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The Rosco tearooms, with their rosewood pannelled walls and columns, was one of the most elegant eating places in Palmerston North. It was also hired out for functions. Tearoom staff in uniform, from left: Grace Dempsey; Prudence Phillips; Pam Blane; Meryle Anderson; Sylvia Matson; Valerie Dempsey (later Ackerman). C M Ross Co. Ltd was one of the foremost department stores of Palmerston North and operated in The Square from 1883 until it was sold to Milne and Choyce in 1959.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection. A175/237 C M Ross interviews
Date
January 6, 1951
Digitisation ID
2009P_DIGITALCOPY_CMROSS_2175
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
c m ross building,
dining room,
tea rooms,
thematic collections,
waitresses,
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