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Description

These plants were about three years, four months old and were to be cut by the side-leaf method for Mr Herman Seifert’s mill at Paiaka. From left: “F E” - Mr Fred Easton owner of Moutoa swamp; “J S” - unknown; “J B”- unknown; “H S” - Mr Herman Seifert farmer and flaxmiller.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
1930
Digitisation ID
2007N_Fx128_FLA_0642
Held In
"Coolstore"

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