Keywords: Daimler EEW SLV H82.254 5.jpg 1 photographic print gelatin silver ; 11 x 15 cm on mount 18 x 23 cm approx Subjects Wagstaff Ernest Edward 1870-1965 View shows five men sitting in a car in the middle of a street with buildings behind them A sign on one of the buildings reads The Royal Hotel Notes Inscribed in silver on mount below image Royal Studios Beavis Bros H C Beavis Howick St Bathurst N S W <br> Paper attached to verso 1 Daimler tonneau with the first sleeve-valve engine and shaft-driven live axel at Bathurst N S W possibly in the spring or winter of 1909 Driver Mr E E Wagstaff E E Wagstaff collection Ernest Edward Wagstaff 1870-1965 was born in Essex England and came to Melbourne in 1904 to become the first General Manager of British Imperial Oil Co Ltd He held this position until 1927 when the company changed it's name to Shell Co of Australia Ltd He was a motoring enthusiast and made trips such as a Melbourne to Sydney trip in 1901 and Melbourne to Adelaide in 1908 <br> This work is out of copyright 2009-10-27 http //trove nla gov au/work/166984649 q +daimler l-availability y c picture versionId 181959481 Beavis H C fl 1911-1917 photographer Custom license marker 2014 07 12 Australia PD-Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard Daimler Veteran cars under VCC rules 1911 Daimler Thirty-Eight 1912 |