Kōrero: Building materials

Nailing competition

Nailing competition

Women take part in a ladies’ nail hammering competition at the Tututawa picnic in inland Taranaki in 1910. The reversed gender role aspect of this competition provided its novelty. In 1910 it was usually men who handled tools and building materials.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)
Reference: 1/1-012821-G

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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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jeremy Salmond, 'Building materials - Ironmongery', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25130/nailing-competition (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Jeremy Salmond, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010