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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 4th December 1965 "They all gasped when he was unveiled. Everyone pressed forward for a better look as soon as the wraps fell away. Then five-year-old Joanne Looney posted the first letter to the mythical man at the North Pole, and Palmerston North officially had a new Santa Claus."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
December 6, 1965
Digitisation ID
2018N_2017-20_MS000142
Format
B&W negative

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