Object Name
Scrapbook
Date Made
Circa 1895
Materials
Paper
Catalogue Number
2014.002.003
Dimensions
L 29.0 cm x W 24.1 cm
Description
Pages from a scrapbook that contains newspaper clippings, cards and coloured images. The pages are on a single piece of paper that has been folded in half vertically to create two double-sided pages. On one of the pages is a coloured advertisement for pianos manufactured by Wormwith & Co. in Kingston.
History
William Wormwith assumed control of Stevenson & Co in 1891. As Wormwith & Co. he built Wormwith - and Weber- brand pianos and player-pianos at the Commercial Mart. The factory was destroyed by fire in 1908, but was rebuilt and reincorporated as the Wormwith Piano Co Ltd.
