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US Motors' Belgrave bus with rear door parked outside the Upper Ferntree Gully railway station, 1958 February 16 Digital Link to digital version

 Item — Box: PCLTSL 123 BOX 1
Identifier(s): H2018.94/324
US Motors' Belgrave bus with rear door parked outside the Upper Ferntree Gully railway station
US Motors' Belgrave bus with rear door parked outside the Upper Ferntree Gully railway station

Scope and contents

Number plate: LU.779; bus livery: red, silver and white; in 1921 Belgrave United Motor Service was formed by Messrs Carter, Davies, Gayle and Hitchcock, changed name to US Bus Lines 1920s, the Olinda service was purchased in 1925 and the Belgrave South service in April 1937, Dandenong - Belgrave service was purchased from Dyson's Peninsula Motors 1956 and Panorama Bus Service from Mr Jewell in the early 1960s.

Dates

  • 1958 February 16

Creator

  • Kings, K. S. (Keith S.) (Photographer, Person)

Extent

1 transparency : colour ; 35 mm

General note

Inscribed on mount: No. 44. LU.779. U.S. Motors (Belgrave) Pty. Ltd. O/B. Bedford bus with rear door. (Upper F.T.G. Stn. Job number: K(y)(193).

Creator

  • Kings, K. S. (Keith S.) (Photographer, Person)
  • Box: PCLTSL 123 BOX 1 (Graphic materials)

Repository details

Part of the Pictures Collection, State Library Victoria Repository

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