Photograph show the MMTB / MTO Co cable tram set No. 1 inbound in Nicholson St Fitzroy with the Carlton Gardens in the background - Destination of Spencer St. Has a small number of passengers and the conductor standing on the trailer. Two copies held. The livery is non-standard for the time. Official MMTB Photograph - used in a Annual Report. .1 - Photo taken in the same location but looking from the rear of the cable tram set. Has the Exhibition buildings in the background. Two copies held. See Reg Item 897 for a newspaper clipping of the 2nd photo.Yields information about cable tram set No. 1, which was presented to the Science Museum when the cable tram system closed.Photographs, Black and White, set of two.In ink on the rear: KSK print numbers SA909 On rear of .1 "MMTB" and "H202"trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, mto co, nicholson st, tram 1

Rose Series postcard No. P 1701 titled "Elizabeth Street from Lonsdale Street Melbourne". Has a number of cable trams in the view, the closest one being a Brunswick tram. There is a policeman on point duty. In the view are signs for G A Grano Mantle manufacturers, Smiths Pawnbroker, State Savings Bank, one horse-drawn cart, and motor vehicles. On the west side footpath under an awning is a "Keep to the left" for pedestrians. Flinders St Railway Station can be seen in the far distance. The Brunswick cable tram line was closed Sept. 1935.Yields information about Elizabeth St, c1930Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.On rear in pencil "KM-M-076" and a Ken Magor stamp.trams, tramways, flinders st station, cable trams, elizabeth st

The photograph shows Collins Street just to the east of Swanston St. Some 10 cable trams can be seen in the view, along with some horse-drawn vehicles and one open-top motor car. It would appear that a person is boarding the nearest cable tram (Victoria Bridge) from the centre of the road. Trees have been planted between Swanston and Spring St. In the background are signs for Ruskins Studios, W V Dunn Dentist, Kodak Limited incorporating Baker House, Coles Arcade, and Broothorn studios - see reference. The Town Hall is on the right.Yields information about Collins St c1920.Black and White photograph - printed on plain paper.On the rear has pencil number "KM-M-058".cable trams, tramways, collins st

Shows a view looking south from the Town Hall in Swanston Street at Collins Street with a W class, along with many pedestrians, motor cars and passengers boarding or alighting from the tram. In the background is a building advertising "Table Talk" magazine. There is possibly a cable tram signal on the left hand side of the photos by a hop awning. Photo taken after the 1926 conversion of Swanston Street from cable tram to electric trams. 6423.1 - shows the full-size image obtained from an internet - shows tram W2 328 - from Rose Series P10522.Yields information about Swanston Street after the conversion from cable to electric trams.Black and white photograph - one of a series of photo cards from item 6424. has "L" in ink on rear.melbourne, cable trams, swanston street, w class tram, collins street, passengers, traffic, tramways, tramcars, tram 328

Black and white photograph looking along St Kilda Road with cable trams in the far distance, c1900. Has a cross-over in the foreground. Shows the trees along St Kilda Road, and the various streetlightsDemonstrates a view along St Kilda Road, c1900.Black and white print with adhesive strips on the rear.tramways, trams, st kilda road, cable trams

Stamps feature: Adelaide Horse Tram - 1878 Sydney Steam Tram - 1884 Melbourne cable tram - 1886 Hobart double-deck electric tram - 1893 Brisbane combination electric tram - 1901.Demonstrates the work of Australia post in designing and selling stamps.Set of three items purchased at the time of the issue of "Australia's Historic Tramways" stamps - 11 Oct. 1989. 1 - Envelope - DL Size with five 41c stamps, cancelled with details of the issue on the rear. 2 - Presentation set of Australia Post collector cards, each with a stamp contained within a plastic envelope. 3 - paper bag printed by Australia Post for containing purchased items.tramways, postage stamps, stamps, australia post, australian trams, steam trams, horse trams

Reproduction slide of a coloured postcard showing Smith St Collingwood, looking north with the Foy and Gibson clothing manufacturers - department store in the view along with two cable trams, one with the destination of Spencer St.Yields information about Smith St Collingwood streetscape and the Foy and Gibson St store.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Colour - reproduction postcard - Smith St Collingwood c1900 "CB18" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, smith st, collingwood, foy and gibson

The ‘Thornton Estate’ was the final subdivision of ‘Thornton’ in Studley Park Road. Thomas Cubitt Balmain originally owned Thornton, next to John Carson’s ‘Clutha’. Before its final subdivision, the Thomson family owned it. The Estate was a subdivision of 15 residential allotments running between Studley Park Road and Stevenson Street. The allotments faced these streets as well as Thornton Street, which the vendor undertook to make. Contemporary newspaper advertisements advised that ‘The estate possesses many advantages, notably its private and secluded, though convenient, position, splendid frontages and depths, and being close to the electric tram and Kew train, also within easy walking distance of the Victoria-street cable tram’. The terms offered purchasers were ten per cent deposit, with the balance to be paid in ten equal half-yearly payments at a rate of 5 per cent.The ‘Thornton Estate’ was the final subdivision of ‘Thornton’ in Studley Park Road. Thomas Cubitt Balmain originally owned Thornton, next to John Carson’s ‘Clutha’. Before its final subdivision, the Thomson family owned it. The Estate was a subdivision of 15 residential allotments running between Studley Park Road and Stevenson Street. The allotments faced these streets as well as Thornton Street, which the vendor undertook to make. Contemporary newspaper advertisements advised that ‘The estate possesses many advantages, notably its private and secluded, though convenient, position, splendid frontages and depths, and being close to the electric tram and Kew train, also within easy walking distance of the Victoria-street cable tram’. The terms offered purchasers were ten per cent deposit, with the balance to be paid in ten equal half-yearly payments at a rate of 5 per cent.subdivision plans - kew, thornton estate, studley park road -- kew (vic.), thornton avenue -- kew (vic.), stevenson street -- kew (vic.)

Book - titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 1st Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd - 2003. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. Yields information about Melbourne trams history. Has a close association with two well known authors.Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, perfect bound with foldout covers containing four postcards that could be removed.melbourne, tramways, trams, history, randal wilson, dale budd

Colour photograph of ESCo No. 12, photographed at the rear of the depot following receipt and removal of some parts. Photographed on cable tram bogies. Photographed by Warren Doubleday 19.8.1995. Printed on Konica Paper. Two copies held.btm, ballarat, esco, tram 12

Demonstrates the nature of working of the horse trams in Ballarat when at times three horses were required to take trams from Grenville St to Lydiard St. Yields information about the dress of Gentlemen at the time and the buildings behind the tramcar..Black and White photograph of North Sydney cable tram trailer, No. 1, side on view. From the CB Thomas Collection and published in Sydney tram books. Hi Res of image added 15/7/2014. On rear in ink, cropping marks in the top edge. Along the bottom edge "Trailers of this type were converted to electric cars for the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria tramways in Ballarat. The trailers were from the North Sydney cable try of the early 1890's" and "Nth Sydney cable trailer No. 1, Late CB Thomas collection". "KM2" and a blue sticker with "9" written on it.trams, tramways, cable trams, sydney, esco, tram 1

Set of Quarto and Foolscap hand made papers, listing various Acts through to Act 2921 and the tramways authorised. Set of hand made sketches and notes of cable tram junctions and terminals, with reference to plans and their dates.trams, tramways, tramways, acts of parliament, plans, cable trams

Photograph of Princes bridge Melbourne with one cable tram set crossing. In the background is the then new Flinders Street station building. Note the clock on the right hand side of the photograph that was later transferred to Spencer Street station. Yields information about Princes Bridge in 1910.postcard - decorative border with a photo of Princes Bridge within an oval - embossed. On the rear is a letter dated 21/12/1910. Card by Marlborough Art Series.See note on rear.tramways, trams, yarra river, princes bridge, cable trams, flinders street station, clocks

Christmas card issued by the MTA at the time of the celebration of 100 years of trams in Melbourne during 1985. Features a stylised image of a cable tram set with bogie trailer 472. See item 7484 for the original photograph.Demonstrates a MTA Christmas card for 1985.Printed and folded card on 200gsm paper.Handwritten note - see image 2cable trams, trams, tramways, christmas cards, mta, tram 472

Well known photograph of the interchange between cable and horse trams at Moreland Road and Sydney Road Brunswick for the Coburg horse tram line. Has two cable tram sets in the background. Coburg horse Tram No. 4, with the now Moreland Hotel in the background. A sign advertising "Patterson & Sons Auctioneers Melbourne" can be seen adjacent to the hotel. Yields information about the tram interchange at Moreland and Sydney Roads Coburg.Black and white photograph - Moreland Road tram interchange with a typed caption "Moreland Hotel 1890".tramways, trams, coburg horse tramway, coburg, horse trams, cable cars, moreland road, sydney road, moreland hotel

The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables lists existing Cable Tram Services before the entire network was electrified. By 1917 the tramways system was divided into regions including: the Melbourne Cable Tram Service; Prahran - Malvern Electric Trams; Hawthorn Electric Trams; Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Electric Trams; and Brighton Beach Electric Trams. The old Outer Circle railway line is marked as ending in Deepdene, with the remainder of the line to Fairfield marked as 'Unused'. The Kew tram along High Street in 1917 ended at the Harp Junction. The Kew Spur Line is also marked on the map.The Railway and Tramway Map of Melbourne and Suburbs With Tram Timetables is historically significant as it captures at a point in time, 1917, the development of public transport infrastructure in Melbourne. As such it illustrrates the theme: Connecting Victorians by transport and communications.Printed card-covered pocket sized map that folds out with three horizontal and vertical folds. Colour map, with scale, of the rail and tram networks on one side and sixteen sections of black and white printed text and timetable information on the reverse.railway maps -- melbourne (vic.), tramways maps -- melbourne (vic.), public transport -- melbourne (vic.) -- 1910-1920, cartography

Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout. Second copy added 26-6-17 from donation of Neil Elfick.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams

Newspaper clipping from the Herald Sun Friday 9 August 1991, centre pages, titled "Our Trams Keep Rolling Along", written by Michael Epis. Reports on the withdrawal of W class trams from service and the National Trust involvement. Gives a brief story of the history of Melbourne's trams. Has photos of cable trams, W7 1019, Fairfield Tramway, First tram Elsternwick, Hawthorn Cable Tram, W2 646, Bylands, V214, 436 and Elton John tram 520 being exportedmelbourne, fairfield, w2 class, cable trams, w class, horse trams, elsternwick

.1 - Memo on foolscap sheet dated 19/1/1920, titled "Memo for Batterymen - Loading of Motor Generator Sets" issued by the Electrical Foreman to cable tram depots to charge the battery lights for cable trams advising the requirements to keep loads and voltages at a specified level and the recordings to be made of the equipment. .2 - form - foolscap sheet titled "Reading recorded in testing level of Generator Set at..... Car shed", for recording balance or level using a spirit level of the armature shafts. Two copies of each held.trams, tramways, mmtb, cable trams, lights, tramcars, batterymen, maintenance

Last page of a report by the Railways Standing Committee 1902. recommends that the State (Victoria) obtains possession of the tramways - looks at the situation in Sydney. At the time Sydney was expanding its electric tram system, Melbourne was reliant on cable trams.Yields information about a view of the Railways Standing Committee in 1902.Photocopy A4 sheet of the last page of a 10 page report dated 6-5-1902, possibly the "Electric Trams" - Parliamentary report - Railways Standing Committee 1902. letters, railways, tramways, reports, public transport, parliament

Rose Series postcard No. P 4649 titled "Collins Street Melbourne", looking west from Russell Street. Has several of cable trams in the view along with many horse-drawn carts and some motor cars. Yields information about Collins St c1915Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has the Ken Magor stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, collins st.

Photo shows the Elizabeth St cable tram terminus with a grip car (destination of Royal Park), waiting for the trailer to pass before coupling up. The Elizabeth St clocktower is under construction - c1909. The station was completed in 1910.Yields information the Elizabeth St terminus and the Flinders St station construction.Photograph Flinders St station clocktower under construction with grip car reversingOn rear in ink. Melbourne – cable grip car standing in Elizabeth St at Shunt near Flinders St, city, destination shows Royal Park. Public Library of Victoria stamp – 16-9-1909 - Copy neg Mark Plummer collections ex late John Alfred collection. cable trams, tramways, melbourne, flinders street station, clocktower, elizabeth st

Contains notes on the following tram systems. Brisbane - includes notes on photographs Rockhampton steam Sydney Tram Depots NSW Tramways tramcars - notes on each class and work vehicles Birmingham including two cuttings about the closure of Birmingham dated 31-3-1939 London Passenger Transport Board - one page Bristol - closure and damage. Sheffield History of the Tramcar Victorian Railways - St Kilda Brighton Electric Street Railway Sandringham to Black Rock MMTB Cable trams and opening dates Opening dates for the tramway routes in Melbourne to 1921 News Paper cuttings on Doncaster Newspaper cutting - cable trams "Cable Trams.....clang into history" by Hugh Murphy History and Development to 1943 - Brisbane Trams by G. R. Steel (half page only) Perth Tramways Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust notes South Africa Trams Wellington Corporation Tramways (NZ) Tramways in Soviet Russia World's Largest Tram Systems - July 1938Demonstrates the work of Wal Jack in recording tramway information.Service Exercise Book, black covers, with label, red binding titled "W. Jack Tramways No. 1" lined pages, four sections each of 10 sheets, (80 pages), stitched bound. trams, tramways, tramways, sydney, brisbane, vr, melbourne, cable trams

Book - titled "The Melbourne Tram Book" - 2nd Edition, written by Randal Wilson and Dale Budd. Reprint with updates of 2010. Covers Melbourne tram history including cable trams, early electric trams, trams in art, historic fleet, colour schemes, tram types, and preserved tramways. Includes notes on the authors. Yields information about Melbourne trams history. Has a close association with two well known authors.Book - 84 pages including card covers, full colour printing on gloss paper, perfect bound.melbourne, tramways, trams, history, randal wilson, dale budd

Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales a North Melbourne cable tram trailer car shunting at Elizabeth St. Has number of horse drawn vehicles in the view along with a tobacconist and a hat and tie company,trams, tramways, cable trams, shunting, elizabeth st

Rose Series postcard No. P 3614 of Toorak Road looking east from Punt Road. Has four cable trams in the view along with horse-drawn carts. Adverts for Dewars. Pears soap, Cadburys, and Carlton Ale. Yields information about Toorak Road c1910Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has the Ken Magor stamp on the reartrams, tramways, cable trams, toorak road, south yarra

Reproduction slide of a coloured postcard showing Flinders St station, about 1910 after the completion of construction. Photo has a number of cable trams in the view, horse drawn vehicles, including a horse drawn wagon carrying barrels.Yields information about Flinders St station after the completion of construction in 1910.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Colour - reproduction postcard - Flinders Street Station c1910 "CB17" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, flinders st station, horse drawn vehicles

Photograph of Flinders St looking east from Swanston St - shows the entrance to Flinders St station prior to the construction of the current building. In the view are one cable tram, many pedestrians and some horse-drawn vehicles. A hoarding on the left hand side possibly indicates work is underway on the new station building. A sign on the pole advises that cable trams went to Spencer St for a penny and for 3d to Port Melbourne or South Melbourne. In the background are buildings for Sargood Bros, Thomas Whitelaw Home Decorators, The Hub, a sign on the Young & Jackson Hotel advertising a Women's Exhibition. There is a telephone pole line on the south side of Flinders St.Yields information about Flinders St, c1905.Black and white photograph on paper.In pencil on rear "163 OB"trams, tramways, cable trams, flinders st, flinders st station

Photograph of the intersection of Flinders and Swanston Sts featuring the Flinders St Station building - c1926?? features a very busy intersection cable trams (No. 17 west bound in Flinders St), tram 160 north bound in Swanston, two W class trams, other cable trams, many motor cars, horse drawn vehicles, cyclist and pedestrians. Note the standing zone in Flinders St. In photo are Young and Jacksons Hotel, Bacchus Marsh Concentrated Milk table cream, and numerous signs on the railway station. See Reg Item 5272 for the photo on a Greetings Card and 103 for a framed photographic print.Yields information about the intersection of Flinders and Swanston St c1926 - after the conversion of Swanston St.Black and white photograph with notes on the rear. Two copies held.Has "1926 Brimson VicRail" in ink along lower edge on rear and "H4505" in the middle of the print back.trams, tramways, flinders st, swanston st, cable trams, flinders st station

Colour poster on glossy white paper advertising a new stamp issue on Australia's Historic tramways, 1989. On the poster's background is a Melbourne cable tram set on the Prahran route, printed in black and white, has "Australia Historic Tramways" as a banner, "New Stamp Issue" in the form of a cancellation stamp with a Melbourne tram in the centre and featuring in enlarged full colour reproductions the following 41c stamps that were the special issue: Adelaide Horse Tram - 1878 Sydney Steam Tram - 1884 Melbourne cable tram - 1886 Hobart double deck electric tram - 1893 Brisbane combination electric tram - 1901. On the base of the poster is an announcement concerning the stamp show at the Melbourne Exhibition buildings 18-22 October. 1989. See Reg. Item 3143 for an example of the Melbourne cable tram stamp and 8545 for collector's cards and an envelope.trams, tramways, stamps, australian trams, steam trams, horse trams, australia post