Brenda Leaf, apprentice spray painter: Picturing Canterbury

Brenda Leaf, apprentice spray painter. Christchurch Star Archive. In copyright. CCL-StarP-01271A.

Brenda Leaf applying an enamel coat to a tractor at Sockburn Motors. 14 March 1977.

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