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"Woman Handles Dense Traffic"
- Description
This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 12 August, 1959. "Seen directing the flow of motor-vehicles in Featherston Street after yesterday's Rugby match is Miss H. Thorn, a woman traffic officer attached to the Transport Department. It was the first time a women has done point duty in heavy traffic in New Zealand."
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- August 12, 1959
- Digitisation ID
- 2017N_2017-20_015269
- Format
- B&W negative
Taxonomy
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