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| Keywords: state library of new south wales statelibraryofnewsouthwales armistice day armisticeday military film november 11 1938 sydney sam hood samhood hood cenotaph uniforms crowd monument tomb lest we forget lestweforget war australia old photos blackandwhite monochrome black and white Format: Film negative Notes: The Cenotaph is one of Sydney's two major war memorials. The monument is an empty tomb in honour of the War dead and bears the famous inscription "Lest we forget". Australia was emerging from the Depression and celebrating 150 years of European settlement. As people paused to remember World War I (1914-1918), the Second World War was less than a year away. From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=99131 Format: Film negative Notes: The Cenotaph is one of Sydney's two major war memorials. The monument is an empty tomb in honour of the War dead and bears the famous inscription "Lest we forget". Australia was emerging from the Depression and celebrating 150 years of European settlement. As people paused to remember World War I (1914-1918), the Second World War was less than a year away. From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=99131 | ||||
