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Members of the Women's Service League at work, on Alfred Seifert's Opiki farm, in order to earn money that went into a parcel fund. Those who worked could submit the names of servicemen overseas to receive parcels. From left: Unknown, Peggy McMahon, Unknown, Kitty Landers, Dorothy Anderson, Nancy Stuart, Joan Brown, unknown, unknown, Cathy Richards (?)

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2007N_Wwt14_WAR_0030
Title
Women's Service League bagging potatoes, Opiki
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1940

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
palmerston north,
photographs,
war,
war on the home front,
world war two,
wwii,
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