Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

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Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

[1920s-1980s]

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22740748

News photographs, on a wide range of topics including sport, from the Wellington area, taken and collected by the Evening Post newspaper 1920s-1980s.

5000 b&w original negative(s). 92 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 8 box(es) of prints.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676422

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Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982

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