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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 26 June 1958, page 6: "The popular ring referee Mr. A. Jenkins intervenes during one incident on the ropes at last night's wrestling match at the Opera House between Ollvas, the "Elephant Boy" who sports a 14 in. spread of hair, and George ("the magnificent") MacKay."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
June 26, 1958
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014802
Format
B&W negative

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opera house,
wrestling,
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