Wellington City traffic department's fleet of motorcycles outside the Town Hall - Photograph taken by Hall Raine Studios

Wellington City traffic department's fleet of motorcycles outside the Town Hall - Photograph taken by Hall Raine Studios
Date
23 February 1961
Reference
EP-Transport-Traffic Officers-01
Description

Wellington City traffic department's fleet of motorcycles lined up outside the Town Hall, Wakefield Street, Wellington, taken 23 February 1961 by Hall Raine Studios. Shows traffic officers sitting on the 16 650 cc motorcyles, with City Council traffic superintendent Mr J Anderson standing at the far left.

Original Evening Post caption reads: "Photographed outside the Town Hall today are the City traffic department's fleet of 16 650 cc motor-cycles, which the council has just exchanged for the old fleet. The machines are used by the traffic officers for a year, then exchanged for new ones. On the extreme left is the City Council traffic superintendent (Mr. J. Anderson)."

Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - Hall Raine photograph

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 19.8 x 31.8 cm

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Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Photographs relating to traffic officers
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Group portraits, Silver gelatin print 19.8 x 31.8 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Wellington City traffic department's fleet of motorcycles outside the Town Hall - Photograph taken by Hall Raine Studios. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP-Transport-Traffic Officers-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22692173

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