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Haurongo: Adams, Charles Edward

Charles Edward Adams (left) and two unidentified men, 1932

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Charles Edward Adams (left) and two unidentified men, 1932
Charles Adams, then the Government Astronomer, studies his anemometer to assess wind speed during Norman Smith's attempt to break the land speed record in 1932.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Free Lance Collection (PAColl-0785)

Reference: 1/2-154983; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Warwick D. Smith. 'Adams, Charles Edward', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/24/charles-edward-adams-left-and-two-unidentified-men-1932 (accessed 4 June 2026).