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  • "The Grace and Dignity of the Swan" - Floral Festival
  • "The Grace and Dignity of the Swan" - Floral Festival
  • "The Grace and Dignity of the Swan" - Floral Festival
  • "The Grace and Dignity of the Swan" - Floral Festival
Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 February 1958, page 6: "This entry to the floral procession was the work of the combined retail stores in the city and well deserved its placing of first in its section. The float, which was made in two pieces, showed a perfectly outlined swan drawing a bevy of beautiful girls who were surrounded by white and blue blossoms. Completely decorated in artificial blossoms, this float was the result of much painstaking work by those who designed and built it."

Identification

Object type
Image
Identifier
2017-20
Archive
Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection
Date
February 24, 1958
Digitisation ID
2017N_2017-20_014636
Format
B&W negative

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
float,
floral festival,
palmerston north showgrounds,
Community Tags
flowers,
procession,

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