Photograph of the Geens family
Photograph of the Geens family, Belgian refugees in Prestatyn during the First World War.
CONTRIBUTOR
Sarah MacEwan
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
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1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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