Charles W Nash Size:Standard: 6 x 4in New Zealand

New Zealand

with a busy street scene and construction work being undertaken in the foreground

Heading the procession is the Lord Mayor

a political society established in 1756

View showing several shopfronts including a furniture dealer and a tobbaconist

Charles W Nash Size:Standard: 6 x 4in New ZealandCharles W Nash. Nash was one of the pioneers of the American motor industry. At the end of the 19th century he joined David Buick and William Durant in forming the Buick Motor Co, and by 1908 was the company's president and general manager. He was then hired by the ailing General Motors to turn their fortunes around. He succeeded, but his reluctance to pay dividends caused dissatisfaction amongst shareholders and he was forced out of the company in