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O'Connor, Margaret :Photographs of the Royal Oak hotel, Wellington
Date: ca1930s
By: O'Connor, Margaret, active 1997
Reference: PAColl-5450
Description: The bulk of this collection is a record of a late 1930s refurbishment of the interiors of the Royal Oak Hotel, Wellington. As such it is a very good record of style and lavish taste in interior decor for the period. There are also photographs of the exterior of the hotel ca 1945, and of a reception for Gracie Fields from the same year Arrangement: Album at PA1-o-838 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). 14 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Photographs given to Margaret O'Connor by Stephen and Margaret Veronica (Madge) Birchall, managers of the Royal Oak during the 1950s. Mrs Birchall was the aunt of Margaret O'Connor