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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 June, 1959. "Raincoats were the order of the day for most patrons at Awapuni on Saturday. Here is the crowd studying the doubles totalisator. The woman in the right-hand bottom corner appears to have made up her mind."

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_015208
Title
"Raincoats the Order" Awapuni Race day
Relation
Coolstore
Format
B&W negative
Held In
IMCA Digital Archive
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

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Creation

Created By
Place
Awapuni, Palmerston North
Date
June 15, 1959

Object rights

Credit Line
Fairfax Media New Zealand

Taxonomy

Tags
awapuni race course,
crowds,
gambling,
horse racing,
manawatū evening standard,
rain,
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