P03138.037 Accession Number: P03138.037

Description

One of the ‘girls’ looks out of a window in a scene from a show put on by the French POWs titled “Bon Jour Paris”. All of the costumes and scenery were made by the French POWs from materials scrounged from the camp. The window panes in the ‘stained glass window’ were made from cellophane soap wrappers.

Details

Accession Number
P03138.037
Photographer
Guy Ferrier
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1942 - 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor L Spencer
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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