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Monkey cyclists

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Monkey cyclists

Robert Murie and Ernest Godward, both members of the Invercargill Cycling Club, pose for a photograph dressed in monkey costumes, around 1910. Murie started making his own Phoenix brand bikes in 1893, and in time opened seven cycle stores throughout Otago and Southland.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Greig Collection

Reference: 1/2-062601; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Shops – Chain stores, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21206/monkey-cyclists (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010, updated 19 February 2026.