Print, Photographic, Syd Guinness
Production date
1910s
Current rights
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Description
An unmounted vernacular print showing a man in jacket, trousers and hat wearing slippers, sitting on a motor cycle similar to 1911/12 models (has pedals and chain drive). Handwritten on reverse in pencil "Syd Guinness, Guinness Bros". Syd Guinness was one of the Guinness family who were in business in The Strand, importing agricultural machinery and later retailing home appliances.
Guinness Brothers Ltd. opened at No.1 The Strand in 1908 and sold a wide variety of products including agricultural equipment, alcohol and insurance. The business and its owners were an important part of the community and contributed towards WW1 and WW2 fundraising (Guinness men were killed in both wars), the Municipal Band, the Fire Brigade, the Tauranga Borough Council, Tauranga Harbour Board and the Orange Festival. The store continued, in some form, until 2011.
Guinness Brothers Ltd. opened at No.1 The Strand in 1908 and sold a wide variety of products including agricultural equipment, alcohol and insurance. The business and its owners were an important part of the community and contributed towards WW1 and WW2 fundraising (Guinness men were killed in both wars), the Municipal Band, the Fire Brigade, the Tauranga Borough Council, Tauranga Harbour Board and the Orange Festival. The store continued, in some form, until 2011.
Production date
1910s
Measurements
80mm (height), 110mm (width)
Accession number
0407/08
Current rights