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PHOTOGRAPH: ADVERTISEMENT FOR METTERS' PLOUGHS AND TROUGHS IN 'WESTERN MAIL' DEC.1917

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1917

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Black and white photograph of an advertisement for Metters' disc plow. It is advertised as the 'Lightest Running' in Australia. There is an illustration of a disc plow above the wording and the advertising. The advertisement lists various prices and measurements for their plow and steel troughs.

REVERSE: Handwritten in blue ink: 'These 2. prints are copies which appeared in a Christmas number dated 1917 of a Western Mail page 5. PS. Please note prices a [sic] compared with present ones'.

'J. Wren, Tinaroo Falls Dam, Nth Queensland.'

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cwa-org-43-1993.329

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Material

Photographic Paper

Keywords

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Newspaper Articles

Year

Statement of significance

State and commercial history

Last modified

Monday, 30 June, 2025

Completeness

83

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