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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
Relation
2017-20
Date
December 11, 1959
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_015385
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Other

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Place
Palmerston North

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father christmas,
girl,
letters,
manawatū evening standard,
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