Public description

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This is the place to tell the object’s story and significance. There is no need to repeat a visual description because visitors will be looking at the image of the object. Add points of interest that will make the object come to life.

Examples

Here is an example from the Mataura Museum:

A black and white photograph of Andrew (Andy) Richmond standing outside his boot maker’s shop in Bridge Street, Mataura. Andy Richmond served in World War One losing his right leg and wounded his left. He owned a boot maker’s shop in Mataura from 1926 to 1948 when he sold his business to Alister ‘Booty’ Thompson.

Mr Thompson donated this photograph to us and recalled how Andy Richmond used to resort to the booze to relieve the pain in his remaining leg and that this could see the shop closed for extended periods. Despite these closures Andy Richmond’s customers remained loyal and waited for him to return to work rather than sending their repairs elsewhere.

In a nice touch, Mr Thompson also kindly donated us a pair of O’Brien boots made for Andy Richmond’s good leg.

Here is another example from the Wyndham and Districts Historical Museum:

This is a 70lbs sugar cane bag from the New Zealand Sugar Company.

Established in 1884, the New Zealand Sugar Company is still operating today and is more commonly known as Chelsea Sugar.

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Photography records

Add points of interest that will make the photograph come to life.

For photographs of people, list their names (if known) from left to right starting at the back of the photo. If the people are in rows, list their names by row, starting at the back from left to right. Names should be written first name last name with commas between people. For example:

Back row (L to R): John Smith, Harriet Leach, Ida Williams, Henry (unknown).

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For example, type webdesc: seperate to find this common misspelling of 'separate'.