025969 Accession Number: 025969

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PORT MORESBY, PAPUA. 1942-07-20. AMERICAN SOLDIERS WATCHING PAPUAN NATIVES ERECTING GRASS AND WOOD HUTS WHICH WILL BE OCCUPIED BY AMERICAN TROOPS.

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Accession Number
025969
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
Item Count
1
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Copyright expired - public domain

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