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St Moritz Skaters at Evans Bay Fair; in their present act "Wonders on Wheels" / Otago D...
Date: 1936
From: Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978: [Collection of ephemera, posters and programmes. 1900-1976]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper); Cabot, Charles Henry, 1890-1978; Cabot, Beatrice Eliza, 1894-1981
Reference: Eph-C-CABOT-Variety-1936-01
Description: Post advertising the St. Mortiz Skaters act at the Evans Bay Fair. Shows a roller-skating couple holding hands, with the woman in a flattened and contorted pose in the foreground, and the man in a half-kneel at the right. Text panel reports that they had performed before His Majesty King Edward VIII, Queen Mary, and His Late Majesty King George V at the London Hippodrome. King Edward VIII reigned and abdicated in 1936, and he appears to be currently king at the time of this poster. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 318 x 509 mm. Processing information: Record updated 28 July 2016 to include the names of the people in the St Mortiz Skaters.