Tourist series postcard - Victoria Street
This is a Tourist Series postcard featuring a southerly view of Victoria Street from just north of Collingwood Street. The motor car on the right is a Buick, a model which was introduced in 1924, the registration plate it carries was issued in 1925, expiring in 1926. This narrows the timeframe of when this photograph was between 1925 and 1926. We do know, just by the shadows cast by the cars, that it is about ten or eleven o’clock on a summer’s day. This car would have cost about £445 ($890) or $51315 in today’s money. But, talk about basic; no air-con let alone power steering but a quality car. A bus on its way to Frankton follows the Buick.
Contributed by Perry Rice, Heritage Librarian – Photographs, Hamilton Central Library. If you have any information you would like to pass on or would like to buy an electronic copy of the photo, please e-mail heritage@hcc.govt.nz quoting: HCL_01020