Glass-fronted wooden box, displaying a wool sample

Glass-fronted wooden box, displaying a wool sample. Painted on a wooden banner at the top of the box: ‘A. LUCIAN FAITHFULL. SPRINGFIELD.’ Handwritten on a piece of card below this is: ‘ENTERPRISE / SAMPLE 195.’

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National Museum of Australia

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