Print, Photographic, Display, Guinness Bros Ltd, Tauranga
Maker
Renwood Studio
Current rights
© In copyright
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Object detail
Description
Unmounted large format print showing display for "Guinness Bros Ltd The Strand Tauranga". Four outboard motors and a lawn mower. Radio standing on cartons. On reverse stamp "Proof Only copyright Renwood Studio, 101 Cameron Rd Tauranga".
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.
Maker
Renwood Studio
Production place
Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Measurements
140mm (height), 180mm (width)
Accession number
0418/08
Current rights