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Kōrero: International economic relations

Atlantic Union products stall, 1930

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Atlantic Union products stall, 1930

The US Atlantic Union oil company, one of the offshoots of the massive Standard Oil Company, was prominent in the New Zealand market in the 1920s, when cars were first promoted and sold in large numbers. Soon after this trade fair was held in 1930, motor vehicle and petroleum sales fell sharply as the economic depression set in.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, William Archer Price Collection (PAColl-3057)

Reference: 1/2-000283; G

by William Archer Price

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, International economic relations – The US and New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24808/atlantic-union-products-stall-1930 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 2 March 2010.