Functional object - Sign, Holden Motor Body Builder's Ltd, Builders Plate, mid 1920s

Historical information

Used by the company on the W class tramcar bodies it built for the MMTB in the 1920's. See item 2430 for another example.

Significance

Demonstrates the method of recording who built the tramcar body.

Physical description

Builders Plate, sign - pressed brass sheet with burnished black background around the raised letters - "Coach Work by Holdens Motor Body Builders Ltd Adelaide & Melbourne". Has screws holes in each corner.

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