Photography — 1956
Children and a BMW Fiesta 'bubble car' on Southam Street
Several groups of children and a 3-wheeled BMW Isetta 'bubble car', Southam Street, 1956. 3-wheeled bubble cars with motorbike engines were popular in the 1950s primarily because they were cheap both to buy and to run. The went out of favour in Britain in the early 1960s as more advanced small cars, notably the British Motor Corporation's Mini, came onto the market.
(RM ref. 4622)
- Category:
- Photography
- Object ID:
- IN15361
- Object name:
- Children and a BMW Fiesta 'bubble car' on Southam Street
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Mayne, Roger
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- Production date:
- 1956
- Material:
paper
- Measurements/duration:
- H 200 mm, L 264 mm (paper), H 186 mm, L 247 mm (image size)
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- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Mayne, Roger
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- License this image:
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