Policeman Ray Ruane holding a young survivor of the Wahine shipwreck

Policeman Ray Ruane holding a young survivor of the Wahine shipwreck
Date
10 Apr 1968
Reference
EP/1968/1574/26a-F
Description

Policeman Ray Ruane holding a young survivor of the Wahine shipwreck in a blanket, 10 April 1968. Two people in lifejackets, and a policeman, stand alongside. The people in the life jackets are Gregory Mackenzie and Diane Parnell. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer.

Source of descriptive information - Diane Parnell and Gregory Mackenzie identified by Diane Mackenzie (nee Parnell).

Diane Parnell and Gregory Mackenzie were students at the University of Otago on their way to Tauranga for Easter (info Diane Mackenzie (nee Parnell)).

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on negative strip.

Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Additional description

Alternative form available: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file in cabinet 2, drawer 1 at at EP-Accidents-Sea Rescue-Wahine-folder 2 of 4

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Survivors of the Wahine shipwreck
Format
1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on negative strip, Negatives, Acetate negatives, Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Policeman Ray Ruane holding a young survivor of the Wahine shipwreck. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1968/1574/26a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22508739

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