Historical information
Original photograph of 39 men from G. V. Region at Thistle Conference, Rochester, 30 May 1907. Men would have been Councillors. Thistles on the land were a great problem in the early 1900's. Unemployed were often given the job of digging them out.
Original L0407.
Physical description
Sepia photograph of 39 men outside Council Chambers, Rochester, 1907.
Inscriptions & markings
on back: Thistle Conference Rochester 30 May 1907