Oxford Terrace Plunket Rooms

1950

"Photo taken outside the Oxford Terrace Plunket rooms. The twin boys are sitting with the family friend who owned a box brownie camera. She had not started her own family and when the babies were being measured and weighed and physically checked and redressed, Daisy Hall held one twin and Ida their mother held the their to shorten the process for the Nurse. Plunket nurses wore white veils to keep their hair of their face. The twin's sister Fidelmais dressed in a pink bonnet and coat." - Contributor's note

Area: Central City / Central Christchurch - Southwest

Contributor: Sheryn Harkess

Source: Entry in the 2019 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH19-0234

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