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Loading a ‘home boat’ at Glasgow Wharf, Wellington, about 1918.
Will Lawson, Food-ships for Britain
'Loading ship at Glasgow Wharf, 1918', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/loading-ship-glasgow-wharf-1918, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 17-May-2017
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