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John Bird Hine laying the foundation stone for the new Stratford Technical High School
- Date
- October 1919
- Reference
- 1/1-009943-G
- Description
Minister of Internal Affairs John Bird Hine speaking to a local crowd at the ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the new Stratford Technical High School. Behind him are prominent people of Taranaki on a platform strung with international flags; including Robert Masters, Chairman of the Education Board, Mr Florance Antony Tyrer, Headmaster of Stratford District High School and Superintendent of the Stratford Technical High School. Photograph taken by James McAllister in October 1919.
Source of descriptive information - Event identified by Library client
The Stratford Technical High School building was first erected in 1903 in wood and iron. (see The Cyclopedia of New Zealand (Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial District). In 1919, a foundation stone as laid for a new building (see Taranaki Daily News 28 October 1919 pg 3).
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- McAllister, James, 1869-1952 :Negatives of Stratford and Taranaki district
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative
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