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4 years 1 week ago #221709
by Roderick Smith
Replied by Roderick Smith on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
Have two more streetscapes, and in full size to aid vehicle recognition.
210210W-MetroTwitter-FlindersSt-1920s.jpg [No older than 1920; no newer than 1925; I go for 1923-25, judging by the car parked under the verandah].
210210W-MetroTwitter-FlindersSt-1952.jpg [I'm voting Austin A40 lhs, Hudson two-tone, Morris Minor rhs, but can't get the yellow taxi].
Roderick
210210W-MetroTwitter-FlindersSt-1920s.jpg [No older than 1920; no newer than 1925; I go for 1923-25, judging by the car parked under the verandah].
210210W-MetroTwitter-FlindersSt-1952.jpg [I'm voting Austin A40 lhs, Hudson two-tone, Morris Minor rhs, but can't get the yellow taxi].
Roderick
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3 years 11 months ago #221950
by Sarge
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ACCO Owner, Atkinson dreamer.
Replied by Sarge on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
That add Rasin on the station might narrow your search, I remember reading about the Chaffey brothers and mildura progress there was a sudden /urgent push to sell rains, don't recall the details but it apparently did the trick...... mmmm do we have a Mildura local?....
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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #221957
by Roderick Smith
Replied by Roderick Smith on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
Harold Clapp became VR chairman of commissioners in 1920. He espoused Victorian rural development in many ways, and the raisin and fresh fruit campaigns were his doing.
He initiated the Reso train: a self-contained hotel on wheels which took city businessmen to different corners of the state: grazing, grain, irrigation, forestry, fishing. They expanded to run interstate, and one in NZ.
Better Farming Train ran to all corners of the state, giving instruction to farmers and their wives. My recently-deceased mother's passion for making jams and preserves came from watching the one and only visit of the train to Condah, early 1920s (I have tracked the date).
Flinders St station had a fresh-fruit juice bar. Purchasers could watch the fruit being squeezed.
The Swanston St cable tram closing for conversion to electric (mid 1920s) marked the other end of the time frame for the photo.
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clapp-sir-harold-winthrop-5657
His father, Francis Boardman Clapp, was very much a road -transport magnate (passenger, not freight):
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clapp-francis-boardman-3209
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He initiated the Reso train: a self-contained hotel on wheels which took city businessmen to different corners of the state: grazing, grain, irrigation, forestry, fishing. They expanded to run interstate, and one in NZ.
Better Farming Train ran to all corners of the state, giving instruction to farmers and their wives. My recently-deceased mother's passion for making jams and preserves came from watching the one and only visit of the train to Condah, early 1920s (I have tracked the date).
Flinders St station had a fresh-fruit juice bar. Purchasers could watch the fruit being squeezed.
The Swanston St cable tram closing for conversion to electric (mid 1920s) marked the other end of the time frame for the photo.
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clapp-sir-harold-winthrop-5657
His father, Francis Boardman Clapp, was very much a road -transport magnate (passenger, not freight):
adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clapp-francis-boardman-3209
Roderick
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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #222215
by Roderick Smith
Replied by Roderick Smith on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
An early 1936 photo from PROV.
Flinders Street Station and the Tourist Bureau on Collins Street, late 1935. Do you know why they had the mourning drapings up? See ow.ly/f2ed50D98gY
- George V died on 20 January 1936. IMHO the most likely candidate for formal official mourning.
The centenary sign reads 1936, but Victoria's centenary was celebrated in 1934.
The tram is no newer than 1931.
The fashions are 1930s.
Summer is Spring at Mt Buffalo is consistent with January 1936.
My interest here is identifying the make & model of the modern car which is turning, and the two early 1930s cars in front of it.
Most of the cars are 1920s.
Another modern 1930s is hidden behind pedestrians rhs.
Roderick
210304Th-MetroTwitter-1936.Melbourne-b-FlindersSt.jpg
A larger version is downloadable at the link.
Flinders Street Station and the Tourist Bureau on Collins Street, late 1935. Do you know why they had the mourning drapings up? See ow.ly/f2ed50D98gY
- George V died on 20 January 1936. IMHO the most likely candidate for formal official mourning.
The centenary sign reads 1936, but Victoria's centenary was celebrated in 1934.
The tram is no newer than 1931.
The fashions are 1930s.
Summer is Spring at Mt Buffalo is consistent with January 1936.
My interest here is identifying the make & model of the modern car which is turning, and the two early 1930s cars in front of it.
Most of the cars are 1920s.
Another modern 1930s is hidden behind pedestrians rhs.
Roderick
210304Th-MetroTwitter-1936.Melbourne-b-FlindersSt.jpg
A larger version is downloadable at the link.
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3 years 11 months ago #222216
by JOHN.K.
Replied by JOHN.K. on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
The big cars are Rollers.....coupe behind is a Plymouth ,I think.....I had a 1937 looked just like that.....Last Chrysler with cast iron pistons,or so Iwas told.
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3 years 11 months ago #222218
by Swishy
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
Replied by Swishy on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
https://scontent.fmel10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/157335866_5365946263446319_5386935675491584903_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=jTEN_GX7E9QAX_fPaA4&tn=j_iSVjuYC5B23KMh&_nc_ht=scontent.fmel10-1.fna&oh=13c0cd4e0756a230ab2541c71f12363a&oe=60E3CB8A
Clik to zoom in
Sign on left
says
Centenary Celibrations 1936
So B It
cya
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Sign on left
says
Centenary Celibrations 1936
So B It
cya
OF ALL THE THINGS EYE MISS ................. EYE MISS MY MIND THE MOST
There's more WORTH in KENWORTH
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3 years 11 months ago #222219
by JOHN.K.
Replied by JOHN.K. on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
I note the flag at half mast on Young And Jacksons Princes Bridge Pub,so maybe George t V s demise may have been a factor.
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3 years 11 months ago - 3 years 11 months ago #222223
by wee-allis
Replied by wee-allis on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
The second 6 wheel equipped sedan looks like a 34 Dodge or maybe Chrysler. The first one could be Graham-Paige. Sloper looks like maybe Pontiac.
Edit: Not Graham Paige as it appears to have wire wheels.
Edit: Not Graham Paige as it appears to have wire wheels.
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3 years 11 months ago #222226
by allan
Replied by allan on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
The Centenary sign referred to is for the South Australian Centenary celebrations which were in 1936!
SA Centenary celebrations
SA Centenary celebrations
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3 years 11 months ago #222251
by Morris
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
Replied by Morris on topic Unidentified ~What is in this picture?
Why would South Australian Centenary be publicised in Victoria? unless it was to try to get passengers on trains to SA?
I have my shoulder to the wheel,
my nose to the grindstone,
I've put my best foot forward,
I've put my back into it,
I'm gritting my teeth,
Now I find I can't do any work in this position!
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