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The State Motor Car Championships, Lake Perkolilli, Sunday 4th September 1927 [picture]

Title
The State Motor Car Championships, Lake Perkolilli, Sunday 4th September 1927 [picture]
Description
007557D was received with the Sewell & Poole collection, identified as part of this series by the Illustrations Ltd stamp and number (A/708-28) on the back of the photograph.
Description
002040D and 002041D published in Back to goldfields carnival, Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie, Boulder, August 24th-September 7th, 1927 : souvenir of the event, p.20.
Description
012812PD: 1927 Ford and 1926 Buick racing cars on Lake Perkolilli; -- 012813PD: the timekeepers at Lake Perkolilli; -- 012814PD: the spectators at Lake Perkolilli; -- 012815PD: 1926 Buick racing car with J. C. Smith at the wheel; -- 012816PD: Waiting for the start of the State Motor Car Championships, from the left are Chrysler (A. Colliver); Bugatti (C. Poole); Ford (O.J. Cranston); Buick (J.C. Smith). Published in the Western Mail 22 Sept. 1927, p.IV of pictorial insert.; -- 012817PD: 1926 Buick with driver J. C. Smith and his co-driver posing over the bonnet. The Chryler is the car known as Silver Wings which broke speed endurance records at the lake on 18 Aug. 1927; 007557D: Cyril Poole driving his Bugatti.
Creator
Illustrations Ltd.
Subject
Sewell & Poole motor dealers collection of photographs
Subject
Illustrations Ltd collection
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Poole, Cyril, 1889-1975
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Cranston, O. S. (Ossie Scott)
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Colliver, Arthur, d.1972
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Smith, J. C. (Jack C.)
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State Motor Car Championships (1927 : Lake Perkolilli, W.A.)
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Buick automobile Western Australia
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Ford automobile Western Australia
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Bugatti automobile Western Australia
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Chrysler automobile Western Australia
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Silver Wings (Automobile)
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Automobiles, racing Western Australia Perkolilli, Lake
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Automobile racing Western Australia Perkolilli, Lake
Image number
b1919786
Format
7 negatives : glass, b&w ;
Format
17 x 22 cm.
Format
7 photoprints : b&w ;
Format
17 x 22 cm.
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Held by the State Library of Western Australia
Rights
This image is for personal use only. To publish or display it, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
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