Leslie Davis on his motorbike, Albert Street

Description

Les Davis (b.1900) on his 1920 Excelsior Big X 1000cc Vee Twin Auto-Cycle (note his leather chaps), outside his parent’s house under construction at 171 Albert Street, Palmerston North. Les was the son of James and Harriet Davis, who farmed in the Tiritea/Fitzherbert area c1897-1910, after which they moved into Palmerston North. He worked on the land, and later at the Wanganui Woolen Mills.

Identification

Relation

IMCA Digital Archive 2011

Date

circa 1924

Digitisation id

2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005547

Held in

IMCA Digital Archive