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The Star automobile

The Star automobile

The Star automobile
[1901]

"Imported by the Adams Star Cycle company, and at present running in Christchurch streets". Frederick Nelson Adams (1867?-1929) of the Adams Star Cycle Company imported the French-made Star car pictured here. See The Canterbury Times, 5 June 1901, p. 24-25. This article also lists the seven motor vehicles in Canterbury at the time. See also The veteran years of New Zealand motoring, by Pam MacLean & Brian Joyce.

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File Reference CCL Photo Collection 22, Img00796

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