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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: SUBIACO MOTOR GARAGE

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1932

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Overview

The original black and white photograph mounted on board to become a calendar. Calendar is complete. Sign above the business reads 'Automobile Enginee and & Oxywelders. Subiaco Motor Garage, and l & Logie' 220 Rokeby Road Subiaco. Stand with two petrol pumps stands on pavement outside, advertising 'Butlers Choice, and ume & Mobiloil'. Advertisements for 'Mobiloil A7' and 'By fitting 4 Barnett glass tyres'; in window advertisements for and strol & Texaco. Banner advertising 'After every 1,000 miles, let us drain and refill - With Mobiloil' hanging down in shop. Bottles of oil displayed in doorway. Further advertising on the walls or hanging from attachment to sign. House next door, left hand side of image, advertises ' C. Franc - Painter' partly obscured. Motor-cycle with sidecar, licence 767B parked alongside the kerb. In background right hand side of image a car is parked underneath a tree.

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Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.118

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

298 mm

Height or length

241 mm

Keywords

Shops And Businesses, Subiaco

Subiaco Motor Garage

Year

Statement of significance

local history

Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

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