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Creator:      Palmerston North City Council
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          2019

Manawatu Photorama was published between 1959 and 1964 by Frank Goldingham. It featured social occasions, sports events and city events and perfomances photographed both by Mr. Goldingham and contributing photographers.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          September 1960

This image is part of the Frank Goldingham collection and was possibly taken for Photorama pictorial magazine in the third or fourth quarter of 1960. It may have been published in an edition not currently held by the Ian Matheson City Archives.

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Date:          1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the September 1960 edition.

Caption: “Miss Helen Wilson with airhostess Miss Sargeant on the steps of the N.A.C. plane which took her on the first step of her journey to A...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Milson, Palmerston North
Date:          September 1960

This image was taken for Photorama pictorial magazine and was published in the July 1960 edition.

Caption: “Miss Helen Wilson (Miss Industries 1960) is shown receiving a make-up bag from Mr. A. Dix of Milne and Choyce Ltd. as part of her prize as...

Creator:      Frank Goldingham
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          July 1960

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 20 September 1960 "After four weeks in Australia Miss Helen Wilson (Palmerston North's "Miss Industries") returned to the city yesterday. Here is Miss Wilson with her mo...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Milson Airport, Palmerston North
Date:          1960-09-20T00:00:00+00:00

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 11 October 1960 ""Miss Industries" (Miss Helen Wilson) presented a club pennant from the Sydney Lions Club to the local president (Mr. M. Robinson). Miss Wilson was a gu...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1960-10-11T00:00:00+00:00

Helen Wilson boarding a plane to Australia. The trip was part of her prize for winning Miss Industries, 1960.

Helen Wilson, winner of Miss Industries, 1960, poses on a jetty.

Helen Wilson, winner of Miss Industries, 1960, alongside other competitors.