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The lines and workshop staff of Post and Telegraph were located in the Chief Post Office on the corner of Main Street and The Square. In the centre is a Thornycroft truck, which was used to take line supplies over to Napier directly after the earthquake. The next vehicle to the right is a 1938 Ford V8. People identified, from right: Rex Watson; Herbert Edwards; Lew Findlay; Fred Haxton; Fred Bennett; ?auri Waugh(Workshop staff). Rest unknown.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2011
Date
circa 1938 to circa 1939
Digitisation ID
2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005278
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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