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Old Australian VW Pics? - 100s of them on TROVE
oldtub356 - March 24th, 2011 at 05:58 PM

1955 Redex VeeDub, Clayton Factory production line, AirForce ControlTower Kombi, VW carrying competition,1958 MobilGas Trial, VWs with the Aussies in the VienamWar, Beetle going to Antarctica and much more.

Here are a couple of teasers:

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/PhotoSearchItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=11...

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/PhotoSearchItemDetail.asp?M=0&B=74...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40132991@N07/4482609859/ 

TROVE (Like in Treasure Trove) Is a public entry into the National Library, with great links to other libraries, museums an archives around the country.
So, doing a search on "VW" in trove will take you into all of the linked historical databases. In this case, of pictures only.
When making a find of relevant info on a linked site, you can also look further on that site or return to TROVE

Here is TROVE with a plain picture search of VW
http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=vw&s=100 

Here is TROVE with a plain picture search of VOLKSWAGEN:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/picture/result?q=Volkswagen 

Click on: Available online......address or on the picture.

If you take copies of Pics and use them elsewhere, credit the source of the picture.

Happy hunting.


oldtub356 - March 24th, 2011 at 06:00 PM

Apologies, the first two, you will need to go through the TRove site.


vwjon - March 24th, 2011 at 07:04 PM

some absolutely AMAZING pictures there! well done for finding and posting that link. Sir, I thank you!