Early Palmerston North car and passengers

Description

Written on the back of the print is “First motor car in Palmerston North. E A Schwartz, salesman”. The car is standing outside O’Connor & Tydeman’s jeweller shop and G. H. Scott’s cycle shop, which stood on part section 254, The Square, alongside the Commercial Hotel. G.H. Scott was apparently the New Zealand agent for the car. The car in the photograph is a 1901 curved dash “Oldsmobile”, a three horse-power car which had pneumatic tyres, tiller steering and the engine directly under the driver’s seat.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Ca 2

Date

circa 1902

Digitisation id

2007N_Ca2_EPN_0264

Held in

Coolstore