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A group of photographs taken by members of the Griscti family in the 1920s and 1930s of buses they built. The family operated most of these buses from their Red Wheel Garage in Sliema.

The sepia-coloured image depicts the Crucified Christ in the middle, on the light hand side the insigna of Pope Pius Xi and on the right a picture of the Pope, a memento of the Jubilee Year 1933. All these are above the Basilica of St Peter's in Rome. Overleaf, one finds written in baclk ink a note "A Mia Cara Mary, a ricordo di una data cara ed indimenticabile." It is signed by Maria di S. Floriana.

The image depicts the Sacred Heart of Jesus protecting over the Basilica of St Peter's. At the background, there is depicted Calvary Hill (which is in Israel) with the three bodies Crucified - Jesus Christ and the two theives, one on each side. At the bottom of the image, on the right hand side, one finds a portrait of Pope Pius XI together with a picture of his insigna. This image is decorated with palm and olives leaves - both related to the Passion and death of Christ. Overleaf, one finds the signature in blue ink pertaining to Sac. D. L. Scavaglierj.