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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Valentine & Sons Publishing Co, c1932
Yields information the appearance of Sturt St at Dawson St looking east.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a Valentines Postcard taken from the corner of Sturt and Dawson St looking east along the southside of Sturt St, Has then tram No. 29 (later No. 17) west bound in the street. In the photo are the Town Hall, Harry Davies store and Taylors Sturt Hotel along with many motor cars. Note the street light suspended between two bracket arms. For rear of postcard - see image i2. Published by Valentine Publishing Co. Queen St Melbourne. Wal's album notes dates the photo as "1934"on rear in pencil "Gardens via Ripon 1932"trams, tramways, sturt st, dawson st, tram 29 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 9/04/1958 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about one of the tramcars in the Museum's collection and its operation. Also yields information about a Melbourne level crossing that has been replaced.Digital image of W3 661 as Elsternwick level crossing in Glen Huntly Road, 9/4/1958, taken by Ian Brady. Shows the overhead arrangements, level crossing gates posts, signal box and the disc signal for the catch points. Has an Advertisements for Best Biscuits in the photograph. Glenhuntly road. See emails in the worksheet files - see re use and acknowledgement conditions. See Reg item 4162 for a John Alfred photograph after level crossing replacement works commenced featuring 661.trams, tramways, level crossings, tram 661 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Wal Jack, 10/03/1957 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the special tram ran for a bike club visit on a Sunday morning.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of No.35 as a special, carrying Melbourne bike club's members in Sturt St, Sunday morning 10-3-57". Has two bikes alongside the tram. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photograph in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 35 as special, carrying Melbourne bike club's members in Sturt St, Sunday morning 10-3-57" with number "T243" in top right hand corner with W. Jack stamp.trams, tramways, sturt st, bicycles, special trams, tram 35 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Chris Phillips, Sept. 1971
Yields information about the storage of SEC tram 36 at South Melbourne depot when it visited Melbourne following the closure of the SEC system and the advertising of Ballarat Tourism.Digital image, black and white, of No. 36 at the South Melbourne depot, September 1971, following its visit promoting Ballarat Tourism. Has Vacuum tram No. 6 and another works car alongside.trams, tramways, south melbourne depot, melbourne, tourism, mmtb, tram 36, tram 6 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Herald Sun, "Our Trams Keep Rolling Along", 9/08/1991 12:00:00 AM
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 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image
Digital image of a Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board MMTB No. 15 truck or bogie photographed at Preston Workshops. Note the motor suspension bearing oil caps are opened. Marked for possible use under No. 1 end of tram 747.trams, tramways, bogies, trucks, mmtb, preston workshops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Uniform - Cap, Commonwealth Government Clothing Factories Melbourne, 1960's
Demonstrates uniform cap manufacture, badge and has a strong association with a former Ballarat Driver - Norm HuntSEC Motorman/Drivers/Conductors cap - green cloth exterior, grey cotton interior lining, brown leather internal hat band, black cotton hat band on exterior with a plastic band at the front half of the cap terminating in two small SEC metal buttons on either side, black plastic peak fitted with cap or badge No. 20, nickel plated silver, in the centre of the cap above the hat band. Sewn on the inside is a label "Commonwealth Government Clothing Factories Melbourne (very faded)" and stamped "6 3/4". See also Reg. Item 3044 for an ex Geelong cap. Stored with the cap are a copy of the SEC By-Law 1, August 1965 and the Federal Rules of the ATMOEA - 1969 and three SEC tickets.tramways, trams, uniforms, cap badge, cap -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Report, Tasmania Public Transport, "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961", Nov. 1961
Conference papers or Presentation Notes or Report, over 300 foolscap sheets bound with a cotton tape binder in the top left hand corner titled "Australian and New Zealand City Transit Conference - Hobart 21 to 24 November 1961". Includes reports from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Tasmania, Auckland and Dunedin. Christchurch and Wellington also attended but did not submit sufficient copies. looks at Statistic, industrial issues, fares, rollingstock, buses, traffic, school children, bus stops, accounting, depreciation, cash handling, amenities, insurance, stores, costs and some general matters. No table of contents, programs etc. trams, tramways, conferences, buses, trams, fares, industrial issues, bus stops, accounting, insurance, australasian tramway conference, management -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Poster - Framed Print, The Design Group, "Melbourne's Painted Trams", "Transporting Art", 1986
Framed poster - wooden framed, glazed, of the poster used to publicize the first series of Transporting Art trams. Features the cover of the poster or pamphlet produced for the event - see Reg item 2251. See high resolutions files for tiff and jpg scans - very large files. 7017i2.jpg reduced from large scale jpg file 5/8/2018. Must be downloaded directly from the directory, files too large for this program. trams, tramways, decorated trams, transporting art, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Uniform - Cap Button/s, Stokes & Sons Melbourne, 1960's
Demonstrates the manufacture of uniform items and their use in uniforms for tramway crews in Ballarat.Four No. brass SEC buttons, small, used in caps to retain the cap band (plastic - See Reg Item 4451). Made with three parts, front pressing, base and loop. Front is the SEC logo, back has the manufacturers name stamped in, "Stokes Sons" (Stokes and Sons Melbourne).tramways, trams, sec, cap, uniforms, buttons -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
drawing - Illustration - Art work, Peter Gerasimon, "The Ballarat Tram in Melbourne", 1997
Yields information about the time when BTM tram 671 operated on the Melbourne City Circle and has a strong association with the artist Peter GerasimonPrinted art sheet / card featuring BTM tram 671 in Latrobe St Melbourne, 1996 while running on the City Circle at the Swanston St stop. Features the driver talking to a young man through the door. Artist - Peter Gerasimon and published by Helga Gerasimon, Gisborne. From the Melbourne Tram Series in 1997. Numbered 100/980. Work has artists details along the bottom edge under the illustration. Acquired with Reg Item 4455.trams, tramways, melbourne, btm, city circle, illustrations -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Uniform - Coat Button, Stokes & Sons Melbourne
Demonstrates the manufacture of uniform items and their use in uniforms for tramway crews in Ballarat.SEC uniform clothing button 24 diameter, with SEC crest, 1921 and organisation name embossed onto outer surface, with backing piece and brass wire lug for sewing on rear. Nickel plated silver? Has Manufacturers name stamped on rear - Stokes & Sons Melbourne.tram, trams, secv, ballarat tramways, uniforms, buttons -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Topmill Pty Ltd, "Trams of Australia Vol 2 - A pictorial Presentation", 2008/09
Book featuring photographs of Australian and Museum tramcars, includes Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong.Full colour book, 32 pages plus card cover, titled "Trams of Australia Vol 2 - A pictorial Presentation", published by Topmill Pty Ltd, Silverwater NSW c2008/9. Features colour photos of trams from Melbourne (VR and MMTB), Sydney, Rockhampton, Brisbane on the front cover and Ballarat and Bendigo on rear. Text written by Michael McGowan, internal photos, both Museum and pre-museum operational systems of Ballarat, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne (VR & MMTB), Geelong, Freemantle, reproduced postcards, Scrubber 8W in Swanston St, Ballarat Tramway Museum, Perth, Tasmanian Transport Museum, Perth Electric Tramway Society (PETS), Archer Park Rockhampton, Sydney Tramway Museum, Adelaide, Ballarat Santa Tram (1970)trams, tramways, ballarat, bendigo, geelong, melbourne, sydney, brisbane, fremantle, hobart, adelaide, perth, santa tram, myers -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Ron Hann, Jan. 1963
Yields information about the interior of Bendigo tram depot, is storage area and two Birney trams.Black and white print on laser print paper - of Bendigo 18 at the Eaglehawk terminus 1/1963. Photo by Ron Hann. Tram has a Cohn's Drink advertisement on the front dash panel, two SEC roof advertisements and the destination of Quarry Hill. In the background are a hotel and a liquor store, both advertising Melbourne Bitter. Printed on Fujifilm, Fujicolor Crystal Archive for Frontier"Has label "Reference 6/214/26 Photo by Ron Hann" and another label "Eaglehawk Bendigo 01.63"trams, tramways, eaglehawk, hotels, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Aug. 1968
Yields information about one of the Museum's tram when it was Melbourne and the South Melbourne Beach terminus in 1968.Digital Image of MMTW W4 671 (now a BTM Tram) at the South Melbourne Beach terminus, August 1968. Photo Dick Jones via Carolyn Cleak 28/6/2010 (Trams Down Under email dated 28/6/2010). Reilly's Bleak House Hotel in the background. Note the Bundy Clock. Tram has the destination of City and showing route number 2A. This is a later photo of South Melbourne Beach terminus, with yet another view of a W4, this time 671 in August 1968. Must have been getting toward the end of the W4's by that time. The hotel verandah had gone by this time and the bundy clock had been moved. Use photo only with Dick Joni's OK.trams, tramways, south melbourne beach, mmtb, w class trams, tram 671 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, 1970s
Yields information about the Sebastopol tram terminus.Digital image of No. 38 at the Sebastopol terminus, with the Royal Mail Hotel in the background. Shows the stop arrangements. Hotel has Melbourne Bitter and Fosters Lager signs. The tram has the destination of Lydiard St North and a SEC "Everything is fine in my electric kitchen" roof advertisement. 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 at Royal Mail Sebastopol"trams, tramways, sebastopol, hotels, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Badge - Employee number, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 1970's
Tram crew number badges, engraved into a layered plastic backing - black plastic with a white underlay, used by tram crews to indicate their assigned personal employee number. Used by MMTB drivers and conductors. Badge No. 490 - with brass clip on rear - e.g. a large tie clip or dress collar clip.tramways, trams, mmtb, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Book, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Sections and Fares", 1976
Grey cardboard with light grey cloth end binding covered book, 124 pages "MMTB Electric Tramways and Motor Omnibuses Sections and Fares", dated July 1976. Details the various section stages and fares for each tram and bus route, General instructions, concession fares and has photos or drawings of the various special tickets, eg passes or prepaid tickets. Book consists of eight sections, bound with cloth binding on the outside covering internal staples.trams, tramways, tickets, fares, sections, passes -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print/s, 2015
Set of 24 colour A4 (printed on a bubble jet printer) and laminated of ex Melbourne Restaurant Tram 939 and its repair and conversion to Cuthbert's 939 by the BTM during 2013 and 2014. Various photographers. Prepared for display at the launch of the tram. Some have Velcro strips on the rear for display purposes. Scanned with a Scan Snap desk top scanner - they were not flattened, thus some are curved.trams, tramways, cuthberts 939, restaurant tram, conversion, btm -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, late 1960's early 1970's
Yields information about tram operations on the Sebastopol line.Photograph of Ballarat trams (from the rear), 30 and 34 at the Sebastopol terminus - undated - late 1960's early 1970's with the Royal Mail hotel in the background. No. 34 running a special. On the hotel is a sign for Melbourne Bitter and Foster's Lager. Photo by Charles Craig? Has in red ink on rear - "34 and 30 Sebastopol"trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 30, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Mal Rowe, mid to late Sept. 1971
Yields information about the operation of Ballarat No. 36 in Melbourne following the closure of the Ballarat system.Digital image of Ballarat Tram No. 36 in Domain Road, South Yarra September 1971 undertaking shuttles between Victoria St and Domain Road for Ballarat Tourism. Driver standing by front of tram with conductress walking to the rear. Behind the tram is the crossover. See also Reg Item 5995 for another Mal Rowe photo of the tram in Swanston St.trams, tramways, ballarat tourism, domain road, tourism, tram 36 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
document - Clock, c2005
Souvenir Clock - "Australian Canned Clock - W class tram". Image of W 907 set in small can wrapped with a plastic sheet titled "Melbourne's W class Tram" Clock with alarm hand, second hand, battery operated with stand. AA Battery required (battery removed at the time of cataloguing) For details see: http://www.somethingaussie.com.au/products/?productId=1686 (accessed 3/1/14). tram, trams, clock, souvenirs, w class trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, late 1940s
Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong 17 inbound in Melbourne Road on the North line, near Swinburne St at the level crossing used for goods traffic, opposite North Geelong railway yard. Tram has the destination of Belmont. In the background are various gasholders. Photo late 1940's. trams, tramways, geelong, north, level crossings, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, mid 1940's
Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Geelong Negative file of Geelong No. 24 rounding the double track curve from Glenleith Ave Geelong into Melbourne Road. On the corner is V. H. Rodgers Butchers building remains in 2020. The tram has the destination of North Photo mid 1940's. trams, tramways, geelong, melbourne road, glenleith ave, north, tram 24 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Pamphlet, Arts Victoria and Barbara Mau and Michael McLeod, "Melbourne's Painted Trams", c1990
Pamphlet - 6 fold - titled "Melbourne's Painted Trams - detailing six of Melbourne's - cut with a serrated edges on the left and right hand sides and the base in the outline of a tramcar. Tram 824 - Alex Danko 814 - Philip Faulks 829 - Lin Onus 837 - Terry Matassoni 726 - Jenny Watson 760 - Brett Colquhoun Notes the involvement of the Hearth Foundation and Arts Victoria. 2 copies held.trams, tramways, transporting art, decorated trams, melbourne -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, early 1950's
Yields information about the method of delivery of bogie trams from Melbourne and the Western Highway near Ballarat early 1950'sNegative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Ballarat Negative file of the delivery of a bogie tramcar on a very wet day using a Yellow Express truck. Would appear that the railway line is on there right hand side, possibly just before the Caledonia bridge under the railway line at the foot of the Warrenheip bank on the Western Highway. Timing related to Reg Item 5327i, btm5207i, delivery of ex MMTB 42 or 35.trams, tramways, delivery of tramcars, railways, bogie trams, ballarat -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, 7/03/1954 12:00:00 AM
Negative and Digital images of the Wal Jack Bendigo Negative file of tram 19 at Charing Cross. Tram has the destination of Charing Cross. In the background is are decoration for the Royal Visit (on The Beehive building), Evelyn Amor, A. G. Trelor watchmaker, Melba Frocks, the latter with a sign provided by the RACV pointing towards Melbourne. A large Plume sign is on The Beehive building. Assumed taken on the same day as Reg Item 7878 - Royal Visit.trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, charing cross, royal visit, tram 19 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, Edwina Williams, "Museum's plans see Trams back on track", 9/07/2020 12:00:00 AM
Digital image of an item in the 9-7-2020 issue of Ballaarat Times, titled "Museum's plans see Trams back on track" about the planning to re-open the museum following the lifting of restrictions due to Covid-19. Includes notes on the operation of the trams from the depot only and limitations. But these came to naught when the plan to lift restrictions did not go ahead and there was a further lockdown in the Melbourne area. Has a photo of Peter Waugh standing on a step of No. 13 with a limitation sign on it.btm, closure, covid-19 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Memorandum, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Departmental Tramways Superintendent, 3/10/1962 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead., Yields information about the provision of the tramway management by the SEC and Mr. Les Denmead.Carbon copy of a Memorandum dated 3/10/1962 to the Manager North Western Region (Bendigo) advising that the Ballarat Tramway Superintendent, Les Denmead will act in the position of Departmental Tramways Superintendent and will come to Melbourne as required. Sheet has rounded corners and date stamped 4 Oct. 1962.trams, tramways, personnel, management, ballarat, bendigo, tramway superintendent -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Administrative record - Memorandum, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), re rates of electricity, Mar. 1962
Yields information about the rates for electricity in Geelong and Ballarat., Yields information about the rates for electricity in Geelong and Ballarat..1 - Memorandum to Manager Ballarat from Engineer Melbourne, dated 28/3/1962, forwarding a copy of a series of questions put to the local Manager from the Ballarat Courier and a response from Minister for Electrical Undertakings Murray Byrne. .2 - Report - address to the Minister - 4 foolscap sheets, questions involved the rate for electricity in Geelong prior to the closure of the Geelong system and the current rates, power consumption in Geelong and Ballarat and how much power did the trams used the previous year. All sheets have round edges.trams, tramways, geelong, electricity supply, power supply