Digital Photograph - Man with Grocery Delivery Truck, Carter Brothers, Essendon, 1958

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Summary:: Black and white photograph showing Arthur Brown, aged 21, standing by a Morris grocery delivery truck used by 'Carter Bros.' in Essendon, October 1958.

The photographer Judy Archer remembers: 'In those days you went to the counter and asked for what you wanted and then they delivered to your home. Arthur Brown worked at Carter Bros. in Fletcher Street Essendon, both at the counter and with the deliveries. At the time the road in Prospect Street, Glenroy, where the photo was taken, was unmade. Carter Bros. had stores across Melbourne.'
Description:: Digital image file. A digital photograph was taken of the original black and white print.
Description Of Content:: A young man in a suit, standing at the driver's door of a delivery truck, smiling. The road is unmade. Houses are in the background at left.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Ms Judy Archer, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Ms Judy Archer

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Tagged with:	delivery vehicles, motor trucks, shops
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Working Life & Trades Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	COMMERCE & RETAILING
Secondary Classification:	Supermarkets & Grocers
Tertiary Classification:	deliveries
Inscriptions:	Oct-58
People Depicted:	Brown, Arthur
Organisations Depicted:	Carter Bros
Format:	Digital Still Image: Black & White; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Glenroy, Victoria, Australia, Oct 1958
Photographer:	Ms Judy Archer