More Info →"Scenes After Today's Deluges"

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 8 January, 1964. "These photographs shows scenes in an daround the city during the torrential downpours this morning. An hour later however all the water had cleared away. By lunchtime the sun made an appearance but the strong winds were helping to dry things out. Top left, shows King Street looking towards Rangitikei Street; top right is lower Ferguson Street; centre left, outside Mr. D. O'Brien's shop in King Street; centre right, on the corner of King and Rangitikei Streets; lower left, at the corner of Victoria Avenue and Ferguson Street; and lower right, on the corner of Morris and Ferguson Streets." This is the top left image. See also: 2017N_2017-20_018285, 2017N_2017-20_018286

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Relation

2017-20

Date

January 8, 1964

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_018284

Format

B&W negative

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