A Messrs Parks of Portsmouth tractor unit and telescope trailer in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.
A nearside view of the tractor unit ARV 851 owned by Parks of Portsmouth parked close to the boundary wall of Portsmouth Dockyard. It has its fuel tank on the cab roof. A solid tyred 40 feet telescope trailer also owned by Parks is on the left of the picture. A large pile of bricks is in the background and the houses and commercial premises of Portsea are beyond the boundary wall. A barrage balloon is in the right background. A man in the left foreground is holding down a plant for the photographer. The Portsmouth Dockyard negative register number P71/43 is written near the bottom left corner of the negative.
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Object details
| ID: | N25207 |
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| Type: | Negative |
| Materials: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 5 August 1943 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 101 mm x 127 mm |