089515 Accession Number: 089515

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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES. 1945-05-09. DESCRIPTIVE POSTERS AT A NEWSPAPER STAND PROCLAIM THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE. THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED SOBERLY BY THE POPULATION AND THE RAILWAY STRIKE TENDED TO MAKE THINGS QUIETER STILL.

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089515
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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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