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Description

Palmerston Cooperage and Box Factory located on Main Street. William Cook established his first business in Palmerston North 1879 in Coleman Place - a cooperage making barrels from kahikatea he had milled. In 1888 he purchased adjoining properties on Broad Street and Main Street - the site of this factory - making butter boxes, cheese crates, vats and casks for brewers and tallow casks. This building burned down in 1928. The business was one of the largest employers in Palmerston North, with up to 1200 workers during World War Two, constructing various boxes in support of the war effort.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Cook Family Papers

Date

1920s

Digitisation ID

2020N_CookFamily_029280

Format

B&W negative