Buff notepaper with columns of Chinese characters in black ink
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Albury |
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| Keywords |
Chinese Australian |
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| Item number |
ARM 09.691.04 |
| Access rights |
Digitised |
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| Description from source |
Description Buff notepaper with columns of Chinese characters in black ink Accession number ARM 09.691.04 Dimensions 240mmx155mm 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. The Sam Lee documents were found in the upstairs of SMAbikhairs when the collection was acquired. The Sam Lee laundry operated at least from December 1942 till 1953 and was in the vicinity of 489 Swift Street at the eastern end of the Abikhair building. |
| Physical format |
Records |
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