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Morawa District Historical Society Inc. > Records

Bassett Bros. Contract Carters

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c. 1928 - 1930

Overview

B/W photograph. A man dressed in work clothes and a hat is standing beside a small truck loaded with bags of grain or chaff tied on with ropes. There are two men seated in the cab of the truck. A waterbag and spare tyre hang from the side of the cab. A wire and wooden post fence and a wooden post stockyard are in the background of the photograph. The ground under and around the truck is covered with hay and there are scrubby trees in the background.

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cwa-org-196-2025.133

Item type

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Material

Photographic Materials

Contextual Information

Provides a visual image of rural life in the late 1930's with regards to clothing and types of vehicles used on farms.

Keywords

Bassett Bros. Contract carting.

Place made

Three Springs, Western Australia, Australia

Year

Morawa District Historical Society Inc.

Morawa District Historical Society Inc.

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Man standing beside a truck loaded with bags of grain or chaff

Bassett Bros. Contract carters from Three Springs WA c1928-1930

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