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Entity

Letter

Place
Albury
Subject
Category
Keywords
Chinese Australian
Current holder
Item number
ARM 09.691.42
Access rights
Digitised
Language
Description from source
Description
Letter? on stiff paper with one serrated edge with columns of Chinese characters. Half red stamp on rh edge containing word Chinese and Lons…

Inscription
Chinese characters, Half red oval stamp on rh edge containing word Chinese and Lons…
Accession number

Dimensions
285mmx155mm

History of Item
Item from the Abikhair’s Haberdashery Store on the corner of Olive street and Swift Street. Saad Abikahir opened his second haberdashery, S M Abikhair’s Federal Stores in1928 then the name became S M Abikhair’s. His children, Allan, Walter and Thelma, along with his wife Shefia manned the store after Saad’s death. The remaining family member, Walter, closed the store in 1996 when this object was purchased by the Albury Regional Museum from the Abikhair Family with grant money.
Physical format
Letters
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