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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
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014735
Title
"A Close Finish" - Motor Cycles
Relation
Manawatu Standard Negative Collection
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Coolstore
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

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Creation

Created By
Place
Whakarongo
Date
May 1, 1958

Object rights

Credit Line
Fairfax Media New Zealand
License
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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
championship,
manawatu evening standard,
motorcycle,
whakarongo,
Community Tags
championships,
motor cycles,
whakarongo,

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