More Info →Russian athlete Tamara Press being shown the athletics field at Memorial Park

Description

[Image of Russian visitors to the city being shown Memorial Park.]

This photograph was taken by the Manawatū Evening Standard during a visit by Russian athletes to Palmerston North in January 1966, but was not published. It shows world champion Russian athlete Tamara Press accompanied by Michael Kopytko, a local resident who acted as an interpreter during the athletes' visit.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

January 14, 1966

Digitisation ID

2018N_2017-20_MS000748

Format

B&W negative