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Name/title Maker Production date Description
Leslie, Alfred (Bob). Photograph album Leslie, Alfred (Bob). Photograph album
1900-Circa 1960s
70 page photo album including photographs of Oamaru, Post and Telegraph staff, Operatic Society, family and army photographs, Queen's Rifles, New Zealand scenes. 18 commercial New Zealand photo postcards, not scanned or given individual accession numbers. Also not scanned or accessioned are photographs of soldiers clipped from a newspaper: Gunner Ernest Knight of Christchurch, died of wounds. Private William T Williams of Waitaki, died of sickness.
Stage set Stage set
1907
Hand coloured ohotograph of a sitting room set on a stage, the Union Jack and " H G C" on the curtains.
Still Life, Green and Brown Vases of Flowers Still Life, Green and Brown Vases of Flowers
Stoddart, Margaret Olrog (b.1865, d.1934)
Unknown
Watercolour still life painting of two vases of flowers.
Kokowai / Red Ochre Kokowai / Red Ochre
A jar containing a sample of red ochre.
Carpet Bowl Carpet Bowl
1880
Carpet bowl made from glazed china. Red with white unpainted spots.
Steinecker beer bottle 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
No. 2 Blossom Tree, Hagley Park No. 2 Blossom Tree, Hagley Park
Lusk, Doris (b.1916, d.1990)
1945
Oil painting of blossoming trees in Hagley Park, Christchurch.
Berry, Sergeant Percy George. Enfield patriotic Committee Berry, Sergeant Percy George. Enfield patriotic Committee
1919
Enlisted 25 August 1916, discharged 4th January 1919. Chair of committee William Forrester, sec M J McFadgen
Illuminated address  for William Whitwell Beswick's retirement as Oamaru Post Master Illuminated address for William Whitwell Beswick's retirement as Oamaru Post Master
1910
Hand drawn and illustrated address.
Unidentified man Unidentified man
Burton Brothers Photographers (estab. 1866, closed 1916)
1890s?
Sepia carte de visite of young man standing wearing dark jacket and The Salvation Army badge and 'S' on collar. 'Burton Brothers Artists & Photos. Printed on lower edge of card
Untitled (Rees Valley) Untitled (Rees Valley)
Veitch, John Charles (b.1853, d.1939)
Oil landscape of mountains and river.
Carpet Bowl Carpet Bowl
1880
Carpet bowl made from glazed china, white green and red.
Liberty (No 12; Portrait of Young Woman ) Liberty (No 12; Portrait of Young Woman )
Struyk, Hubert .S. (b.1923, d.1978)
1970
Portrait of Young Woman in Blue Dress
Te Kainga nga manu katoa Te Kainga nga manu katoa
Horn, Mary (b.1937)
01 Apr 2020
Large unframed canvas. Reds, greens and yellow. Three bird like figures in the sky and the text "TE KAINGA NGA MANU KATOA". Text translates to "Home of all the birds". This work was painted during the 2020 Covid 19 lockdown by the artist from her studio near Teschemakers.
Oamaru Post Office - Basement Plan Oamaru Post Office - Basement Plan
Forrester, Thomas (b.1838, d.1907)
Basement Plan showing showing bedrooms, kitchen, storerooms, battery room and latrines and foundations. Signed in pencil 'Thos Forrester Architect' . See also 1984.45
James, William Richards. Oamaru Fire Brigade 1887-1920. Superintendent 1909-1920. James, William Richards. Oamaru Fire Brigade 1887-1920. Superintendent 1909-1920.
1910s?
William Richards James, Oamaru Volunteer Fire Brigade 1887-1920. Superintendent 1909-1920. (North Otago Early Settlers' Association, 1993). Photograph with colour paint
Janet Frame's typewriter. Janet Frame's typewriter.
Mid 20th Century
The typewriter Janet Frame used to write her autobiographies. Brother Deluxe 1350 model.

A = Case. Grey vinyl carrying case. Interior is lined with grey and white fleck vinyl. The base has a small flap of vinyl at the back, for paper? There is a small loop of the vinyl, perhaps for a pen. In blue biro is written 'J CLUTHA'. In black is stamped 'Typewriter & Cas..- Made in Nagota, Japan'.
At the back are four little back plastic feet, making the back also the bottom. Around the top is a zip, the end of the zip is a short length of metal wire. The strap handle is black plastic with both edges raised in silver coloured vinyl, the ends are silver.
There is a white and green sticker 'Allied Pickford's PN 17 (inked) - Clinet Name Clutha (handwritten in black ink) - the careful movers'. Location OS 7D

B = Typewriter. Small portable typewriter. 'brother Deluxe 1350' '.automatic repeat spacer'.
Tab and repeat spacer button are red. Most of typewriter is white, area around keys is chocolate brown with the area just above the keys is plastic but looks like wood.
On the top is a white paper label , torn J Cluth.., 40 Ru......, Levi... Janet Clutha lived in both Levin and Palmerston North.
Janet Frame changed her name in 1958 to Janet Clutha.

The typewriter was donated by the National Library of New Zealand after it had been on tour as part of the - An Inward sun: The World of Janet Frame exhibition. (Oamaru Mail 2-11-2002)

Michael King, Janet Frame's biographer, arranged for the National Library's donation (Otago Daily Times 9-11-2001)
Burning City (No; 3) Burning City (No; 3)
Struyk, Hubert .S. (b.1923, d.1978)
1959
Linear Forms in Red, White and Black
The Family The Family
Horn, Mary (b.1937)
15 Jun 1905
A colourful painting of a family (the artist's) having a meal around a table. Naïve in style. Unframed.
Untitled Untitled
Struyk, Hubert .S. (b.1923, d.1978)
1960s-1970s
Watercolour depicting a geometric landscape with a red sky.
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