Training on the new 48-215 Holden car, [General Motors Holden factory, Pagewood, New South Wales],19...
Training on the new 48-215 Holden car, [General Motors Holden factory, Pagewood, New South Wales],1948 / photograph by Milton Kent
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Date
1948
Call Numbers
SPG/214
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
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1 photograph - 16 x 21 cm - gelatin silver
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Created before 1955
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A black and white photograph of mechanics being trained on the new 48-215 Holden car at the General Motors Holden factory, Pagewood, New South Wales, 1948.
On verso in pen and pencil: H. Bartlett, Service [illegible], Tom Young, Cowra, Dick Bensted, [illegible], Doug Southwell, Gunning, Bob Brooks, Walgett, R. Gow, Baradine, Colless, Parkes, Ke...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Training on the new 48-215 Holden car, [General Motors Holden factory, Pagewood, New South Wales],1948 / photograph by Milton Kent
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
At lower left corner in ink: 559
Embossed at lower right corner with: Photo by Milton Kent Sydney
Description source
Name of man in right of photograph - Jack E. Byrnes - supplied by donor.
Object History
By descent to Gay Julian from her father, Jack E. Byrnes
Contextual Information
Source
Presented by Rod and Gay Julian in July 2019
Administrative / Biographical history
The Holden 48-215 was the first model from General Motors in Australia to bear the Holden name, and was produced between November 1948 and October 1953. The first official model was produced on 29 November 1948 and was known by its engineering prefix 48-215.
Milton Kent was a pioneering and well-known photographer who ran a commercial photog...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SPG/214
Record Identifier
YK5rlPxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5rlPxn
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Reference code
9640636
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