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Name/title Maker Production date Description
Elderslie Glass House tomatoes Elderslie Glass House tomatoes
Elderslie. Tomatoes in glass house, Elderslie garden. Horticulture.
Asters in vase Asters in vase
Elderslie. Flower display in vase
Victory Medal Victory Medal
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Circa 1919
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.

On edge - "63305 PTE. J. W. Cowan. N.Z.E.F."

Originally on display at Early Settlers Association with portrait of John Cowan, World War One memorial plaque (Dead Man's Penny) and accompanying printed note from King George V.
t. t.
Circa 1936
Flying Flea under construction at W L Notman's Workshop, Thames Street, behind Campbell's Butchery, c. 1936.
Train. Railway workers unidentified Train. Railway workers unidentified
Train. Possibly not North Otago. Part of negative only.
Victory Medal Victory Medal
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Circa 1919
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.

Rim inscribed ' 9/1900 GNR D.O. Mitchell N.Z.E.F.'
Victory Medal Victory Medal
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Circa 1919
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.

Awarded to -: 21709 Corporal A.D. McBeath, N.Z.E.F.
Victory Medal Victory Medal
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Circa 1919
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.

Awarded to -: 58734 Rifleman J.A. Cameron, N.Z.E.F.
Victory Medal Victory Medal
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Circa 1919
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.

The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.

'Lieut F Chilton' on rim.
J M Brown Bookseller and Stationer shop window J M Brown Bookseller and Stationer shop window
Circa 1910
Shop window of J M Brown, Bookseller & Stationer, 31 Thames Street Oamaru. The Windsor Magazine. The Wide World Magazine. The Captain. The Strand Magazine
J M Brown Bookseller & Stationer shop window J M Brown Bookseller & Stationer shop window
Circa 1910
Shop window of J M Brown, Bookseller & Stationer. 31 Thames Street Oamaru Display of ink bottles. Keg with the words "Use No Drink Use More Ink" sign "The Best Ink is Always On Tap"
Kurow Race Track [?] Kurow Race Track [?]
Circa 1930
Kurow Race Track [?] View from the grandstand out to the race track
Annie McLennan and friends Annie McLennan and friends
Circa 1920
Annie McLennan at left, with three unidentified girls at Kokoamo School.
Woman in a garden Woman in a garden
1920
Unidentified woman looking out through a hole in a hedge.
Woman in a garden Woman in a garden
1918
Unidentified woman standing under an archway made from tree branches. Houses on a hill behind her in the distance.
James Herbert Parker James Herbert Parker
1901
James Herbert Parker plaque (killed in Boer War), Hampden Anglican Church. Photograph by Nigel Yates, RD Moeraki.
Teschemaker's Chapel interior Teschemaker's Chapel interior
Interior of Teschemakers chapel. Flowers around the altar. Statuary.
Lime Product Sample Agricultural Lime Lime Product Sample Agricultural Lime
Circa 1970s
A glass jar with a white metal lid containing white powder.

The typewritten label reads:

Sample of agricultural lime, calcium carbonate CaCO3 From Taylor's Lime Co. Ltd, Weston. Employs seven men. Quarries and crushed approximately 65,000 tons limestone annually. Sells approximately 50,000 tons of output for agricultural purposes and 15,000 tons of output for industrial use - to McDonald's Oamaru Lime Ltd.
Lime Product Sample Calcium Hydroxide Lime Product Sample Calcium Hydroxide
Circa 1970s
A glass jar with a white metal lid containing white powder.

The typewritten label reads: Sample Hydrated Lime Calcium hydroxide. From McDonald's Oamaru Lime Ltd, Weston. Employs 14 men. This works manufactures about 70% of New Zealand's requirements of hydrated lime. Present output approx. 9000 tons. Used in freezing works in fellmongery departments, in manufacture of gelatine, in purification of raw sugar, in purification of city water supplies, in building industry for mortars and plaster work, in rubber works, in sprays for orchards.
Apothecary Jar Apothecary Jar
York Glass Co.
1860s
A large decorative glass apothecary jar for display in a chemist shop. Painted brown with polychrome and gold decoration and a gold lid.

Labelled as Peruv. Bark. Decorated with a crown. The jar has the painted motto "honi pense qui mal y soit" Peruvian Bark was a historical name for a remedy used to treat all forms of malaria.

Originally displayed in Lanes Chemist Tees Street, Oamaru.
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