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960069
  • Title
    Item 08: Milton Kent aerial Vacuum Oil Company views of Brisbane, Concord, Glebe Island, Mascot, North Sydney, Pyrmont, Pulpit Point and Sydney, between 1928-1940
  • Call number
    ON 447/Box 023
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    between 1928-1940
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    960069
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    20 negatives - approximately 12 x 16.5 cm - glass, gelatin silver
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    As motor vehicles became more popular in Australia, Vacuum expanded its operations. In 1924 Vacuum opened its first bulk petroleum products terminal at Pulpit Point in Sydney and took delivery of its first imported bulk oil products cargo, a 1.5 million gallon shipment carried from the United States by the tanker "HT Harper". A decade later, Vacuum introduced "Ethyl", Australia's first Super grade motor spirit.

    Reference:
    "Mobil history" in ExxonMobil Australia. http://www.exxonmobil.com.au/ (accessed March 8, 2012)
  • Scope and Content
    BOX 023

    VACUUM OIL

    BRISBANE
    1. Plume depot, Brisbane River

    CONCORD
    2. Yaralla and Majors Bay, Rhodes
    3. Yaralla and Majors Bay, Rhodes
    4. Yaralla and Majors Bay, Rhodes
    5. Yaralla and Majors Bay, Rhodes
    6. Yaralla and Majors Bay, Rhodes

    GLEBE ISLAND
    7. Glebe Island

    MASCOT
    8. Kingsford Smith Air Service Ltd.

    NORTH SYDNEY
    9. North Sydney and Harbour Bridge
    10. North Sydney and Harbour Bridge

    PYRMONT
    11. Pyrmont looking east

    PULPIT POINT
    12. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    13. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    14. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    15. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    16. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    17. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill
    18. Vacuum Oil, Pulpit Point, Hunters Hill

    SYDNEY
    19. VH-UXB flying over Sydney
    20. Vacuum Oil Ball, Trocadero, ca. 1936-1940
  • System of arrangement
    Alphabetical by place
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Copyright restrictions may apply: Photographs in this collection created before 1955 are all out of copyright. Photographs created after 1955 are in copyright.
    Copyright status:: This collection has multiple rights owners
    Rights and Restrictions Information:: Collection includes commissioned works
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • Description source

    Titled on original box
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Original box label:
    Vacuum Oil Co.
  • Date note

    Dated from photograph of the aeroplane VH-UXD Avro 642-IIM Eighteen in Box 023

    Reference:
    Ed Coates collection. http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ (accessed March 8, 2012)

    Dated from the Vacuum Oil tanker Yarraville which they owned 1928-1933

    Reference:
    Auke Visser's Other Esso Related Tankers Site. http://www.aukevisser.nl (accessed March 8, 2012)
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