Catalogue Nbr:

224.80

 

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Description:

Series of photographs mounted on a card. 14 B/w square pictures of carriages + 2 oval pictures of men. Men = (a) John McCartney + (b) Thomas Alfred. (c) Four wheeled gig (d) Four wheeled gig (e) Double - seated gig, jump seat (f) American buggy (g) Cabriolet (h) Phaeton (i) Landau (j) ? McCartney? (k) Four wheeled buggy (l) Phaeton (m) Four wheeled wagonette (n) Four wheeled gig (o) Double seated gig (p) four seated buggy. Label: (B.H.S. in ink) "These Vehicles Were Built At The Coach Building Factory Of Alfred & McCartney Corner Of Armstrong And Mair Streets About 1868. The Photographs Give An Idea Of The Pleasure Vehicles Of The Time". Label 2: Copperplate script. "McCartney And Alfred By Appointment Carriage Makers To His Royal Highness The Duke Of Edinburgh".

Inscription:  
Subject Date: 1868
Subject Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Object Type: Photograph
Object Location: OS 209 Mc39
Object Size: H 51.2cm x W 71.0cm
Object Condition: Fair but card in poor condition