Len Gamble operating the Scheeler knitwear machine at the Manawatu Knitting Mill’s factory in Main Street, Palmerston North. The business was founded in 1888 by John Stubbs.
For more information on the Manawatū Knitting Mills, see White, Jill (20...
Creator: Manawatu Guardian
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: August 13, 1975
The Manawatu Knitting Mill was established in 1884, and operated from from a Main Street factory 1889-1993, when it moved to Bennett Street. From left. Back row: Marjorie McGregor; Isa Pike; ? Lucas; Ida Lucas; Violet King; Dawson ?; Unknown; Buck...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: circa 1930
The Manawatū Knitting Mills' Ltd was founded by John Stubbs c1888 and situated in Main Street, Palmerston North. It was a large employer of women workers. The photograph is thought to include Jessie Davis (later Henrici), who worked there prior to...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Palmerston North
Date: April 11, 1923
South-east view from the roof of the Manawatū Knitting Mills. Main Street is in the foreground and Victoria Avenue is in the middle distance. The factory next door to the Knitting Mills is the cooperage and box factory of W. Cook and Sons. Th...
Creator: Unknown
Place: Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: circa 1923
A sheet outlining the history of the Manawatu Knitting Mills Limited, probably created for the 1983 centenary of the establishment of the business. The business was founded by John Stubbs in his home, and moved to the Main Street site in 1889. It ...
Creator: The Manawatu Knitting Mills Limited
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1983
This negative comes from the Elmar Collection - a large series of semi-identified and unidentified images from the 1930s-1970s.
For more information on the Manawatū Knitting Mills, see White, Jill (2007). ["Women at Work in the Manawatū Knitting ...
Creator: Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Date: 1966