Constructing cars in Holden's Motor Body Builders Limited workshops [BRG 213/1/3/41-56] • Photograph
King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing cut pieces of thin wood and machinery along a wall.
Trim room in King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing cut material and leather on workbenches and wall shelves. Some partly completed seats are in view, while seating frames with springs hang from the ceiling.
Workshop, King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing two partly finished cars, machinery, tools and material.
Workshop, King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing machinery, constructed wheels, and part of a wooden car frame.
Forming roll, King William Street.
Photograph of a piece of machinery inside the trim section of HMBB's King William Street workshop, with templates on the wall. Caption on reverse reads 'Forming roll'.
Timber frames, King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing pieces of cut wood and machinery, including a bandsaw. Partly constructed sections are stacked in view.
Deluxe railway carriage.
Photograph of the interior of a railway carriage.
Half bodies, King William Street.
Photograph of four half car bodies with seats, stacked in a wooden frame inside HMBB's King William Street workshop.
Making seats, King William Street.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, showing material for making seats on benches, and frames hanging from the ceiling. Seats in various stages of production are in view.
Forge, King William Street.
Photograph of the forge section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, extraction flues, tools, and wooden car frames.
King William Street workshop.
Photograph of a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop near a flight of stairs, showing lengths of wood inside bending press frames and another section with large metal drums.
Frame workshop, King William Street.
Photograph of men working in a section inside HMBB's King William Street workshop, believed to be the glue room, putting wooden frames together. Caption reads 'Frank Greaves [left foreground] still well known in Glue Room'.
Building cars, Halifax Street or Woodville.
Photograph of men working on a number of partly constructed automobiles which are grouped closely together in a section of HMBB's Halifax Street or Woodville workshop.
Building cars at Woodville.
Photograph of men working on a number of almost completed automobile bodies which are grouped closely together in a section of HMBB's workshop, believed to be at Woodville.
Spraying booth at Woodville.
Photograph of a man wearing a mask spraying a car body shell in the paint spraying booth in HMBB's workshop, believed to be at Woodville.
Making timber car frames, Woodville.
Photograph of a section of HMBB's workshop, believed to be at Woodville, with many timber frames made for automobiles stacked upon each other. Some frames are in various stages of construction.