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Accession No 1963.44.1
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH: The First Taxi in the Wairarapa
Brief Description A black and white photograph of the Memorial Square in Carterton, in the Wairarapa Region. A car with white wheels is visible in the lower right corner, and is believed to be the first taxi for the region. An unidentified man sits in the drivers seat. The garden behind features diagonal paths which meet at a monument in the centre, and a building is visible through the trees beyond.
Photograph has been mounted on grey backing card.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker Peter Shankland
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Primary Prod Place Carterton/Wairarapa
Measurement Reading 25.1 x 30.6cm
15.2 x 20.2cm
Signature/Marks Memorial Square, Carterton
Peter Shankland / Phototographer / Carterton
Wanganui Public Museum
AC. 5446
First Taxi in Masterton?
Wanganui Public Museum / Photograph collection / no. / reproduction without / acknowledgment / strictly forbidden
Wanganui Public Museum / photograph collection / 14/3/63 no. 5446 / reproduction without / acknowledgment / strictly forbidden
Recorded / (signature)
Pres. Miss Vearinah Smith / Wanganui
Carton no. / 23
27.2.63
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