Historical information
Mr Wehner's family was a prominent family in Orbost from the late 19th C. Hermann Wehner founded Wehner's blacksmiths at Orbost in 1889. Oswald began working with his father in 1910. In 1947, Ossie's son Tom started blacksmithing, retiring in 1991 and closing the business. The building remains in Nicholson Street, Orbost.
Significance
A photograph is significant because it shows one of Orbost's blacksmiths. The Wehner family of blacksmiths (1889-1991) worked in Orbost and were the last blacksmith operating until 1991.
Physical description
B/White photograph of a man wearing a leather apron and glasses and standing in front of an anvil. Holding blacksmiths tools. The photo is a copy, not an original.
