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	Name/title	Maker	Production date	Description
	Rocket Stick		1860s	Long wooden rod. Both ends have chiselled areas - to thread rope through. These sections are flat, whereas the rest of the rod is rounded. Written on the front (that is the flat side) is "His Honor (sic) The Supert (sic) of Otago" Used by the local rocket brigade as part of their efforts to rescue people from ships during storms.
	Rocket Stick		1869	Long wooden rod. Both ends have chiselled areas - to thread rope through. These sections are flat, whereas the rest of the rod is rounded. Written on the front (that is the flat side) is "His Honor (sic) the Superintent (sic) of Otago" "Mr Birt No 4" Used by the local rocket brigade as part of their efforts to rescue people from ships during storms.
	Grave, W G. Lantern slides box		1890s?-1910s?	Wooden box with leather carrying handle, metal bracket at each end to hold lid closed. Small circular hole in centre of lid. Contains five cardboard lantern plate boxes in which the glass slides were stored, four of the boxes are labelled with the locations of the photographs. Slides that were stored in this box [2019/192.1.1 - 2019/192.1.60] have been scanned, individually wrapped and stored in another box.
	Grave, W G. Lantern slides box		1890s?-1910s?	Wooden box with leather carrying handle, metal bracket at each end to hold lid closed. Small circular hole in centre of lid. Slides that were stored in this box [2019/192.2.1 - 2019/192.2.99] have been scanned, individually wrapped and stored in another box.
	Chinese Pottery Vessel		1860s	A vase shaped bottle with a dark brown glaze. The item has been damaged revealing the colour of the light brown clay it is made from. The following information is from a note that was donated with the item. Pottery Jar from Murphys Flat Chinese camp near Macraes. These were imported from China usually with Tiger Whiskey, a Chinese rice whiskey.
	Campaign Ale	North Otago Brewery (estab. Circa 1876, closed Circa 1915)	Circa 1906	Dark green glass bottle. Labelled "Campaign ale. Non-intoxicating". "Brewed and bottled by R. Shand and Co., Ribble Street, Oamaru".
	Bottle of Stout	North Otago Brewery (estab. Circa 1876, closed Circa 1915)	Pre 1905	Green glass bottle with contents intact. Label reads "Extra double brown stout". "North Otago Brewery. Prime North Otago. Brewed and bottled by R. Shand and Co. Oamaru. Stout Prime invigorating and nourishing. Stout."
	Steinecker beer bottle		1962	First bottle of beer sold in Oamaru under Trust Control on Saturday March 24th 1962. This ended decades of prohibition in Oamaru. Purchased by Bill Burns, then Curator of the Pioneer Gallery, at the Wear Street Bottle Store. "STEINECKER STEINECKER LAGER BEER. CONTENTS 12 FL OZ NETT." Small brown bottle with contents intact. A photo of this purchase is in the Oamaru Mail on 26 March 1962 p. 4
	Lane's Emulsion bottle			Lane's Emulsion bottle with a screw top and label. Bottle has "LANES EMULSION" embossed on both sides. 190 mm x 70 mm x 50 mm. Label is a little worn but readable. Metal top has Lanes Emulsion.