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This building firm was founded in 1923 by H E Townshend. When it started it employed only one man, but by 1937 it was employing more than sixty. In addition to the building department, the firm had a joinery factory and timber yard.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 261
Date
circa 1937
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc261_BUI_2491
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
buildings,
business,
carpenter,
photographs,
trucks,
vehicles,
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