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Name/title Maker Production date Description
Waves breaking on a beach Waves breaking on a beach
Jun 1898
Waves breaking on a beach, seaweed.
Waterfall near Crown Mill. Waterfall near Crown Mill.
Waterfall near Crown Mill.
Ship unidentified Oamaru Harbour Ship unidentified Oamaru Harbour
Unidentified sailing ship near breakwater.
Hassell's Windmill Tower near corner of Rother and Lune Streets Hassell's Windmill Tower near corner of Rother and Lune Streets
1866-1909
Hassell's Windmill Tower near corner of Rother and Lune Streets. Built for James Hassell in 1866. Stone tower stood 65 feet high. Revolving cap 10 feet feet above it. Demolished in 1909.
Camping. Jim Brown Camping. Jim Brown
Camping scene. Jim Brown third from left (seated by tent and holding mug). Four unidentified men
 Mock Naval Attack on Oamaru Easter 1886 Oamaru Harbour Mock Naval Attack on Oamaru Easter 1886 Oamaru Harbour
1886
"Naval Attack on Oamaru Easter 1886". Mock naval battle, 23 April 1886. Mole. Breakwater.
Woman in a garden Woman in a garden
1920
Unidentified woman looking out through a hole in a hedge.
Oamaru Harbour Oamaru Harbour
"Moonlight off Harbour Oamaru 7 JMB".
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 Quicklime Lime Product Sample Quicklime
Circa 1970s
A glass jar with a metal lid containing white powder.

The typewritten label reads:

Sample burnt lime or quicklime. Calcium oxide CaO. From McDonald's Oamaru Lime Ltd. Weston. Employs fourteen men. Calcium Carbonated is crushed and mixed with coal and the powder pelletised and then burnt. The coal is burnt out of the pellet and removed CO2 (Aat 950oC) reducing calcium carbonate to calcium oxide. Burnt lime is used for mortar mixes and plastering, and in the manufacture of steel. Approx. 1000-1500 tons are used as burnt lime. Balance of production is converted by addition of water to become hydrated lime.
Alluvial Gold Sample Alluvial Gold Sample
Flakes of gold in small glass vial.
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.
Campaign Ale 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 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."
Bligh Sound Bligh Sound
Circa 1903?
View of Bligh Sound.
Mountain scene, unidentified Mountain scene, unidentified
1890s?-1910s?
View of mountains, location unidentified.
Lake Adelaide Lake Adelaide
[Circa Dec 1908]
Lake Adelaide, at the head of Moraine Creek.
Mountain scene, unidentified Mountain scene, unidentified
1890s?-1910s?
View of a lake or river, with mountains in the background.
Moeraki lighthouse. Moeraki lighthouse.
1930s?
A view of Moeraki lighthouse, a dog standing in front.
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