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Messenger Press staff at an annual picnic [B 71846/55] • Photograph

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Summary

Group photograph of staff from the Messenger Press newspaper, taken during an outdoor annual picnic. The location and names of people in the photo have not been provided. Other written information provided with the photo: Annual picnics held in Adelaide hills at such venues as Mylor, Belair, Hahndorf, etc. Features of the day were: Men's 100 yards running race "The Sheffield", men's long distance race usually 4 laps on main oval "The Miracle Mile", plus children's races, i.e. egg and spoon races, sack races and women "throwing the rolling pin." Note! Roger Baynes, Len Croker, Glyn Day, Ron West (company directors at the time) always attended. This image comes from 'Messenger Press 50th Anniversary Photos': a collection of photographs of people and events associated with the Messenger Press newspaper and collected for the Messenger's 50th anniversary, March 7, 2001.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 19.5 x 24.6 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1965

Photographer

Messenger Press

Collection

Part of Messenger Press Collection

Subject

Messenger Press -- Employees
Community newspapers -- South Australia -- Adelaide

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Digitisation information

Date

16/12/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

8,098 x 6,417 pixels (52.0 MP)

Size

156.14 MB

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