Grading bales of flax
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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
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection Fx 62
- Date
- circa 1910
- Digitisation id
- 2011P_Fx62_004598
- Held in
- Coolstore
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Creation
- Created By
- Charles E Wildbore
- Place
- Wellington
Object rights
- License
- No Known Restrictions