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Life boat & diving equipment: Melrose, Mass.

Life boat & diving equipment: Melrose, Mass.

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Title:: Life boat & diving equipment: Melrose, Mass.
Description:: Original image from the Melrose Camera Club Photo Album.
Creator:: Melrose Camera Club (Melrose, Mass.)
Date:: 1947
Format:: Photographs
Location:: Melrose Public Library
Collection (local):: Melrose Camera Club 1947: A Pictorial Record of Melrose, Mass.
Subjects:: Lifeboats
Places:: Massachusetts > Middlesex (county) > Melrose
585 Main Street (Melrose, Mass.)
Link to Item:: https://omeka-s.noblenet.org/s/melrose/item/7090
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