011653/36 Accession Number: 011653/36

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One of the many girls employed in the production of military tents at work on the sewing machine at the Woodville General Motors Holden motor body building plant.

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Accession Number
011653/36
Photographer
Edward Lefevre (Ted) Cranstone
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c February 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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