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Waxworks. Now Open.

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    Flyer advertising a waxworks exhibition. Features a black and white illustration of a man. Text reads: "Waxworks. Now Open. Winiata just added!"

    Supplement to the New Zealand Herald, Friday 11th August, 1882.

    The newly added wax figure is likely to be that of convicted murderer Taurangaka Winiata, who was executed in 1882 for the murder of Edwin Packer, in Epsom, Auckland, 1878.

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  • Other Id

    4338 (Presto content ID)

    S385 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    106683 (DBTextworks system ID)

    EPH-MAO-1-1 (Reference Number)

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