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First motorist Adelaide to Darwin 1907

Details:

Title

First motorist Adelaide to Darwin 1907,

Photo number

PH0014/0001,

Collection

Dutton & Aunger Collection, PictureNT, PictureNT,

Date

1907,

Location

Quorn (S.A.),

Description

MS in pencil on back of b&w reproduction of postcard: "First motorists, Adelaide-Darwin, 1907. H.H. Dutton (driving) and Murray Aunger in 12-16 HP Talbot car which reached Tennant Creek and was abandoned. In 1908 a 24 HP Talbot car was driven by Messrs Dutton and Aunger from Adelaide (30 June 1908) to Darwin (20 August 1908). The 12-16 HP Talbot car being repaired en route and driven on to Darwin. Photo shows the 12-16 HP Talbot at the Criterion Hotel, Quorn, South Australia en route to Tennant Creek in 1907. Photo reproduction by E.L. Walpole." A crowd of men and boys looks on from the footpath.,

Language

English,

Subject

cars, Talbot (cars),

Digital format

3729 x 6000 pixels : 24bpp ; 131.12 Mb, back 159.17Mb.,

Format

1 photograph : sepia ; 14 x 8 cm.,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/pdm,

Access

Unrestricted online access,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/1945,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/721894

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/721893,