Cheese crate shelves

Description
Twelve sided wooden shelves made from a Waimana cheese crate. There are four shelves in total. Printed on one end of the shelf in black is: "CRATE NO 5 DEC / WAIMANA / NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE / REG. NO 1817 / [image of a fern] NEW ZEALAND / 138 LBS. / NET / FULL CREAM CHEESE" as well as an indecipherable name handwritten in pencil. At the other end printed in black is: "CRATE NO / WAIMANA / NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE / REG. NO 1817 / [image of a fern] NEW ZEALAND / 138 LBS. / NET / FULL CREAM CHEESE / 21 / NOV."
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Description
Twelve sided wooden shelves made from a Waimana cheese crate. There are four shelves in total. Printed on one end of the shelf in black is: "CRATE NO 5 DEC / WAIMANA / NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE / REG. NO 1817 / [image of a fern] NEW ZEALAND / 138 LBS. / NET / FULL CREAM CHEESE" as well as an indecipherable name handwritten in pencil. At the other end printed in black is: "CRATE NO / WAIMANA / NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE / REG. NO 1817 / [image of a fern] NEW ZEALAND / 138 LBS. / NET / FULL CREAM CHEESE / 21 / NOV."
Department
Social History - Puna Pāpori
ID number
1254

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