"Masses of Tulips Provide a Wealth of Beauty" Spring Display at the Esplanade

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 03 October 1958: "Magnificent bed of tulips in the full glory of their blooming have been attracting numbers of admirers to the Esplanade this week. In the foreground of the picture are an even shade of deep pink, flanking the central bed of the same colour tipped in white, while the third plot is massed with large primrose blooms. The Peter Black Conservatory is at the back of the picture across a flawless lawn"

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

October 3, 1958

Digitisation id

2017N_2017-20_014916

Format

B&W negative

Held in

Other