Muriel Lipscombe wearing a pair of very large trousers donated by Aucklanders for Vietnamese refugees - Photograph taken by Trevor Coppock

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Date
14 August 1979
By
Coppock, Trevor, active 1983
Reference
EP-Politics-Immigration-Refugees-02
Description

Original Evening Post caption reads: "Mrs Muriel Lipscombe is not a boasting dieter. She's just demonstrating the ridiculous size of some of the clothing that has been donated for Vietnamese refugees in Auckland. These trousers, waist-size 150cm, were among the huge pile of clothing sent in by Aucklanders hoping to help the refugees staying at Mangere Hostel..." Photograph of Mrs Lipscombe wearing a pair of large trousers, taken ca 14 August 1979 by Auckland Star staff photographer Trevor Coppock.

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

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.4 x 20.4 cm

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Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Refugees
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Portraits, Silver gelatin print 25.4 x 20.4 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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