Centenary Flag: van Asch College 1880-1980
A blue pennant with an illustration of a building and a portrait of a bearded man, labeled ‘van Asch College 1880-1980’.
- Deaf Education
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Taonga source:
Auckland Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, 235-O-ADS
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