This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 May 1958, page 12: "K. Cleghorn (North) and A. Merrin (South), two of New Zealand's top riders, fight out the finish for the 500 c.c. race at the inter-island motor-cycle scramble championship at Whakarongo on Saturday last. Cleghorn won the race with Merrin in second place."
https://dtq0471jmmy9v.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F4%2F8%2Fb80a02-a348-4a69-b2e8-d8f61585b291%2Fresize_master_0d108f4b03d405e67086166063042e3c.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=6f9c24d33c9695e9f59087efbbcde1bf55babcd3&ver=1628788544"A Close Finish" - Motor Cycles
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_014735
- Title
- "A Close Finish" - Motor Cycles
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Whakarongo
- Date
- May 1, 1958
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Fairfax Media New Zealand
- License
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Taxonomy
- Community Tags
- championships,
- motor cycles,
- whakarongo,
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