Polish immigrants travelling to Polish House, Newtown, Wellington - Photographs taken by Merv Griffiths

Date
4 November 1981
By
Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978
Reference
EP/1981/3597-F
Description

Photographs of newly arrived Polish immigrants travelling to Polish House, Newtown, Wellington, on board a bus, taken 4 November 1981 by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper
Format
1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images, Negatives, Acetate negatives, Group portraits, Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Polish immigrants travelling to Polish House, Newtown, Wellington - Photograph taken by...

Date: 4 November 1981

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1981/3597/18-F

Description: Photograph of newly arrived Polish immigrants travelling to Polish House, Newtown, Wellington, on board a bus, taken 4 November 1981 by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths. Original Evening Post caption reads: "Probably a little bemused and bewildered by their new surroundings, these 25 Polish immigrants boarded a bus heading for Polish House in Newtown after landing at Wellington Airport this morning." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip. Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at EP-Politics-Immigration-Polish Refugees.