Summary
Photograph of a (possibly faux) armoured car, apparently being used for fundraising for the war effort in a Victorian country town. One of the shops has the sign '...E ROGERS IRONMONGERS...& CROCKERY WARE'. This may be G.E. Rogers, iron monger in Playne Street, Frankston.
Armoured cars such as the Minerva were used from early in World War I, more than a year before armoured tanks were introduced. In Australia armoured cars (sometimes faux) were used in processions for war-related fund-raising. For example, a parade was held in Mildura in May 1915, which included a brass band, cadets, the Mildura Fire Brigade, two armoured cars, an 'aeroplane' (a decorated motor cycle) and an 'armoured train' (a 'tableaux'). The parade raised £110 (Mildura Telegraph and Darling and Lower Murray Advocate, 25 May 1915). Another parade with an armoured car was held in Frankston on 1 September 1917 (Mornington Standard, 8 September 1917).
Part of a collection of paper-based ephemera relating to the life of Miss Elsie Storie, a middle-class Melbourne woman who was born around 1895, lived through both wars, and remained in Melbourne all her life.
Description of Content
An armoured car in a crowded street. Motor vehicles and shops can be seen in the background. The name on a building just visible appears to be 'E. ROGERS / IRONMONGER & ...CROCKERY WARE'.
Physical Description
Black and white silver gelatin photograph on paper.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
Images & Image Making, Transport, Public Life & Institutions, Home & Community
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr John Millward, Mrs Millward, 2007
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Place & Date Depicted
Victoria, Australia, 1914-1918
Likely to have been photographed in Victoria, based on provenance of other photographs in this collection. -
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Place & Date Depicted
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Printed on the back of the photograph '37'.
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Type of item
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
81 mm (Width), 54 mm (Height)
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References
EMPIRE DAY. (1915, May 25). Mildura Telegraph and Darling and Lower Murray Advocate (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved July 14, 2015, from [Link 1] Pageaut of Loyalty at Frankston. (1917, September 8). Mornington Standard (Frankston, Vic. : 1911 - 1920), p. 3. Retrieved July 14, 2015, from [Link 2]
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Keywords
Military Vehicles, Armoured Vehicles, Crowds, Recruitment, World War I, 1914-1918, Cars, Fundraising Events