MRS SHARP & SON WITH STANDARD CAR.
1945Elderly woman in long sleeved dark frock and young man in naval uniform standing beside a small Standard sedan, registration 26-566. Large brick motor garage (service station) in background. [PLU] on pillar.(Indicating Plume brand petrol for sale.)
Car has white painted bumper and white edging on mudguards. Common during WWII for greater visibility during blackouts when there was no street lighting. Photo taken at Railway Rd, Swanbourne.
Other items from Claremont Museum
- FERRY 'EMERALD', ARRIVING AT CLAREMONT JETTY
- 'APPY 'OME' BUILDING WITH HORSES
- CLAREMONT RAILWAY STATION LOOKING WEST
- MEN OF 'APPY 'OME' ON VERANDAH
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1900 -01
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1902 - 3
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1906 - 7
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1908 - 9
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1910 - 11
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1911-12
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1915 - 19
- FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF MAYOR & COUNCILLORS 1921-22