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Pressing body panels, HMBB, Woodville. [BRG 213/1/3/131] • Photograph

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Summary

Photograph of a large hydraulic press, with three men unloading pressed panels and stacking them on trolleys alongside. A researcher has suggested that the press was made by Forward Downs specifically for HMBB in 1923, and was the first large press.

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Physical description

Photograph (black and white print), 21.5 x 16.6 cm.

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1924

Creator

GM Holden Ltd

Collection

Part of Holden Collection

Subject

Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd. -- History
Automobiles -- Bodies -- Design and construction -- History
Automobile industry and trade -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- History
Automobiles -- Australia -- History -- Pictorial works
Automobile industry workers -- South Australia -- Adelaide
Factories -- South Australia -- Woodville
Workshops -- South Australia -- Woodville

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Digitisation information

Date

08/08/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,993 x 5,201 pixels (20.8 MP)

Size

62.33 MB

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