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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

Morris Isis car taken for Telegraph classified ads Mr Williams, 19361936Record Sydney Transport Ltd truckload of peanuts taken for The Weston Co advertising Eta brand peanut butter, 19361936Trolley bus taken for Harrison, 19361936Boris Neville plays with the cannon in front of the new clubhouse at the Royal Motor Yacht Club of NSW, Rose Bay, Sydney, at the start of the motor boat season, 19 September 1936 - Sam Hood19361935 Plymouth sedan, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, February 1937 - Sam Hood, 1935–371935–37Vacuum Oil truck, Sydney, 19371937Flatbed truck, 193719371926 Chrysler car taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937193334 Chevrolet car taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371934 5BX Vauxhall Big Six 26 hp sedan body by Holdens taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371934 ASX Light Six 14 hp Vauxhall roadster car body by Holdens taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371934 Hudson Terraplane car taken for Liberty and Fosters Motors for Telegraph classified ads, 193719371935 Chevrolet Master Roadster taken for Liberty Motors for Telegraph classified ads, 193719371935 DX Light Six 14 hp Vauxhall sedan body by Holdens taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371935 Plymouth taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371936 Chevrolet taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371936 Ford V8 roadster or Club Cabriolet car taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371936 Ford V8 taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371936 Oldsmobile F36 taken for Liberty Motors, 193719371st Motor Transport Company, 19371937A welder at work building doubledecker bus bodies, 19371937Auburn taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Austin 7 taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Austin Seven car taken for Daily Telegraph classified ads, 19371937Bretnall Motors car taken for Telegraph classified ads, 19371937Buick Marquette Coupe 150851 taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Buick sedan taken for Daily Telegraph classified ads, 19371937Building doubledecker bus bodies the almost finished product, 19371937Cadillac sedan taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Car taken for Camerons Motors Ltd for Telegraph classified ads, 19371937Car taken for Liberty Motors and Fosters Motors for Telegraph classified ads, 19371937Car taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Car taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Car taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Chevrolet coupe taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Chrysler 65, 19371937Chrysler coupe taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Chrysler roadster, 19371937Chrysler roadster, 19371937Chrysler sedan taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Chrysler sedan Liberty Motors, 19371937Citroen sedan taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Crouch Motors one car, 19371937De Soto sedan, 1937?1937?Dodge taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Dunlop Golf Cup taken for Golf in Australia, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop road race, 19371937Dunlop trucks, 19371937Dunlop trucks, 19371937Dunlop trucks, 19371937Ford B Model in front of Keith W Hamilton used cars 19371937Ford V8 taken for Liberty Motors, 19371937Henderson Motors one Ford taken for Telegraph classified ads, 19371937
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Photos from the State Library of New South Wales, the State Archives, the City of Sydney Archives and others, through Wikimedia Commons. Every photo carries its own credit and licence and links to its Commons page.

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