Image ID: 09916

Garden to the rear of Harrison's premises, Carter Gate, Newark, c 1900s

Carter Gate
Newark on Trent
England

Note that the house has a telephone and electric lighting at this early date. W. Harrison standing in garden and possibly Mrs Harrison at landing window. See also NCCE001972. The photographer of this picture was William Percy Lowe Harrison. Mr Harrison became one of Newark's first motor enthusiasts and having been bitten by the automobile bug began to devote much of his spare time to developing this interest. By 1903-4 he had expanded his electrical engineering business on Carter Gate into one of Newark's first motor garages becoming an agent for the Glasgow-based Argyll Motor Co Ltd. He also sold bicycles, forecars and continental models of motor car. He was also a keen amateur photographer and during the early 1900s took many fascinating photographs of the vehicles which he sold through his garage. Harrison would have been at the cutting edge of the technology of his time, and his photographs of his shops and vehicles give us a rare insight into Edwardian innovations in transport and the application of science to everyday life. To see more of his pictures, use the 'further search' option on the search page, then look on the drop-down list of 'photographers' under 'Harrison, W P L'.

Date: 1900 - 1904

Organisation Reference: NCCE003918

Organisation: