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| Keywords: b.t. lambert btlambert vulcan van demonstration van demonstrationvan chassis cornmarket dublin reginald's tower reginaldstower ireland munster carving saturday 9 february 1924 1920s twenties a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative bulb horn bulbhorn acetylene lamps acetylenelamps vulcan motor manufacturing and trading vulcanmotormanufacturingandtrading vulcan motor manufacturing vulcanmotormanufacturing trade plate tradeplate waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Brand spanking new, and a snip at £360 - this is the Vulcan Demonstration Van. Its chassis could take 20-25 cwt., and it was distributed by B.T. Lambert Ltd., 3 Cornmarket, Dublin. From examining shots of the van from other angles, what we thought was the reg. no. seemed to be 0010 YI (definitely YI, but 0010 didn't sound right). Thanks to Bob Montgomery 2012 who explained that it was a trade plate rather than a registration plate... I've transcribed the full text from the carving over the door of Reginald's Tower behind the van below... Date: Saturday, 9 February 1924 NLI Ref.: P_WP_3151 Brand spanking new, and a snip at £360 - this is the Vulcan Demonstration Van. Its chassis could take 20-25 cwt., and it was distributed by B.T. Lambert Ltd., 3 Cornmarket, Dublin. From examining shots of the van from other angles, what we thought was the reg. no. seemed to be 0010 YI (definitely YI, but 0010 didn't sound right). Thanks to Bob Montgomery 2012 who explained that it was a trade plate rather than a registration plate... I've transcribed the full text from the carving over the door of Reginald's Tower behind the van below... Date: Saturday, 9 February 1924 NLI Ref.: P_WP_3151 | ||||
