Road making by unemployed men during the Depression, Akatarawa

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Title

Road making by unemployed men during the Depression, Akatarawa

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Men from the unemployed men's camp in Akatarawa excavating hillside to improve the Akatarawa Road as part of a relief work scheme during the Great Depression. Photograph taken by unidentified photographer and published in the Evening Post on 15 January 1932. Note on back of file print reads: This photo was published in the Evening Post, 1932, Jan. 15. Caption: "Relief work on the road. A gang of men at the task of improving the Akatarawa Rd, a scheme which is being carried out by men from th...

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Image

Date created

Jan 1932

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22852854

Locations

Akatarawa

Related subjects

Unemployment / Roads / Design and construction / Road construction workers / Wheelbarrows / Akatarawa

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