Rose Series postcard No. P 955, titled "'The Block' - Collins Melbourne " looking east from Elizabeth Street. Has at least nine cable trams in the view, along with horse drawn vehicles and motor cars. Has signs for James Thelwell ladies Tailor and Lafayette. The verandah on the south side of Collins Street is part of the "Centreway Arcade" and building constructed in 1911-12.Yields information about Collins St, c1914.Postcard - 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, melbourne town hall

Rose Series postcard No. P 981 titled "Bourke Street Melbourne Vic,". The photo looks east from Queen St. Several cable trams are in the view. There are signs for Osram lamps and valves, a car park, BGE, Film House, Commercial Bank and Thomas Evans Pty Ltd. See item 8076 for a similar image.Yields information about Bourke St c1940.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st

Rose Series postcard No. P 1803, titled "Menzies Hotel Melbourne", looking southeast to the hotel on the corner of Bourke and William Streets. Has one cable tram in the bottom left-hand corner and shows the centre of the road poles for the electric tram line in William St.Yields information about the Menzies Hotel c1930.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, william st

Rose Series postcard No. P 3334 titled "Bay Street Port Melbourne", looking south from near Bridge Street. Has two cable cars in the view, the northbound one has the destination of "Spring St". Has a Theatre on the left side of the photo along with a "Hail cars Here" tram stop sign on a pole. Photo c1920.Yields information about Bay St Port Melbourne. C1920Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has the stamp of Ken Magor on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bay st, port melbourne

Rose Series postcard No. P 3589, titled "Bourke Street looking to Parliament House, Melbourne". The photo looks east from Queen Street. There are several cable trams in the view. Has signs for Gibson, the Victoria Hotel, Osram lamps and valves, BGE, Myer, Foys, Danks, Thomas Evans, Donald Macintosh gun maker, and the Evans House, The Commercial Bank of Australia. See item 8071 for a similar image.Yields information about Bourke St c1939.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke 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

Rose Series postcard No. P 3645, titled "Lonsdale Street Melbourne', looking east from Queen Street. Has several cable trams in the far distance at Swanston Street. In the view is the Myer Emporium Lonsdale Street store and the Eastern Hill fire station tower. There are adverts for Dulux, Tribune, Wynss, Fox films, A E Hoad? Stillwell Stephens. The cable trams in Lonsdale Street west of Elizabeth Street closed in early 1935 and the remainder in 1939. Yields information about Lonsdale St c1933.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has the 3rd part of a letter to Ken on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, lonsdale st, myer

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.

Rose Series postcard No. P 4738, titled "Collins Street Melbourne", looking west from Swanston Street. Has several cable trams in the view, the nearest one having a destination of "Victoria Bridge". There are adverts for Kodak, and "Listen in Radios". A "Tramway Inspector?" is standing in the safety zone. The Collins Street cable trams were closed in 1929.Yields information about Collins St c1928Postcard - 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

Rose Series postcard No. P 10532 titled "Bourke Street Melbourne", looking west from near Swanston Street. Has two cable trams in the far distance. The Myer Emporium building is shown along with the GPO. A building crane can be seen on the left side of the photograph where Diamond House is under construction for Dunklings which was completed in 1936.Yields information about Bourke Street c1935Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st

Rose Series postcard No. P 10703 titled "Spring Street looking north, Melbourne", looking North West from Parliament House. Has one City bound cable tram set In the view along with two horse drawn vehicles and some motor cars. In the photo are the Princess Theatre (Hugh J Ward Theatres) and the Salvation Army's Womens Hostel.Yields information about Spring Street c1930.Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has in pencil on rear "KM-M-078"trams, tramways, cable trams, spring st

Rose Series postcard No. P 10765 titled "Spring Street Gardens, Melbourne", looking southwest. Has two cable trams in Macarthur Street, the first one with a destination of "Nth. Fitzroy" the second one "Spring Street," A lady is sitting on the lawn in Gordon Reserve while a gardener is watering the lawns. Note the Victorian terrace house on the corner of Collins and Spring streets to the right of General Charles George Gordon statue, this was demolished around 1928 to make way for Alcaston House built in 1929. Yields information about Spring St and Macarthur St late 1920'sPostcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has in pencil on rear "KM-M-080"trams, tramways, cable trams, spring st, macarthur st

Rose Series postcard No. P 82, titled "Elizabeth Street, Melbourne", looking south from Little Collins Street along Eizabeth Street. Has a Brunswick line cable tram with bogie trailer No.184 southbound, along with three other cable trams, horse drawn vehicles and a number of motor cars. There are building adverts for Norman Bros Stationers, Craigs, Sargents House, Sunlight Soap, Brooks Yields information about Elizabeth St c1915Postcard - printed real photograph with Rose Stereograph Co. name on the rear.Has in pencil on rear "KM-M-077"trams, tramways, cable trams, tram 184, elizabeth st

Black and white copy print of a bogie cable trailer and grip car tram in Elizabeth St, c1900 along with a horse drawn vehicle alongside. At corner with Collins St.On rear in ink "Melbourne, Bogie cable trailer in Elizabeth St City. Probably about." Has a Keith Kings Collection stamp.trams, tramways, cable trams, bogie cable trailers, elizabeth st, collins st

Black and white photograph of a cable tram trailer loaded onto a truck operated by the Maine Carrying Co with a banner advertising "Trams - Anywhere". Has two workers standing alongside. Thought to be photographed at Spencer St Station goods yard with one of the sheds behind it. Possibly for shipping to a country location. The truck has the telephone Central 684, solid tyres and an acetylene lamp. On the rear of the photograph is a dated 1929. Two prints held.On rear in red ink "1929" and "4-108-1" in blue ink. The date appears to be in Bob Lilburn's hand writing.trams, tramways, cable trams, sale of trams, disposal, spencer st

Set of 2 Black and white photographs of cable trams (trailer 290 and 586) and dummy 436 at the home of Alf Twentyman in Northcote. No details as to date or photographer.trams, tramways, cable trams, tmsv, northcote, tram 436, tram 290, tram 586

Newspaper clipping, from The Sun 24/1/1974, titled "Its a long time between stops" about the proposed restoration of cable tram set No. 1 by the MMTB. Has a photo of the Director of the Science Museum Mr Richard Fowler in the grip car and the proposed work.trams, tramways, cable trams, science museum, restoration, tram 1

Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales consisting of two postcards showing cable trams in Elizabeth St, looking north from the Flinders St clock tower and Bourke St looking east from Swanston St. The first shows a bogie trailer being shunted. The second has the Myer store in the view. The first photo is dated between 1933 and 1935 based on the construction of the building next door to Hosies in 1933 and the closure of the cable lines in 1935. See 7-9 Elizabeth St - see https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.com-participate.files/8215/9494/3548/PROPERTY_103166_7TO9_ELIZABETH_ST.pdf - accessed 7-5-2022Has "TMSV 332 Flinders St Melbourne 3000" stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, shunting, elizabeth st, bourke st, bogie cable trailers

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

Photo of a set of road markings, three white bars, where the cable grip car had to be stopped by to allow for shunting. Has a set of points and a tram car in the background.Demonstrates a cable tram set of guides for gripman.Black & White Photograph with notes on rear.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "1933" in pencil.trams, tramways, cable trams, shunting, points

Photograph of of the North Melbourne engine house, or power house or winding house on the corner of Abbotsford St and Queensberry St. Dated 1934 on the rear of the photo. Shows the chimney. This building remains intact other than for the chimney.Yields information about cable trams engine houses.Black & White Photograph - two copies held.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on the rear and a date "Nth Melb Engine House 1934" in pencil on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, abbotsford st, engine houses, power house, winding houses, queensberry st

Photograph reproduced by the TMSV Sales of trailer 565 at the Spencer St terminus of the Bourke St line. Has Carlyons Hotel in the background. Dated in pencil as 1938. Has the destination of Nicholson St. See also Reg Item 3593 for another photo of trailer 565.Yields information about cable tram trailer 565 at Bourke St.Black & White Photograph with notes on rear.Has the TMSV Sales stamp and "1938" on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, tram 565

The photograph shows the view of a passenger or conductor from the rear door of a cable tram trailer looking forward. The gripman in MMTB uniform is standing by his levers. Shows the longitudinal seats with af a view through a cable set taken from the rear of the trailer. Shows the gripman standing. Dated in pencil as 1933. See image 7656 for another image.Yields information about cable trams in the 1930s.Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales.Has the TMSV Sales stamp and "1933" on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, gripmen, uniforms

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of the demolition of winding sheave pit - location not known. Shows the size of the cable pins.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, cables, winding houses, tram 565

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a cable car set shunting at the Bourke St terminus by Spencer St. Grip car has the destination of Spencer St, while the trailer, 581 shows Northcote. The crews are shown on their respective cars. The photograph has a satin finish.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, cable grip, crews, bourke st, tram 581

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a cable cars and pedestrians crossing Princes Bridge looking back towards the city. The photograph has a satin finish. Two copies held.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, princes bridge

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a former grip car being transport on a jinker, pulled by three horses. Photo - Victoria Ave at the corner of Beaconsfield Pde - with the Bleak House Hotel in the background. Advised by Mal Rowe. From an email from Robert Green, 19-08-2021 - advised "The Herald of 10 May 1935, p.4 has the following little paragraph : Cable Tram Tableau Entitled “Transport Cavalcade”: Horse-laughs - real ones – were heard today when a team of horses, drawing a lorry upon which was a dis-used cable tram dummy sporting “Collins Street” upon the front and “South Melb Beach” at the rear, passed along Swanston Street. Neddy’s superiority complex at seeing out these early manifestations of our mechanical age was heightened when the front wheel of a nearby motor-truck fell off." Image has been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, beaconsfield parade, albert park

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a cable car set being hauled out of the North Fitzroy depot, Nicholson St, c1938 by a horse. Normally a tractor was used for this purpose. Note the large drainage pit on the gutter and that the grip mechanism has been lifted out plus the Bundy clock on the depot wall. Photo print was printed backwards - image i2 has been corrected. Image has been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear and "1938" on the rear in pencil.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, nicholson st, north fitzroy, bundy clock

1 - employee with a uniform cap - could be a shunter - lifting the cable into the adjacent grip car. Marked on rear as "Lonsdale St" .2 - worker in a cable pulley maintenance pit oiling the mechanism - note the other pits. Has put a "Danger" sing out on the roadway. Marked on rear "Bourke and Spring St 1938" Two copies held and one digital image from a scene shot. .3 - a worker watching the cable entering a winding house looking for damage - what a boring job! Marked on rear as "Checking cables 1938" .4 - communications pillar - or box - to communicate with the winding house .5 - photos shows the grip in the roadway Images have been reproduced from a movie - Commuting by Cable?Yields information of the cable tram operations c1938.Series of five Black & White Photographs by the TMSV Sales and one digital image from Commuting by Cable. Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear with some notes in pencil on the rear as shown above.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, winding house

Black & White Photograph by the TMSV Sales of a poster / drawings showing the operation of the Grip Kicker Gear - which when activated forced the cable from the grip, such as when crossing over another cable. Refers to a model of this apparatus.Has the TMSV Sales stamp on rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, grip tram, cables, cable grip