Print, Photographic, Display, Guinness Bros., Tauranga
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Description
Unmounted large format print showing a display inside a tent. Sign "Guinness Bros Ltd The Strand Tauranga". Six mowers on display including Masport Lawn Chief, Rotoacut, Lawn Prince and Speediescythe. On reverse "Guinness Bros".
Guinness Brothers Ltd. opened at No.1 The Strand in 1908 and sold a wide variety of products including agricultural equipment, alcohol and insurance. The business and its owners were an important part of the community and contributed towards WW1 and WW2 fundraising (Guinness men were killed in both wars), the Municipal Band, the Fire Brigade, the Tauranga Borough Council, Tauranga Harbour Board and the Orange Festival. The store continued, in some form, until 2011.
Guinness Brothers Ltd. opened at No.1 The Strand in 1908 and sold a wide variety of products including agricultural equipment, alcohol and insurance. The business and its owners were an important part of the community and contributed towards WW1 and WW2 fundraising (Guinness men were killed in both wars), the Municipal Band, the Fire Brigade, the Tauranga Borough Council, Tauranga Harbour Board and the Orange Festival. The store continued, in some form, until 2011.
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
155mm (height), 205mm (width)
Accession number
0416/08
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