022649 Accession Number: 022649

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BETHLEHEM, PALESTINE. 1941-12-25. SOLEMN MIDNIGHT PONTIFICAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE WHICH WAS BRILLIANTLY LIT WITH CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, CANDLES AND CANDLESTICKS TEN FEET HIGH AND THE OLD TRADITIONAL STAR OF BETHLEHEM. AUSTRALIAN AND ALLIED TROOPS ARE SHOWN WAITING FOR THE MASS TO BEGIN.

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022649
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Photograph
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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