Summary
Image from a photograph album containing twenty one photographs of motor trucks. The album was used by Brockway Motors Ltd.
Description of Content
Exterior view of Brockway Motors Ltd head office and showrooms at 58 Paramatta Road, Camperdown in Sydney, NSW. Two motor cars are pictured on the left. Brockway Motors established this branch office and showroom in Sydney in early 1927. Previously the firm had been represented in NSW by Hoskins Bros. Pty Ltd. In Victoria the Brockway agency was held by the Ballarat firm Ronaldson Bros. & Tippett.
Physical Description
Monochrome silver gelatin photographic print attached with cloth tape to paper. Paper has two punctures for ring binder.
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Collecting Areas
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Place & Date Depicted
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Organisation Depicted
J. Brockhouse & Co., Ltd,, Elms Works, Penn Road, Wolverhampton, England, Great Britain, 56-58 Parramatta Road, Camperdown, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Photographer
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Embossed into photograph: 'PHOTO BY / MILTON KENT / SYDNEY' Typeset in black ink on back of photograph: 'BROCKWAY MOTORS LTD. / Head Office and Showrooms. / 56-58 Parramatta Road. / CAMPERDOWN. SYDNEY.' Printed in black ink on back of photograph: 'Science Museum / of Victoria' Hand written in grey pencil on back of photograph: 'all speed truck / have Wisconsin / engines / all [indecipherable] / Red. Scols.[?] / Cortland N York / Est 1875'
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
171 mm (Width), 103 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Buildings, Head Offices, Motor Cars, Motor Trucks, Motor Vehicles, Road Transport, Showrooms