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Fitters rivet the airtight box from which Murray the Escapologist proposes to escape in a Tivoli show, Sydney city centre (1928)

February 1928 · Sydney city centre

Fitters rivet the airtight box from which Murray the Escapologist proposes to escape in a Tivoli show

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Fitters rivet the airtight box from which Murray the Escapologist proposes to escape in a Tivoli show

February 1928Sydney city centreThe 1920s

Taken in 1928 in Sydney's city centre. One of 1,761 photos of the city centre on Old Sydney.

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