More Info →Skilful Shearing

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 22nd January 1966 "In the shearing competitions which opened at the Feilding Show today, the standard and speed delighted the large crowd. In the under 300-sheep group, L.B. Christensen, of Mount Stewart, is seen shearing his first sheep. The first trio completed their three sheep in 5 min 15 sec."

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

January 22, 1966

Digitisation ID

2018N_2017-20_MS000857

Format

B&W negative