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Travellers on a country road

c. 1920, Photograph, B 70865/8

A car stopped on a dirt road in a country area, with two men and a young girl standing beside it; two others can be seen sitting in the back seat of the car. [The car is a 1918 Buick model EX 45 Tourer, 6 cylinder 242 cv.in engine (60 bhp) with 2 wheel brakes.]

Ruins at Penneshaw

Gilbert, S. H., 1976, Photograph, B 60950

The ruins of John Buick's house, two miles from Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island.

Ruins at Penneshaw

Gilbert, S. H., 1976, Photograph, B 60951

The ruins of John Buick's house, two miles from Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island.

Views of streets in Port Adelaide district

Port Adelaide (S.A.). Council, 1924, Photograph, B 28690/220-261

Views of Council road works and road construction in the Port Adelaide district, including Semaphore, Largs, Glanville, Peterhead, Birkenhead, Sandwell, Portland Estate, Exeter areas, with before and after views at each location. Buildings, shops, houses, land, streetscapes and modes of transport are featured.

Collision on Montefiore Hill

1923, Photograph, PRG 280/1/45/68

Aftermath of collision between a motor car (Buick tourer, ca 1918) owned and driven by James Jeremiah Daly, grazier, of Medway Street, Fullarton Estate, and a horse drawn masher dray, owned and driven by Charles Jiggins, driver, of Gladstone Avenue, Chicago, on Montiefiore Road at 7.00pm on Friday 3 August 1923. Other occupants of the dray were, Florence Jiggins and Cornelius Jiggins.

Premises of Eyes & Crowle Ltd., Pirie Street, Adelaide

1922, Photograph, PRG 280/1/37/27

The premises of Eyes & Crowle Ltd., importers of motor cars, motor cycles, accessories, &c. at 75-79 Pirie Street, Adelaide, specialising in Buick cars.

A motor car parked by a post and rail fence in outback South Australia

1920, Photograph, PRG 280/1/22/171

A woman leaning on a motor car parked by a post and rail fence in outback South Australia, exact location not known; a red cross sign is attached to the left corner of the windscreen of the car. [The car is a Buick Roadster - about 1920 model].

Violet Payne as a small child of about seven years old

1897, Photograph, PRG 280/1/5/308

Violet Payne as a small child of about seven years old; she later became Mrs. Archie Buick of Cygnet River, South Australia.

Miss Violet Payne

c. 1901, Photograph, PRG 280/1/5/325

Miss Violet Payne, later to be Mrs. Archie Buick.

Photographs relating to Goolwa, Victor Harbor and south coast region

Tolley, J. C., 1854, Photograph, PRG 1377/77/1-99

Photographs and post cards collected by J.C. Tolley relating to the Goolwa, Victor Harbor and Granite Island. First 12 images are commercial postcards published by P.M. Wells, Goolwa and printed by Vardon Print, Adelaide. Others include aerial views of south coast region, Goolwa barrage and May 1929 'Back to Goolwa'.

Additional photographs (folio 1) relating to South Australia

Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch, 1912, Photograph, SRG 67/20/1-58

A collection of photographs with views of coastline on Kangaroo Island and at Rapid Bay, the lighthouse at Cape Jervis, shipwrecks on the Coorong and Wardang Island, Renmark, Kopperamanna Lutheran Mission, and other places in South Australia. Photographs 1-9 were taken by Rev. N. H. Louwyck, for the Centenary, 8 September 1936 of the landing of Col. William Light at Rapid Bay South Australia. Photographs 10 (see series 22 photo 29), 20, 48 are missing from the set.

Rundle Street, Adelaide, 1919

1919, Artwork, B 73637

Black and white photoengraving on paper depicting a view looking East along Rundle Street, from possibly just past Frome Street. Several businesses are in view including The C. J. Young Shoe Co., Barlows, and Kindermann's Cafe, while a sign reading 'Griffiths Teas' can be seen at the top of a four storey building on the right a little way along the street. Three motor vehicle registrations are visible: 06034 is a Lagonda 11 registered in September 1915 to Mr. E.K. Collins of Mount Bryan, 04016 is a Buick registered to W.D. Taylor of Brougham place, North Adelaide, and 2509 was registered in 1912 to A. Addicoat of Adelaide. A young girl in the centre foreground is carrying a small Australian flag.

Panel, plating and trim sections, early Woodville.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1920, Photograph, BRG 213/1/3/68-78

Black and white photographs of sections within the Holden's Motor Bodies Limited workshop at Woodville. Includes photographs of men working in the Nickel plating plant, wet rubbing and duco polishing section, trim fitting area, bonnet workshop, and final inspection areas along with completed automobile bodies.

Early overseas model cars produced by Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1920, Photograph, BRG 213/1/3/17-40

Black and white photographs of early soft top automobiles produced by Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. during the mid 1920s.

Portrait of H.J Holden

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1920, Photograph, BRG 213/1/1/19

Framed black and white portrait photograph of H.J Holden, ca.1920.

Surveying the North/South railway from Alice Springs to South Australia

Kennedy, James Johnson, 1927, Photograph, B 73756/1-23

23 black and white photographs taken by James (Jim) J. Kennedy in 1927 to 1928 during the surveying of the North/South Ghan railway from Alice Springs to South Australia. They were taken with a Box Brownie camera which Jim purchased for 10/- (10 shillings). Descriptions supplied by donor. See below for details.

Group of people in a garden

Kaines, Jack A. P., 1924, Photograph, PRG 1638/5/32

Group of 8 people, including a baby, sitting in a garden. People include Miss Buick, Ted Cunningham, and Murdoch McKenzie.

Premises at Jervois Street, Albert Park

Oldfields Bakery Pty Ltd, c. 1950, Photograph, BRG 332/12/38

Premises at Jervois Street, Albert Park, with stables on the left. Edgar Oldfield's black Buick is second from right; two of the horse drawn vans outside the stables. [approximately 1950].

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.