Hastings Blossom Festival, Hillary Climbing Everest float

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About this object

The slide shows a float depicting Edmund Hillary climbing Mount Everest, in the 1958 Hastings Blossom Festival parade. Spectators line the street.

Maker

Leon Gray

Production date

1958

Production place

Hawke's Bay/North Island/New Zealand

Production period

1950s/20th Century

Production technique

Photography

Media/Materials description

Coloured slide

Media/Materials

Photographic/Man-made Materials

Measurements

Height x Width: 50 x 50mm

Classification terms

Transparency, Slide
Documentary Artifact
Communication Artifacts

Subject period

1950s/20th Century

Subject date

1958

Current rights

Caption

Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 2017/1/114, 20163

Credit Line

gifted by Owen Exton

Other number(s)

2017/1/114, 20163, 94499

Accession number

2017/1/114

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Place made

Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject place

Hastings Hastings District Hawke's Bay North Island New Zealand Polynesia Oceania

Subject category

Celebrations Public gatherings Archive classification Festivals Entertainment and recreation Local history History

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