File:George Chester's Whippet truck for transporting bananas, ca. 1930 (7492067678).jpg

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Location: Queensland
Description: A Whippet 1- 1.5 ton truck fitted with a specialized covered body for Mr George Chester, banana merchant. Mr Chester was known as the 'Banana Case Baron' and also owned a sawmill and was a pioneer developer of the Brisbane suburb of Mount Gravatt. The Whippet truck chassis, made by Willys-Overland, was imported from the USA and the body made locally to the customer's requirements.
View this page at the State Library of Queensland: http://hdl.handle.net/10462/deriv/145609

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  • Banana Benders
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  • bananas
  • banana farming
  • fruit farming
  • agriculture
  • tropical fruit
  • State Library of Queensland
  • SLQ
  • Queensland

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by State Library of Queensland, Australia at https://flickr.com/photos/32605636@N06/7492067678. It was reviewed on 26 November 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the No known copyright restrictions.

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