IMAGE
Prime Minister Sidney Holland and Opposition Leader Walter Nash at opening of Rimutaka tunnel - Photograph taken by Graeme Ayson
- Date
- Nov 1955
- By
- Ayson, Graeme, 1912-1990
- Reference
- PAColl-8163-53
- Description
Photograph of Prime Minister Sidney Holland and Leader of the Opposition, Walter Nash, standing together in the rain at the official opening of the Rimutaka tunnel at Speedy's Crossing, near Featherston. Photograph taken in November 1955 by Graeme Ayson.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - NO. 7 see letter for captions; Verso - centre - Photographer's stamp: Graeme Ayson / Photographer / Trus Lands Trust Building / Queen St., / Masterton. / Phone 6760; Verso - centre - Publication date stamp: Published 16 Nov 1955 Page 3; Verso - centre - D/E x 3 / Today 9/11/55; Verso - bottom centre - 7/11/55; Verso - bottom left - Attached caption from original publication: RAIN COULD NOT DAMPEN THE MOOD of the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. S. G. Holland, and the Leader of the Opposition, Rt. Hon. W. Nash, when it fell just before the opening of the Rimutaka tunnel at an official ceremony at Speedy's Crossing, near Featherston. They turned up their collars and continued to smile.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 22 x 16.6 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Portraits, Silver gelatin print 22 x 16.6 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Ayson, Graeme, 1912-1990. Prime Minister Sidney Holland and Opposition Leader Walter Nash at opening of Rimutaka tunnel - Photograph taken by Graeme Ayson. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: PAColl-8163-53. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23143776More information can be found in our terms of use.