Crowds at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt

Crowds at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt
Reference
AW-1418
Description

All frames were taken at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt, in the fairground area. [Location from an advertisement for Tom Croft Motors (of Fergusson Drive, in Ans Westra images in sheet AW-1419.)] Men, women and children, many of them Māori, are seen in the grounds, possibly at Trentham Memorial Park. Young men and a boy are balancing on the narrow top of a wire fence in frames 5 and 6; frame 10 was taken behind an open grandstand looking through the seats at people's legs etc.; and in frame 11 a young man is holding is baby daughter who has a knotted handkerchief on her head, shading her from the sun. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra.

Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet

Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 11 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Use/Reproduction
All requests for copies, use and reproduction, must be sent to Ans Westra's agent Suite Tirohanga at westra@suite.co.nz and 04 976 7663. Copyright: Copyright held by Ans Westra
Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs / Westra, Ans, 1936-: Photographs
Format
4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 11 images, Negatives, Cellulose acetate roll film
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Crowds at a fair, probably an A&P show at Upper Hutt. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-1418. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38422835

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