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Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 June 1958, page 8: "This huge girder was swung into position this morning on the corner of Rangitikei and Queen Street to form part of the massive construction of the new Government Life Insurance Building."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
June 28, 1958
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014805
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
building site,
construction,
crane,
Community Tags
government life insurance,

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