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Three women sit behind sewing machines at the Libertyland Factory, Palmerston North. R W H Symington and Co. (N Z) Ltd first established themselves in New Zealand in 1934. Specialising in corsetry and underwear manufacturing, a small factory was built in Palmerston North in 1937, and the main "Libertyland " factory was completed and opened in 1946. The company was acquired by Courtalds Pty (UK) in 1965 and then in 1990 became a wholly owed subsidy of Lane Walker Rudkin (LWR) lndustries Ltd, New Zealand’s largest textile garment company. Libertyland closed to business in July 2009, and was demolished in 2012.

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2010-26
Relation
Coolstore - 2010-26
Date
1950s
Digitisation id
2015P_2010-26_012419
Format
B&W print
Held In
"Coolstore"

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Taxonomy

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1950s,
factory,
libertyland,
sewing machine,
women,
workers,
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