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Monday morning mystery at the opening of Gwelo school hostel in 1911 (update: 1911 Maudslay)

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Andre sent us this photo and writes:
"The picture shows the arrival of Sir William Henry Milton, then Administrator of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), at the Gwelo (now Gweru) Public School (later renamed Chaplin School), in 1911, to perform the opening of the new school hostel. I would very much like to know what make the car is that he arrived in. Unfortunately only the front of the car is visible, but that should be enough to identify it."

editor: thank you Andre for sending this interesting shot. As round radiators were hip around 1910 they don't make identification very easy. In an earlier survey by Fons Alkemade he listed some 50 makes that used a circle shaped radiator.  Ranging from the US built Apperson to a British Wilkinson.  The high set-up of the car's front axle gives food to the idea that we look at a colonial version of a...? 


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