A photographic series prepared by the Prime Minister’s Department in 1947 to attract British migrants. The Evans family of 5 Mansford Place, Palmerston North were selected to show the living conditions of a typical New Zealand family. Betty Evans, an early tenant of the Savage Crescent state suburb, Palmerston North, in her modern kitchen. State house kitchens were functional with floor to ceiling cupboards, terrazzo bench tops and electric stoves such as the Atlas pictured here. The national state housing scheme was a huge stimulus to New Zealand manufacturers and between 1931 and 1957 200,000 Atlas stoves were produced by Christchurch based firm Scott Brothers.

Evans Family Collection: Mrs Evans in the kitchen, 5 Mansford Place
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2010N_A175-67-1_004212
- Title
- Evans Family Collection: Mrs Evans in the kitchen, 5 Mansford Place
- Relation
- CA: Evans Collection A175/67/1
- Held In
- Research File
Creation
- Created By
- New Zealand Government
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- 1947
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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