More Info →The Scouts Gang Show - 1963

Description: Gang Shows are revue style perfomances put on by Scouts and Girl Guides and involved singing, dancing, and skits. There have been annual performances in New Zealand from the 1950s

This image depicts the 110 performers and leaders sing for the audience at the Manawatu Scout Gang Show, 1963.

Other images in this set include depictions of 'Black Face', 'Black and White Minstrels' and outdated imitations of other cultures, which were once a popular form of entertainment in western nations across the globe. With origins rooted in systemic racism, these performances of racial impersonation were usually conducted by Caucasian actors and tended to depict commonly held stereotypes of non-Caucasians as backward or unsophisticated for 'comic' effect.

Keith Roland Hamblyn was a photographer with the Palmerston North Hospital Board for many years. In a private capacity, he documented a wide variety of public events between 1958 and the early 1970s.