Mr W Malin, Athletic Park groundsman, with roofing nails collected from playing surface after storm

Date
19 April 1968
Reference
EP/1968/1656-F
Description

Mr W Malin, Athletic Park groundsman, with one of three buckets of roofing nails collected from the playing surface at Athletic Park, Wellington, photographed 19 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer.

Original newspaper caption states "....Mr Malin (a 1920-21 Wellington rugby representative), the park caretaker (Mr P A Hinds) and four other workers spent two days clearing the ground from the aftermath of last Wednesdays storm. Lead-capped nails were showered onto the ground after roofing iron on the main stand was lifted and hurled down by fierce wind....". (Evening Post, 19 April 1968).

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
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1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images, Negatives, Acetate negatives, Portraits, Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm
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Mr W Malin, Athletic Park groundsman, with roofing nails collected from playing surface...

Date: 19 April 1968

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1968/1656/37-F

Description: Mr W Malin, Athletic Park groundsman, with one of three buckets of roofing nails collected from the playing surface at Athletic Park, Wellington, photographed 19 April 1968 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Original newspaper caption states "....Mr Malin (a 1920-21 Wellington rugby representative), the park caretaker (Mr P A Hinds) and four other workers spent two days clearing the ground from the aftermath of last Wednesdays storm. Lead-capped nails were showered onto the ground after roofing iron on the main stand was lifted and hurled down by fierce wind....". (Evening Post, 19 April 1968). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on negative strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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