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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand, "War Effort" series
Date: [ca Jul 1942]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: PAColl-4161-01-022-02
Description: War time industrial production on the home front. Manufacture of Bren Gun Carriers at General Motors plant, Petone. Photographs taken during a Parliamentary visit (including Daniel G Sullivan, Adam Hamilton, and Director of Publicity J T Paul) to the plant circa July 1942. Some taken by Evening Post. Others taken by the Publicity Department. Arrangement: This collection is made up of Photographic prints with captions. They were scattered throughout the wax boxes in which the War History collection had been housed for the last eight years. In giving the collection a general order they have been sorted into their series groups. This collection has been called the "War Effort" series. They have not been arranged in numerical sequence as yet (though some might be so arranged). Negatives for some of these prints can be found at F 26860 1/1 - F 26871 1/1 (1995) Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).