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Griffin’s Biscuit factory staff

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Boyer, Charles P S, fl 1920-1940, Griffin's Biscuit Factory staff, ca 1940s, B&W original photographic print, Silver gelatin print, Photographic Archive, Alexander Turnbull Library, Reference: PAColl-4943-1

Griffin’s Biscuit factory staff

Griffin’s claims to be the manufacturer of New Zealand’s favourite biscuits.  Founded by John Griffin in 1864 the company makes some of New Zealand’s most iconic biscuits such as Cookie Bear Chocolate Chippies and Cookie Bear Shrewsbury.

This photograph shows workers at the Griffin’s factory in Lower Hutt packing water crackers in between 1940 and 1945.

Permission of the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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