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Zoological Gardens [B 12201] • Photograph

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Summary

Miniature train at the Zoological Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia. This locomotive, powered by a petrol engine, was built by H.V. McKay of Sunshine, Victoria in 1925. He built a similar locomotive for Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo [See B 61614 for another view of the locomotive]. The train is carrying lots of children. Children can be seen in the background having an elephant ride around the circular track

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Physical description

Photograph; 21.2 cm x 14.9 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1930

Collections

Part of Adelaide Views Collection
Part of Zoological Gardens Collection

Subject

Zoos -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Children -- South Australia -- Adelaide

Catalogue record

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Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,348 x 2,310 pixels (7.7 MP)

Size

23.24 MB

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