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File 20: Leather money wallet; photograph of Damien Parer; prayer card for Damien Parer

File 20: Leather money wallet; photograph of Damien Parer; prayer card for Damien Parer

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2W3Kgn

File 20: Leather money wallet; photograph of Damien Parer; prayer card for Damien Parer

About this item

Full title

File 20: Leather money wallet; photograph of Damien Parer; prayer card for Damien Parer

Date

[between 1940 and 1944]

Call Numbers

R 2324/Item 63

Record Identifier

nV2W3Kgn

Reference Code

9651181
Physical Description

Contents

1 wallet - 10.2 x 14.9 x 0.6 cm (folder) - leather

1 photograph - 13.5 x 8.2 cm - black & white

1 prayer card - 9.2 x 5.4 cm

Other Descriptions

Level of description

File

Access and use

Copying Conditions

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Physical Access Conditions

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Leather money wallet containing 1. Photograph of Damien Parer, inscribed on verso 'War correspondent, I.H.Q. Press, A.P.O. 500, Damien, New Guinea, 1943. Stamped 'Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps'. 2. Prayer card for Damien Parer.

Alternative Titles

Full title

File 20: Leather money wallet; photograph of Damien Parer; prayer card for Damien Parer

Notes

General note

Damien Parer's wallet used by Elizabeth Parer for most of her life.

Date note

Date range based on when Parer was an active photographer and filmmaker during World War II

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

R 2324/Item 63

Record Identifier

nV2W3Kgn

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nV2W3Kgn

Other Identifiers

Reference code

9651181

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