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Barbed wire at the Showgrounds
- Description
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 1 August 1981, with the caption: "Ground in state of siege." Barbed wire was erected around the Showgrounds and barricades blocked parts of Cuba Street in anticipation of anti-Apartheid and anti-Springbok Tour protests during the rugby match played between the Springboks and Manawatū on 1 August 1981
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Digitisation ID
- 2021N_2017-20_034781_001
- Format
- B&W negative
Taxonomy
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