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1071061
  • Title
    Collection 06: Peter Anderson photographs of NSW buses and trucks, ca. 1925-1970
  • Call number
    PXA 1954
  • Level of description
    sub-fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1925-1970
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    1071061
  • Physical Description
    44 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 20.5 x 25.8 cm or smaller
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Commercial photographs taken for bus chassis and bodybuilding firms, including AEC, Commonwealth Engineering, Athol Hedges, Propert, MBA and Syd Wood, by photographers including Milton Kent, Douglass Baglin, H.B. Green, Electra Studios. Audio Visual Activities, James Howarth, J.R.T. Richardson, Sam Hood, Rochester Studio, Tyrrell's and J.C. Young
  • Scope and Content
    TRUCKS
    1. A. Gubbay, Small's Chocolate, 1925
    2. Loading building supplies to a flatbed truck, Wunderlich, Cabarita
    3. N. Ormsby & Sons AEC semi-trailer, British Centre, 1945 / Sam Hood
    4. Wunderlich Durabestos KS 5 or 6 International flatbed

    BUILDINGS
    5. Department of Road Transport and Tramways

    BUSES
    6. International MO 94 Maroubra bus / Milton Kent
    7. AEC MO 350 Railway - Birrell Street, Bondi Junction and Oxford Street
    8. Hancock's Albion bus, Newcastle / Milton Kent
    9. Albion bus Warrawong - Steelworks - Port Kembla, 1938 / Milton Kent
    10. Coffs Harbour - Coffs Jetty - Railway bus, ex Watt
    11. Ford with Syd Wood body outside the works, 194-
    12. T.G. Scott Liverpool - Austral via West Hoxton Leyland Tiger bus with MBA 45 seat body
    13. J. Dewhurst, Tamworth Ford bus / H.B. Green and Company
    14. Barry Motors, Inverell Austin 560 with Athol Hedges body / D'Arcy Pforr Studio
    15. Austin 169" wheelbase A/C Ferguson / H.B. Green and Company
    16. Leyland Tiger bus with Com-Eng body [Hills or Wollongong ?] / J.R.T. Richardson
    17. Austin 560 with Athol Hedges body for Sir A. Marrin
    18. Ritchies Bus Service (Griffith) International bus with Athol Hedges school bus body / D'Arcy Pforr Studio
    19. Austin 245F with Athol Hedges body / H.B. Green and Company
    20. Lismore-Yamba bus with Athol Hedges body / H.B. Green and Company
    21. Fairfield International bus, 1953 / Milton Kent
    22-23. Grafton Austin 560 160" wheelbase bus with Domino Hedges body / H.B. Green and Company
    24. Kirklands Bedford bus, Lismore (first rear-engine, air conditioned)
    25-26. Rear and interior, Qantas Empire Airways International wagonaire, Wyndham Street, Alexandria / J.C. Young
    27. NSW Department of Government Transport Albion double-decker bus, Pyrmont Bridge Road - York Street
    28. New Titan OPD.2 double-decker bus with Com-Eng body, for the Wollongong-Corrimal-Port Kembla District service, at the Conservatorium / S.J. Hood
    29. New Titan OPD.2 double-decker bus with Com-Eng body, for the Wollongong-Corrimal-Port Kembla District service, at the Domain, 1948 / James Howarth Studios
    30. GMC bus with Propert's body for Blacktown Bus Service, McIntosh Properties, 1954
    31. Waverley College Dodge with Syd Wood body, 1946 / Milton Kent
    32. Boucher and Pert. Chevrolet with Com-Eng body, Brighton-le-Sands / Milton Kent
    33. AEC ? built by Com-Eng, Granville / Electra Studios
    34. GMC with Propert body for Berrima Bus Company / Audio-Visual Activities (Aust.) Pty Ltd
    35. AEC Reliance with Hedges body for New England Motor Company, registration MO 4455 / H.B. Green
    36. Morris Commercial for Weeks Busman, Grafton Region ex Watts Queensland / A.D. Keen
    37. AEC with Com-Eng body, built at Granville for Department of the Interior, Canberra / Douglass Baglin
    38. International AA Model with Ansair body, 1962
    39. AEC Fleet Line with Com-Eng body, Hastings Deering, Merrylands Bus Company / Rochester Studio
    40. The Clipper Junior, Bedford body for Watsons / H.B. Green
    41. NSW Government Transport double decker no. 663 / Milton Kent
    42. Hobart Municipal Transport trolleybus, built by Com-Eng, Granville
    43. Interior of bus

    ACCIDENTS
    44. New England Motor Company Ford Thames MO 4033 crash, Kyogle Road, Grevillea, 17 November 1961 / Parker Studios, Kyogle
  • System of arrangement
    Collection arranged by cataloguer
  • 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 reverse of photographs or devised by cataloguer
  • General note

    Keyword:
    Asbestos
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Most photographs stamped 'Peter Anderson Photo'

    Various photographers' ink and blind stamps
  • Date note

    Dated by cataloguer, November 2013
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