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Kōrero: Domestic recreation and hobbies

Sunday drive and picnic, 1952

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Sunday drive and picnic, 1952

Growth in car ownership from the 1920s allowed people to travel greater distances for recreation. The Sunday drive was a popular family activity until the 1970s, and it was often combined with a picnic. This family, comprising three generations, is enjoying a summer picnic alongside their spacious Chrysler car, somewhere in Otago in 1952. 

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Hocken Collections, University of Otago

Reference: S13-199d

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Kerryn Pollock, Domestic recreation and hobbies – Recreation with family and friends, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/41103/sunday-drive-and-picnic-1952 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 14 March 2013.