Kōrero: Culture and recreation in the city

Schoolboys' chess championship

Schoolboys' chess championship

These six boys are concentrating hard on their moves during a chess championship in Wellington in 1950. Because of the larger population, specialised interests such as chess flourish more easily in cities than in rural communities.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference: 114/191/29

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.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Jock Phillips, 'Culture and recreation in the city - Cities and culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/25644/schoolboys-chess-championship (accessed 13 May 2024)

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010