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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: METTERS' WORKER ENAMELLING BATH

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1965

Overview

Black and white photograph showing a Metters' worker wearing a mask adding enamel powder on to a bath by means of a long-handled sieve. The bath has already been coated with enamel and fired. It is lying on a tilted cradle next to the furnace and a heap of enamel powder has collected under the cradle and on the adjoining grate. A poster advertising Metters' products in Western Australia is partly visible behind the head of the worker. Metters' enamelling plant was officially opened in 1965 on Metters' 70th anniversary in Western Australia.

Historical information

One of a number of photographs relating to Metters' Ltd activities.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1994.318

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

241 mm

Height or length

191 mm

Inscriptions and markings

W.A. Newspapers Ltd. Ref. PT8531

Keywords

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Year

1965

Statement of significance

Business, industry and manufacturing history. Metters' products.

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