Herbert Moss's Doll Doctor, Napier

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About this object

View of a man dressed as Santa Claus. He wears a sign reading: Moss, Doll Doctor, Emerson Street. He carries a sack bearing the sign: Moss Xmas Club. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph reads: One of the Moody Boys about 1926.

Photographer, unknown.

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 115 x 70mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1920s/20th Century

Subject date

Circa 1926

Current rights

Public Domain

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 7857

Credit Line

gifted by Mr Louis Moss

Other number(s)

m98/23, 7857, 83648

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Local history History Archive classification Festivals Entertainment and recreation Business and trade

Subject auto tags

Standing Hat Font Monochrome Monochrome photography Vintage clothing History Motor vehicle Child Art

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