Gwendoline C Cookson portrait

About 1945 to 1950

Official portrait of Christchurch mayoress Gwendoline C Cookson (Mrs F. H. Cookson).

Contributor’s note: "My mother was 36 with small children at the time she was appointed as mayoress by her father, Mayor Ernest Andrews. This was 10 months after the death of the previous mayoress Evelyn Couzins. She held the position from 1946-1950.”

Area: Other / Unknown

Contributor: John Cookson

Source: Entry in the 2023 Christchurch City Libraries Photo Hunt

Source: View in canterburystories.nz

Reference ID: CCL-PH23-0095

Uploaded by: CCL Photo Hunt

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