MEB0080 Accession Number: MEB0080

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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1944. Australian stage stars, Cyril Ritchard and wife Madge Elliott are in the Middle East on tour playing "Merry Widow" with Ensa. They are in the world-famous perfume shop of Ahmed Soliman while out on a shopping and sightseeing expedition of Cairo's bazaars with members of the RAAF Liaison Office.

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Accession Number
MEB0080
Photographer
Flying Officer Laurence Craddock Le Guay
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1944
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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