Patriotic Concert, "The Fleet's in Port Again"

Production date
1940
 Description
A group of eight young women are posed in sailor-style costumes in two rows. They wear light-toned shorts with dark-toned double breasted jackets and sailor hats. The women all have their arms crossed. Standing in the back row are, from left to right, Patty Parkes, Betty Byars, Joan Taylor, Moira (or Moyra) Hickman, Dawn Mitchell and Jean Morris. Crouched in the front row on the left is Betty Boyd. The woman crouched in the front row on the right is unidentified. The women are in their costumes for "The Fleet's in Port Again", a dance they performed as part of the Opunake Patriotic Concert on 27 May 1940.
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Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production date
1940
Production place
New Zealand/Taranaki/Opunake
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Classification
Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts
Collection
Feaver
Accession number
PHO2013-0087
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Gelatin whole plate
Glass negative
Negative

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