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Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Lonsdale Challenge Cup, 1929
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Date Taken1929
DescriptionPhotographerElizabeth Nelson, Hawera ContributorNew Zealand Institutions
DescriptionThe Lonsdale Challenge Cup, awarded for for the quality of export cheese, "Won by the Ruaroa Dairy Company 1929".
The Rua Roa factory was part of the Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company at the time.
There are many Lonsdale Challenge Cups, mostly for sports, and all of them relatively modern. The J. & J. Lonsdale Cup was awarded for export cheese on arrival in London. The Rua Roa Dairy Company was a privately owned company purchased by the Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company in 1912. It was always a cheese factory.
This mounted photograph is surrounded by a double line, one wider than the other and has a hand-written note at the bottom.
PhotographerElizabeth Nelson, Hawera ContributorNew Zealand InstitutionsItem Characteristics
Inscriptions or MarkingsThe card mount has holes in each corner where it was pinned up. The marks of the pins are very clear. Label reads: Lonsdale Challenge Cup. Valued at 100 gns [guineas]. Won by Ruaroa Dairy Co. 1929. The name of the studio is impressed into the front of the card mount
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Accession NumberNZI-TA-9-7-1-1.1 1971-11
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Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited. Lonsdale Challenge Cup, 1929. Massey University Library, accessed 02/10/2023, https://tamiro.massey.ac.nz/nodes/view/1207
