MEB0211 Accession Number: MEB0211

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Florence, Italy. c. 1944. The lounge and reading room, Florentine style, of the Australian Comforts Fund hotel where many RAAF airmen are spending their leave.

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Accession Number
MEB0211
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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