New Zealand - Paine Brothers' Garage, Otahuhu
- Exterior view of the premises of Paine Bros., Motor Engineers, Avenue Road, Otahuhu, ca 1929. The signs read: 'Sales & Service / Paine Bros. Ltd / Motor / Engineers. /Phone 123 / Sales & Service / Paine Bros. Garage / Distributors. / Chevrolet. / Chevrolet. / Buick. / Service Station. / Oldsmobile.' Speedwell and Chevrolet are advertised in the window ("Everyone is talking / Chevrolet / Have a ride – today"). Two petrol pumps stand beside the road.
- ca 1929
- Photographer Unknown
Ōtāhuhu
- A suburb of Auckland
- 13 kilometres to the southeast of the CBD
- The suburb's name is taken from the Māori-language name of a volcanic cone also known as Mount Richmond.
- The name refers to "the place of Tāhuhu"—an ancestor, Tāhuhu-nui-a-Rangi, who settled the area.
- In colloquial speech, locals sometimes shorten the name to "Otahu".
(Reference; Wikipedia)
Image source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Footprints 05088
Photograph reproduced by courtesy of Otahuhu Historical Society (1.3.1).
https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/36951/rec/37