Colour print of Ballarat No. 11 outside the Ballarat Town Hall during Winter 1971. Tram showing destination of "Victoria St." in the rear destination box. Has an SEC Briquettes roof advertisement and Twin Lakes dash advertisement. Photo taken from behind the tram. Also Myer building in the background. On Kodak paper. Original film image scanned at 3200dpi 12/5/2020.On rear in blue ink "Sturt St." and in top left hand corner "1971". A previous note has been partially rubbed out.ballarat, town hall, myer, victoria st, tram 11

Black and white photograph of Ballarat trams 18 and 37 southbound in Lydiard St. North during the AETA East Convention tour of 1962. Both trams have "SPECIAL" in the destination box. No 37 has an ATEA auxiliary board. Tram 18 has an AGE newspaper ad on the drivers cab panel. Colour photocopy, laminated, of this photograph on display 4/2000 at 02-02-06trams, tramways, ballarat, lydiard st. nth, aeta tour, specials , tram 18, 35

Black and white photograph of Ballarat SEC No. 18 decorated for the 1969 Myers Christmas Tram. Photographed at the depot by Bob Prentice, December 1969. Tram simply decorated with standard Christmas decorations, large advertisement board on side "Its Christmas at Myers" and roof advertisement "See Santa's Lodge Win Fabulous prizes". Destination box has been covered with the words "To Myers". Photographed with the depot building in the background.On rear in black ink "Bob Prentice Photo / Ballarat "Myers Father Xmas " Tram / December 1969 / Bob Prentice Photo"trams, tramways, myers, decorated trams, drummond st. nth, christmas trams, tram 18

Black and White Photograph of L 106 soon after commissioning. Has the M&MTB on the side of the trams and four doorways as ordered by the PMTT. Prior to fitting the standard destination boxes and removing one of the doorways. Elsternwick Post Office in the background. See Keith's notes on the rear of the photograph for more information. See Reg Item 5251 for a better image from a copy negative. Printed on Kodak Paper.On rear in ink a description - see image i2 and KSK number "S-A-133"trams, tramways, pmtt, l class, new tramcars, mmtb, tram 106

Melbourne tramcar flag - in the shape of a windsock, made from vinyl for advertising an Air show (possibly the second Avalon one - 1995 one). Has the letters in blue on white Vinyl back "AIR SHOW". Made by vinyl sewn at the front with a inner metal section secured with a nut on the top that allowed the object to swing in the breeze and a wooden pole for mounting in the tramcar flag holder bracket fitted to the destination box.trams, tramways, flags, melbourne, air show

The photograph used in a postcard appears to be taken from the hotel balcony (Golden City) on the corner of Sturt and Dawson Streets, looking northeast. The tram is towing a former horse-drawn tram shortly after opening as no roof destination boxes on the tramcar in Sturt St. Many people promenading in the median strip with covered awnings over the seats, indicating summertime with two horse-drawn vehicles adjacent to the tram, one going either way in Surt St. south side, indicating traffic arrangements at the time. Has a Furniture Crockery store, Lesters Hotel and George Crocker Draper Hotel. Yields infomation about Sturt St and Shoppees Square c1905Black and white print with negative (N149) of an ESCo tram hauling a trailer.ballarat, tramcars, esco, sturt st, shoppee's square, trailers, horse trams, dawson st

The photograph used in a postcard appears to be taken from the hotel balcony (Golden City) on the corner of Sturt and Dawson Streets, looking northeast. The tram is towing a former horse-drawn tram shortly after opening as no roof destination boxes on the tramcar in Sturt St. Many people promenading in the median strip with covered awnings over the seats, indicating summertime with two horse-drawn vehicles adjacent to the tram, one going either way in Surt St. south side, indicating traffic arrangements at the time. Has a Furniture Crockery store, Lesters Hotel and George Crocker Draper Hotel. Yields infomation about Sturt St and Shoppees Square c1905Postcard - coloured - Sturt St, card printed in Germany and number B377 10, with light brown ruled lines on rear.On rear is a letter to a lady in Adelaide with a 1d Victorian stampballarat, tramcars, esco, sturt st, shoppee's square, trailers, horse trams, dawson st

"Summer Car" 11 outside Mac's Hotel in Corio Tce. To the right is Strachan, Murray and Shannon's wool store whose facade still stands. The tramcar, shown in pristine condition was one of the two trailers motorised in 1913 with equipment identical to that of the Duncan & Fraser cars. They were built for use mainly on the new South route to the Barwon River. The coloured destination lights were from left: Red for GEELONG WEST, blank (later blue for the East route), white for SOUTH GEELONG and green for NEWTOWN. Side destination boxes have been added. Late 1913.Black and white print on paperNo. 1 inside a circle, and 13-7 written in ink on reverse. GSR7109/13/1/7 written on reverse in pencil.geelong tramway summer car 11, geelong streetscape, geelong tramway motorised trailer, geelong tram destination lights

Black and white photograph of MMTB No. H60 at Kew depot. Tram painted in MMTB chocolate and cream colour scheme. Front elevation photo with depot buildings in background. Has old style destination box on roof, showing "DEEPDENE". Tram of same class at SEC No. 18 See also Registration No. 550 ( for side view of tram) Original photo by Suttcliffe Studios of Cromwell buildings 366a Bourke St. Melbourne"trams, tramways, melbourne, kew depot, h class , tram 60

Cardboard model, printed on a sheet of gloss A4 200 gsm card of a W class tram in The Met livery, sheet 1 of 2, gives instructions where to cut if from the sheet. Missing the second sheet which has the fronts, bogies, destination boxes and life guards etc. Produced by Andrew Stuart Smith - gives a 03 7 digit number. Dates possible c1980 to mid 1990's.trams, tramways, models, w class, the met

Image is an ESCo tram leaving the intersection of Grenville St. and Bridge St. and proceeding east along Bridge St. Photo taken behind junction points. Has the Nicholl & Allan building on the left side of the photo and the Bucks Head Hotel on the right. Numerous people walking around the street. Shows overhead construction in the area. Title in top left-hand corner "Bridge St. (Looking East), Ballarat. On the rear is places for stamp, address and manufacturer's name in a fancy motif "WTP". Photo taken soon after opening, no roof-mounted destination boxes. See item 9010 for a printed version. yields information of Bridge St at Grenville St, c1905B&W print, laser print and scanned images of a coloured postcard lent to the BTM by Mr. Norm DePomeroy, August 1998 and Sovereign Hill reproduction of this card contained within a scrap book. See Notes for various image holdings and history.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, bridge st., grenville st

Yields information about the operations of the Ballarat Tramway system prior to closure and some of the tours that were operated.Set of two Kodak - Kodachrome slide - cardboard mounts .1 - tram 13, at Tramway Centre, with Ballarat Town Hall in background. Photo shows the tram stop shelter, the fountain. Tram has a "Twin Lakes" sign. A number of people are waiting on seats. Photo taken 22/8/1971. .2 - SEC tram parked at depot loop Wendouree Parade? with possibly Eldon Hogan cleaning the destination box. - 22/8/1971.In ink on slide: .1 - "22 Aug 71, Tramway centre (Lydiard St), Town Hall behind." .2 - "Sun 22 Aug 71, whilst waiting for up, for cross"tramways, trams, wendouree parade, destination roll, depot loop, tram 13

Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St and an ESCo tram soon after opening of the Ballarat tramway system and demonstrates postcard printing.Digital image of a postcard of an ESCo tram westbound in Sturt St Ballarat after crossing over Armstrong St. 1905c as the tram has not been fitted with destination boxes. Has the Snows store on the left hand side of the photograph along with people crossing the street and telegraph and power wires. Has the buildings on the north side of Sturt St in the view. Has the title "Sturt St Ballarat". Sourced by Ron Scholten 31/1/2016.trams, tramways, sturt st, armstrong st, esco, postcards

Coloured postcard of an ESCo tram westbound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1906 - 7 - has a destination box. There are several pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the east side of the intersection, looking towards the Town Hall, with the National Mutual Insurance building and Snows in the photo. Also shows the overhead arrangements - two wire for Sturt St, single for Lydiard St, coming into the intersection. On the rear of the postcard are the initials "JE" in the top centre, a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled 5/4/1909, addressed to a Mrs Sproston of Skeleton Cottage Avoca with a message from her granddaughters - Fervie and Edith. See item 3279 for a black-and-white version. Yields information about Sturt St at Lydiard St looking west and the tramway overhead.Printed colour postcard titled Postcard - "Sturt Street Ballarat" used - 1909See image i2 for letter and posting details.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, overhead, town hall

Black and white postcard of an electric tram towing a heavily loaded former horse tram trailer in Sturt St Ballarat. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tram does not have any destination box above the driver. Possibly summer 1905/1906. Numerous people in the street, some horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. Shows buildings along the south side of Sturt St. and part of the verandah of the building at the NE corner of Doveton St. See pdf file for holdings of the same photograph in different formats and reproductions, titled "Notes on ESCo Tram towing a heavily loaded trailer – Sturt St Ballarat"Demonstrates the use of horse trams as trailers after the start of the electric trams in Ballarat and the street scape and tramway loading at the same time.Black and white postcard made by Valentine & Sonsballarat, sturt st, trailers, horse tram, town hall, esco

Photograph of one of the three Victorian Railways "Luxury" cars that were sold to the MMTB following the closure of the final section of the St Kilda - Brighton tramway on 28-2-1959. The tramcar has been placed on No. 15 trucks to enable movement around the workshops. Two of the trams, No. 52 and 53 were modified with longer running boards, full driver's bulkheads to replace the blackout blinds, route number boxes, removal of the red oil lamps above the headlight, conversion to from Broad gauge (5'3") to standard gauge, changes to destination boxes, seating and many other changes. Reference Destination City, Edition 5, page 103.Yields information about the former VR "Luxury" trams sold to the MMTB in 1959.Black and white photograph of one of the three Victorian Railways Trams sold to the MMTB at Preston Workshops.tramways, mmtb, trams, victorian railways, st kilda brighton electric tramway, preston workshops, vr class

Demonstrates the use of a glass paperweight fitted with a reproduction of a Ballarat ESCo tram towing a horse tram along Sturt St.Glass curved paperweight with indented base and a photo printed on a brown outside card of an ESCo horse tram towing a heavily loaded train east bound in Sturt St Ballarat with the Town Hall in the background. See Reg Item 162 for a hand colour image. Taken c1905 as tram does not appear to have a destination box fitted. No details of manufacturer, photo c1910, but could be a later production or even one you put your photo into it.trams, tramways, crockery, sturt st, esco

35mm slide, square format mounted in a "Kodak " cardboard slide mount with Kodak logos and printing of No. 21 decorated as the Myer Christmas tram for 1968 at the depot with a driver standing alongside. Tram has been decorated as a "show boat" with a paddle wheel, waves and the side windows covered to resemble port holes. Destination box has been covered with the words "To Myers". Tram has a roof advertisement "Myers for Everything under the tree". Theme: Santa's Showboat. Has date of "May 69" and "1" stamped onto the slide.tramways, trams, decorated trams, myers, santa tram, depot, tram 21

Mounted black and white photograph - dark blue grey card, semi embossed of 47 men in uniform and Manager at the Hawthorn Tram Depot with four tramcars behind. Trams - left one numbered 14, with two types of destination boxes showing Wattle Park or Burnley. Photo possibly before the HTT was absorbed by the MMTB in Feb. 1920. There appear to be a couple of Returned Servicemen badges in the photograph. Photo by Sutcliffe, Cromwell Buildings, 366A Bourke St Melbourne.trams, tramways, staff, personnel, uniforms, htt, burnley, wattle park, hawthorn depot, tram 14

Photo of ESCo cross bench tram No. 20 and ESCo 2 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, with the Post Office, along with the Summerscales offices, Robbie Burns statue, Vita Studio, and George Payne Jewellers in the background. The conductor on the rear of No. 2 is holding the trolley rope, while the driver of No. 20 is watching the road closely. The conductor of the tram is reboarding or about to alight. No. 20 has the destination of Gardens via Convent. Other trams are in the background. Wal has dated the photograph about 1909. Note the point frog or pan in the overhead above No. 20 and in particular notes the type of destination box and that the tram is going to the Gardens via the Convent. See item 5132 for a copy negative and digital image.Yields information about the use of ESCo trams c1910 and the overhead.Black and white print on Kodak paper with notes on rear.See rear image.trams, tramways, esco, cross bench tram, sturt st, post office, lydiard st, tram 20, tram 2

Photo of the scene looking southwest from the Post Office area, with an ESCo tram hauling a trailer and another tram on the opposite side of the roadway. Has the Town Hall, National Mutual Building, C Marks, and Snows in the view. Wal has dated the photo about 1913 on the rear of the postcard and about 1912 in his album notes - considered c1905 as the destinations are hanging from the front of the tram. They were soon after moved to the roof of the tram in a destination box. in the card sent to Ken Magor by Wal Jack, he notes the the Historical Museum has a large photo of this and you can see No. 12 outlined very clearly. See Reg Item 6247 for another version of this photograph/postcard.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the early ESCo era and streetscape and the use of the former horse trams as trailers.5128 - Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured postcard - titled "Town Hall and Sturt St Ballarat", has number 300516 and initials JV in the bottom right hand corner. Card printed in Great Britain, produced by Valentines. 5128.1 - Black and white version of the same photo 5128.2 - colour version with a note from Wal Jack to Ken Magor with Ken's stamp on the bottom right hand corner.5128 - On rear in ink "1913" and "Note No. 12 tram on left" 5128.1 - hand written message, undated to May from her brother Claude 5128.2 - see image 5sturt street, ballarat, tramways, esco, town hall, national mutual, trailers, horse trams, tram 12

Negative No. N308 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder ) of the drivers cabin and destination box of W6 988 showing the "new type of carbon skid collector" on the trolley pole. This type of collector was to replace the trolley wheels used in Melbourne at the time. Was introduced into the Bourke St. route. Destination blind not fitted to box at time of photograph. Date of photo 19/6/1955. Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 21/5/2020.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st., trolley poles, skid collector, tram w6 988

Black and White print contained within the Wal Jack Bendigo and Geelong Album, see Reg Item 5003 for more details. Photo of MMTB Maximum Traction Car No. 37 loaded onto a Yellow Express truck leaving Preston workshops with the "hump" behind the tram. Tram has the war time stripes, no trolley pole and no destination boxes. One of the bogies is loaded on the goose neck of the truck. Tram became Geelong No. 38. Photo taken 15/5/1951 by Keith Kings. On rear in blue ink "Melbourne M&MTB "C-37 on Yellow Express low-loading semi trailer truck, leaving Preston Workshops for Geelong, after sale to the SEC. Became Geelong No. 38. (15.5.51). In the top left hand corner is the Keith Kings copyright stamp with the number "E(t)(v)" written in.trams, tramways, geelong, preston workshops, maximum traction, bogie trams, corio terrace, tram 37, tram 38

Mounted black and white photograph of the crews and staff at the Hawthorn Tram Depot c1921 mounted onto a dark grey card. The tram behind has been renumbered to P class 131, fitted with the large roller destination box and has route 17 showing. There are 30 men shown, only the depot manager? not in a uniform. Includes Inspectors. A number of men have a returned service man badges showing. No staff numbers. Made by Darge studio, 175 Collins St Melbourne.trams, tramways, hawthorn depot, route 17, p class, staff, uniforms, crews, tram 131, mmtb

One of a pair of posed photographs of Car 7 in Corio Tce. prior to opening day. The tramline curves to the right into the depot whose entrance lies between Blakiston & Co on the right and the MESCo's offices on the corner of Yarra St., to the left. Note its ornamental turret, removed in the 20s. The carefully arranged poseurs are employees of the Company, recognisable from the other photographs. The second photograph (Item No. 8617 - large print on wall in board room) shows the opposite end of the tram with the Geelong Club and Mac's Hotel in the background. The same characters are aboard, differently arranged. Early 1912. Note also the front destination box (mechanism unknown) that was replaced with roller destination blinds with a set of four coloured lights above.Black and white print on paperNoi. 1 inside a circle and 13-9 written on the reverse in ink. GRS710/13/1/9 written on the reverse in pencilgeelong tramway car no. 7, geelong streetscape c.1912

Photograph of tram W 272 in Collins St looking west at Swanston Street. It is noted that it has no destination route boxes. Geoff Warburton notes say it received its route number box during May 1934 and it was sold in March 1980 to Seattle. USA. Not sure where it is now. Early photo of W tram without route number boxes.Black and white photograph slightly curled of W Class Tram 272 in Collins St at Swanston St . Note: No route number boxes.tramways, mmtb, traffic, trams, w class, tram 272, collins st.

Article from the front page of The Courier, Saturday 24/2//1996 written by Ian Haberfield with photo by Herman Ruyg of BTM W4 671 leaving the depot loaded on a truck the previous day end route to Melbourne to run on the city Circle tram route. Tram has "City Circle" showing in destination box. Notes comments by Peter Hiscock about the tram itself, the BTM works, and that Alan Brown, Public Transport Minister has granted permission for the tram to run on the City Circle.trams, tramways, btm, city circle, ballarat city tramway, ballarat revival

Black and white photograph of Ballarat SEC No. 21 decorated for the 1968 Myers Christmas Tram. Photographed at the depot by Bob Prentice, 16/11/1968. Tram has been decorated as a "show boat" with a paddle wheel, waves and the side windows covered to resemble port holes. Destination box has been covered with the words "To Myers". Tram has a roof advertisement "Myers for Everything under the tree". Theme: Santa's Showboat. Photographed with Lake Wendouree and the toilet block in the background. See Date advised by Alan Bradley, 15/3/03On rear in blue ink "No. 21 at Ballarat Depot / Saturday 16th November 1968 / Photo - Bob Prentice for T.M.S.V. archives" and in red felt tip pen in centre of photo "Page 1"trams, tramways, myers, decorated trams, depot, christmas trams, tram 21

Black and white photograph of Ballarat SEC No. 14 decorated for the 1970 Myers Christmas Tram. Photographed at the corner of Macarthur St and Drummond St. North by Bob Prentice, Saturday 21 November 1970. Tram painted white except for the "tiger stripes", decorated with standard Christmas decorations, a large advertisement board on side "Its Christmas at Myers" and roof advertisement "See Santa's Castle Win Fabulous prizes". Destination box has been covered with the words "To Myers". Photographed with blue stone shop on the south west corner and the cemetery gates in the background.On rear in black ink "Ballarat / Saturday 21st November 1970 / Bob Prentice Photo"trams, tramways, myers, decorated trams, depot, christmas trams, tram 14

B&W print and scanned images of a black and white postcard lent to the BTM by Mr. Norm DePomeroy, Dec. 1997. Image is an ESCo tram at the east end of Sturt St. Ballarat, with the Grenville St. shelter in the background. Shows buildings along both sides of Sturt St. Has a few pedestrians in the photo and some horse drawn vehicles in the background. Tram in style with destination box/lights at back of drivers canopy. 2 copies held at 8/98. See also Reg. Item 1988 for postcard with the same photo but different details.See 833i3trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards