Sunday, March 8, 2015

Truck photos from the State Library of Victoria 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970.

Here are some photographs of trucks from the collection held at the State Library of Victoria (SLV) , www.slv.vic.gov.au. To see photographs from the SLV of trucks from the 1910s to 1930s, click here and to see other photos, click here


Peters Ice cream Van, c. 1940.   This is an Oldsmobile.
State Library of Victoria Image H2011.52/209


Truck bearing red cross at Puckapunyal, c. 1940.  
This is a Chevrolet.
Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs.State Library of Victoria Image Image H99.201/420


 From the Argus Newspaper Collection of War Photographs, 1940s.
State Library of Victoria Image H99.201/2012


Exterior of Yarra Junction Timber and Hardware store, 1940s. This is a Ford. 
State Library of Victoria Image H2011.52/243


Ford truck towing Cumming family caravan, 1940s. Photographer: Lindsay G. Cumming.
State Library of Victoria Image H2005.88/53


Ford trucks transporting beehives along Old Road Lake Eildon to Jamieson, 1940s. 
Photographer: Lindsay G. Cumming.
State Library of Victoria Image H2005.88/55 


 Harvesting wheat: trucks loaded with wheat lined up waiting for the silos to open at Manilla, in 
New South Wales,  1949.
Herald and Weekly Times collection. State Library of Victoria Image H2004.101/607


Pupils of Victorian State Schools contributed 1,150 pounds out of their own pocket money to purchase this truck for a R.A.A.F. Mobile Educational Unit, c. 1945.
State Library of Victoria ImageH99.201/2219


Dump of cars and trucks in a paddock at Maribyrnong, c. 1946. 
Argus Newspaper Collection of Photographs. State Library of Victoria Image H2000.200/346


Peaches arriving at Preserving Cannery, Shepparton, c.1946. State Rivers and Water Supply Commission photograph.
State Library of Victoria Image rwg/2316



Beehives and beekeeping van, 1940s.  Photographer: Lindsay G. Cumming.
State Library of Victoria Image H2005.88/310


Main gate, Newport Shell Refinery. c. 1956-1961.  Photographer: Helmut Newton.
The truck is  a Commer.
State Library of Victoria Image H2006.47/651


Metropolitan Dairies, Ivy Bank Dairy, 1956.  Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers. 
A Bedford, then an Austin. 
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/82


Metropolitan Dairies, Ivy Bank Dairy, 1956.  Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers. 
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/79


Nestles Factory, Maffra, 1962.  Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers,
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/518


Nestles Factory, Maffra, 1962.  Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers, 
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/516


Nestles Factory, Maffra, 1962. Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers,
You can't really see the truck, I just like the elephants. 
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/515


Spark Street, Beaumaris, August 1966. Photographer: W.L.Murrell.  
That's an Albion at the front and a Mercedes Benz 338 behind the digger.
State Library of Victoria Image 31602/54


Spencer Street East between Flinders Lane and Spencer Street, 1967. Photographer: K.J.Halla. 
The truck is a Commer. 
State Library of Victoria Image H36133/84.


Carba Dry Ice, Abbotsford, 1968. Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers.
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/822


Carba Dry Ice, Abbotsford, 1970. Photographer: Wolfgang Sievers.
State Library of Victoria Image H2003.100/892

To see photographs from the State Library of Victoria  of trucks from the 1910s to 1930s, click here and to see other photos, click here

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