By: UHCL Admin6th Oct 2014 9:07AMBetty Cook remembers working at this drapers shop when she was 18. It was run by Mrs Humphries who referred to it as her "emporium". Betty remembers the shop as "selling almost everything". [Contribution made at "Memories of Main Street" event, September 27th 2014]

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Main St, Upper Hutt, Jan. 1948; north side 04, Self Help-drapery-Brown (L4)

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PhotographerLeo MorelDescriptionNorth side Main Street, showing Self Help grocery, a draper's shop, and Brown's 'Silver Bell' record shop.

This image is identified as L4 in Vin Benge's oral history interview about the Leo Morel photos of Main Street.
Date TakenJan. 1948Geotagnot specified

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PersonMorel, Leo, photographer (click here for biography and date information). Last edited by: Don McLeod

PlaceMain Street, Upper HuttSubjectWindow displaysBusinessDrapersOral HistoryVin Benge Main Street oral history

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CollectionMorel, Leo (c1900-c1970)

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ReferenceP2-163-275FormatBlack and white print

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Main St, Upper Hutt, Jan. 1948; north side 04, Self Help-drapery-Brown (L4)