IMAGE
Peace Celebrations parade, Masterton
- Date
- 20 or 21 July 1919
- By
- Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931
- Reference
- PAColl-0545-1-093
- Description
A view of a street parade during the Masterton Peace celebrations on 20 or 21 July 1919. Sometimes known as "Peace Day". Shows people lining the street to watch the parade pass. A model of a British tank, with a woman dressed as Britannia on top, leads a line of cars past buildings decorated with British flags. Photograph taken by Albert Winzenberg.
The annotation on reverse of the photograph identifes the scene as beign the Armistice Day parade in Masterton in November 1918. However the image content matches the description given by a local journaliist for the Peace Celebrations parade in July 1919, see "The World Peace", Wairarapa Age, 21 July 1919, Page 5, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAG19190721.2.19.
Inscriptions: Verso - Armistice Day parade in Masterton 1918 Queen St Jackson St corner; Recto - bottom right - Winzenberg
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 8.3 x 13 cm (postcard)
Processing information: Record updated on 1 November 2023 to correct description of parade event.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa / Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 8.3 x 13 cm (postcard), Orientation: Horizontal image
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Winzenberg, Albert Edward, 1865-1931. Peace Celebrations parade, Masterton. Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa. Ref: PAColl-0545-1-093. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22905230More information can be found in our terms of use.