IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Barrie Devenport's crossing of Cook Strait was a great achievement and is being acclaimed by people everywhere. The average man-in-the-sea. Rival contender. Oriental Bay habitue. "Blossom". And others. Ferry bookings. 21 November 1962.
- Date
- 1962
- Reference
- B-137-475
- Description
Shows a man with an inflatable toy in the sea, a swimmer in a bathing cap who is sitting on a rock on a beach, a man sunbathing, 'Blossom' the elephant seal and a man taking ferry bookings at a counter. Refers to Barrie Devenport's swim across Cook Strait.
Blossom (Elephant seal) came ashore at Oriental Bay, Wellington in 1962. Returned again the following year.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Black ink on card, 230 x 345mm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the Evening Post, 1962]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), Black ink on card, 230 x 345mm
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