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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: METTERS CHIP HEATER AND SHOWER

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c. 1950

Overview

Black and white promotional photograph of a cylindrical Metters heater. There is a vanity basin and shelf, soap dish and mirror against a tiled background. The flue of the heater has a Metters brand oval plaque and the cylindrical heater is connected to a shower pipe and head.
Reverse: Handwritten in lead pencil 'Metters'.

Historical information

See P93.128 re Metters

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1993.326

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Inscriptions and markings

Gibbney Studios - Ref 3902-1

Keywords

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance; industrial and domestic history. Example of Metters product of mid 20th Century.

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