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Collectors in the Community : Ken Thomasen
Starts: Friday, June 18, 2010
Finishes: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Rotorua collector Ken Thomasen owns a large collection of C A Clarke & Sons bottles.
For over 90 years the Clarke family operated an aerated water business in Rotorua. Their first factory (in a small corrugated iron hut) was set-up on the banks of the Utuhina Stream in 1884. In 1907 the firm shifted to the north end of Tutanekai Street, and in 1967 moved to a new and bigger factory on Te Ngae Road.
Image credit: C.A Clarke & Son Ltd, Tutanekai street. Rotorua Museum