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Image: Sir Edmund Hillary in the cockpit of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition's aeroplane, Rongotai, Wellington, 1956

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Description:   Antarctic Party leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, Sir Edmund Hillary, in the cockpit of the expedition's de Havilland Beaver airplane, at Rongotai Aerodrome (now Wellington International Airport) in Wellington, New Zealand. Photograph taken 20 July 1956 for The Evening Post by an unidentified staff photographer. Published in The Evening Post 21 July 1956. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 5.6 x 5.6 cm.
Title: Sir Edmund Hillary in the cockpit of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition's aeroplane, Rongotai, Wellington, 1956
Credit: Sir Edmund Hillary in the cockpit of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition's aeroplane, Rongotai, Wellington. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1956/1542-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/23235826
Author: Unidentified staff photographer for The Evening Post
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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