Smith, D. Darian • Find • State Library of South Australia

Photographs and slides

Crompton Bunyip Soaps, c. 1892, Photograph, BRG 155/5/1-40

Photographs of the factory and employees of the Bunyip Soap Company. Slides relating to advertising relating to Bunyip Soaps.

[Photographs of the Woodville plant in production]

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1945, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL1/1-28

Black and white photographs of the General Motors-Holden's Limited factory at Woodville and operations within the factory. Includes images of various drills, lathes and a milling machine, the trim shop, spray booth, and 'Birlec' salt and cyanide pots. Also contains photographs of the layout of the Woodville Plant, no.5 Plant, no.2 assembly Plant, the SA Gas Co. new zinc alloy foundry, and a plant visit by Governor Sir Willoughby Norrie.

[Photographs of Governor Sir Robert George visiting the Woodville plant]

GM Holden Ltd, 1953, Photograph, BRG 213/77/53/VOL3/6-26

Black and white photographs of Governor Sir Robert George on a tour of the GM-H automotive plant at Woodville, accompanied by Holden and Chamber of Manufacturers executives.

Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited in South Australia: Plant and equipment

GM Holden Ltd, 1940, Photograph, BRG 213/207/1

Photographs relating to plant and equipment at General Motors-Holden's Limited, comprising images of machinery, presses and tools, employees at work, building extensions, war production and Frigidaire units. Includes manufacturing sections within Woodville, Birkenhead and Beverley Plants and other sections such as the Theatrette, Accounting area, Casualty room, laboratory, canteen and office blocks.

Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited in South Australia: Dies, jigs, cutters and machinery tools

GM Holden Ltd, 1934, Photograph, BRG 213/207/2

Photographs relating to 'Dies and jigs etc' at General Motors-Holden's Limited, comprising images of cutters, dies, jigs, lathes, broaching and grinding tools. Includes images of men and women at work manufacturing equipment, such as ammunition shells and guns, for the World War II supplies.

Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited in South Australia: Production operations

GM Holden Ltd, 1939, Photograph, BRG 213/207/3

Photographs relating to 'Production operations' at General Motors-Holden's Limited, comprising images associated with the production of equipment for World War II, including Anti-tank guns, ammunition shells, Beaufort and Wirraway aircraft, vehicle bodies for the Defence Department, cargo pontoon and folding boat production. Also contains images employees working at machinery such as milling machines, presses and Niles planer used in the GMH Plant for production.

Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited in South Australia: Products

GM Holden Ltd, 1939, Photograph, BRG 213/207/4

Photographs relating to 'Products' manufactured at General Motors-Holden's Limited, comprising images of Anti-tank guns, bombs, Anti-aircraft guns, field ambulances, Beaufighters, Lincolns and de Havilland aircraft, military vehicles, Dory boats, gaiters, pontoons, torpedoes, tents and their parts. Includes photographs of vehicle production such as Buicks, Bedford trucks and buses, Vauxhalls, Fords, Hillmans, Oldsmobiles, Pontiacs, Wyvern, and of Gas Producer Units, and machinery used in production and GMH Plants at Beverley and Birkenhead. Also contains photographs of the Project 2000 prototype and parts, post-war vehicles, clay models and designs for Chevrolets and associated parts, Frigidaire parts, car part moulds, trim designs, production machinery, and wooden furniture manufactured at GMH, including dovetail joinery. Includes views of the Styling Section with designs for vehicles, including Project 2000, and model cars, drawings, and sample parts.

Photographs of General Motors-Holden's Limited in South Australia: Miscellaneous

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1931, Photograph, BRG 213/207/5

Photographs from a group titled 'Miscellaneous' of scenes associated with General Motors-Holden's Limited, comprising images of the 1938 Holden display at the Adelaide Show, World War II equipment and officials inspecting GMH produced items, GMH staff badge monogram and women's uniforms, Air Raid Precautions room and trenches at GMH Plants, Welfare Officer's rooms, foundry, GMH Woodville Port gate, Finsbury Plant, trainees and apprentices, knock off time at GMH Woodville Plant and night of SA coal strike, functions and events such as the GMH ball, lunchtime activities such as wrestling, bowls, quoits, table tennis, basketball, chess, indoor cricket, darts and concerts, Cricket Club dinner, 1945 Christmas Party, Debate Dinners, and the 1940 Chevrolet Convention at Birkenhead Plant. Also contains photographs of GMH associated South Australian manufacturing business Plants including those of Horwood Bagshaw Ltd., Mason & Cox steel foundry, Philmac Limited, Pope Products, Perry Engineering Limited, K. Bowes & Co., Wiles Chromium Company, Kelvinator Plant and Diecaster Plant.