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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

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive 2011
Date
circa 1924
Digitisation ID
2011P_IMCA-DigitalMaster_005547
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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