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Motor cars and trucks

552 photos1879–1999

552 historic photos for Motor cars and trucks, taken between 1879 and 1999, gathered from across the suburbs by what their catalogue titles say. They span 13 decades, with the most from the 1930s (220). They come from Wikimedia Commons; each photo’s page gives its credit, its licence and a link to its original record.

1870s 1 1880s 1 1890s 1 1900s 10 1910s 6 1920s 20 1930s 220 1940s 117 1950s 28 1960s 9 1970s 6 1980s 25 1990s 108

1930s60 photos

A baby Austin Austin 7 with poster Even Baby follows Lang, 19341934A line up of twenty Dodge and Albion trucks of carrier William McKeown Ltd, 1930s1930sDodge Sedan hits post in the Domain and rolls over, 1930s1930sElection posters on old Chevrolet truck The people must rule vote Labor, 19341934English Standard sedan, 1930s1930sEnglish Standard sedan Australian Barnet Glass tyres, 1930s1930sFire at Peters Bryden Peters Motor Body Works, 19341934Funeral cars at Motor Funerals Parlour in George Street, 1930s1930sFuneral T Dixon Motor Funeral Director, 1930s1930sGloucester meets invalid returned servicemen man behind the decorated matron is former Prime Minister William Morris Hughes, 19341934Group of schoolboys with bicycles Dunlop cyclists, 19341934In background 1936 DeSoto Sedan Morris Cowley tourer Nash tourer and 1937 Willeys 77 Sedan, 1930s1930sJ Meloys white truck, 1930s1930sJ Liggins Albion trucks, 1930s1930sJoe Kirkwood and friend and 1932 Buick outside the Conservatorium, 1930s1930sLarge motor cruiser aboard, 1930s1930sLaunching of two water buses designed by Wing Commander Laurence Wackett Morts Dock Balmain, 19341934Lineup of H D McRaes trucks carriers, 1930s1930sLN Morris 1930 De Soto utility, 1930s1930sLoaded on a truck, 1930s1930sMiranda Cooperative Society Ltd Albion truck of Mr AE Lye, 1930s1930sMorrison driving off from 8th tee, 1930s1930sOne of Tooths Albion Trucks, 1930s1930sPneumatictyred horsedrawn bread card outside Art Gallery, c. 1934c. 1934Purr Pull petrol reseller George Foster Sons Garage, 1930s1930sPurrPull AllBritish Service Station, 1930s1930sRail Motor No 38 and Trailer No 81 most likely on the inaugural SydneyGosford run at Central Station, 19341934Runabout motor launch on wharf after unloading from ship, 1930s1930sScott and CampbellBlack winners of the MacRobertson International Air Race 1934 in Vauxhall tourer Government House1934The All British cab service an American 1935 Dodge car with uniformed driver, 1930s1930sThe White Way Service Station, 1930s1930sThree professional golfers with the Riley and Chrysler, 1930s1930sThree women cricket spectators picnicking beside a 1928 Buick during a 2nd XI cricket match between NSW and Victoria at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 19341934Three women having a picnic tea beside their 1927 Buick Six at the NSWVictoria 2nd XI Cricket Sydney, 19341934Trolley bus, 19341934Trolley bus being unloaded from ship from England, 19341934Truck chassis Willys Knight sedan behind, 1930s1930sTruck loses its load of rubble, 1930s1930sTwo unidentified Chinese dignitaries being carried in sedanchairs by other Chinese, 1930s1930sGlaciarium garage, Little Regent Street, off George Street, Sydney, ca. 1934 - photographer Hall and Company1934Three-wheel tractor of Australian Glass Manufacturers with trailer, c. 1930s, probably by Sam Hood1930sProbably Arch Tuckett's Midget speedcar with Henderson motorcycle engine, having engine work, in lane behind William Street, East Sydney-Woolloomooloo, next to C.A. Martin, decorator, late 1934 - Sam1934Albion tanker Camperdown, c. 1935c. 19351928 model Studebaker sedan crashes into a lightpole in Crown Street, 193519351935 Hudson Terraplane sedan taken for Telegraph classified ads Mr Williams1935A dray a Ford Model A coupe 1928 model and a Morris Oxford Roadster 1932 model in summer rain Railway Square, 19351935Bags of wheat fall off truck Pyrmont Bridge, c. 1935c. 1935Boy repairing truck, c. 1935c. 1935Dunlop Golf Cup, 19351935Dunlop Golf Cup, 19351935Motor smash Pitt Street, 19351935Female motor cyclist, Railway Square, Sydney, n.d., by Ted Hood, 1913–571913–57(Looking north along George Street (with tram, T-model Ford and hansom cab) from Union Line Building (incorporating the Bjelke-Petersen School of Physical culture), corner Jamieson Street), n.d. by, c. 1935c. 1935Ford dealer 19361936Austin car taken for Telegraph classified ads, 19361936Botany cemetery Chester Morris grave, 19361936Dennis Trucks, 19361936Dodge sedan taken for Telegraph classified ads, 19361936Liberty Motors 1929 Cadillac taken for Telegraph classified ads, 19361936Marine Board Capt Williams Mr OConnor Mr Balnhe Mr Austin, 19361936
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