1905 Paragon coach works

ID: 9634
Copyright: library does not own image (image on public access)
Org ID: RL 154

Description: Image held at Richmond library. A photograph of workers and coaches outside the coach works building. T. R. Mason and his son, aged 12, are standing together on the right of the picture. The coach works stood on the north east corner of Swan and Coppin Streets, facing Swan Street. From 1910 the Mason family lived at 210 Coppin St. The boy, W. R. Mason, eventually joined his father in business and the sign was changed to T. R. Mason and Son. T. R. Mason was a self-made man who began his business in a small way in Burnley Street. moving to Swan Street when it expanded. During the 1930's and 1940's motor vehicles became more common and the business declined. In the 1940's W. R. Mason gave up the workshop and went to work at Fishermen's Bend where G.M.H. now stands. He retired in 1954 and died in 1974 aged 81.
Subject: horsedrawn coaches

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