Labeled a 'sink bench unit' it is thought this must be a protoype for production.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1940s

Mrs G Hallam in the kitchen/dining room of their home, about to start on a piece of embroidery. See "From Bush to Swamp: The Centenary of Shannon, 1887-1987." See also, Pi 602, 633, 635, 636, 638 and 639.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Shannon, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1930 to circa 1939

Gertrude Hannah Hallam (nee Charles) was born in Lancashire, England and married James Hallam before immigrating to New Zealand in 1896. The Hallams had no children of their own, although their love of children was well known. Mr and Mrs Hallam we...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Shannon, Manawatu
Date:          1915

James Hallam was born in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, in 1869 and died in Shannon in 1951. Around 1900, James Hallam gained his stationary engine driver's license which enabled him to gain employment at Lind and O'Connor's flaxmill. he later m...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Shannon, Manawatu
Date:          1911

Standing is Basil with Audrey Slack, who is washing the doll's clothes at 'Waitoitoi' the family home in Awapuni, Palmerston North.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          circa 1905