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Accession No 1931.176.1
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; High jump on the Wanganui Collegiate Football Field
Brief Description A black and white photograph of the Wanganui Collegiate Football field taken circa 1895. The field is being used for an athletics meet and a man is in the process of completing a high jump. The jump is set in the centre of a clearing with the main jumping over the bar and the two judges looking on from either side. A crowd of people is gathered behind watching.
This section of the field is now a portion of Nelson St, Wanganui Bowling Green and Wanganui Tennis Courts.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Prod Date Circa 1895
Primary Prod Period Late 19th century/19th century
Primary Prod Place Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
Measurement Reading 18 x 24.6cm
16.6 x 21.8cm
Signature/Marks Wanganui Regional Museum/ copyright
Wanganui Public Museum / Photograph Collection / No. / Reproduction without / acknowledgment / strictly forbidden
Given] by / V.B. Willis / May 19-1931 / (signature)
Wanganui Collegiate School Football field about 1895. / Now a portion of Nelson St, Wanganui Bowling Green and Wanganui Tennis Courts
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Carton no. / 26
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