Yields information about the early use of Ballarat's 2nd bogie tram and its first day in service.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 15 running to Gardens via Sturt St west leaving Sturt St at Pleasant St to run into Sturt St West. First day in service. Note street lights, W. R Hearn Grocer and Fruitier, a boot and shoe repairer and baker in the background and Davies Butcher. Also Texaco petrol pumps in the street. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeIn ink on rear " SEC Ballarat Tramways bogie. 15 ex M&MTB 132 14-12-45 (on first day in service in Sturt St from Pleasant St)" with number "T536" within Wal Jack photo stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, pleasant st, tram 15

Titled "Intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets, Ballarat circa:." shows an ESCO tram, without windows turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North with many people lining the streets prior to a parade. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles in photo taken from the Post Office or Summerscales Office. In photo are Craigs Hotel, National Mutual Life building and the Town Hall. See item 8247 for a colour postcard of this image. Yields information about Sturt and Lydiard St during an event.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame and printed with an inkjet printer. trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, town hall, esco

Yields information about Lydiard St north after the opening of the electric tram system.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame. Printed with an inkjet printer. Titled "Sturt & Lydiard Street intersection, Ballarat circa:." shows two ESCo trams travelling east along the north side of Sturt St, No. 5 or 8? and No. 14 with many people lining the streets, possibly prior to a parade. Photo taken after the tramway has opened as the destination boxes are located on the roof, but prior to the installation of windscreens. Original photo from a postcard - not currently (June 2010) in Museum's collection. Many horse drawn vehicles. In the background are the Commonwealth Bank, Ashmore's Hotel and other buildings along the south side of Sturt St. Original photo from a postcard - not currently (June 2010) in Museum's collection.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, commonwealth bank, esco, tram 14, tram 8?

Yields information about Sturt and Armstrong Streets with a toast rack tram and Snows Buildings on the left.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame. Printed with an inkjet printer. Titled "Looking down Lydiard Street North Ballarat, circa:" shows a view looking north along the street from outside the Mining Exchange. Shows the centre poles in the street, the Federal Hotel, Cobb & Co building, blue stone gutters, gutter crossings and telephone wires. Original photo from a postcard - not currently (June 2010) in Museum's collection.trams, tramways, lydiard st north, horse drawn vehicle

Yields information about Sturt and Lydiard St North intersection, mid to late 1920's, centre poles and condition of the streets and car parking arrangements.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame. Printed with an inkjet printer. Titled "Looking up Sturt Street from Snows Sturt Street Ballarat, circa:" Original photograph taken soon after opening of the tramway in Sturt St., no windows and no destination box on the roof of the tram. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles in the photograph. On the left hand side of the photograph is Snows building. At the corner of Armstrong Street Original photo from a postcard - see Reg Item 2791 for a oval shape view. trams, tramways, armstrong st, snows, sturt st, toastrack tram, tram 20

Yields information about Sturt and the streetscape with a horse tram outside St Andrews Kirk with two small boys playing.Black and white historic photograph downloaded from a picture resource website within a decorative frame. Printed with an inkjet printer. Titled "Looking down Lydiard Street south, Ballarat. circa:" shows an ESCo tram turning from Lydiard St north into Sturt St with many parked motor vehicles and pedestrians. Has the Post Office, Craigs Hotel, Commonwealth Bank, National Mutual Building and the Bank of Australasia in the photograph. One centre pole in the photograph. Photo c1927 Original photo from a postcard?trams, tramways, lydiard st north, poles, post office, esco, tram 20

Yields information about the Hospital Corner intersection.Digital image of No. 34 turning from Drummond St South into Sturt St. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St North. At Hospital Corner. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 34 at Drummond Street South"trams, tramways, drummond st sth, hospital corner, sturt st, tram 34

Yields information about the Lydiard St and Sturt St intersection and some of the signs that were in place at the time.Digital image, black and white, two photos of No. 12 southbound in Lydiard St North, before turning into Sturt St. Note Craigs Royal Hotel street lamp, the fire alarm box, fire plug post and the warning sign behind the Stop sign Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 12 and gas lamp" and "No. 12 Lydiard St Sturt 1"trams, tramways, lydiard st nth, craig s hotel, signs, tram 12

Yields information about Sturt St between Grenville St and Lydiard St and the south side of the street.Digital image, black and white, of No. 13 climbing the hill between Grenville St and Lydiard St, past the City Loop with Cooks Private Hotel in the background. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 13 up the hill"trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, city loop, tram 14

Yields information about the Bakery St Hill on the Victoria St route.Digital image, black and white, of No. 26 at Stones Corner, junction of Bridge, Victoria and Main St, Bakery Hill. No the young girl in slacks walking in front of the tram, the boy wheeling the bike down the street and the young boy standing in the front door of the tram. In the background is Eureka Dry Cleaners, an old Robur tea ad on a building, F. O'Brien Motors. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West and a SEC Briquettes Roof advert. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 26 Victoria and Bridge"trams, tramways, stones corner, bakery hill, victoria st, bridge st, tram 26

Yields information about the Hospital Corner, Drummond and Sturt St intersection area.Digital image, black and white, of No. 34 at Drummond and Sturt intersection, in bound with two school girls walking across the street. The first image is a cropped version of the same photograph. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 34 and schoolgirls"trams, tramways, sturt st, hospital corner, tram 34

Yields information about Lydiard St between Mair and Sturt Streets.Digital image, black and white, of No. 38 travelling north in Lydiard St North between Sturt and Mair Sts, with many parked cars. Has the George Hotel, the CBC Bank, Hoyts Regent, and other buildings in the view. See also Reg Item 4580 for a later photograph, probably 38 too. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "No. 38 Lydiard St near Mair St."trams, tramways, lydiard st, tram 38

Yields information about the Sturt St. and Bridge St and some of the cars that used the street - a Plymouth.Digital image, black and white, of a scene in Bridge St looking back towards the Town Hall and Sturt St, showing a Plymouth motor vehicle, a single trucker and a bogie car in Sturt St. Shows the Dickins store, Williams the Shoeman, Roger David Store. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "Plymouth Bridge St"trams, tramways, bridge st, sturt st, town hall

Yields information about Sturt St and the City loop.Digital image, black and white, two images, of two single truck trams parked in the City Loop Sturt St, looking up the hill towards the Town Hall. Photo taken by Peter Bruce 1970's and 1971, prior to the closure of the Ballarat tramway system. Peter's Title of image: "Up the Street"trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st

Illustration that yields information about a Ballarat tram and streetscape mid 1960's - evening photograph and a Ballarat tourist attraction at the time - the shell house.Illustrator with a printed photograph of Ballarat tram No. 11 at dusk in Sturt St, just west of Lydiard St. with Town Hall in background. Tram has destination of "GARDENS via Drummond Nth", with a "TWIN LAKES" sign on rear driver's apron of tram. On pole in front of tram is tram stop sign and a section sign. Pole painted with tram stop sign as well. On rear , printed in dark green ink is the card details etc. "Ballarat, Victoria, Looking to the City Hall, Sturt Street at sunset." See also Reg Item 669 - Nucolorvue car, BT 65 for the same photographs. On rear is a photo of the crown at the Shell house - see also Reg Item 2143 and 3079 for the same photograph. Possibly cut from a Nu-colour-vue publication.trams, tramways, sturt st, town hall

Photograph - looking from Summerscales offices onto the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St during an event, with a parked ESCo tram and crowds or onlookers on either side of the south side of Sturt St. Has a detailed image of the tram. C1909. In the background are Craigs Hotel, C. Marks & Co, National Mutual building, Snows and the Town Hall. A number of horse drawn vehicles are in the photograph. Also A. E. Casley Chemists and Beath Schiess & Co, though this seems to be almost printed into the photograph - above the chemist shop. See item 8247 for a colour image of the same postcard published by SEM Co. Yields information about the streetscape of Sturt St and Lydiard Streets c1908Digital image of a postcard by A. H Summerscalestrams, tramways, sturt st, esco, events, lydiard st

Black and white photograph of tram 35 with the short working destination of Grey St Sebastopol at the tram stop known as the City Centre at Sturt and Lydiard Streets. The pole alongside the tram has the tram stop sign and an End of Section sign. In in the background is the National Mutual building and Allan Bros Jewellers store. Date and photographer unknown.Yields information about tram 35 at the City Centre stop late 1960s or early 1970s.Black and white photograph on plain paper.trams, tramways, tram 35, sturt st, lydiard st, national mutual, city centre

Black and white photograph of two ESCo trams at Grenville and Sturt Streets. A Sebastopol-type car on the left and an original ESCo on the right, along with horse-drawn cars and pedestrians. The large tramway office/shelter is in the centre of the photograph. Photo possibly early 1920s, given the shelter was removed during 1923.Yields information about Grenville St tram stop and terminus.Black and white photograph on plain paper.trams, tramways, shelters, grenville st, sturt st, esco

The photograph shows a former Hawthorn Tramways Trust tram (HTT) four doors, eastbound at the corner of Sturt and Doveton Streets with the Harry Davies store in the background. Item has been torn/cut from a Christmas message. The colour rendition of the tram is brown rather than green.Demonstrates the printing of an image for use on a Christmas card.Printed photograph on a pre-printed Christmas sheet oi paper.tramways, trams, doveton st, sturt st, christmas cards, bogie trams, htt

The photo appears to be taken soon after the opening of the electric trams, as the tramway is well paved compared to the rest of the street which shows vehicle tracks etc. For similar images see Reg. items 834, 838, 2151 and 2659. Shows buildings along the north side of Sturt St. and the building at the SE corner of Doveton St. ESCo tram has a destination board on the front dash of the tram. The photo appears to be taken just before the one used in item 2659 given the shadow of the pole in front of the tram. Photo by WTP & Co.Yields information about Sturt St soon after the opening of the Ballarat Electric tramwayPrinted photograph on a sheet of plain paper.tramways, trams, doveton st, sturt st

The photo postcard is a black and white version of a Rose Stereographic Co postcard - see item 7379, of Sturt St looking East from about Dawson St with the shops on the southern side and the Town Hall in the view. Has an ESCo tram in the bottom right-hand corner. Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St following the introduction of electric trams in 1905 and has a strong association with the work of Rose Stereograph Co.Postcard with a handwritten letter on rear. Dated 4/4/07See image 2 for details of the handwritten note on the rear. tramways, trams, sturt st, postcards, dawson st, esco

The photo shows a large crowd on an 8 hours (Labour Day) gathered in the eastern end or lower end of Sturt St. The 8-hour memorial or monument is in the centre of the photograph. Has one double-deck horse tram in view along with many other horse-drawn vehicles. On the Ballarat Mechanics Institute building is an advert for "Morrey & Tyler, the Cash Drapers" at 11 Bridge St Ballarat. Also in the view are Ribble, Suttons, E Payne, the Ballarat Gas Co. building and a dentist along with other buildings. In the bottom right-hand corner is an insert photo of the statue "The Flight from Pompeii". In the bottom left hand corner is "Crisp Photo Process F W Niven & Co.Yields information about an 8 hour celebration day in the lower end of Sturt St.Illustration cut from a journaltramways, trams, sturt st, horse tram, 8 hour day monument, labour day

Yields information about tram services and the street scene during the early 1960's outside the Town Hall.Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of No. 35 west bound in Sturt St crossing Armstrong St with another tram in the view behind. Tram running "Special" and has a Electric cooking roof advert. In the background is the Town Hall, the National Mutual Building and the Commonwealth Bank. Alongside is a Holden Ute. trams, tramways, sturt st, armstrong st, town hall, tram 35

Photograph shows Ballarat tram 26 parked behind a bogie car at the City terminus, in Sturt St at Lydiard St. Alongside there are two ladies talking to each other one holding a sheaf of flowers. In the background is the SEC City Office and Alan Bros Jewellers.Yields information about tram operations post the second world war.Black and White Photograph - 26 at City in Sturt Street 1950s. Original and Copy Print.ballarat, sturt st, city terminus, tram 26, trams, tramcars, tramways

Cigarette cards were used as a stiffening when cigarettes were sold as separate or loose items. See reference. Sturt St - Victorian Railways photo - mid 1920s with two ESCo trams in the view. Both trams have been fitted with windscreens. The rear of the card gives details of Ballarat and is No. 43 in a series of 100 card of the Australian Scenic Series. Lake Wendouree - looking east with Mt Warrenheip in the view. No. 26 of the series, also a VR photo.Demonstrates the type of card that were made by cigarette companies as collector items and to assist their sales.Set of two WD HO Wills Cigarette photo cards using a light card.ballarat, lake wendouree, sturt street, victorian railways, cigarette cards, wd ho wills

Image of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets looking north towards Lydiard St. Photograph shows a horse drawn tram turning from Sturt into Lydiard St North, while another crosses Lydiard St, heading west along the north side of the street. Photo shows the Post Office, the Robert Burns statue, and the large arc lamp in the middle of the intersection. Two copies held. On the rear of the first copy is a Birthday and New Year message to Mrs Serpell of the Wesleyan Parsonage in Timaru New Zealand and the second has been posted to a person in Antwerp Belgium - dated 19 Feb. 1909.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the horse tram era and the operation of the horse tram system.Postcard - coloured - divided back, post marked Ballarat 21?-12-1905 with a Victorian 1d penny stamp and over stamped with a "5". 2nd copy has had the stamp removed.See Contextsturt street, horse trams, post office, ballarat, tramways, lydiard st, burns statue

Image of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets looking north along Lydiard St. North giving high view of the Post Office building with its tower. Has an ESCo tram southbound in Lydiard St North, a motor car and a number of horse-drawn vehicles. Shows the verandahs along Lydiard St, centre poles, and looks towards a rather desolate Black Hill following extensive mining works. The Post Office time ball is in the down position. Possibly c1910. Summerscales building - photographer, postcards is next door to the Post Office in Sturt St. Has written on the rear, over the full width of the card a message to Ted from Ena? See item 8238 for a colour version. Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in the early ESCo era and the Post Office building.Postcard - sepia toned - divided back, undated - Valentine & Sons, Printed in Great Britain. Card Number "400.401 JV"See Contextsturt street, post office, ballarat, tramways, lydiard st, esco, black hill

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

Photo of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St Ballarat, with the National Mutual and Town Hall in view. Has an ESCo tram with a former horse trailer and another ESCo tram. The Clarks & Co. building is on the corner. See Reg Item 5128 for another version of this photograph/postcard.Demonstrates postcard printing mid 1910's and how they were used along with the use of former horse trams as trailers.Postcard - divided back, colour, Valentines and Sons of the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St Ballarat. Printed in Great Britain. Has an embossed decorative border with a flower in the top right hand cornerOn the rear is a message to Lou from Les about arriving in Ballarat dated 1/7/1915. Has in pencil a "$4" price.ballarat, tramways, sturt street, esco, town hall, national mutual, trailers, horse trams

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