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Description

The Order of St John's horse drawn float participating in the Jubilee parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Borough of Palmerston North, watched by a large crowd lining Cuba Street. A branch of the Order of St John began in Palmerston North in 1900. In the background are the commercial businesses of K H Syme and Co. Ltd – wine and spirit merchants and Ciochetto & Co. – Land Estate and Assurance agents

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection J 64
Date
March 15, 1952
Digitisation ID
2007N_J64_A-E_0311
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
activities and events,
costume,
crowd,
k h syme and co ltd,
knights,
parade,
photographs,
procession,
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