Official unveiling of memorial plaque at Auckland Harbour Bridge - Photograph taken by Mr Christensen

Official unveiling of memorial plaque at Auckland Harbour Bridge - Photograph taken by Mr Christensen
Date
Jan 1956
By
Christensen, Edward Percival, 1907-1982
Reference
1/2-019942-F
Description

The official unveiling of the plaque at Auckland Harbour Bridge. Shows the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon S G Holland unveiling the memorial plaque, with Sir John Allum standing by. A group of ceremony attendants looks on. Photograph taken in January 1956, by Mr Edward Percival Christensen for the National Publicity Studios.

The plaque reads: `This tablet was unveilied by / the Right Honourable S G Holland C H M P / the Prime Minister of New Zealand / on the twenty-seventh day of January 1956 / Auckland Harbour Bridge Authority / Sir John Allum C & I ...' etc

Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - A43732

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negative

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Part of
Tourist and Publicity
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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