VIC0357 Accession Number: VIC0357

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Point Cook, Vic. 1944-01-14. A WAAAF hairdresser setting the hair of a fellow aircraftwoman in the "salon" at RAAF Station Point Cook. This "service within a service" is most popular with airwomen at RAAF Stations. (This image appears on Page 55 of the album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill housed in the AWM Archive Store).

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Accession Number
VIC0357
Photographer
Flying Officer Frank Marshall
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Base: acetate
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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