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W F Durwood and Co.'s 1907 business, on the Church Street side of The Square, Palmerston North, was reorganised as the Premier Drapery Company in 1915. This building was constructed 1929-1930. In 1956 the PDC was taken over by the Manawatu Co-Operative Society and renamed the Premier Department Store. In 1988 the Company went into receivership and this building was demolished in 1990. It is now the site of the Plaza shopping mall.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1937
Digitisation ID
2007N_Bc263_BUI_0189
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
The Square, Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
1930s,
black and white,
buildings,
pdc,
photographs,
premier drapery company,
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