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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 9 December, 1959. “Please could I have a ……….” writes six-year-old Karen Hughes. The photograph shows Karen engrossed in her most important letter-writing assignment for the year. The inset (top left) shows the context of the letter.”

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
December 11, 1959
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_015385
Format
B&W negative

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father christmas,
girl,
letters,
manawatū evening standard,
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