War Brides, Grooms and Babies
Australian National Maritime Museum
Sun 11 Jan '26 – Sun 02 Aug '26
Overview
War splits families apart and throws people together. War Brides, Grooms and Babies explores stories of wartime marriages.
Featuring objects from the collection, including the 'stars and stripes' jumper knitted by Audrey Capuano on her voyage to a new life in the USA, and a pressed gardenia corsage, a memento of war time romance in Melbourne.
War splits families apart and throws people together. War Brides, Grooms and Babies explores stories of wartime marriages.
Featuring objects from the collection, including the 'stars and stripes' jumper knitted by Audrey Capuano on her voyage to a new life in the USA, and a pressed gardenia corsage, a memento of war time romance in Melbourne.
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