Consignment received 2024, undated

Component identifier:

Class 2

Content Summary:

This consignment comprises 24 black-and-white postcards from war correspondent Chester Wilmot. Some of the images of the cities, the architecture and monuments that may have been photographed by Wilmot during his time in America, France, Germany, Sweden, and Italy. The postcards feature annotations on the back.

Immediate source of acquisition:

This collection was presented to the National Library by Edith Wilmot in 1991 and arrived in Canberra in January 1992. It consists primarily of Chester Wilmot's papers, but also includes material added by Edith Wilmot in the years since Chester's death. A further transfer was received from the Wilmot family in 2024.

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