Item 8: Bunter Abend

Accession Number PUBS002/007/002/001/008
Collection number Souvenirs 2 7/2/1/8
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Measurement Overall: 13.8 x 9.2cm
Object type Souvenir
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay
Date made 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copying Provisions Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required., Digital format and content protected by copyright.
Description

Souvenir playbill produced during the First World War. This photographic copy of a poster, written in German, is for a 'Bunter Abend [Mulitcoloured evening]' at the Deutsches Theatre at the Trial Bay internment camp between 7 and 9 October 1916. The playbill features an illustration of a man in a gaol cell wearing a suit with a ball and chain attached to his leg.

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