Story: Otago region

Making hosiery, 1921

Making hosiery, 1921

In the first half of the 20th century women in paid employment mostly worked as domestic servants or in clothing factores. These women are making hosiery items at the Ross and Glendinning mills in Kaikorai Valley, Dunedin.

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Malcolm McKinnon, 'Otago region - Workers until 1920', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/22667/making-hosiery-1921 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Malcolm McKinnon, updated 1 May 2015