Anchor Fence Co. of New Zealand Ltd: [Sales catalogue. ca 1903]

Date
1903 - 1904
By
Anchor Fence Company of New Zealand Ltd; Christchurch Press Company Ltd
Reference
Eph-A-FENCE-1903-01
Description

Illustrated booklet showing different fences and gates available. There are illustrations of the Anchor clamp and ratchet, a method for setting end corner posts, styles of 6-wire fences, wire-bound gates, the Anchor fence hurdle, ornamental fences (six designs shown), and residence gates. Includes photographs of staff at the Anchor Fence company, with buildings of the Massey-Harris Company adjacent. There are also photographs of fences on the properties of S I Ffitch esq Dallington, and H P Slater esq Sandilands, New Brighton Road. Page 30 shows testimonials from S I Ffitch (Dallington, Christchurch), W B Clarkson (Riccarton, Christchurch), Gilbert Jackson (Christchurch), H P Slater (Christchurch).

The cover shows an illustration of a farmer surveying an injured horse lying with its legs entangled in a barbed wire fence while another horse and sheep look on. The implication is that the entangling fence is of inferior brand to the adjacent Anchor fence.

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: 1 volume, 32 pages, 103 x 165 mm.

Access restrictions
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Part of
[Ephemera of octavo size concerning fences and their construction]
Format
1 album(s) Album(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Advertisements, Sales catalogues, 1 volume, 32 pages, 103 x 165 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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