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Aircraftman 1 Kenneth Brown, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts half figure portrait of man facing left, holding something in hands.ART28134
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Aircraftwoman M Gillam, Meteorological Office, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Portrait of Aircraftwoman 93723 Margaret Gillam, Royal Australian Air Force, in profile facing left, wearing uniform overcoat, scarf and beret, Canberra.ART28145
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Arrival of Gloucesters in Royal Aircraft, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester, when Governor-General of Australia made constant flights from State to State during the war period, invariably accompanied by H.R.H the Duchess of Gloucester. Their retu...ART25591
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Canberra War Memorial from Mt Ainslie
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a view of the Australian War Memorial, viewed from the tree covered slopes of Mt. Ainslie, looking across towards Old Parliament House. Robert Emerson Curtis (1899-1996) was born in Croydon, E...ART29725
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Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Australian War Memorial, Commemorative Area, Canberra.ART90645
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Control tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts three figures in air control tower; one standing with signalling apparatus to eye, another seated watching, and a third, female, partly obscured, on telephone. Numerous aircraft on the tarmac ...ART28150
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Dr Richard van der Riet Woolley
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Dr Richard van de Riet Woolley, Commonwealth Astronomer, member Commonwealth Optical Munitions panel, Chief Executive Army Inventions Directorate, Department of the Army, making observations from the ...ART21391
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Duntroon landscape
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Showing military exercises on the hill and Parade Ground. The old station homestead is seen on the extreme right. In the background is Canberra's Fairbairn Airfield and the Molonglo River winding thro...ART21390
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Duntroon types
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
A group portrait of Australian soldiers standing side on looking into the distance; verso: A rough sketch of three soldiers and a field gun.ART28133
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Female Signaller-control tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts half figure of woman in profile holding signaling lamp up to eye. The artist made this sketch while visiting the control tower at Canberra airfield.ART28131
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Ground staff in the making
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Young recruits of the Royal Australian Air Force receiving their first basic training in mechanics and bench work from civilian instructors at the Canberra Technical College.ART21388
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Important aircraft
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Washing down the Governor-General's 4-engine "Endeavour" in the Royal Hangar at the Royal Australian Air Force airfield, Canberra. In the background is the old "Southern Cross" that had been spruced u...ART21383
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In the War Memorial, Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a drawing of the inside of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.ART29724
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Leading Teleprinter Operator, Patricia Scott-Stevenson
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a portrait of WR/868 Leading Teleprinter Operator Patricia Scott-Stevenson, serving at HMAS Harman, a shore signals establishment of the Royal Australian Navy, Canberra.ART25594
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Male Signaller, Control Tower, Canberra Airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts head and shoulders of man in profile holding signalling lamp up to eye. The artist made this sketch in the control tower at Canberra airfield.ART28132
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Mike-four-shot-over
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
In an Army Co-operation lecture room, Royal Australian Air Force personnel undergo instructions in artillery reconnaissance on a miniature range. Communications between air-crew and artillery posts ar...ART21387
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Mixed nationalities on Canberra airfield
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a Javanese airman, Corporal Djadi, and Sergeant Major Weertman from Zwolle, a member of the Dutch air force, checking over and servicing an American Curtiss p-40 Kittyhawk aeroplane at the RAA...ART21386
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Posted 2 A.C.Ws Canberra
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts two women in uniform caps and overcoats seated on Bench, one dejectedly with chin in hand.ART28143
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Prisms for guns
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Prisms for guns a drawing from the series 'Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Mount Stromlo, Canberra'. Prisms were used for binoculars and periscopes. Stromlo's Optical Lens Department produced the pr...ART21393
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Sketch - Canberra Airfield arrival of V.I.P's
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Maker: Curtis, R Emerson
Depicts a group of figures standing beside wheel of plane with huge wing rearing above their heads across the page, a car to the right.ART28149