Object:

Bert Baker’s garage, Opononi

Title / object name  Bert Baker’s garage, Opononi
Maker  Role  Date  
Lee-Johnson, Eric  photographer  1948 or 1949  
Medium Summary  black and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Materials  silver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Dimensions
88 (Height) x 138 (Length)
Classification  gelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints
Technique  black-and-white photography
Registration Number  O.006645
Credit Line
Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

View of a car being filled with petrol, Cyril Lee-Johnson and the garage owner are amongst the men standing to the right of the petrol pumps. Two men are at work filling the car with petrol and checking the pumps, a second vehicle - with the word Shell written on the front of it - is visible down the road.

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