Yields information about trams used, services and buildings in Sturt St near Grenville St in the ESCo era c1914.Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing. Photo of Ballarat ESCo trams near the Grenville City terminus - two trams, left hand one has a advertisement for Viceroy tea on the front dash panel. Companies in image are: Mechanics Institute Library, C. Marks, A. E. White, Indian Depot, Peakes and Gas Co. Has the Mechanics Institute building, Town Hall building on both sides of Sturt St. Some early motor vehicles - c1914? From a Railway Photograph? Has marks from old support tape on rear. Note image scanned in two runs through a scanner, resulting in the shading in the image file.trams, tramways, sturt st, town hall, grenville st, esco

Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene in Sturt St looking west from Grenville St.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard - titled "Sturt St Ballarat", looking west along Sturt St from Grenville St., Valentine Series 1499. Wal notes "old type on left, present No. 26 on Right with Sebastopol type in background. In the photo are advertisements or buildings for: Reed and William, Thornton for photos, S&N Sior, W Brown & Co, Cycle and Motor, Singer, Bailey Bros Cash Butchers, Geo White, Robur Tea, Davies Bread, Carlyon's Hotel and Richmond Wal has dated the photo about 1930 on his album notes. For rear of postcard - see image i2.In bottom right hand corner has the "2 Vic Rail Photo".trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, dawson st, tram 26

L-R back row: W. Bonthorn, Dave Nicol, Tom Andrews ("Black Tom"), Con Hogan, J. Steele, Jim Stoddart, Dave Allen, (Umpire), Bill Megee, -?- Maloney, Jack Wise, Fred White, Foster Watkinson. Centre row: Bob Allen, George Ah Lyee (spelled 'Ahlie'), Alex? Thomson, Bill Lewers or Lewis, Eugene Sandow, Les Ching, Bill Commons, Bob Hogan, George Allen. Front row: George Cluff, Ewen Ching. Date is estimated from team member Foster Watkinson's age and history. He was born in 1897, joined the army in 1916, and although he is known to have visited Linton in the closing stages of WWI, it is understood he did not live in Linton after the war. (Prior to enlisting, he worked as a compositor's assistant at the Grenville Standard.)Black and white photograph of a football team, umpire and officials.football, linton football club, w. bonthorn, dave nicol, tom andrews, j. steele, jim stoddart, dave allen, bill megee, maloney, jack wise, fred white, foster watkinson, bob allen, george ah lyee (?), alex? thomson, bill lewers, eugene sandow, les ching, bill commons, bob hogan, george allen, george cluff, ewen ching.

Yields information about Sturt St between Lydiard St and Ripon St.Set of 5 AGFA slides - blue and white plastic mounts: 1 - Sturt St looking west, south side from Windermere St. .2 - ditto from Dawson St, shows tram stop sign and end of section sign. .3 - ditto from Armstrong St - with Myer's and Coles stores in the background. .4 - ditto at Ripon St, showing junction of View Point line, has the shelter on the right. .5 - City terminus - Sturt St and Lydiard St, with a bogie tram arriving from Grenville St. Has the ESCo switch box in the view - (to the right of the ladies). Has the Commonwealth Bank on the right hand side of the photo. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, dawson st, tram stops, view point, shelters, lydiard st

Negative No. N382 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder) of Ballarat No. 35 about to cross Grenville St, about to enter Bridge St. from Sturt St. Photo is at the tram stop with a passenger boarding. Photo taken after tram has past photographer and from the central median strip looking towards Bridge St. with a seat and a monument in the foreground. In the background is the tram stop shelter, Morshead's building with an advertisement for Greys cigarettes, Mobilgas and Dickins Self Service Grocery. Tram has destination of Victoria St. Date of photo on folder - 29/12/1958. Original negative rescanned 24/5/2020 and image file updated.Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR3A" in red ink, "BA10" in pencil, date stamp of "29 Dec 1958" on front, and on rear date stamps "26 Sep 1962" and "26 Sep 1962".trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, bridge st, morseheads, tram 35

Yields information about the tram stop at the east end of Sturt St, advertisements on the tram and the way the stop was used.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, published 19/7/1968 of No. 13 picking up passengers, Sturt & Grenville Sts corner, after Govt announced intention to close Ballarat & Bendigo systems. Tram has the destination of View Point, a "Twin Lakes" sign and a roof advertisement for ANA medical services. Two lady passengers, one with a shopping basket boarding the tram. In the background are Morsheads and Dickins stores. See Reg Item 2921 for the Newspaper cutting the photograph used in. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, bridge st, grenville st, sturt st, twin lakes, tram 13

Printed colour postcard of photograph of Sturt St. in the mid 1940's looking from the top of a building in Grenville St. towards the West. Has a number of parked vehicles in kerbs, two people riding horses, a Vacuum Oil Co. truck in the bottom right hand corner and an SEC tram travelling west, just past the City Loop points. See Reg Item 675 for the same photograph - slightly cropped. Victorian Railways photograph. On rear the card has been ruled for address, stamp and titled postcard. Along the bottom edge is the publication details "ANSCOL - Australian Natural Scenic Colour - Thomas Tennant, 14 Jaques St., Chatswood N.S.W." trams, tramways, sturt st, postcards, sec, grenville st, tram 4

Significant in being a detailed set of instructions for the Forest City signalling system that was operated by the tram's trolley pole. Details of the locations and crossing loops where used, primarily around the loop and through Bridge St. and how it operated. Prepared and printed by the SEC during 1965.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in two locations along the top edge, titled Forest City Signals, and dated 20-1-1965, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Gives instructions for running out of the depot. Note: The locations of the signals are not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486 See also Reg Item 5373 for another similar copy and fully scanned copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

Has a strong association with the work of the Royal South Street Society, who published a handbook or manual for their competitions. Used a photograph published at about the same time.Printed sepia coloured photograph of Sturt St. in the mid 1940's looking from the top of a building in Grenville St. towards the West. Has a number of parked vehicles in kerbs, two people riding horses, a Vacuum Oil Co. truck in the bottom right hand corner and an SEC tram travelling west, just past the City Loop points. Colour postcard of same photograph see Reg Item 2981 and another print see Reg Item 675 Appeared in the 1939 Royal South St Society competition Manual. Appears to have been used as a piece of note paper. See also Reg item 675 for alternative source details.Handwritten note in very faint pencil on rear.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st., royal south street society

Demonstrates a souvenir item for the opening of the electric tramways in Ballarat in the form of a postcard, one of which has actually been used to send a message. Has a strong association with the people who sent and received the card.608 - Postcard size Souvenir Tram ticket, printed using blue ink on one side with fare, photos of power station, engine room, boiler room and a tram & No.11162 stamped on edge. On reverse side is space for stamp, address etc., - with line & "postcard' etc., printed in red ink. Letter/note to Mino Loveday Hutchins c/o P.O> Queenscliff. No date. Fares given on card are : Mount Pleasant and Orphanage and Grenville St. 3d, or Grenville St. and Tram sheds 3d. Printed in a blue/grey ink of various shades onto a white card. Souvenir 608.1 - as above, numbered 11308, has been punched on lower edge near right hand corner. Has been used as post card to a person in Alexandria?, but rear has been eaten by silverfish or similar. Did have a date stamp of "28-8-0?" See also Reg Item 2488, page 28 for ticket number 1595. (On page 29) - image btm608i2 608.2 - added 18.07.2006 - Ticket No. 3934 608.3 - added 3.11.2011, Ticket No. 9030 Note re donation of 608i3 added 11-12-2016 and original donation 27-2-2017. See also Reg Item 7071 for a version that has actually been used with a message written onto the rear of the card and 7083. On lower edge card has been punched with a circular hole. stamp has been in position, but since removed.Letter on reartrams, tramways, esco, opening, ballarat, tickets, tram 26

Printed colour postcard titled "City Hall and Shoppers Square Ballarat". Has an inbound tram showing the Grenville St sign on the rear, and one of the crossbench cars loading passengers outside the Town Hall. Shows Snows building, people in the median strip - busy holiday or a Sunday. Images of the front and back of the card and a close-up of the two trams in the bottom left-hand corner. Note the lamp or coloured destination sign on the roof of the inbound tram. On the rear, the postcard has been divided into two with the words "Post Card" and "Printed in Great Britain" on the top, a "Valentine Series" on the side. Addressed to Miss J Johnstone, 30 Weighbridge St, Flemington, and with the words "Dear Jeannie, / How do you like this one. / Maggie". Has a 1d Victorian stamp, cancelled in Melbourne "5" with the date "25-1-05" This is an incorrect date - electric trams did not open until August 1905. 2nd copy unused.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt and Armstrong StreetsPostcard, coloured, divided back - used.trams, tramways, sturt st, esco, town hall, cross bench tram, snows, armstrong st

Set of four tickets located in the rear of Reg Item 7134. .1 - Electric Supply Co. of Victoria (ESCo) - 1.5d check ticket, issued in exchange of a slip ticket for use Grenville St and Grant St and Queen St or Drummond and Sturt St or Macarthur St in Lydiard St. Printed on grey card, ticket number 256396. .2 - SEC 4c ticket printed in red ink, black number, has been used - folded into three - B514142 .3 - ditto 7c ticket, print in teal ink, C865083 .4 - BTM 1d ticket, purple ink with black number A008443, with Museum details on rear and hand written date of "18/9/2011" in ink on rear. trams, tramways, tickets, esco, grenville st, secv, btm

Yields information about the tram operations at or near the Titanic Bandstand in Sturt St.Five (5) Digital images taken by George Coop during the period 1968 - 1970, of SEC trams in Sturt St, between Lydiard and Grenville Streets on the north side of Sturt St. .1 - Tram 11, descending the hill by the Titanic bandstand with the Post Office in the background. Trams has a Twin Lakes advert, Bliss Bombs and the destination of Mt Pleasant. .2 - Tram 31 ditto, except destination of Victoria St. .3 - Tram 13 with bandstand in the view - for Mt Pleasant. .4 - Tram 33, with a lady and man carrying a box descending the footpath. Tram has the destination of Victoria St and a Twin Lakes sign. .5 - Tram 26, at corner of Sturt and Camp Streets, with the Owen Williams store in the background. trams, tramways, sturt st, tram 11, tram 31, tram 13, tram 33, tram 26

713.1 & 71.32 - A4 sized originals (ex Laser Printer) of BTM Exhibition brochure titled "Law and Order on the Trams". Prepared for the 1997 CHHA Exhibition, 11&12 October 1997, then at the depot. Features three photographs - opening of Lydiard St. North, ESCo No. 2 and power station and group of ESCo employees in front of the Grenville St. shelter. Has notes on horse trams, trams and MP's during World War II, the last tram of the day and policing employees. Printed onto "Premium coated ink Jet" paper, 25% cotton. Printed by a HP6P printer. 713.3 - photocopy of 713.1 and .2 as handed out, printed onto white "Reflex" paper. Image added 20-12-2016trams, tramways, law and order, employees, police, esco

Yields information about the vicinity of the Sturt St city loop and the buildings on the south side of Sturt St.Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing. Photo of Ballarat No. 14 and possibly No. 12 in the City Loop, Sturt St., near Grenville St. Ballarat. no. 14 showing "CITY". On left is Gas and Fuel Corporation of Victoria building, Patersons, T&G Life Assurance and other buildings on the south side of Sturt St. Taken by John Phillips late 1960's or early 1970's. Has 4 Velcro black squares on rear and marks where mounting devices have been removed on the rear. Note image scanned in two runs through a scanner, resulting in the shading in the image file. Second copy added - 8/11/2005 to box 01-01-70.trams, tramways, city loop, sturt st., tram 14

Yields information about the streetscapes of Ballarat on the Gardens to Victoria St route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of nine Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - R. Williams (Motorman) and Danny Powell (badge 30) standing in front of a tram at Victoria St. The tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. .2 - view of No. 113 Victoria St - now Ardenlee B&B. .3 - Sunshine Biscuit Factory .4 - Mack's Hotel .5 - Stones Corner - intersection of Victoria and Mt Pleasant routes .6 - Crossing Grenville St .7 - No. 30 at the City terminus, Lydiard St with Racey's and the SEC office in the background. .8 - as for .5, but looking east with the Caltex service station in the background. .9 - No. 30 at the Victoria St terminus. Slide mount date August 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, victoria st, bridge st, stones corner, tram 30

Yields information about tram operations in the city area of Ballarat.Set of 4 colour slides - Kodachrome white cardboard mounts - slide mounts dated August to September 1971. .1 - Photo of No. 37 at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard Streets with the Town Hall in the background and the tramway shelter. Has detailed street signs - Government Tourist Bureau, Art Gallery and street name and a sign "Danger Cross Streets at Right Angles" .2 - No. 30 with the destination of City, westbound in Sturt St with the Town Hall, Fletcher Jones and Coles stores in the background. .3 - Nos. 30 and 21 parked in the City Loop. .4 - view of the south side of Sturt St just to west of Grenville St with the Family Footwear, Spot Cafe, Bill Valpied Fruit, Union Hotel and Thomas Jewellers buildings in the view. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler. .2 and .3 have in pencil "Photo to America" written on them in pencil.ballarat, tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, lydiard st north, city, signs, tram 30, tram 21

Black and white photograph of SEC Trams 26 and 28 in the City Loop on 23.12.1967 in the evening. Both trams have their lights on. Two motor cars parked with parking meters. In rear are the buildings on the south side of Sturt St to the west of Grenville St. Buildings in view are "Edments Hartleys", "Gear Chemist" and "Patersons". Photo by Dave Macartney - 23/12/1967. Copy1 - Photocopy made 4/1999 for display purposes. Copy 2 - made by enlarging photo to an approx. A4 print by colour photocopying and laminated for display purposes. Made July 2000 for the Trams at Night exhibition in the depot. Made by W.Doubleday. Has four Velcro dots on rear. Overall size 203H x 268W. Stored in same box at rear of large photos area in an A4 plastic folder.trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, night photo, tram 26, tram 28

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 36 and four single truckers at City or Grenville St Loop, with the buildings at the south east end of Sturt St. in the background is Dickins Food Store. A number of the trams have SEC roof advertisements and one unidentified one. Tram 36 has the "Trotting Bray Raceway Friday Night" auxiliary boards and is showing the destination of "CITY". Photo taken Nov 1970. One of a set of 20 slides made by the Association of Railway Enthusiast Provincial Tramways film strip. Reference Item 2560 details the ARE Film Strip and provide references to other slides. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 62" in pencil.tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, grenville st., tram 36

Demonstrates the evolution of public transport in Ballarat, from tram to bus with the first of the replacement buses adjacent to a tram about to be phased out.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 17/8/1971 and published in the Courier Supplement of 20/9/1971, showing first tramway replacement bus near Grenville St loop, August 1971 (another pic of the bus was published on 18/8/1971). Shows a Davis Bus with four drivers standing along side with three single truck trams in the loop - No. 13 at the rear. Has the Camp Hotel and the Ballarat Courier Offices in the background. See Reg Item 3720 also for another use of this photograph. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos SEC era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." with "88%" in blue ink.tramways, trams, closure, buses, davis bus lines, sturt st, tram 13

Demonstrates aspects of the Ballarat Tramways ticketing system for use with the daily return from Sebastopol (See Reg Item 3492 for check ticket). Printed by ESCo for a specific route and particularly historic because a weekly set of tickets has been formed.Set of six Day return (4d) tickets for travel between Sebastopol and Grenville St - one for each day of the week. Have day of month around the edge, where it would have been nipped on the inward journey. Notes condition of use and that it must be given up on the return journey for a check ticket - See Reg. Item 3492. All Printed by J. J. Miller Melb. Printing in black ink. Have been nipped or cancelled or inward journey. .1 - Monday - D0179 - purple colour - nipped for the 1st .2 - Tuesday - F 3696 - grey - 27th .3 - Wednesday - F5901 - pink - 5th .4 - Thursday - F5498 - blue - 5th .5 - Friday - E6395 - orange - 13th .6 - Saturday - D1633 - green - 23rd. trams, tramways, tickets, sebastopol, esco

Yields information about Ballarat No. 39 and the street scene at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St in 1953 and Holden Motor carsBlack and white digital print from a scan of a donated negative bogie tram No. 39 in Sturt St with the intersection of Grenville Street behind. In the rear are the buildings on the south west corner of the corner - featuring Mc Nultys Dry cleaning, a milk bar and grill room next door and Paterson's in the background. Note the Holden's (FJ's ?) parked with the rear into the kerbs. Black and White print made from scan of negative. Original Negative stored with Negatives. Image rescanned from copy neg and updated 31/5/2020. See On this basis, the envelope and marking matches that of Reg Item 4158, photo of No. 40, by John Webster and assumed taken on the same day as Item 4157, 4158, 4168, 4178 - 11/4/1953. Contained within Envelope No. 31.On left hand side of the negative in ink is "EI 36".tramways, trams, sturt st, grenville st, tram 39

Yields information about the instructions about Signalling system on Wendouree Parade and Bridge St - Forest City signals.Five page, foolscap duplicated document, stapled in the top left hand corner, titled Forest City Signals, undated, has letters S4 in top right hand corner of first sheet, giving details about the Forest City signalling system installed in Ballarat, particularly around Wendouree Parade and the depot. Explains how the system operates, gives instructions, details of the system, location of the loops, trams following each other, power failure. Also gives details of how the Bridge St system operated and the switch at Grenville St. Note: The locations of the signals may not be not as detailed as in the Driver Training Manual - See Reg Item 3486. Does not provide instructions for Lydiard St North or Sebastopol routes. See also Reg Item 3456 for another similar copy.trams, tramways, signals, crossing loop, forest city signals, grenville st, wendouree parade

Yields information the buildings, buildings and scene at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St with a tram crossing the road.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard - titled ""Sturt Street, Looking West, Ballarat" with ESCo tram No. 16 crossing from Sturt St south side (from Grenville St) into Lydiard St North. Has conductor on rear footstep. Appears to be taken on a hot day. Real Photo Series M 3104. Has a number of horse carts in the photograph. Tram has an advertisement for Suttons Pianos on the roof. Card produced by Valentines & Sons Publishing Co. Ltd. See rear of card for company location details. In the photo are advertisements or buildings for: National Mutual Building, Town Hall, and Marks & Co. Wal has dated the photo about 1921 in his album notes. For rear of postcard - see image i2.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, lydiard st, town hall, tram 16

Yields information the appearance of Sturt St at Grenville St and three SEC trams about 1938.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a postcard - actual printed photograph - looking east from Sturt and Grenville Sts, c1938. Has SEC tram 16 on the south side, No. 26 for Mt Pleasant and No. 20 showing Sturt St West with a crew member stepping off the tram. Printed and Published by Kodak - see rear of postcard. Has the caption "Sturt St Ballarat Vic Looking west" along the bottom left hand edge and "19 Vic Govt Rail Photo" in the bottom right hand corner. In the photograph are advertisings for Robur Tea, Davies Bread, Thornton for Photos, Malvern Star cycles, Singer and Bailey Bros." Wal's album notes dates the photo as "1938" See image i2 for rear of postcard.On rear of photo in pencil "1937".trams, tramways, sturt st, grenville st, tram 16, tram 26, tram 20

The souvenir is believed to have been made by R.E. Hyatt.Home-made souvenir of Linton. Souvenir consists of a photograph of the Shire of Grenville office building in Sussex Street, Linton . Two shops are visible further along the street, and part of a sign for a butcher's shop is visible in the lower left corner of the photograph. The photograph has been mounted on a map of Australia which has been cut from very thick cardboard. A border made of small green squares is around the photograph, and underneath the photograph are the words "Greetings from Linton" enclosed by a scroll. The edge of the map has been painted green. A picture of a Koala has been cut from card or paper and painted silver and then been glued to the cardboard map to the right of the photograph. A wire metal stand has been attached to the back of the map with two small tacks.souvenirs, shire of grenville building, r.e. hyatt

Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. The following photos have suffered colour change and showing some deterioration - fungal growth. .1 - 13 (Sturt St West) and 27 (Victoria St with Twin Lakes sign) crossing at King St loop with St Alipius church in the background. .2 - 13 (Sturt St West) and 17? (Mt Pleasant) crossing at Parker St loop, with the Ballarat College in the background. .3 - Single trucker, inbound, approaching the Parker St Loop, showing Mt Pleasant. .4 - 30 in Sturt St, descending the hill to Grenville St, with other trams in the background, including Woolworths Big W and the Dickins Store. Also has the 8 hour monument. 30 showing City. .5 - 37 running Special, no passengers, crossing Lydiard St Nth, heading for Grenville St. Has the Titanic bandstand, Mechanics Institute in the background. .6 - 33 and three other single truckers in the City Loop - has the Ballarat Gas Co and other buildings in the background. .7 - 37 showing Special passing 33 and other trams parked in the City Loop. Has Dickins, Ballarat Gas Co, Edmonds, Patersons store in the background. .8 - 17 crossing Lydiard St Nth in Sturt St. 17 has destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth, and a Twin Lakes sign. Includes the T&G sign in the background. .9 - 31, a single trucker and bogie tram crossing at Depot loop, Wendouree Parade - 31 showing Victoria St. .10 - 17 waiting in Gardens Loop, showing Mt Pleasant.trams, tramways, king st, victoria st, sturt st west, sturt st, grenville st, city loop, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 13, tram 27, tram 30, tram 37, tram 33, tram 17, tram 31