[Jean Batten with a tank of Castrol XXL fuel]

Object detail

Accession number

PHO-0192-1.32

Maker

Unknown

Description

Showing Jean Batten in front of an aircraft, likely her Gipsy Moth G-AARB, carrying a Castrol fuel tank in one hand. Only the front wheels, nose cone, and nose propeller from the aircraft are included in the photograph. There are unidentified buildings in the background.

Marks

"Jean Batten carrying fuel can." -on verso. Hand-written

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper/Photographic

Physical description

1 photograph : black and white ; 16.5 x 12 cm

Collection

Jean Batten manuscript and photograph collection

Credit Line

Unknown. 1934?. [Jean Batten with a tank of Castrol XXL fuel], PHO-0192-1.32. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

Current rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification

Photograph Print, Photographic Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Graphic Documents

Subject

Batten, Jean Gardner, 1909-1982 New Zealand Women air pilots Aviation Castrol (Firm) New Zealand De Havilland DH 60 Gipsy Moth

Collection type

Pictorial Walsh Memorial Library

Related objects

Name/Title: [Correspondence by Jean Batten and Charles Ulm to Cyril Westcott, Jock Clark and Lord Wakefield] Maker: Jean Batten, Charles T. P. Ulm Production date: 1933-1938 Accession number: MSS-0192-1.2 See full details

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