"Working for 24 hours a Day" Christmas Post Office Rush
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This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 24 December 1958: "During the Christmas mail rush the Post Office staff is working round the clock. The machine seen here, a cancellation and date stamping machine, created a record on December 16 when 123,910 letters were cancelled."
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- 2017-20
- Date
- December 24, 1958
- Digitisation id
- 2017N_2017-20_015061
- Format
- B&W negative
- Held in
- Other
Creation
- Created By
- Manawatu Evening Standard
- Place
- Main Street, Palmerston North
Object rights
- License
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