This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 February 1961: It is not often that a photographer is able to get an "inside" shot in the lions' arena. A "Manawatu Standard" man was invited to attend Wirths' Circus last night, and the tamer, Mr. Mervyn King was able to get his charges to smile."
https://dtq0471jmmy9v.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F1%2Fe%2F86458a-8a6e-41dc-b058-59f745c36575%2Fresize_master_9ba1f9d57936bbb63399810bb2083e31.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=e0cfee9186d5072def8349ff216437c2cc6f1932&ver=1628750411"Smile for the Photographer Boys" Lions from Wirth's Circus
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_016077
- Title
- "Smile for the Photographer Boys" Lions from Wirth's Circus
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Palmerston North
- Date
- February 1, 1961
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Fairfax Media New Zealand
- License
- Contact Us For Details
Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- circuses,
- events,
- lions,
- performers,
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