Outfits for Deaf Games
World Deaf Games Chaperon Kath Smith – her husband is the manager and both are also deaf – adjusts swimmer Rossell MacKenzie’s hat at a final outfitting in Auckland.
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Taonga source:
Pam Witko
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1965-004
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 1965
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article – Taonga source: Pam Witko
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article – Taonga source: Pam Witko
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publication – Taonga source: Auckland Deaf Society
Auckland Deaf Society newsletter: June 1965
1965
Object – Taonga source: Manawatu Deaf Society
Pocket Patch: International Deaf Games, Washington 1965