IDNO

N.169234.GIJ

Description

The motor car used by G.I. Jones and his fellow travellers. The Armstrong-Siddeley car, identified from the lion mascot on top of the radiator is stationary on a desert road. A man in a flat cap and jacket is standing next to the passenger door. He is lifting or closing the bonnet. The car is facing the camera. It has registration plate 'MK8 727'. It has two spare tyres on the roof. It has a sun canopy over the open back of the vehicle. It is right hand drive. The silhouette of the driver can be seen behind the steering wheel. There is a silhouette of a passenger. [PB 15/06/23]

Place

W Africa; Algeria

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Jones, Gwilliam Iwan (known as G.I.)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1930 - 1939

Collection Name

Jones Collection

Source

Jones, Ursula

Format

Film Negative Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

N.169075.GIJ - P.169626.GIJ were located together in a brown box, now numbered C753/.

N.169211.GIJ - N.169244.GIJ are located on a film roll, now numbered C753/5/6.