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Sharpening shearers' blades, Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury
- Date
- 1944
- Reference
- 1/4-000882-F
- Description
Men sharpening shearers' blades on a grindstone at Grasmere Station, near Cass, Canterbury Region, photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in 1944. Alan Rose stands on the right.
Caption - written by John Pascoe: "In the back country, that is in the mountainous or inaccessible parts of New Zealand shearing is still done by hand with 'the blade', though most North Island or low country stations use machines. Blades are sharpened by grindstone, later a fine oilstone."
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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