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

Truck photos from the State Library of Victoria from the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

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 1940s to 1970, click here and to see other photos, click here.



J. C. Hutton Ham & Bacon Curer Cheese Merchant, 1915. Photographer: Algernon Darge
State Library of Victoria Image H2014.133/24


Delivery vehicle used by MacRobertson chocolate factory, 1920s. 
State Library of Victoria Image H2014.133/24


Two young girls standing in front of a truck, 1920s. This is a Dodge.
State Library of Victoria Image H97.50/18


Ute loaded with bales parked in front of Dodge Brothers service station
State Library of Victoria Image H97.50/25


Men and trucks, country Victoria, 1920s.
State Library of Victoria Image H97.50/20


Men and trucks, country Victoria
State Library of Victoria Image H97.50/22


Men and trucks, country Victoria
State Library of Victoria Image H97.50/21


Tour group in convoy of three early model trucks near Alexandra. 
Photographer: Lindsay G. Cumming.
State Library of Victoria Image H2005.88/327


Yarram Motor Garage, 1920s. An Agent for Dodge Brothers and Graham Brothers trucks.
State Library of Victoria Image H2013.242/23


South Kensington to West Footscray, Bunbuary Street tunnel, 1927.
State Library of Victoria Image H28682/44


South Kensington to West Footscray, 85' girder, weighing 32 1/2 tons, for bridge 
over Maribyrnong River, leaving Chas. Ruwolts, 1927.
State Library of Victoria Image H28682/131


South Kensington to West Footscray, Bunbuary Street tunnel. May/June 1928.
Photographer: Wilfred Disney Chapman.  Chapman worked as an engineer in the Victorian Public Works Department in the 1920's and 1930's
State Library of Victoria Image H2001.308/2881


Spencer Street Bridge construction, June 1929, carting one of the spans.
 Photographer: Wilfred Disney Chapman.
State Library of Victoria Image H2001.308/3198


Spencer Street Bridge construction, June 1929, carting one of the spans.
 Photographer: Wilfred Disney Chapman.
State Library of Victoria Image H2001.308/3200


Spencer Street Bridge construction, June 1929, carting one of the spans.
 Photographer: Wilfred Disney Chapman.
State Library of Victoria Image H2001.308/3199


Scenes at Trawalla: The F.W.D. loading firewood, December 1928. Photographer: Gladys Moss.  State Library of Victoria Image H2010.190/60


Henry Berry & Co. delivery truck outside Foy and Gibson, Melbourne, 1930s. 
This is an International.
State Library of Victoria Image H85.160/23


Bryant and May Truck, 1933.
State Library of Victoria Image H2012.194/490

To see photographs  from the State Library of Victoria of trucks from the 1940s to 1970, click here and to see other photos, click here.