Description
Theatrical billboard advertising the "Bing Boys", a Prisoner of War (POW) entertainment troupe production held on 8 September 1918 at the POW camp at Gustrow, Germany. "The Bing Boys Are Here" was the first of a series of revues which played at the Alhambra Theatre, London during the last two years of World War I and these revues are probably the inspiration for the name used by the POWs for their production. One of a series of over 400 photographs sent by Australian POWs in German camps to Miss M. E. Chomley, Secretary, Prisoners Department, Australian-British Red Cross Society, London. Original album housed in AWM Research Centre at RC00864, Album image number 249.
Details
Accession Number
P03236.209
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c September 1918
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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