More Info →"Poppy Day Appeal"

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in the Manawatu Evening Standard on 18 April 1963, "Preparations were being made yesterday at the R.S.A. for the distribution of poppies for the poppy day appeal on Friday. Mr. F. W. Coombs, the president of the R.S.A. is seen with the convener of the appeal, Mr. F. E. Tether (right), checking a map of the city for the distribution sites. Some 20,000 poppies have been prepared and the office of the R.S.A. was a hive of activity as they were being unpacked."

Identification

Object type

Image

Identifier

2017-20

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

April 18, 1963

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_017631

Format

B&W negative