Palmer's Sports Specialists seems to have started a long history in Levin with it's descendant, Sportsworld, trading on Oxford Street until July 2022.

According to the last owners of Sportsworld, Palmer's Sports Specialists started trading in the late 1950s and this cinema advertising slide looks to have been made around that time. From boating to hunting to tennis it shows a cross section of popular sports! A witty pun may have caused a chuckle in the cinemas. With the average New Zealander making around seventeen trips to the 'flicks' in 1960 (with forty million tickets sold that year) this slide would have had a big audience.

A closer look at this slide shows the hand coloured photography which was very popular at the time. The colouring on this slide looks quite rushed compared to many others from the decade.

Penciled on back - A duck shooter for the last 57 years, Levin hunter Mr E.E. (Bunny) Ranish in preparation for the opening of the season on Saturday. Thurs. April 29, 1971.

Stamped on back with black ink - Horowhenua Historical Society. Acc. No. 137 Date.

Mr E.E. “Bunny” Ranish (Levin), a duck shooter for the last 57 years, prepares for the opening of the duck shooting season. 1 B&W photo print

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Picture torn at right hand side

A hunt meeting in the Horowhenua district. In the foreground the huntsman is blowing a horn while the pack of hounds is standing immediately behind him. Another huntsman stands behind the hounds holding the reins of an unmounted horse while further back the main body of the hunt sit on their horses.

Photograph is torn at right side

1 B&W photo print

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A man and a boy rabbit shooting on the west side of Lake Horowhenua. The boy is holding a dead rabbit in his right hand.

1 B&W Postcard (very faded)

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Two hunters in the Ohau River bed near the Gladstone Road overbridge, with the Tararua Range in the background.

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Two hunters crossing the Ohau River bed near the Gladstone Road overbridge, with the Tararua Range in the background.

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Colour photograph.

Manawatu Hunt hounds in Main Street Foxton with some “huntsmen”.

Colour photograph.

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 37”

Penciled on back: “Manawatu Hunt Club.”

Horses and hounds from the Manawatu Hunt Club

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.113.0002

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Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 36”

Penciled on back: “Manawatu Hunt Club.”

Members of the Manawatu Hunt Club pose with the club’s hounds outside a wooden building.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

See also 2000.113.0001

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