Creator unknown: Wellington autograph book

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Creator unknown: Wellington autograph book

1933-1935

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/52052182

Comprises one autograph book signed by visitors to an unidentified Wellington Hotel, 1933 to 1935. Signatures include those of English actors Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson, singers Ella Shields and Peter Dawson, Jean Batten, Philip Hargrave, and more.

1 folder(s).

eng, Latn

National Library of New Zealand

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676416

National Library of New Zealand

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Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982

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