Duncan_and_Fraser_wagonette_(phaeton_style)_(SLSA_B-14103-10).jpg


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English: A horse-drawn vehicle newly manufactured by Duncan & Fraser Limited, photographed outside the company’s factory at 42 Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia in 1905. It is of a type type widely used as conveyances that often picked up passengers from horse trams. It has rubber tyres and leaf springs. This catalogue photo is listed under the heading "wagonettes", identified as a phaeton , on the State Library of South Australia website. In the background is a street scene, including the Adelaide General Post Office on which the tower clock is showing 2.53.
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Source State Library of South Australia -- https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+14103+10
Author Photographer: unknown
Camera location 34° 55′ 38.24″ S, 138° 35′ 50.06″ E Heading=42° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap info

The image originates in a low-resolution download available free of charge from the State Library of South Australia website (see “Source”). The library's web page states that a higher-resolution image (size 7 MB) is available for purchase from them. I improved some exposure, contrast and other values and removed some blemishes, dust and chemical marks before uploading to Wikimedia Commons. The image with original faults can be downloaded from the SLSA website cited above.

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34°55'38.24"S, 138°35'50.06"E

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