MED0101 Accession Number: MED0101

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Cairo, Egypt. c. 1942. The dining room on the houseboat billet moored on the River Nile and occupied by South African Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). The houseboys (known as suffragis) serve the WAAFs lunch.

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Accession Number
MED0101
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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