Brown Motor Garage, Royal Mail Contractor, Rongotea

Date
1923
By
Brown, Nathaniel Isaiah Wilhelm, active 1920s
Reference
Pan-1488-F
Description

Panoramic view of the business premises of "N I W Brown & Co. Ltd. Royal Mail Contractors & General Carriers, Distributors of Goodrich Tyres, Plume Motor Spirits, Mobil-oils etc." There are four cars parked outside and a truck with an open tray. Two men are perched on the engine while six men and women staff members are seated in the tray. Label on the door of the truck reads "Palmerston Nth - Wellington Transport service". Five other men are standing by the cars outside the garage. Excelsior Tea Rooms are seen across the road on the far right, and premises of M H White (General Engineer) is on the far left. Young by in the foreground far left. Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore.

Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - Brown Motor Garage. Rongotea. 10

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 95.0 cm

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Curator required
Part of
Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Panoramic photographs, Panoramic negative 19.7 x 95.0 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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