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Peter Jamieson emerges from the sea at Oriental Bay in Wellington Harbour after a mid-winter swim in a water temperature of 9° C. He is wearing the brief togs that were the male fashion of the 1970s. The race to the Oriental Bay fountain was to win tickets to a rugby test.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1977/2231/5
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