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MOBILE MEALS RUBBER STAMP

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Overview

This rubber stamp features a narrow strip of plastic with a layer of foam sandwiched between plastic and rubber. The rubber has reversed raised letters the reads [ARMADALE-KELMSCOTT MOBILE MEALS (INC)]. On the upper side of this is the same text printed on top under a layer of plastic.
Attached to the stamp proper is a red handle shaped like a rounded inverse spherical cone.

Historical information

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc ran a food delivery service in the Armadale-Kelmscott area from 1965 until 2016 when it came under the broader state Meals on Wheels network. In 2016 the food delivery service was taken over and run by the Rise Network.
Meals on Wheels started in Western Australia in the 1960s. Today the organisation delivers around 930,000 meals to about 10,000 clients in a year through Community Care Centres. The majority of clients who receive Meals on Wheels age aged between 50 and 99. Volunteers cook and deliver the food to the organisations clients.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2017.44

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Plastic

Width

25 mm

Height or length

62 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[ARMADALE-KELMSCOTT MOBILE MEALS (INC)]

Keywords

Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc

Armadale

Meals on Wheels

Kelmscott

Statement of significance

MEDIUM
The rubber stamp was used by the Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals Inc between 1965 and 2016 for administration purposes.
The Armadale Kelmscott Mobile Meals started in 1965 and was a part of the Meals on Wheels network where volunteers made and delivered meals to vulnerable members of the community. The passbook represents the role volunteers and community members play in caring for vulnerable members of the community.

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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