More Info →"A Close Finish" - Motor Cycles

Description: 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."

Identification

Object type: Image
Identifier: 2017-20
Archive: Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation: 2017-20
Date: May 1, 1958
Digitisation ID: 2017N_2017-20_014735
Format: B&W negative
Held In: Other

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Tags: 1950s,; black and white,; championship,; manawatu evening standard,; motorcycle,; whakarongo,

Community Tags: championships,; motor cycles,; whakarongo,

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