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The store front of the Fruit and grocery business of On Kee & Co
- Date
- ca 1910
- Reference
- 1/1-007957-G
- Description
Shows the store front of On Kee & Co, with the display sign 'Fruiterers & Grocers' and 'Cash buyers for fungus'. Three men holding bicycles are standing outside the store while another man, possibly Chan Sheen Chong from Manaia (brother in law of Wong On Kee),with legs crossed and one arm leaning on boxes, stands behind. Photograph taken by James McAllister ca 1910.
Source of information - Helen Wong
The business was established by Wong On Kee, from Bak Siu, Canton, who spent time on the gold fields before moving to Taranaki.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives
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