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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
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Relation
2017-20
Date
June 15, 1959
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_015208
Format
B&W negative
Held In
Other

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