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Category Archives: Cataloguing
A tale of two buttons and some supernatural events
I’ve been cataloguing buttons from Baker’s Flat. The ones in the picture below are known as trouser buttons (suspender buttons if you’re in the US) and were used mainly on work trousers and shirts. These four hole, sew through buttons … Continue reading
Christmas jigsaw puzzle of the ceramic variety
Christmas is an excellent time for jigsaw puzzles. One of my longtime favourite novelists, Margaret Drabble, asserts that ‘jigsaws are a joy at Christmas, the ideal gift, the perfect employment’. Further, she says, they ‘give you an illusion of order and progress when … Continue reading
Posted in Baker's Flat, Cataloguing, Material culture, Research, hmmm
Tagged Baker's Flat, cataloguing, ceramic, jigsaw puzzles, Rhine
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Remember the dog tags?
I wrote a post last year about the dog tags that were found on Baker’s Flat. Since then, I’ve found out lots more about dog tags, mainly thanks to a 2005 book by Neil Ransom on the history of dog registration … Continue reading
Posted in Baker's Flat, Cataloguing
Tagged Baker's Flat, cataloguing, coursing, dog registers, dog tags, kapunda coursing club
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Don't forget your shovel 