Photographs relating to the Holden family [BRG 213/89/1/2-16] • Photograph

James Alexander Holden JP.

James Alexander Holden JP.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1856, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/2

Text on verso reads 'The founder of a firm which later became Holden Motor Body Builders Ltd., and in 1931 the metal stamping and body building division of GMH Ltd.'

Mary Elizabeth Holden.

Mary Elizabeth Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1856-1860, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/3

Wife of James Alexander Holden.

Tom Parnell of Orroroo.

Tom Parnell of Orroroo.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1917, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/4

Text on verso reads 'In 1917 Tom Parnell offered to introduce H.J. Holden to Charles Irwin[?] as the man who would finance the business of motor body building. Parnell asked H.J. Holden to pay him ₤100-agreed'.

H.J. Holden.

H.J. Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, 1923, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/5

Photographic portrait of H.J. Holden.

H.J. Holden.

H.J. Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1915-1920, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/6

Photographic portrait of H.J. Holden.

J.W. Mooney and H.J. Holden.

J.W. Mooney and H.J. Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. September 1923, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/7

J.W. Mooney, the president of GM Export Co. and vice president of GM Corporation, New York with H.J. Holden. The photo was used in a newspaper article. Signed by J.W. Mooney.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1933, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/8

Sir Edward Holden, with tobacco pipe in hand.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1933, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/9

Sir Edward Holden playing tennis.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, 1933, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/10

Photographic portrait of Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1940, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/11

Photographic portrait of Sir Edward Holden. Text on verso reads 'The first Managing Director of General Motors-Holden's Ltd. This was formed in 1931, when General Motors (Australia) Pty. Ltd., and Holden's Motor Body Builders Ltd., merged'.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1940-1942, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/12

Photographic portrait of Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1940-1950, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/13

Photograph of a drawing of Sir Edward Holden, using linear hatching for tonal graduation.

Sir Edward Holden.

Sir Edward Holden.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1940-1942, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/14

The first Managing Director of General Motors-Holden's Ltd.

James Alexander Holden JP.

James Alexander Holden JP.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1856, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/15

Photopraph of a drawn portrait, with text on verso reading 'The founder of a firm which later became Holden Motor Body Builders Ltd., and in 1931 the metal stamping and body building division of GMH Ltd.'

Nancy Buttfield (nee Holden),on right, with The Holden family's Oldsmobile.

Nancy Buttfield (nee Holden),on right, with The Holden family's Oldsmobile.

GM Holden Ltd, c. 1910, Photograph, BRG 213/89/1/16

Sir Edward Holden's car, a 1903 curved dash Oldsmobile. The first Oldsmobiles to come to South Australia were imported by Sydney Albert Cheney in 1903, and these were Curved Dash models. It is believed that Sir Edward Holden bought one of them, and it is also possible that Syd Cheney wanted to ensure that the first Oldsmobiles went to prominent citizens like Sir Edward. Sir Edward was also familiar with the American automobile scene, and it is expected that he would likely have jumped at the offer of one of the first Oldsmobiles to come to Adelaide.