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Kōrero: Otago region

Making hosiery, 1921

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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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Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Reference: 1989/1156/1

Permission of Toitū Otago Settlers Museum must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago region – Workers until 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22667/making-hosiery-1921 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 18 August 2009, updated 1 May 2015.