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Crowd at opening of Otira Tunnel
Date: 4 Aug 1923
From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Reference: MNZ-1691-1/4-F
Description: Photograph of a crowd standing beside the railroad tracks at the opening of the Otira Tunnel on 4 August 1923. Attendants include: Sir Joseph Ward, 2nd from left; Thomas Wilford, 5th from left; Evan Parry, 6th from left facing William Massey, centre; Gordon Coates, holding coat; George Forbes, far right. Photographer unidentified. Publication note - Department of Internal Affairs. 1940. `Making New Zealand'. 2(17): 14 Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Provenance: Photograph from William Walter Stewart for the Department of Internal Affairs' publication `Making New Zealand' (1939-40).