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The Four Square man
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- The Four Square man
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- Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Description
This print by artist Dick Frizzell celebrates an icon of New Zealand life for many decades. The Four Square brand has been used to market this chain of grocery stores since 1924, when the company secretary was doodling and drew a square around the number 4 on a calendar. The smiling cartoon grocer with a sharpened pencil behind his ear appeared in the early 1950s, and was designed by the advertising department of Foodstuffs (the parent company).
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- Date created
- 6 April 2010
- Creator
- Dick Frizzell
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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- https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/25476/the-four-square-man
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