[Shearing contest : Golden Shears Championship, Fraser Park, 1963]

Object detail

Accession number

12-2137

Maker

Photo News Limited

Description

Six shearers, each in separate booth, with attendant judges watching and marking. Seven assistants, below stage, collecting fleece and preparing for baling. In front of stage, six men in white coats, seated, and observing shearers. Signage above the stage reads: "Sponsors","Borthwicks" "Caltex" and "Sponsors". Underneath this are three signs: "Fraser Park", "Golden Shears Championship" and "1963". Below the stage are three signs that read: "Promoted by Wairarapa Federated Farmers", "Golden Shears" and a sign partly obscured for a new Wolseley model. Behind the shearers are the official numbers and names (only one can be seen clearly) and a number that probably indicates the number of sheep that have been shorn. There is a large crowd watching the shearing from in front of the stage. The event is being held outside.

Marks

Shearing contest Pencil
Photographed by Photo News Ltd, (Est 1945), ?3 Willis St, Wellington, Telephone 41.480, 2 lines. Ink Stamp

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : ; 20 x 25 cm.

Credit Line

Photo News Limited. 1963. [Shearing contest : Golden Shears Championship, Fraser Park, 1963], 12-2137. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Production place

Wellington District
Wellington
New Zealand

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Competitions Sheep shearing Agriculture file General Collection New Zealand Competitions Sheep-shearing New Zealand

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

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