024555 Accession Number: 024555

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-07-17. SIGN ON THE ALEXANDRIA-MERSA MATRUH ROAD, EAST OF EL ALAMEIN, DENOTING THAT AN UNEXPLODED BOMB IS UNDERGROUND. THE SOIL DISTURBED BY THE BOMB ON ENTERING THE GROUND IS SEEN AT BOTTOM OF THE PICTURE.

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024555

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Photograph

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Negative

Physical Description

Colour: Black & white

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Whole

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1

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Copyright expired - public domain

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