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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “Kingsford Smith plane at Tararua Rd. airstrip 1932.”

Penciled on back: “Chron. Sup. 1981. P.100.”

See promotion booklet – ‘Your Future’s in Levin’ (no page numbers, approx. 3/4 way through booklet) for another photo of ‘Southern Cross’, with caption – First aeroplane to land in Levin.

‘Southern Cross’, Kingsford Smith’s aircraft, at the Tararua Road airstrip, Levin, 1932

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted (with 2000.018.0134a)

See promotion booklet – ‘Your Future’s in Levin’ (no page numbers, approx. 3/4 way through booklet) for another photo of ‘Southern Cross’, with caption (incorrect, see 2000.018.0135) – First aeroplane to land in Levin.

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

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