Story: South Canterbury region
During the Second World War, a linen flax industry was established in Geraldine to provide clothing fabric. This woman is stacking flax ready for processing, in 1943.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, John Dobrée Pascoe Collection (PAColl-0783)
Reference: 1/2-000956; F
Photograph by John Dobrée Pascoe
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