C M Ross float, George Street

Description

The C M Ross department store horse-drawn float stands outside the shop's entrance on George Street (near the corner of Coleman Mall). Rosscos, as it became known, became one of the foremost department stores in Palmerston North. It operated from 1883 - 1959, when the business was sold to Milne and Choyce.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection J 49

Date

1921

Digitisation id

2011P_J49_004837

Held in

Coolstore