Hello
ODK History Lovers
These
five images are of a
Qualcast Powered Side-wheel.
This is the
P2 model introduced to Australia in
1957.
I have written a Record for these 16" Side-wheels elsewhere
in this History Forum [see
Related Links below].
These are professional studio photographs now held by the
Museum of Victoria.
These images form part of the
Laurie Richards Collection, a Melbourne-based studio,
that recorded advertising and public relations photographs in the 1590s thru 1970s.
The Museum of Victoria summarises: -
Of particular note is Australian billiard champion
Walter Lindrum -
An interesting man and story in itself ... This is an early example of linking celebrity
with lawnmower advertising [see
Related Links below].