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The bus is parked in Victoria Avenue, near the home of Len Madge, who drove the Palmerston North to Feilding bus in the 1920s. Madge Motor Service was founded in the 1920s by Thomas and Len Madge. It still operates today as Madge Coachlines, with a depot at 60 Bourke Street.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1920 to circa 1929
Digitisation ID
2007P_Bus28_TRA_0723
Held In
Coolstore

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Governess and children in cart at "Woodhey"
Drivers and their taxis outside Aard's Taxi Service
Madge Motor Service bus fleet, The Square
Watt Motor's promoting an 'Oldsmobile' car
Horses and dray outside W Smith’s Brickyard, corner of Church Street and Victoria Avenue
Adam Burges, Agent for Ford cars
Loading a Hansom cab onto a truck
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Miss Grant in horse and buggy
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