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B-but I was only trying to see the new Holden
Photocopy of a cartoon depicting a man being arrested and dragged to a police wagon, with the caption "B-but I was only trying to see the new Holden". 'Secret...Keep out...Employees only' is written on the buildings door. The words 'Reproduced with kind permission of "The Telegraph"-Brisbane' are printed underneath the image.
See the new Holden
Cartoon titled 'See the new Holden!' depicting a woman and child pulling a reluctant man into a car showroom with the caption "But dear, we couldn't afford to park it!". Signed by the artist.
Fair's fair!
Cartoon depicting 'General Motors Holden overseas investors' driving a car towards 'The misery brigade', with the caption "Fair's fair! If it's a success we want to be in it - if it's a failure of course they can have it on their own." A stamp on the back states 'used Sunday Telegraph 27 Dec 1959'. Signed by the artist.
Weg's day: "Monotonous, isn't it?"
Coloured cartoon with the title 'Weg's Day' depicting two men examining a graph showing G.M.H. sales increasing with the caption "Monotonous, isn't it?". Annotated with 'The Herald, Melbourne, August 27, [19]54'. Signed by the artist.
Weg's weekend: "They weren't on strike that long!"
Coloured cartoon depicting old-fashioned cars driving out of a factory with two passers by looking on. The caption reads "They weren't on strike that long!". Signed by the artist.
Weg's day: "The hours and wages sound OK - now about a car..."
Cartoon depicting a child talking to a G.M.H. employment officer, with the caption "The hours and wages sound OK - now about a car...". Includes a title pane reading 'Weg's Day'. Signed by the artist.
Rigby says: it could happen here, U.S. offer for G.M.H.
Cartoon featuring GMH's Fisherman's Bend factory occupied by American troops, with a banner reading 'GMH (Fisherman's Bend), General Motors (Australia), you are now entering the 51st state', with Australia crossed out and U.S.A pasted over the top. The main caption reads "Remember men - We're only here to protect the Australian People against the brutal oppression of the foreign powers...B.M.C., Volkswagen, Mercedes...". Signed by the artist.
Holden our own!
Cartoon featuring giant man standing over a factory holding a full sack labeled 'Years net. profit. £7.249.751'. 'Holden Our Own!' is written in pencil below the image. 'Used 28 Aug 1954 Daily Telegraph' is stamped on the reverse side. Signed by the artist.
Seen the new Holden yet?
Cartoon drawn in ink, charcoal and goauche depicting two prisoners in a cell with the caption 'Seen the new Holden yet?'. Signed by the artist.
Free-cars-for-driver-training
Cartoon depicting a classroom in which young men are learning car mechanics with the caption "Just who did start this free-cars-for-driver-training craze?". Signed by the artist. The work is on a 'Grafix duo-shade No. 232 board, which was used primarily for editorial cartoonists.
Not like the railways
Cartoon titled 'Not like the railways' drawn in pen and ink featuring an FJ Holden and John McEwen (Australian minister for trade) asking another man "You know the trouble with this car, Bert? It's too successful!". Signed by the artist, with 1/9/54 and additional sketching on the reverse side.
She's the head char-lady at G.M.H!
Ink and watercolour cartoon featuring a well-dressed woman carrying a mop and bucket, complete with porter, with two men exclaiming "She's the head char-lady at G.M.H!". Drawing cut from a larger sheet of works.
General Motors Inc.
Cartoon depicting a businessman reporting to a group around a board table with the caption "And another good thing about Holdens. They bring Australian capital into our country." Marked '2847 Herald'. Signed by Molnar, 19/6/59.
Stop! In the name of Bert Evatt!
Cartoon featuring a Holden car with the numberplate '£9,842,001' speeding past Bert Evatt, Australian politician and Attorney General after World War II. The caption reads "Stop! In the name of Bert Evatt!". Reverse is marked 'Syd. Mg Herald Apl 1956'. Signed by the artist.
No! I can't see any crazy salesman
Photograph of a coloured cartoon depicting a man in medieval dress holding a sword, walking out of a tent calling 'No! I can't see any crazy salesman - we've got a battle to fight'. A man with a machine gun stands to the side of the tent with arms crossed, wearing a smug look on his face.
Rigby on G.M.H sackings
Cartoon featuring recently laid off GMH workers and an American flag flying, with the caption "On top of everything I've got this terrible guilt complex about only making twenty-five million for 'em last year...". 1.9.66 marked on reverse. Signed by the artist. The work is assumed to be on a 'Grafix duo-shade' board, which was used primarily for editorial cartoonists.
Rigby at GMH
Cartoon featuring men working on a car production line with the caption "Faster! Faster!! We can't let our poverty-stricken American shareholders lose a penny!". 'Rigby at GMH' is written at the top. The work is assumed to be on a 'Grafix duo-shade' board, which was used primarily for editorial cartoonists.
Holden HQ
Photograph of cartoon depicting a HQ Holden sedan being chased by a police motorcycle with the caption "The General always did make good moonshiner cars". Original work signed by the artist, RAM.
Statesman release
Copy print of a cartoon depicting a man hugging a Statesman with the caption "Somebody tell me - is it the new model?". Artwork by RAM.
I understand GMH are banking with them now
Cartoon depicting men observing employees trying to stop money from flooding out of a bank with the caption "I understand GMH are banking with them now". Signed by the artist.
Rigby and a £15,000,000 profit
Cartoon featuring a group of executives at a board table where one man shaking anothers hand. The caption reads "Pilkington, of all my executives, you alone had the courage to stand up and, with the good of the public at heart, suggest we cut the Holden price - now, goodbye and good luck!". A 'God bless America' sign can be seen in the distance. 'Perth Daily News' Thursday June 23, 1960' is marked on the reverse. Signed by the artist.
Rigby and GMH
Copy of a cartoon featuring two Holden EJ's, one with the body finished with wood and odd and ends. The caption reads "Ordered mine half-way through the strike.....finished her meself.....". Original work is signed by the artist.
National economy
Caricature drawn in ink with blue conte highlights of man (possibly the Managing Director of General Motors-Holden's) holding a scale titled 'National economy' which balances 'Economic headache' with 'More GM-H exports'. Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies stands behind him looking on. Signed by the artist.
An old 'un
Newspaper cutting of a cartoon depicting a man in an old-fashioned car with a woman looking on, with the caption 'I thought you said you'd bought a Holden?', 'Nonsense, my dear - I said an old 'un''. Published in the Sun, Melbourne, Feb. 7, 1949.
Top-secret
Eight cartoons on one sheet, tited 'Top-secret', drawn in ink with gouache hightlights. The images sequentially depict an editor being given a 'secret and personal' invitation to the launch of the new [FB] Holden, 14 January 1960. Stamped on back The words 'Published 20 Jan 1960' are stamped on the reverse side.
People Magazine
Issues of General Motors-Holden's 'People' magazine, comprising publications from August 1948 - August 1968, 1973 - April 2009, and November 2017 which covered the closure of the Manufacturing Plant at Elizabeth, South Australia. From October 2002, a poster was included in the magazine. Includes four Italian and Greek supplemental editions from 1975-1976.
Institutional advertising
Institutional advertising for HMBB, GM (Australia) and GMH as published in journals, women's magazines, trade journals and supplements, and newspapers.
Expansion
Reports, press releases, correspondence newspaper cuttings and associated material regarding expansion proposals and developments in Australia. See series list.
Holden card game
Mint condition game from 'The Early Holden Series' comprising 2 sets of playing cards featuring images of the FC and the FE Holden. Includes five die, and a small information card. The game is housed in a tin, which sits within a cardboard box which has an image of an FJ on the front.
Staff outside Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited premises
Black and white photographic copy print of staff posing at the front of the Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. premises at 400 King William Street. Underneath the company's name on the wall reads 'Standardised motor body works'. The building sits on either city acre 561 or 606. A researcher has suggested that this image was taken on 13 September 1919, and that the building is located on the the former premises of F.T. Hack & Co. Body Works which was erected in 1913, purchased by Holden Motor Body Builders in 1917, and pulled down when the Holden Motor Body Builders four storey building was extended.