Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Shopkeeper Capitalism - National Party Campaign Poster 1949

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  National Party Election Campaign Poster 1949   They won the election, thanks perhaps to the friendly shopkeeper vote. The same rhetoric wa...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Beyond The Counter - The Grocery Store

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  Burridge's Grocery Store, Miramar, Wellington 1948 One of the reasons that grocers and greengrocers (see previous posts) were able to...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Green Grocers of New Zealand, 1920s - #4

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A Chinese family in their green grocer's store, circa 1910s or 1920s. Unidentified. The images in this short series of green grocer sto...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Green Grocers of New Zealand, 1920s - #3

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Green Grocery store interior, circa 1920s, unidentified. If you look closely you can see you can also buy a man's head to go with your ...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Green Grocers of New Zealand, 1920s - #2

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Greengrocer store interior, circa 1920s . Unidentified location. Greengrocer's store interior from the 1920s, bunches of grapes hanging...
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Green Grocers of New Zealand, 1920s - #1

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Interior of greengrocer's (fruit & vegetable) store, circa 1920s If you click the above image and look closely at the rear wall upp...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

New Zealand Apples - Patriotic Poster - circa 1930s

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New Zealand Apples - Patriotic Poster - circa 1930s Look, I still don't think you've got the picture: eat more apples, it's the...
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