More Info →"Records Tumbled During Swimming Sports" Freyberg High School Swimming Sports

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 17 February 1961: "Two of the top swimmers photographed during the Freyberg High School sports at the Municipal Baths yesterday. Vivienne Haddon (left) broke four school records during the day. New records are the 66 2-3 yards freestyle (45.9 sec.); 33 1-3 yards breaststroke (24.6 sec.); 33 1-3 yards backstroke (24.5 sec.); 33 1-3 yards freestyle (50.9 sec.) Miss Haddon competed in the New Zealand championships at Tauranga. R. Ireland (right) won the senior 100 yards freestyle swimming backstroke."

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

February 17, 1961

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_016104

Format

B&W negative

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