025248 Accession Number: 025248

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT. 1942-11-05. LONG DISTANCE VIEW OF EL ALAMEIN RAILWAY STATION, SHOWING TRAFFIC & NEW LINES. INDIAN SABOUNES HAVE CONSTRUCTED THREE ADDITIONAL BRANCH A LOOP LINES AT THE STATION IN A DAY & A HALF, IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE HEAVY SUPPLY TRAFFIC WHICH IS NOW BROUGHT FOREWARD TO THIS POINT.

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Accession Number
025248
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Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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