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ALBANY TOWN HALL, PEACE BEING ANOUNCED, 8TH NOVEMBER 1918

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1918

Overview

A black and white photograph shows part of a large crowd gathered on York Street in Albany around midday on Friday, November 8th, 1918. Town officials are collected at the entrance to the town hall, and an Australian flag is being waved conspicuously from the steps. Many in the crowd are looking on. The doors to the adjacent fire station are open, with some brigade appliances and other vehicles mixed in with the crowd.

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-P2009.300

Inscriptions and markings

Citizens of Albany W.Aust
outside Town Hall on the
announcement of Peace-
after 1914-18
war
They sang "Anzac" and other
patriotic songs.

Contextual Information

Note small white dog in the foreground and the large percentage of children in the crowd looking straight to camera.

Year

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-35.023720471607, 117.88331110876

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