MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-09-09. A WOMAN SHOP ASSISTANT STANDS BEHIND A COUNTER WITH A SIGN READING ...

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Accession Number 136764
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Herald Newspaper
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-09-09. A WOMAN SHOP ASSISTANT STANDS BEHIND A COUNTER WITH A SIGN READING "NO MATCHES, NO CIGARETTES AND NO TOBACCO". THIS IS THE EFFECT OF RATIONING. NOTE THE EMPTY SHELVES BEHIND HER.