HT 58347, Bait Card – ‘Silver Death’, Silverfish, Kosmos Manufacturing Co., Melbourne, 1930s. Museums Victoria; photographer: Nicholas Crotty; copyright: Museums Victoria. / Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Nicholas Crotty
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Introduction
In February 2023 Nicholas Crotty was in the Scienceworks collection store looking at broadcast receivers in the longspan racking. At the back of the bottom shelf, he saw a thin, dirty, off-white piece of cardboard. The cardboard was about the size of a playing card, blank on one side and with a distinct hemispherical curve. At the centre of the curve, in crisp black print, were the confronting words:
“SILVER-DEATH”
DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/YMTX7094
Citation
Crotty, N. (2026). A story of repatriation. PRISM, 2, 24–31. https://doi.org/10.24199/YMTX7094
