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E.C. (Ted) Wegener on a Harley Davidson [PRG 1631/86/455] • Photograph

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Summary

Ted Wegener and his brother W. (Bill) Wegener on the record breaking Harley Davidson that they rode from Adelaide to Melbourne in 24 hours 22 minutes on 6 November 1919. The Wageners built Bluebell and Blue Spec motorcycles from the 1900s and also operated a wreckers yard on Glen Osmond Road into the 1960s. Information courtesy of the Veteran Car Club of SA, (and Trove). The original image has been duplicated onto a postcard for the Jubilee 150 Sellicks Beach Races Re-enactment in 1986. To see a selection of photographs in this collection, search on Archival number PRG 1561/86.

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Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 8.9 x 13.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1919

Collections

Part of Margaret E. Ragless Collection
Part of Sellicks Beach Collection

Subject

Harley-Davidson motorcycle
Motorcycles -- South Australia
Motorcyclists -- South Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

02/01/2015

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,707 x 3,770 pixels (21.5 MP)

Size

64.57 MB

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