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Story: Cars and the motor industry

Early motoring family

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Early motoring family

A Nelson family pose aboard their vehicle, in the early 1900s. Early cars such as this were uncovered and often featured both rear- and forward-facing seats. Cars gave families the ability to get out into the countryside.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Frederick Nelson Jones Collection (PAColl-3051)

Reference: 1/2-028502; G

by Frederick Nelson Jones

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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Eric Pawson, Cars and the motor industry – Cars and society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22855/early-motoring-family (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Eric Pawson, published 2 March 2010, updated 1 December 2014.