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Haurongo: Luxford, Nola

Nola Luxford with New Zealand and Australian servicemen in a New York radio studio

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Nola Luxford with New Zealand and Australian servicemen in a New York radio studio

Actress and broadcaster Nola Luxford founded the Anzac Club in New York in 1940 to provide a home away from home for New Zealand and Australian service personnel on leave there.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/4-017618; F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carole van Grondelle. 'Luxford, Nola', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/628/nola-luxford-with-new-zealand-and-australian-servicemen-in-a-new-york-radio-studio (accessed 4 June 2026).