Libertyland, Grey Street - staff looking out window
Object type
Image
- Description
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Back row: Stella Smith; Necia Annear; Eileen Mullins. Front row: Connie Johanson; Pearl Cox; Mary Dilks; Thelma Voss.
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 Grey Street, 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.
Identification
- Identifier
- 2025N_McLennan-Boman-S2_043344
- Archive
- McLennan-Boman Papers
- Relation
- McLennan-Boman Papers, Series 2
- Date
- circa 1940
- Digitisation id
- 2025N_McLennan-Boman-S2_043344
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held in
- Community Archives
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Creation
- Created By
- Vera L McLennan-Boman, attributed to
Object rights
- License
- By Attribution Alone