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Kōrero: Shops

Confectioner’s, 1909

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Confectioner’s, 1909

At W. S. Dustin’s confectionery shop in Whanganui, jam rolls and other cakes are displayed on the counter. Confectionery shops were often patronised by children, who would drool over the lolly-filled jars and buy sweets with pocket money.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, F. J. Denton Collection

Reference: 1/1-016064-G

by Frank J. Denton

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 – Drapers and haberdashers, pharmacies and confectioners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/21236/confectioners-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

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