WINDOWS OF A.M.C.'S FINE QUALITY BEEF AND PORK BUTCHER'S SHOP in Karangahape Road, showing the decorations executed by Mr. Ed. Wadsworth, the Flying Arab cyclist, who is touring the world. He set out with a marked £1 note and his paints, pots and brushes, on a push-bike, the total outfit weighing 1301 b. The "Flying Arab is a lightning artist in window decorating. He carries no plans or designs, sketches no outlines: but works entirely from the pictures in his minds eye. The Auckland Meat Co., Ltd., by special arrangement, secured practically his exclusive services while in Auckland. H.s record work for one day is the decorating of 14 A.M.C. shops (about 25 windows) with a variety of designs, travelling from one branch to another on his heavily-laden push-bike.—B
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 16
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129WINDOWS OF A.M.C.'S FINE QUALITY BEEF AND PORK BUTCHER'S SHOP in Karangahape Road, showing the decorations executed by Mr. Ed. Wadsworth, the Flying Arab cyclist, who is touring the world. He set out with a marked £1 note and his paints, pots and brushes, on a push-bike, the total outfit weighing 1301 b. The "Flying Arab is a lightning artist in window decorating. He carries no plans or designs, sketches no outlines: but works entirely from the pictures in his minds eye. The Auckland Meat Co., Ltd., by special arrangement, secured practically his exclusive services while in Auckland. H.s record work for one day is the decorating of 14 A.M.C. shops (about 25 windows) with a variety of designs, travelling from one branch to another on his heavily-laden push-bike.—B Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 930, 25 March 1930, Page 16
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