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Description

Watchorns was formerly on the corner of Albert St and Broadway, Palmerston North. It was founded in 1923 as a partnership and known as Watchorn and McNaught. It specialised in crockery fancy goods and house hold items.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Bc 231
Date
1937
Digitisation ID
2009N_Bc231_BUI_2431
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
building,
buildings,
commercial,
photographs,
retail,
shop,
the provident life,
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