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Shamfight [B 3740] • Photograph

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Summary

[General description] A crowd of people have gathered to watch a military shamfight, some standing in close to the action whilst others perch on wooden railings lining the parkland. The distant city is shrouded in gunsmoke. [On back of photograph] 'Shamfight from Montefiore Hill / Probably in the eighteen eighties'.

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Physical description

Photograph; 20.5 cm x 15.4 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1880

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

South Australia. Army. Volunteer Military Force
War games
Soldiers -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

06/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,102 x 2,289 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.33 MB

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