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PERTH - FREMANTLE TAXI

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B/W prints. (a) Mrs Tonkin in dark coat and cloche hat with son standing and daughter (the donor, Mrs Dodds) on the running board of a dark tourer taxi, number 10783. Board on taxi roof [PERTH FREMANTLE]. Advertising boards behind the taxi are for Bryant & May, the match manufacturer, and Alpine Taxis. The board reads -[TO OVERSEAS VISITORS ! ALPINE FLEET OF TAXIS - LEAVE FOR PERTH FROM PARK NEAR TOWN HALL EVERY 4 MINUTES. PICTURESQUE DRIVE AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL SWAN RIVER & KINGS PARK] (b) Mr Herbert Foss Tonkin in white dust coat and homburg hat standing next to taxi - number 10783 under large shady trees. Two tourer cars in the background.

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Herbert Foss Tonkin was the owner/driver of the Perth Fremantle taxi in the 1920's. The taxi he drove (No 10783) was a Hudson Super 6. He was also a resident of Claremont and active in the RAOB (Buffalo Lodge).

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