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Commercial photographer Guy Kelsey, mid-20th century

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Commercial photographer Guy Kelsey, mid-20th century

Bill Sparrow established Sparrow Industrial Pictures in Auckland in 1939 and by the 1960s it had become one of New Zealand's largest and most successful commercial photography firms. Here staff photographer Guy Kelsey is photographing a vacuum cleaner in a studio. 

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Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira

Reference: 1302(ii)

by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd

Permission of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Peter Ireland, Photography – Photography expands, 1880s to 1960s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/43219/commercial-photographer-guy-kelsey-mid-20th-century (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Peter Ireland, i tāngia i te 4 November 2013.