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918894
  • Title
    Collection 05: Peter Anderson photographs of government and private buses, including bus production, companies and services, ca. 1940-1970
  • Call number
    PXA 1284
  • Level of description
    sub-fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1940-1970
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    918894
  • Physical Description
    167 photographic prints (4 boxes) - gelatin silver - 25.7 x 20.3 cm and 20.4 x 25.3 cm, or smaller
  • Scope and Content
    This collection chiefly comprises photographs of buses and bus manufacture, and bus services and companies, ca. 1940-1970, taken by various photographers including Douglass Baglin, Milton Kent, and S. J. Hood.

    EASTERN SUBURBS
    1. [Bus, Lowe’s Bus Service]
    2. Bedford, Lowes, Newtown N.S.W. / Douglass Baglin

    COMMONWEALTH ENGINEERING BUS BODYWORKS, GRANVILLE
    3. [Bus window] / Douglass Baglin
    4. [Bus chassis and body] / Douglass Baglin
    5. [Bus chassis and body]
    6. [Driver’s compartment] / Douglass Baglin
    7. [Passenger seats] / Douglass Baglin
    8. D.G.T. [i.e. Department of Government Transport] Bus, Sydney / Douglass Baglin
    9. [Passenger seats] / Douglass Baglin
    10. [Passenger seats] / Milton Kent
    11. [Bus body]
    12. [Passenger seats and windows] / Douglass Baglin
    13. Bedford / Douglass Baglin
    14. [Bus body]
    15. [Passenger seats, aisle, and back of bus] / Elton Ward

    SYDNEY AND NEWCASTLE GOVERNMENT BUSES
    16. Leyland Titan OPD. 2 / James Howarth Studios
    17. AEC Regal being built for D.G.T. [i.e. Department of Government Transport] Sydney at Com. Eng. Co [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering Company]
    18. Leyland-Titan DD [i.e. double decker] at Ashfield
    19. Leyland-Titan DD [i.e. double decker] en route to Wynyard
    20. Leyland Titan
    21. Leyland DD [i.e. double decker] D.G.T. [i.e. Department of Government Transport] bus on special with army / S. J. Hood
    22. Leyland Titan DD [i.e. double decker] at Northbridge
    23. Leyland OP2
    24. Leyland Titan, Johnston St., Annandale
    25. D.G.T. [i.e. Department of Government Transport] Leyland[s], Sydney
    26. Leyland Royal Tiger / Milton Kent
    27. N.S.W. D.G.T. [i.e. Department of Government Transport] Leyland Titan OPD2 [on Sydney Harbour Bridge] / Visatone
    28. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Milton Kent
    29. Leyland Royal Tiger / Milton Kent
    30. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Milton Kent
    31. [Side of bus] / Milton Kent
    32. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Douglass Baglin
    33. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Douglass Baglin
    34. Leyland titan OPD 2 [Sydney Harbour Bridge in background] / Visatone
    35. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Milton Kent

    CANBERRA BUSES
    36. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], Canberra / Milton Kent
    37. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], [in tunnel]
    38. Leyland / Milton Kent
    39. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], [destination Deakin]
    40. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] / Douglass Baglin
    41. Canberra – buses

    PRIVATE BUSES
    42. [Toilet on board bus]
    43. [Young women seated on bus]
    44. Jeep bus / S. J. Hood
    45. Leyland Tiger Cub – Red Cross, Sydney [Donormobile, Blood Transfusion Service bus] / Brian Bird
    46. [Sydney Hospital bus]
    47. Leyland Tiger Cub [bus for Royal Visit] / Milton Kent
    48. Salvation Army [band in front of Bedford bus]
    49. International Properts Body, Newtown, N.S.W. [Australian Red Cross Society, N.S.W. Division bus]
    50. c1600 – International / Val Foreman
    51. Albion [Aberdonian on destination board] / Douglass Baglin
    52. Albion / Douglass Baglin
    53-54. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], [bus being hoisted on or off ship]
    55. Leyland / Electra Studios
    56. Bedford P.M.C. body, Revesby / Milton Kent
    57. Ford Thames Trader [school bus, Queensland] / H. B. Green
    58. Dodge bus, P.M.C. body [bus outside Pressed Metal Corporation building]
    59. AS Model International stn-waggon [i.e. station wagon], [Far West Children’s Health Scheme] / Milton Kent
    60. AS Model International stn wagon [i.e. station wagon] / Milton Kent
    61. AS Model International stn wagon [i.e. station wagon], wagonire[?], [interior view] / Milton Kent
    62. AS Model International wagonere[?], [interior view] / Milton Kent
    63. Commer / Milton Kent
    64. Austin, P.M.C. body
    65. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] bus
    66. Bedford [bus] / Douglass Baglin
    67. Bedford [bus] / Douglass Baglin
    68. 1956 AR Model International
    69. The Comeng Gold Star bus, showing the removable front panel containing the grille and headlights / Brian Bird
    70. Leyland [bus] / Leyland Motors Ltd Photographic Unit
    71. Bedford, Waddingtons, Commonwealth Engineering Co., Sydney, N.S.W. / Douglass Baglin

    AIRLINE AND TOURIST BUSES
    72. Sydney Bus [Transit-Tours] / Pieter Stroethoff
    73. Bedford, Sydney [Kanimbla Parlorcars]
    74. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], [Kanimbla Parlorcars bus]
    75. Bedford, Pykes Tours, Sydney
    76. Imported coach, Bedford, Pykes Motor Tours, Sydney
    77. Van Hool Bedford, Pykes Tours, Sydney
    78. [Bus window]
    79. [Bus luggage compartments]
    80. Imported Bedford, Pykes Tours, Sydney [rear compartment]
    81. Chalmers Coaches, Gordon, N.S.W. [on tarmac with Qantas airplane in background] / Lutz Photographics
    82. [Engine?] / Qantas Photograph
    83. [Interior of airport transit bus] / Qantas Photograph
    84. [Qantas bus] / Qantas Photograph

    NORTH N.S.W. [includes Sydney suburbs and northern N.S.W.]
    85. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company] MR Ford, Maitland – Greta / T. Wilks
    86. Bedford, PMC body, Moree
    87. Frawley Bros. [i.e. Brothers], Woddenbong / H. B. Green & Co.
    88. Ford Fleetline, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body, Merrylands Bus Co. / Rochester Studio
    89. Fargo, Dodge [Laurieton Bus & Car Service]
    90. Ford?, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body [Parramatta [to] Beecroft] / Milton Kent
    91. Foggs Motor Service, Newcastle, AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], Syd Wood body
    92. Leyland, Hunters Hill Bus Co. [Hunters Hill Coaches]

    WEST N.S.W. [includes Sydney suburbs and western N.S.W.]
    93. Bedford, Toongabbie to Parramatta transport service
    94. Bedford, Toongabbie transport service [Toongabbie Railway station in background]
    95. MO 66, McVicar’s, Lidcombe, Guilford
    96. International KS, Mann Diesel, Syd Wood bodies, Springwood [to] Penrith
    97. Delfs, Toongabbie [to] Parramatta
    98. Neelys, Parramatta [to] Villawood, CCMC body, Leyland [driver and passenger using ticket machine] / Douglass Baglin
    99. SB Bedford, CCMC body, Cooks, Blayney [Cook’s Bus Service] / Milton Kent
    100. Hastings, Deering body, Parramatta Bus Co. / S. J. Hood
    101. Bedford, Ansair body, A. Marrim, Lakemba [to] Belmore / Ritter-Jeppesen Studios
    102. Commer [Cook’s Bus Service Blayney]. Mr Lyle Cook…taking delivery of bus from Mr M. Collett…
    103. Albion?, Palmers, Blacktown [Palmers Bus Service]
    104. Fairfield, N.S.W., International?, Syd Wood body / Milton Kent
    105. Canley Vale [to] Edensor Park, Albion, Syd Wood body
    106. FT39 bus which is owned by Messrs. Barklimore Bros., Merrylands / Douglass Baglin
    107. Bus body mounted on Model AA Line International truck in 1962
    108. FT39 ‘Victor’ bus which is operated by Mr. C. R. Neville, Bringelly, N.S.W. / Douglass Baglin
    109. Bedford, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body [Carlingford on destination board] / Douglass Baglin

    SOUTH COAST [includes Sydney suburbs and southern N.S.W.]
    110. C.C.M.C. body, Guildford [Wollongong Coaches]
    111. Leyland (Blue Ribbon), Foggs, Raymond Terrace / Allen Price
    112. [New England Motor Company bus]
    113. Mr J. J. Hill, Wollongong, N.S.W., Albion ‘Aberdonian’ model MR11… / J. C. Young & Richardson
    114. Atkinson, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body, Saints, Peakhurst / Milton Kent
    115. Foleys Ramsgate in Sydney / S. J. Hood
    116. Foden M.B.A. body, Rutty’s Bus Service, Wollongong
    117. Bedford P.M.C. body [destination Bega]
    118. Bedford, CCMC body, Higlett, Camden
    119. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body, Quodlings, Queanbeyan / Milton Kent
    120. Cronulla Passenger Service… / Douglass Baglin
    121. Model FT39 bus supplied to Mr F. Batty, bus operator, Caringbah, N.S.W. / Douglass Baglin
    122. Hino, Kirklands, Lismore
    123. Bedford, CCMC body, Higlett, Camden
    124. International van Channel 9 & Albion bus, Kogarah Bus Co. [i.e. Company] at Gore Hill area / J. C. Young & Richardson
    125. [New England Motor Company bus, destination Yamba] / H. B. Green & Co.
    126. Albion, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body, [Nowra to Bega] / Allen Price
    127. Leyland Tiger Cub, Ruttys, Wollongong / Douglass Baglin
    128. Ruttys, Wollongong / Douglass Baglin
    129. Foden, Ruttys, Wollongong / Douglass Baglin
    130. Ruttys, Wollongong / Douglass Baglin
    131. Leyland Tiger Cub, Wollongong? / Milton Kent
    132. International, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body, Snowy Mtns [i.e. Mountains] Authority / Milton Kent
    133. Snowy Mtns [i.e. Mountains] area bus / Milton Kent

    BUS BODYWORK
    134. [Front area of bus with driver’s seat and steering wheel]
    135. [Bedford engine?]
    136. [Front area of bus during manufacture]
    137-139. [Bus chassis]
    140. [Front area of bus with driver’s seat and steering wheel]
    141. Seddon Diesel [tip-truck] / Milton Kent
    142. Seddon Diesel / Milton Kent
    143. International, Com Eng [i.e. Commonwealth Engineering] body
    144. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], [Canberra Mobile Library] / Douglass Baglin
    145. Leyland Comet, Olding Equipment
    146. Hastings Deerings Bodywork, Camperdown, Sydney / S.J. Hood
    147. Leyland Bus Chassis
    148. [Bus chassis]
    149. The latest rear-engined Leyland Atlantean double-deck bus chassis…
    150. Leyland bus chassis / J. R. T. Richardson
    151. Leyland bus chassis / W. A. Jones & Co.
    152. International bus chassis / W. A. Jones & Co.
    153-154. AEC [i.e. Associated Equipment Company], Vic [bus chassis] / Laurie Richards
    155. [Bus seating] / H. B. Green & Co.
    156-157. [Bus seating]
    158. [Front interior area of bus]
    159. The driving compartment on the new Leyland-Verheul LVB668 bus… / Leyland Motors Ltd Photographic Unit
    160. [Bus engine]
    161. [Driver’s compartment]
    162. [Wheel and blocks] / Laurence Thomas
    163. [Chassis] / Peter Mendoza Studios
    164-165. [Front interior area of bus]
    166. [Bus batteries and compartment]
    167. [View from bus]
  • System of arrangement
    Collection arranged by creator
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright for the life of photographer plus 70 years.
  • Description source

    Titles taken from back of photographs or devised by cataloguer
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Most photographs stamped 'Peter Anderson Photo'
  • Date note

    Dated by Curator of Photographs, Mitchell Library, November 2010
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