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."
References
- Anderson, Alice Elizabeth (1897–1926) Georgine Clarsen, 'Anderson, Alice Elizabeth (1897–1926)', Australian Dictionary of Biography.