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Mudford & Sons garage, Stratford, around 1912

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Mudford & Sons garage, Stratford, around 1912

The arrival of motor cars led to the replacement of blacksmiths and saddlers by garages and petrol stations. This garage at Stratford, Taranaki, has a Model T Ford on the left and a motorcycle in front.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, James McAllister Collection (PAColl-3054)

Reference: 1/1-012859; G

by James McAllister

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Jock Phillips, Country towns – A tight society, 1920–1950, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19416/mudford-sons-garage-stratford-around-1912 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 1 March 2009.