Historical information

Alice Anderson was Australia’s first female garage proprietor when she opened her all-female business in Cotham Road (Kew, Victoria) in 1917.

Significance

An authentic, rare original photograph of Miss Alice Anderson

Physical description

Original 'snap' of the Kew identity Alice Anderson in her touring car.

Inscriptions & markings

Inscribed on mount: "Alice Anderson in her Humba - perhaps 1916. She took passengers between Melbourne and Narbethong. KH-40." Inscribed on reverse: "Sports Torquay 1917." and "1918 Miss Alice Anderson The Kew Garage ** Cotham Road. Car hire and service to motors."

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