He pārongo atu anōStaff of Premier Drapery Company Ltd, The Square

Description

Photograph taken in The Square, with the PDC building behind, on the Church Street side of The Square. The Premier Drapery Company was established in 1915. In 1956 it was renamed the Premier Department Store, when the company was taken over by the Manawatu Co-Op Society. It was closed in 1990 and demolished to make way for the Plaza Mall. From left. Back row: ? Toomath, Albert Mollett, Keith Friend, John Glasgow, Jack Jensen, Bill Howell, Ray Blair, ? Sorenson, ? O’Meagan, ? Ellison, ? Meyer, ? Elsmore, Bert Holdsworth. Second row from back: Mrs Just, ? McMillan, Phyllis Valentine, Flora Irwin, Pat Cox, Lesley Mew, Marion Sanne, Joan Skeates, Maureen Hardy, Elva Hansen, Mavis Hanlon, ? Elsmore, Florence Ram, ? McKirdy, ? Dobson, Noel?. Third row from back: Norma Nott, Joy Dunstan, Joan Storey, Margaret Bigham, Eileen Quinn, Maureen Duncan, Joyce Guthrie, ? Elsmore, Dawn? Elsmore, ? Smillie, ? Jones, ? Whitaker, Zelda Garrick, Ivy Mills, ? Bardaboes, Jean Blackbourne, ? Jackson Front row: ?Packer-Doust, Helena Houseman, Lionel Orme, Betty Harris, Ron McCarty, ? Carlisle, George Orme, Bill Sexton (Manager), Andrew McKecknie (Secretary), Ethanie Harrison, Alan Harris, Eugenie Moseley, Frank Honore, Eila Francis, ? Gough (row contains Heads of Departments)

Tautuhi

Momo rauemi

Image

Pākanga

Public Photograph Collection Pg 109

Date

1948

Tautuhi matihiko

2007P_Pg109_GRO_1122

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