> >Mark Smith posted: "This Treasure comes from the >Ogden family collection: Rolls-Royce began >manufacturing motor cars in Derby from 1907. >This photograph (D331/27/28), dates from the >preceding year, and was taken outside the Cat >and Fiddle pub near Buxton. Seated behind th" >Respond to this post by replying above this line > > >New post on Derbyshire Record Office > > > >[] > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/> >[] > > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/treasure-43-an-early-rolls-royce-photograph/>Treasure >43: An early Rolls-Royce photograph > > > >by <https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/>Mark Smith > >This Treasure comes from the Ogden family collection: > >aph-rolls-royce-photo > > >Rolls-Royce began manufacturing motor cars in >Derby from 1907. This photograph (D331/27/28), >dates from the preceding year, and was taken >outside the Cat and Fiddle pub near Buxton. >Seated behind the wheel of the car with number >plate AX205 is none other than Charles Stewart >Rolls (1877-1910), co-founder of the company. > >There is some writing on the back of the >photograph saying it was given to F S Ogden in >1961 and dates from 1908 - this date was >repeated in the original catalogue entry.  >However, we have recently had to correct it: the >same image features in Peter Pugh's book >"Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name: The First >Forty Years of Britain’s Most Prestigious >Company, 1904-1944" (Icon Books, 2015) and this >dates the photograph to 22 Jun 1907.  If you >would like to read the book, you can use the >reference copy held here, or borrow one of the >copies that may be found using the ><http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/search_the_catalogue/default.asp>Derbyshire >Libraries catalogue. > >If you would like to support our work by >adopting this document, for yourself or as a >gift, have a look at the ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/adopt/>Adopt A Piece Of History page > > > > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/author/markpsmith/>Mark >Smith | 13 January 2017 at 4:21 pm | Tags: ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/buxton/>Buxton, ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/motoring/>Motoring, ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/tag/rolls-royce/>Rolls-Royce >| Categories: ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/category/50-treasures/>50 >Treasures, ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/category/news/>News >| URL: <http://wp.me/p1jCye-2LC>http://wp.me/p1jCye-2LC > ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/treasure-43-an-early-rolls-royce-photograph/#respond>Comment ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/treasure-43-an-early-rolls-royce-photograph/#comments>See >all comments > ><https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=bba82ab2519c1b6a78d8a94fa8662ac9&email=annete%40aapt.net.au&b=L2P%2Bc%2Bh%5BSwu%7C%2C4L%25JI3x%7C08WPYA%26Lz%5DvZ5hKtQR%2Bhj%2C_.aTqfI>Unsubscribe >to no longer receive posts from Derbyshire >Record Office. Change your email settings at ><https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=bba82ab2519c1b6a78d8a94fa8662ac9&email=annete%40aapt.net.au>Manage >Subscriptions. > >Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: ><https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/treasure-43-an-early-rolls-royce-photograph/>https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2017/01/13/treasure-43-an-early-rolls-royce-photograph/ > ><https://wordpress.com>Thanks for flying with >[] ><https://wordpress.com> WordPress.com