Photograph, 1945 Snow Storm
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Awarua Communications Museum Inc
This photograph was taken in the Awarua Radio Station operating room in 1945 when a snow storm took out the telephone lines between Invercargill and Christchurch. With the telephones out of actions, the only way to communicate through much of the South Island was via radio.
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Title
Photograph, 1945 Snow Storm
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Maker
Unknown Photographer
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Date made
1945
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Subject
Disasters (including floods and fires), Communication (including Diaries and Letters), 1940s, Communication
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Additional information
organic, processed material, vegetal, paper, photographic paper organic, processed material, vegetal, paper, card, h 205 mm x w 185 mm
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Rights
Copyright status unknown - orphaned work
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Location
1276 Bluff Highway, Awarua, Invercargill
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Awarua Communications Museum Inc
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