IMAGE
Motor car racing - New Zealand
- Date
- 1928-1940
- By
- Lackland, Edward Clark, 1898-1970; Robson, Edward Thomas, 1875-1953
- Reference
- PAColl-0785-1-191
- Description
Photographs taken in New Zealand and Australia for publication in the NZ Free Lance, 1928-1940.
Photographs taken at Ninety Mile Beach, Northland during Norman `Wizard' Smith's speed record attempts, 1930 & 1932. Photos of the camp, Smith and his wife Cecilia, members of the racing team including Don Harkness who designed and built his racing car `Anzac' and Fred J Stewart's `Enterprise', etc (photographer E C Lackland, Auckland). Also photograph of Smith at Gerringong Beach, NSW.
Wally Kilmister in his new sports car, and Clarrie Tonks in midget racing car `Southward Special', 1935 (photographer E T Robson, Wellington); J Ramsay competing at Oreti Beach Carnival, Mar 1940
Gordon Paul at the wheel of his rebuilt Parry Thomas Special competing in Auckland motor-car races, photographed with his mechanic R Andrews, Dec 1930 (photographer, Stapleton)
Quantity: 59 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives / Photographic prints
- Format
- 59 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin prints
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