W Cook, basket maker, Christchurch, ca1907*
Staff of William Cook, basket maker, 9 Stafford Street, Christchurch. The men are standing outside their workshop supported by their products. Behind them are large hampers with GPO stencilled on them. There are also a variety of cane chairs. Note also the chairs hanging on the ceiling on the inside of the building.
I love this photo. People going about their work in early Christchurch.
I found some advertisements relating to this business. 1 is for a "smart boy about 15" in 1901
http://tinyurl.com/smart-boy-about-15 2 is for "four youths" in 1902
http://tinyurl.com/4-youths 3 is for "2 smart boys" in 1905
http://tinyurl.com/staff-advertisement Interestingly enough, these advertisements state to apply to 224 Tuam Street so the business had maybe shifted from Tuam to Stafford Street in the 2-6 years from the advertisements until the photo was taken above in 1907. Other advertisements relating to the Tuam Street addre…
