In 1980 lived in Newtown Wellington with her husband Jose McCarthy and children. Her photograph with her husband and three children was published in the Evening Post on the 27th of February 1980.
McCarthy, Rita, active 1980
Jose and Rita McCarthy and their children - Photographed by Brett Richardson
Date: 27 February 1980
From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers
By: Richardson, Brett, active 1978
Reference: EP/1980/0637-F
Description: Samoan-born Jose and Rita McCarthy and their three children outside their house in Newtown, Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer Brett Richardson on the 27th of February 1980. Jose and Rita McCarthy were photographed as "one of many Wellington couples renovating their homes." They planned an addition to the house funded by a loan through the Housing Corporation's Community Housing Improvement Programme (CHIP). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm