About to board the houseboat Victoria are Lady Lampson, wife of British Ambassador in Egypt, an ...

Accession Number 006426
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Landscape
Physical description Black & white, Landscape
Maker Department of Information
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made Egypt: Cairo
Date made c April 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

About to board the houseboat Victoria are Lady Lampson, wife of British Ambassador in Egypt, an unidentified Army Officer, Sir Miles Lampson, British Ambassador in Egypt, Mr Anthony Eden, British Foreign Minister, and an unidentified RAAF Officer. Victoria, a Nile steamer, was moored near the Ghezireh Club, and made available as a popular resort for a limited number of convalescent soldiers.

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