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Jim and Eva Johnston’s Photo Album

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Patricia Levitzke-Gray
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People

Old family photograph albums can be full of treasures. Patti Levitzke-Gray shares a photograph album that belonged to her deaf great-grand-parents. In this video she tells you about Jim and Eva Johnston and their involvement in the Deaf community.

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Life in the 1920s

Jim and Eva Johnston’s photograph album shows us life in the Deaf community in the 1920s. They lived in Melbourne, but they loved to travel too – especially for deaf sports.

Make sure you enlarge the image (click on the four arrows), then turn the pages to enjoy the album.

Images courtesy of Patricia Levitzke-Gray.

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Parts 2, 3 and 4 will be added soon. 

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