Photographs from 'The Manufacture of an Holden Body' [BRG 213/1/4/1-19] • Photograph
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![Air Compressor.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/72/19/a89d-506f-526c-b18d-52989e608f8b.jpg)
Air Compressor.
Photograph of a large air compressor installed in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Sand Blasting.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/ca/3d/9fb2-cc40-54d5-a57e-08855fe6d7dd.jpg)
Sand Blasting.
Photograph of a man wearing head protection working on a car body on a trestle in a section of HMBB's workshop. Caption reads 'Sand blast for Cleaning Steel Panels'. See also BRG 213/1/3/59-60.
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![Hood Bow Bending Department.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d9/06/00af-f640-5062-9a38-c47395771377.jpg)
Hood Bow Bending Department.
Photograph of bending frames in a section of HMBB's workshop. Caption reads 'Hood bow bending department'. See also BRG 213/1/3/61
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![Linderman Jointing Machine.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/62/7e/f1fc-f7cd-510e-a8c6-d0343bd43af3.jpg)
Linderman Jointing Machine.
Photograph of men working at a Linderman Jointing Machine in a section of HMBB's workshop. See also BRG 213/1/3/63.
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![Log Mill.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/34/49/44cd-6d2b-5345-bc8d-3946ddf51246.jpg)
Log Mill.
Photograph of men feeding a log through a large circular saw in a section of HMBB's workshop. See also BRG 213/1/3/62
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![Enamel Flowing Machine.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d1/76/b614-1903-5aa2-a441-65231fbd9e45.jpg)
Enamel Flowing Machine.
Photograph of a man spraying car bodies set on trestles in a section of HMBB's workshop. See also BRG 213/1/3/133.
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![Paint Shop Drying Ovens.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/41/c7/1214-c2f2-59ce-ad8e-d56ebf042580.jpg)
Paint Shop Drying Ovens.
Photograph of vehicle shells on wooden trestles standing in long rows in the drying ovens of HMBB's workshop.
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![Boxing and Shipping Department.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/e0/98/7501-0b96-5c0c-8468-fae217b478f2.jpg)
Boxing and Shipping Department.
Photograph of bare car bodies standing on end in a rail cart, with a man behind stacking wooden crates with a loader in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![General View of Engine Room.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/ee/6b/a880-57fd-5516-8e56-c57834169760.jpg)
General View of Engine Room.
Photograph of a room with engine plant machinery in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Assembly Jig.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/75/2b/43cb-c4c1-577e-8e62-8286bccab74d.jpg)
Assembly Jig.
Photograph of men assembling wooden frames in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Steel Panel Press.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/d5/10/6509-7782-5c72-bc7a-38150481d450.jpg)
Steel Panel Press.
Photograph of a man working a large hydraulic press in a section of HMBB's workshop. See also BRG 213/1/3/79.
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![Panel Assembly Line.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/0e/35/1430-5d8d-5eb9-9b07-d56acca31b64.jpg)
Panel Assembly Line.
Photograph of men fitting metal car body panels to wooden frames in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Nickel Plating Plant - Buff Lines.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/58/cc/b860-7db8-56ee-b80b-2390859b75c5.jpg)
Nickel Plating Plant - Buff Lines.
Photograph of a number of men working on two rows of buffing machines in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Spring Coiling and Knotting Machines.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/4b/c7/2b9d-bd67-5da2-aa25-a59a2b16656e.jpg)
Spring Coiling and Knotting Machines.
Photograph of four men working at machines, each with safety frame surrounds, in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![General View of Spring Plant.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/ed/58/42c7-e05d-59d1-b9ab-656b5b65bc22.jpg)
General View of Spring Plant.
Photograph of a number of women working on the spring frames of vehicle seats in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![General View of Plating Baths.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/04/53/63a8-991f-5769-9159-c8d79746b9dd.jpg)
General View of Plating Baths.
Photograph of men working on bright metal pieces at troughs and benches in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Dyeing and Proofing.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/b9/8f/7119-59eb-58e0-9dea-9e3cfc9d56b8.jpg)
Dyeing and Proofing.
Photograph of pieces of machinery, each with a number of rollers, in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![General View of Wood Mill.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/24/92/a7c5-12cb-5b48-b315-6f83712eb698.jpg)
General View of Wood Mill.
Photograph of machinery and sawn pieces of wood on trolleys in a section of HMBB's workshop.
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![Oxy-Acetylene Welding Section.](https://d1red3q7jhuy4m.cloudfront.net/ab/d4/f1bf-0d85-508f-9794-0be49f5b9d78.jpg)
Oxy-Acetylene Welding Section.
Photograph of men working on panels in a section of HMBB's workshop.