"Captain of Sailing Ship Renews Memories"
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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 14 June 1961 "Believed to be the oldest mariner resident in New Zealand who has sailed around Cape Horn is Mr. D. Bertie, of Feilding. Today he renewed his acquaintance with sailing ships when he met some of the crew of the Chilean barquentine Esmeralda who visited Palmerston North. He is shown meeting some of the senior members of the crew on tour. Mr. Bertie has made over 20 trips around the Horn and obtained his master's ticket in 1901."
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Identifier
- 2017-20
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- June 14, 1961
- Digitisation id
- 2017N_2017-20_016367
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held in
- Other
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- The Square, Palmerston North
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