| Accession No |
1967.92.6
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| Name/Title |
POSTCARD; Wanganui Red Cross Parade Car
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| Brief Description |
This black and white photographic postcard is of a Wanganui Red Cross parade in 1916, staged to raise funds for the comfort of New Zealand servicemen during World War I. A cavalcade of cars, each decorated with miniature flags, seating several Red Cross nurses in uniform, are lined up in front of a brick building, the sideroom of Bakewell Ward at the Whanganui Hospital. A sign in the windscreen of the second car reads "Vote for Baby Competition No.6".
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| Classification |
Postcard/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
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| Primary Maker |
Watkinson, Arthur E (active 1905-1924)
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| Primary Prod Date |
1916
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| Primary Prod Period |
20th century
World War I
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| Primary Prod Place |
Whanganui
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| Measurement Reading |
8.7 x 13.7cm
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| Signature/Marks |
ARTHUR E. WATKINSON
Post Card. / Correspondence / Address
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