[Excerpt from the Taranaki Herald]

Object detail

Accession number

04/001/017

Maker

The Taranaki Herald

Description

Features an article on missing airman, Charles Kingsford Smith. Les Birch aided Kingsford Smith's Tasman crossing, this is the most likely reason for him keeping this excerpt. There is also an article mentioning Jean Batten's departure from England.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

2 leaves ; folded to 28 x 17 cm

Record level

Item

Collection

Leslie Birch Collection

Credit line

The Taranaki Herald. 12 Nov 1935. [Excerpt from the Taranaki Herald], 04/001/017. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Clipping Clipping, Newspaper Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

New Plymouth District Taranaki New Zealand

Subject: all levels

Kingsford Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935 Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 New Zealand Newspapers Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Collection type

Ephemera and manuscripts Walsh Memorial Library

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