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Portrait of H.J Holden [BRG 213/1/1/19] • Photograph

Portrait of H.J Holden

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

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

Portrait of H.J Holden

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

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

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Summary

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

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 20 x 14.7 cm, in frame 39 x 29 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1920

Creator

GM Holden Ltd

Collection

Part of Holden Collection

Subject

Holden, Henry James, Sir, 1859-1926
Holden & Frost (Firm) -- History
Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd -- History
J. A. Holden & Co. -- History
Automobile industry and trade -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History

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Historical information

Sir Henry James Holden (1859-1926), saddler, carriage-trimmer and motor-body manufacturer, was born in Kensington, South Australia. He was educated at Thomas Caterer's School, Norwood, and the Hahndorf Academy. On 7 April 1881 at the Norwood Baptist Church he married Mary Ann Dixon Wheewall, daughter of an Alberton grocer. The son of James Alexander (J.A) Holden, after gaining experience in several departments Henry became a partner in 1883, and two years later James sold the business to Henry and H.A. Frost, a carriage-builder, who had become a partner in 1874. Henry expanded his father's business into the production of coaches and truck bodies after the death of J.A Holden in 1887. He later joined with Frederick Hack in 1918 to form what was known as Holden Motor Body Builders, and the company began building bodies for Chevrolet, Ford, Buick, Essex and Hupmobile by 1920, making more than 500 bodies a month by 1922. In 1924 Henry Holden negotiated with GM for the Holden Motor Body Builders contract to build entire car bodies for all General Motors chassis imported into the country. Two years later Henry Holden passed away, leaving the company in the hands of his son Edward Holden.

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