Foreign Compacts 1956

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Description

East London.

C/Us of various souvenir powder compacts with scenes from different countries and towns depicted on the lids.

M/S and C/Us of a woman working at a table at the factory of AS Brown and Co Ltd and stretching some fabric embroidered with a flower design over a metal circular...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3109
Sort Number:
CP 054
Time in/Out:
01:11:39:00 / 01:13:01:00
Canister:
CP 054
Film ID:
203.05
Issue Date:
09/01/1956

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