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This photograph was taken in the McGiffert Street depot of Child Brothers. Child Brothers Ltd, Carriers and Fuel Merchants, was established in 1919 by Edward G Child and his sons, W J Child & E W H Child. They opened the metal crushing depot and plant at the end of Albert Street near the Manawatu River c1927. The business later became known as Child Metal Ltd.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 52
Date
1927
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc52_BUI_2353
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Albert Street, Palmerston North

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buildings,
business,
cart,
horse,
photographs,
trucks,
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