017122 Accession Number: 017122

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Moresby, New Guinea. The Guinea Gold newspaper is published for Australian and American troops. Two editions are published, the Australian edition carrying Australian home news, the American edition carrying one page of American home news. A four page sheet, each edition carries three pages of general news interest. This material is mainly rewritten from newspapers. US Red Cross girls at an airstrip canteen Marge Haurberger of Virginia, and Alice Slingluff of Chicago, Illinois, holding a puppy, read the paper while having a drink.

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Accession Number
017122
Photographer
Captain Norman Brown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
16 May 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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