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{{Information |Description=Port Louis Theatre in 1950s, Mauritius |Source=[http://www.flickr.com/photos/philatepat/336039677/in/set-72157594434702423/] |Date=Dec 1952 |Author=Taken from a report titled "A Master Plan for Port Louis Mauritius" by Prof. L W