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117260PD: Controversy over an air raid shelter provided to the public by Charles Moore & Co. in Murray Street, Perth, February 1942
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221608PD: Controversy over an air raid shelter provided to the public by Charles Moore & Co. in Murray Street, Perth, February 1942
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221609PD: Controversy over an air raid shelter provided to the public by Charles Moore & Co. in Murray Street, Perth, February 1942
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221610PD: Controversy over an air raid shelter provided to the public by Charles Moore & Co. in Murray Street, Perth, February 1942
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Summary
The main sign reads: Important notice. The anti blast protection built for your protection on Murray St. footpath will be pulled down after 6 pm tonight by the Perth City Council as there is no regulations permitting its erection. This will greatly reduce safety in our air raid shelter!The sign put across the main sign in 221608PD reads: The Council have removed your protection. It disappeared in the night!
Year
1942.
Warnings and disclaimer
This image has been preserved and made available by the Historical Records Rescue Consortium (HRRC) Project supported by Lotterywest. Title supplied by cataloguer. Written on negative: Feb 1942.
Subjects
- Air raid shelters -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Photographs.
- Civil defense -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Photographs.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Western Australia -- Perth -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA1555/235.1-235.4
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