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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 June, 1963. "Gathered on the platform of the Palmerston North railway station excitedly waiting for the railcar to take them to Woodville are these 23 young primer students from the Rangiotu School. They were accompanied by some parents their teacher, Mrs Gray, at right. Fifteen of these children have never travelled on a train in their lives."

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
June 11, 1963
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_017701
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
railcar,
railway station,
rangiotu school,
school trips,
trains,
woodville,
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