Creator unknown : Photograph including Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey

Creator unknown : Photograph including Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey
Date
[ca 1923]
Reference
PAColl-9039
Description

Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1923. The event is likely to be the opening ceremony for the Weraroa Memorial Peace Gates commemorating World War Two, opened on 11 April 1923 in Levin. The man speaking from the truck bed is likely to be Mayor of Levin, Mr D.W. Matheson. The truck is decorated with fern fronds, and alongside is Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey (with moustache, holding papers). Rows of boy scouts are in the foreground.

For description of event that helped identify image see "Peace Memorial Gates", 'Horowhenua Chronicle', 12 April 1923, Page 3, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HC19230412.2.23

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Original source of descriptive information - Notes on print. Date estimated by cataloguer.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.5 cm

Processing information: Date and scope notes updated following information from researcher, 8 June 2023.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.5 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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