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The Big Parade
The photographs on these pages are additional to those printed in our Bicentenary Souvenir special issue, and with a few exceptions which our cameras missed, complete the record of floats.
The Cook County's impressive model of the "Endeavour" moves past the crowd on the Grey Street corner.
The P.B. Master Hairdressers' Association's "Portraits of Beauty".
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"Pit-sawing Pioneers" Story & Lomas Ltd.
"Transport Through the Years", Ormonde Motors
Gisborne Canoe & Tramping Club
"Clothing from Maori to Space Age", Melbourne Cash
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"A Watering Can", Garden Club
"Long Boat Landing", Kaiti Sea Scouts
"Square Dancers and Band", Folk Club Dancers
"Deer Stalking", P.B. Deer Stalkers' Assn.
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"Cook and the Maori", Adair Bros. Ltd.
"Story of Wool", R. H. Cooper
"Banks and Solander", Ministry of Works
"Captain Cook and the Maori", Gisborne Underwater Club
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"City Coat of Arms", Gisborne City Council
"Fishing Industry", Gisborne Fishing Industry
"Girls' Brigade", Girls' Brigade
"Red Cross Historically", Red Cross Society
Gig and Buggies, Alan Hope, Colin Cambie, L. J. McLatchie
"Modern Young Farmers", Young Farmers' Clubs
John Stothers and a St. John litter (1926 model)
"Aircraft & Agriculture", Fieldair Ltd.
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"Bill Mason" and his dog stroll down the main street.
This beautiful snail caravan put in by the Gisborne Caravan Club delighted young and old alike.
The temptation to touch was just too much for this little girl.
Singing Maoris on the Tokomaru Bay float.
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"Telephones Past & Present", P.O. Women's League and staff
"Field Service International", American Field Service Inc.
"Preparation of Food through the Years", J. Wattie Canneries
"Young Nick". (David Garrett), Bank of New South Wales
Robin Foster on the Te Uana Taxi
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The Gisborne Chinese Assn.'s entry
The Surf Life Saving entry
Walking Health Column (Health Dept.)
The crowd after the procession, looking up Gladstone Road
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"Lands & Survey Development", Lands & Survey Dept.
"From Cook to Mars", Gisborne Herald
"Old Fashioned Garden Party", Old Folks
"Development of Poverty Bay", National Party
"Transit of Venus", Gisborne Jaycee
"The Lodge Through the Ages", Manchester Unity
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City of Gisborne Highland Pipe Band
Hospital float was preceded by Maori and Cook
Young Farmers reckoned they caught the original Captain Cooker!
One of those tough stalkers