Bestalls Limited, Napier

Object detail

About this object

View of a display window at the premises of Bestalls Limited on Hastings Street, Napier. The display highlights the many different services that the company offered, including embroidery, hemstitching, cutting out, and hosiery repairs. The display includes a Singer sewing machine. A sign appears on the glass at the front of the display reading: "Sunshine & Business", Napier Shopping Week, Look for your free gift!

Photographer, unknown.
Date, unknown.

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph glued onto a piece of card.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials
Card/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Photograph: Height x Width: 195 x 234mm
Card backing: Height x Width: 203 x 249mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

Bestalls Drapers Limited

Subject period

1930s/20th Century
1940s/20th Century

Subject date

Circa 1934

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 5488

Other number(s)

5488, 83341

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Local history History Archive classification Commercial premises Buildings and structures Textiles and apparel Industry

Subject auto tags

Black Black-and-white Style Font Display case Monochrome Monochrome photography Glass Retail Machine

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