

Window displays formed part of the celebration and festivities to mark the end of World War Two.

The Manawatū Evening Standard reported on 15 August 1945: "One of the features of the hour was a magnificent window display by the C. M. Ross Coy. Ltd., which was exceedingly well carried out in a large island window. Carrying the central motif: 'Peace: Victory WIth Honour,' it was done in the national colours of red, white and blue. The background carried a large representation of a bell which swung to the recorded peals of bells given through a loudspeaker hook-up. At either end of the display stood figures representing the Armed Forces in uniform. Resting in the foreground were weapons of war, a Bren gun and a rifle, while on them perched little white doves. The display had been prepared carefully and kept screened and when the time came the screens were dropped and the whole revealed."

Identification

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Bc 312

Date

August 1945

Digitisation id

2007N_Bc312_WAR_0018

Held in

Coolstore