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Wearable real estate advertisement

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Wearable real estate advertisement

Miss Laking wears an elaborate costume to advertise Auckland real estate company Thomas Hanna & Co., in 1911. Hand-painted panels on her dress depict houses and farms, her hat is a model of a villa with a ‘for sale’ sign, and she holds an open fan with the firm’s name on it.

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Bob Hargreaves, Real estate – History, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/21323/wearable-real-estate-advertisement (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bob Hargreaves, published 12 April 2010.