- Collection type
- Photograph
- Description
- A corrugated tin structure with several side openings.
- Date / Period
- Date of photograph: 1940 - 1949
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 24/04/1993
- Dimensions
- Image dimension 35 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1998.304.5.340 Previous PRM number: TAM.2.1 - .17
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