Interior, Swailes Printing Company

Object detail

About this object

An interior photograph of Percy Blackledge operating a Press at the Swailes Printing Company premises on Dickens Street, Napier. Mr Blackledge operates the Miller High Speed Press. The items on the press are Tobacco Tin labels for the National Tobacco Company.

Photographer, Percy Sorrell.

Maker

Percy Caz Sorrell; 04 Oct 1882; 25 May 1965

Production period

1930s/20th Century

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Black and white photograph.

Media/Materials

Photographs/Paper Products/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 157 x 208mm

Classification terms

Print, Photographic
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject person

Swailes Printing Co. Ltd

Percy Blackledge

Subject period

1930s/20th Century

Current rights

Public Domain

Credit Line

gifted by Keith Swailes

Other number(s)

14305, m2006/79/3, 83851

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Subject place

Napier Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Business and trade Archive classification Communication Manufacturing and processing Industry Community and people Tobacco

Subject auto tags

Motor vehicle Engineering Automotive design Machine Auto part Mechanic Toolroom Machine tool Automotive tire Factory

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