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Staff outside Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited premises [BRG 213/1/3/1] • Photograph

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Summary

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.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white copy print ; 20.8 x 25.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1918

Creator

GM Holden Ltd

Collections

Part of Holden Collection
Part of City acre 561 Collection

Subject

Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. -- History
Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. -- Employees
Automobile industry and trade -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History
King William Street (Adelaide, S.A.) -- Buildings

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Historical information

In 1919 H.J Holden and his son Edward (as managing director) founded Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited, with a factory at 400 King William Street. In 1923, following the signing of an exclusive agreement in Detroit with General Motors by Edward Holden, a new factory was set up at 879-895 Port Road, Cheltenham.

Digitisation information

Date

06/08/2014

Format

image/tiff

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4,887 x 4,018 pixels (19.6 MP)

Size

58.93 MB

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