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Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, Progress Press, "Trams a vital part of City's transport", 18/05/1988 12:00:00 AM
... Fiddian, giving the story of Melbourne trams from horse, cable... by Marc Fiddian, giving the story of Melbourne trams from horse ...Newspaper clipping, from the Progress Press, 18/5/1988, titled "Trams a vital part of City's transport", written by Marc Fiddian, giving the story of Melbourne trams from horse, cable to electric, where they run NMETL, VR tramways and there place in Melbourne. Has a photo of a cable tram with a very young Gripman, and Z59 on a Bundoora service.trams, tramways, cable trams, nmetl, vr, melbourne, history, z class, books, bundoora -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1910's?
Black and White Photograph of Bourke St looking east with the GPO in the background. Has about 5 cable tram sets in the photograph. shows the telephone pole lines with the Wertheim building, a telegraph works, hotels and horse drawn vehicles. See Reg Item 3382 for a different crop but a poorer print.Black and white photograph of Bourke St c1900trams, tramways, cable trams, bourke st, melbourne -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 1890s
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Black and White Photograph of a Beaumaris horse tram. 8 window, double deck, three horses. Keith notes that the 3rd horse was needed on beach weather days See also Reg Item 3157 for another photograph of a horse tram. See Keith's notes on the rear of the photograph for more information. Printed on Kodak Paper.On rear in ink a description - see image i2 and KSK number "S-A-535"trams, tramways, beaumaris horse tram, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), Set of six tickets issued by the TMSV for the operation of the horse tram, Oct. 1980
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Set of six tickets issued by the TMSV for the operation of the horse tram on 1 and 2/11/1980, as part of the Prahran Festival. Has an advert for National Mutual Permanent building society of the rear and the details of the TMSV's Bylands site. Green - child - 2601 and 2602 Yellow adult - 00009 and 00010 Pink adult - 4009 blue adult - 006009trams, tramways, prahran, tmsv, horse tram, chapel st, tram 1015 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, 1915/16
Copy negative of a photograph of the horse tram in Riversdale Road, meeting a P&MTT electric tram (No. 36) in Glenferrie Road, c1915. Has the photo caption underneath - "Where two roads meet". Print of this photo held in folder 195, See Reg Item 318 for another photograph, but poorer condition.trams, tramways, riversdale rd, glenferrie rd, horse trams, pmtt, tram 36 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, c1905
Copy negative of a photograph of cable cars in Swanston, looking north from the Melbourne Town Hall, with horse drawn vehicles and bicycles. c1905.trams, tramways, cable trams, mto co, swanston st, collins st, trailers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1954
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of U class 211 after the body has been sold to the former North Melbourne Men's home (advised by Ron Scholten August 2020) on the corner of Arden and Langford Streets. Would appear that it is being used as a hay shed or store. The City of Melbourne yard, next door, would have had horses. Photo Wal Jack c1954. See Reg Item 5157 for a 120 size neg.trams, tramways, u class, sale of trams, nmetl, scrapped trams, tram 211 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Magazine, Duncan MacAuslan, "The Northern Tramway Company", 2018
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Manuscript - draft - 8 A4 pages, titled "The Northern Tramway Company", by Duncan MacAuslan about the development and operation of a horse tramway company that ran from Moreland and Sydney Road to Bridge St Coburg. Opened March 1889, insolvency, ownership and lease issues with Council, purchase by Council in 1911 and closure in Dec. 1915 to enable the construction of the electric line by the MBCTT. See the August 2020 issue of Trolley Wire for the full completed article and photographs.trams, tramways, horse trams, coburg, northern tramway co., sydney road -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 22/12/1974 12:00:00 AM
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Black and White Photograph of TMSV workers replacing the canopy roof on the bulkhead of cable tram 256 during restoration work - replica horse tram 256. Taken by Keith Kings 22/12/1974. .2 - has been masked by paper to crop the image. Has number (21A) in the top right hand corner.On rear in ink detail notes see image i3 and notes on the other print with number 27-1.trams, tramways, tmsv, horse trams, cable trams, tram 256 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, 3/06/1916 12:00:00 AM
... On rear in ink "Melbourne, Zoo Horse tram at Cnr. Royal Pde... "Melbourne, Zoo Horse tram at Cnr. Royal Pde Parkville Car No. 42 ...Black and white copy print of Zoo Tram at the Royal Park gates, corner of Royal Parade Parkville.On rear in ink "Melbourne, Zoo Horse tram at Cnr. Royal Pde Parkville Car No. 42 or 43". Has a "M. Rowe Copyright" on rear.trams, tramways, zoo tram, royal park, horse trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1910
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1926
Black and white photograph of Flinders St Station looking from St Paul's Cathedral with many people, motor cars and horse drawn vehicles. Has a W class tram in Swanston St and a bus by the kerb. Tram may be W 224. c1926 Numerous signs are visible as well.On the rear in ink, "Neg - Bob Lilburn Collection Prob 224"trams, tramways, flinders st station, swanston st, w class, tram 224 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 2/12/1979 12:00:00 AM
Set of 2 Black and White photographs of the replica Horse Tram 253 at the TMSV Bylands site. .1 - cleaning the tram - missing the end canopies .2 - Interior of the tram Notes on the rear of the tram note the work of the builder - Newton & Gillian Williams of Mildura and Alan Sutcliffe. Dated 2/12/1979. Photo Numbers 180-32 and 180-33Has the Keith Kings photo stamp on the rear, with extensive details of the photograph.trams, tramways, replica, cross bench tram, horse tram, tmsv, bylands, tram 253 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Collins St east of Swanston St, c1920
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1943-44
Black and white negative, by Wal Jack, of S class 166 (showing Russell St), in Barkly St Footscray. Based on the photograph, the tram is inbound to Footscray Station, as the buildings match the current (12/2020) Google Earth view at 185 Barkly St and Albert St. In the background is - Brown's Dry cleaner, a Millinery shop at 185, W. Adler Tailor, J. Paarons PA (Radio) on the clockface and H E M Burrow? store sign. A horse drawn van is alongside the tram. Photo undated, c1943-44trams, tramways, barkly st, footscray, russell st, s class, tram 166, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack collection, c1920
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Black and white copy negative obtained by Wal Jack of a single deck Beaumaris Horse tram with horses and a double deck horse tram. In front of the tram is a Barley (Bearliey) motor car, based on the album caption - see page 19 of the album and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_Motor_Car_Co. accessed 13/6/2021. Album dates the photo about 1920.trams, tramways, beaumaris horse tram, horse trams, motor vehicles -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, P W Duckett Collection, c1920
... In ink on the rear "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram on Zoo horse... on the rear "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram on Zoo horse tram line. Neg ...Black & White Photograph of a horse drawn toastrack tram on the Zoo line with many passengers. Photo from the Peter Duckett collection.In ink on the rear "Melbourne "Toastrack" tram on Zoo horse tram line. Neg - PW Duckett collection.trams, tramways, zoo tram, horse trams, toastrack tram -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper - Newspaper Clipping and Inquest, Sourced by Noelle Jones, 1916 to 1919
Set of four scans of inquest into deaths resulting from accidents and two copies of associated articles involving the Melbourne Brunswick and Coburg Tramways Trust. .1 - Inquest dated 18/8/1916 in to the death of Elizabeth McDermott who was flung from a horse drawn vehicle when it was struck by a MBCTT. Has witness reports from Henry Ernest Toll (?), Motorman, Francis Holmes, See htd5855i1 for a pdf version of the inquest file. .2 - Inquest dated 14/6/1917 into the death of Hector Henry Porter who died by suicide - has witness reports from MBCTT - Revenue Clerk John Hussey, William Smith Motorman and Albert Atkinson Conductor. See htd5855i2 for a pdf version of the inquest file and i3 for a image of the newspaper clipping from Trove. .3 - Inquest dated 10/5/1918 into the death of Eric James McEwan, a MBCTT tram conductor who fell from a tram approaching the Swanston St terminus while lifting the side barriers. Has witness statements from Henry McEwan, his brother and grip man who identified the body, Leslie Whitburn Motorman. See htd5855i4 for a pdf version of the inquest file and i5 for a image of the newspaper clipping from Trove. .4 - Inquest dated 4/9/1919 into the death of Ernest Royal Lindsay, resulting from a collision between his cart and a tram in Elgin St Carlton. Has witness statements from Reginald Fordham, Arthur Smith Motorman, William Craighead Motorman. Has on page 22, a map of the location of the accident. See htd5855i5 for a pdf version of the inquest filetrams, tramways, accidents, mbctt, inquests, horse drawn vehicle -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - set of 3 Black and White photographs, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
Series of three Black & White Photographs of a postcards made by the TMSV Sales of: .1 - Bourke St, looking east with the GPO in Elizabeth St in the view, along with many vehicular traffic - has the Myer building. c1920? .2 - Bourke St looking west from Swanston St prior to the construction of the Myer building. c1910. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles in the view and one motor car. Coles Book arcade on the south side. .3 - Similar to .1, but c1910 - has L Cohen & Co, Tailors and Outfitters. in the view. All views have cable trams in the view.trams, tramways, bourke st, elizabeth st, gpo, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales of Smith St Collingwood looking north with a cable car (Spencer St) and another in the view along with horse drawn vehicles. Has the Foy & Gibson Smith St buildings in the view. It would appear the cable car ironwork has been enhanced. Two copies held - the second copy is a slightly wider view.trams, tramways, smith st, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
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 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Colour Photograph/s, Keith Kings, 27/02/2008 12:00:00 AM
Black and white photograph of Flinders St during the filming of The Pacific, 27/2/2008. Included within the photo is a street work gang with two rollers, horses, and Flinders St Station with a number of adverts placed on the verandah.Has Keith Kings stamp on the rear, but no number.trams, tramways, films, drivers, crews -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Scancolor, "Melbourne Trams - Past and Present", mid 1980's
Postcard - four panel, colour, titled "Melbourne Trams - Past and Present", featuring trams: Royal Park horse tram 256 Richmond cable tram W7 class tram - 1022 Z3 class tram 116 On rear is TMSV image, details of the TMSV Bylands, produced by Scancolor, Melbourne, CS1482. Has 33 cent stamp, postmarked for the Centenary of Cable Car Services, 11/11/1985 with a grip included and stamped "100 years of Melbourne trams carried on Commemorative official trip from Flinders St, Melbourne to Richmond Town Hall, November 11, 1985" in blue ink in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, postcards, centenary, cable trams, stamps, horse tram, w7 class, z3 class, tram 256, tram 1022, tram 116 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Colour Print/s, Jeff Bounds, 11/03/1991 12:00:00 AM
Set of three colour prints of TMSV operating the motorised cable tram set and Royal Park tram 256 11/3/1991. The rear of each photograph gives the details. Photos by Jeff Bounds. 1 - "Cable tram dummy 593 being pushed along Kingsway along Kingsway, side South Melbourne Depot after breaking chain drive in Park St when turning from St Kilda Road." SW 5, 777, route 64 following along with another tram. 2 - "Cable tram set 593 and 171 in Swanston St, looking north to Franklin St, as TMSV Exhibit in Moomba Parade in conjunction with the Villa Maria Society." 3 - "Horse tram 256 waiting alongside tracks in Swanston St (north) for Met Tram service to allow for it to enter The Moomba Parade as part of The Met exhibit." 256 is alongside W6 964, running a South Melbourne Beach route 1, followed by a W7 St Kilda Beach, route 15. Has the Royal Women's Hospital in the background.All have above details written in ink, along with "TMSV" and "11/3/91".trams, tramways, tmsv, moomba, events, swanston st, kingsway, w6 class, cable trams, w7 class, sw5 class, route 1, route 15, route 64, w6 class, tram 593, tram 171, tram 593, tram 777, tram 964 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1970's
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Black and white photograph of TMSV Horse tram (Royal Park car 256) operations at Bylands during a Vintage Car rally, mid 1970's. No details on rear. See Reg Item 1601 for a TMSV pamphlet on which the photo was used. May provide photographer details.trams, tramways, tmsv, bylands, horse trams, tram 256 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, mid 1970's
... item titled "Old trams were horse-powered" of Melbourne Zoo...In ink on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43... on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue at Royal ...Black and white photograph the Australasian Post magazine item titled "Old trams were horse-powered" of Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue at Royal Parade, Parkville.In ink on rear "Melbourne Zoo horse tram No. 43 in The Avenue at Royal Parade, Parkville, plus text. From a periodical in the R. W Green collection".trams, tramways, horse trams, zoo tram, royal park, tram 43 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 2 Black & White Photograph/s, c1985
... Melbourne Tram Museum 8 Wallen Road Hawthorn melbourne ...Black and white photograph of a newspaper item featuring No. 1 tram of the Box Hill - Doncaster Tramway and notes on its operation and a sketch of the Kew Horse Tram - see Reg Item 5154. .2 - enlarged print of the electric tram No. 1.In ink on rear "Melbourne clipping from a periodical in R. W Green collection showing Box Hill to Doncaster electric Tram No. 1 and a Kew Horse tram at the Cemetery"trams, tramways, horse trams, kew, box hill, doncaster, tram 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, c1985
... In ink on rear "Melbourne Kew Horse Tram at Cemetery... "Melbourne Kew Horse Tram at Cemetery Terminus. From R. W. Green ...Black and white photograph of a newspaper item featuring a sketch of the Kew Horse Tram at the Cemetery from Reg Item 5153.In ink on rear "Melbourne Kew Horse Tram at Cemetery Terminus. From R. W. Green collection."trams, tramways, horse trams, kew, cemetery