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Description

This photograph shows a Hemp Grader examining a hank of fibre pulled out of a bale of flax fibre. A grade was assigned to each bale and this enabled overseas buyer to purchase fibre of a uniform quality. The photograph is thought to have been taken in a Wellington Harbour Board shed.

Identification

Object type
Image
Archive
Lindsay Family Collection
Date
circa 1910
Digitisation ID
2011P_Fx62_004598
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

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flax industry,
photographs,
wildbore,
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