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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 November 1956: "Firemen of the Palmerston North Fire Brigade had a difficult fight to gain control of the flames which gutted the upper storey of this house in College Street."

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014136
Title
"Fire Damages City Home" College Street
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
College Street, Palmerston North
Date
November 24, 1956

Object rights

Credit Line
Fairfax Media New Zealand
License
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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
college street,
fire,
fire brigade,
house,
house fire,
manawatu evening standard,
Community Tags
fire,
fire hose,
firefighters,

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