Historical information
This stencil was used to mark bags of dried bean seed, in this case Brown Beauty bean seeds, produced by farmers in the Orbost district and clean and bagged by Fisher Bros., seed bean merchants of Orbost.
Significance
This stencil is significant because it was specially made for the seed bean industry which was a major industry in the Orbost district for the first half of the 20th century.
Physical description
A galvanised iron sheet from which words have been cut out to form a stencil.
Inscriptions & markings
BROWN BEAUTY BEANS 1948 CROP PRODUCE OF AUSTRALIA SOUND, CLEAN, FRESH ORBOST, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA PACKED FOR LAMBERT OVERSEAS PTY LTD
