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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Chris Phillips, c1970
... and the various directional signs in the view. Tram has a SEC roof advert... directional signs in the view. Tram has a SEC roof advert ...Yields information about the use of trams in the vicinity of Hospital Corner.Set of two digital images of trams at Hospital corner, c1970 by Chris Phillips.. .1 - No 39 inbound in Sturt St, about to cross Drummond St. Has the Hospital in the background and the tram stop. Tram has the destination of Mt Pleasant. .2 - No. 17 crossing Sturt St from Drummond St South. Has the destination of Lydiard St North. Has the buildings on the corner and the various directional signs in the view. Tram has a SEC roof advert - everything's under control in my all electric kitchen. Ritchie's food and liquor store in the background.trams, tramways, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st, tram 39, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 7, Chris Phillips, early 1960's
Yields information about tramway operations in Sturt St c1970.Set of 7 digital images of trams in Sturt St, c1970 - Photos by Chris Phillips. .1 - No. 26, in bound near Armstrong St - destination of Mt Pleasant St. Has the Commercial Bank of Australia building in the background - CBC .2 - No. 26 in bound to City, near Hospital Corner. .3 - No. 17 near the Doveton St intersection, has a roof advert "Make Bliss Not Love". Has the State Savings Bank, CAGA Finance, CBC bank buildings in the background. .4 - No. 12 in bound with the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West, at the corner of Dawson and Sturt St. Shows the tram stop. Has the R. E. Hayden Real Estate building in the background. .5 - No. 39 inbound at Hospital corner. .6 - No. 39 at the City terminus with the Post Office in the background. .7 - No. 43 outbound to the Gardens Via Sturt St west near Drummond St. Has the Marshall battery centre, Morris Ellis & Sons, Pope Mowers and The Ballarat Modern Diary in the background. Also a sign for AWA car radio.trams, tramways, sturt st, hospital corner, doveton st, dawson st, tram stops, tram 26, tram 17, tram 12, tram 39 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Underwood & Underwood, 1908
Yields information about the appearance of the intersection of Sturt and Grenville St looking west and tram operations.Photographic reproduction - sepia coloured of a three stereo pair images with details on the sides. Originals made by Underwood and Underwood of Arlington New Jersey and Westwood New Jersey USA. Not dated, c1908 Printed on A4 size ink-jet printer. Set of three: 1 - Collins St at Swanston St looking west - tram has the destination of Victoria Bridge - image number (10)-10238 2 - Princes Bridge, looking south with many people on the bridge, including market stalls, horse drawn vehicles and cable trams. Has the Wirths Circus building and ?? Stationers and Printers building in the background. 3 - Sturt St from Grenville St with 3 ESCo trams in the photograph along with the Town Hall, the tramway shelter. The Mechanics Institute Building has the "Talk W to W Coltman" sign on it. Image no. - (34)-10262.trams, tramways, melbourne, cable trams, collins st, swanston st, princes bridge, sturt st, esco, shelters -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Instruction, Richard Gilbert, "Notes for Officers-In-Charge", 1975
Yields information about the early operations of the BTPS and style of instructions issued at the time. Has a strong association with the person who wrote the document.Instruction - typed and handwritten, quarto sheet of paper with punch holes on the left hand side titled "Notes for Officers-In-Charge" for use at the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society (BTPS) depot, signed by Richard Gilbert as General Manager early 1975. Gives instructions as to the operation of the tramway and duties of the OIC. Has handwritten additions.trams, tramways, btps, ballarat, operations, instructions, depot, wendouree parade -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Doug Colquhoun, c1955
Set of six digital images of Geelong trams photographed by Doug Colquhoun. .1 - No. 3 with destination of Station turning from Ryrie into Moorabool St with the Bank of New South Wales in the background. The conductor is watching the traffic. .2 - No. 4 - at the Railway Station or Beach terminus? .3 - No. 5 - in Ryrie St? .4 - No. 19 in St. with E. R. Sparrow & Co Auctioneer and Wool Broker building in the background - Moorabool St, tram has the destination of Beach. .5 - No. 23 with the conductor leaning against the bumper bar chatting to a man. Tram has the destination of North. Has a Kodak - E. A. O'Meara Chemist shop in the background. Ryrie and Moorabool Streets Geelong looking south along Moorabool St, along with a Safety Zone sign. .6 - No. 34 with the destination of Belmont.trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, conductors, north, beach, belmont, safety zone, tram 3, tram 4, tram 5, tram 19, tram 23, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image Set of 2, Doug Colquhoun, c1955
... sign in photograph. Trams have the destination of Belmont... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Geelong North ...Set of two colour digital images of Geelong trams photographed by Doug Colquhoun? .1 - Geelong No 8 at the Chilwell terminus, c1955. Note the tram stop furniture on the pole behind. Tram has the destination of Beach. .2 - Trams 31 and 34 photographed in Moorabool St at a Safety Zone stop. Safety Zone stop sign in photograph. Trams have the destination of Belmont and North. Kays pastries and Austral Art Furnishers stores building in the background.trams, tramways, geelong, north, belmont, moorabool st, safety zone, tram 8, tram 31, tram 34 -
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Sign - Warning Sign - Entering or leaving this car, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Entering or leaving this car from the Wrong side is prohibited. Maximum Penalty - Five Pounds", Preston Workshops
... Parade Ballarat Ballarat goldfields Trams tramways Tramcars Signs ...Brass sign, engraved with the words "Entering or leaving this car from the Wrong side is prohibited. Maximum Penalty - Five Pounds" with four screw holes in each corner and a border. Has some scratching on the rear with possibly "711" scratched into the rear. Would appear to be a later version of Reg Item 6874. May have been taken off a bogie tram as more like a MMTB sign. trams, tramways, tramcars, signs, passengers, btm, ballarat tramways -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Newspaper, The Courier Ballarat, "The end for tram 31", 3/09/1971 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about the accident between a tram and truck, just prior to the closure of the SEC Operated Ballarat Tram system.Newspaper Clipping or cutting titled "The end for tram 31", from The Courier, 3/9/1971, containing a report on the collision of tram 31 with a fruit truck in Sturt St near Lydiard St. Gives time as 445, truck driver Nicholas Marios, tram driver D. Powell. Included in the item is a photo of the tram and the two vehicle drivers involved. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign. See Reg Item 547 for a print of the photograph.accidents, twin lakes, collision, sturt st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, Ballarat Litho & Printing Co, Lydiard St North, 1905
Yields information about the corner of Mair and Lydiard St soon after the Ballarat Electric Tramway opened.Digital Image of and ESCo tram north bound in Lydiard St North, at the intersection with Mair St. Shows the Ballarat Litho and Printing Co Propy Ltd building on the corner. Note the centre poles and the pole in the middle of the intersection. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles. Photo taken soon after opening as the destination sign is on the dash panel. From the Facebook group of old time photographs of yesterday. Titled "Lydiard St Ballarat Victoria"trams, tramways, mair st, lydiard st north, esco, postcards -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Postcard, ESCo tram north bound in Lydiard St North
Yields information about the corner of Sturt St and Lydiard St soon after the Ballarat Electric Tramway opened.Digital Image of and ESCo tram north bound in Lydiard St North, at the intersection with Sturt St. Shows the Ballarat Post Office and other buildings in Lydiard St. Note the centre poles the new tram tracks. Photo taken soon after opening as the destination sign is on the dash panel. There are a number of lines of dark brown piles of earth? Work still being undertaken. Titled "Post Office Ballarat". From the Facebook group of old time photographs of yesterday.trams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st north, esco, postcards -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Mal Rowe, 21/12/1967 12:00:00 AM
Yields information about trams running to View Point outside the View point hotel and a tram that was destroyed in an accident just prior to the closure of the SEC tram system in 1971.Digital image of Ballarat No. 20 passing the View Point Hotel, Wendouree Parade, 21/12/1967 image by Mal Rowe. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign, destination of View Point. Hotel advertising the Ballarat Lake Wendouree Regatta to be held on 24/2/1968. Tram has a SEC Roof Advertisement. There are a number of Holden motor cars in the view.trams, tramways, view point, twin lakes, wendouree parade, tram 20 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lee A Ratten, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's
Black and white photograph of Bendigo 12 in Pall Mal, the stop before Charing Cross. Tram stop has a safety zone sign and two crew members at the front of the tram. Photograph late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. Tram has the destination of Golden Square. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, safety zone, tram 12 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Colour Print, Ray Jackson, c1971
Yields information about appearance of the SEC depot building and tram No. 20 c1970.Colour print / photograph of the No. 20 on the SEC Depot fan, Wendouree Parade prior to 16/9/1970 when it was "destroyed" in a collision at Victoria St. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign. trams, tramways, depot, sec, wendouree parade, trackwork -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Greg Triplett, No 40 the very last tram entering the depot building-The End - Greg Triplett, 19-9-1971
No 40 the very last tram entering the depot building. After the tram entered the building, the doors closed and a sign saying "The End" was shown. Greg Triplett Taken on the last day of operation of the SEC Ballarat tramway system - 19-9-1971. Yields information about the last day of operation of the Ballarat SEC tramways.Digital image - 120 negative tramways, tramcars, ballarat, last day, closure, tram 40, last tram, ballarat depot -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White - trams 26 and 33 City Loop Sturt St, A T Miles, Nov. 1969
Black and white photograph of trams 26 (Mt Pleasant) and 33 (City) parked in the City Loop Sturt Street. No. 33 has a Twin Lakes sign. Taken by A T Miles Nov. 1969.Yields information about the Ballarat Tramway operations and views during 1969.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear.A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 26, tram 33 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White - tram 39 - Mt Pleasant terminus, A T Miles, 30/1/1968
Black and White - tram 39 at the Mt Pleasant terminus. Has the "Cars Stop Here", and "End of Section" signs on a pole on the left hand side of the photograph. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the Mt Pleasant terminus.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. Printed on Ilford paper.A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, mt pleasant, tram 39 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White - tram 12, Victoria St terminus, A T Miles, 30/1/1968
Black and White - tram 12 at the Victorian St terminus. Has the "Cars Stop Here", and "End of Section" signs on a pole on the right hand side of the photograph. In the background is Meaghers Hotel. A crewman is walking around the tram after turning the pole. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the Victorian St terminus.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. Printed on Ilford paper.A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, victoria st, tram 12, meaghers hotel, hotels, signs -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White - tram 41 - Hospital Corner, A T Miles, 30/1/1968
Black and White - tram 41 (Sebastopol) turning from Sturt St into Drummond St South. Has the "Cars Stop Here", and "End of Section" signs on a pole on the left hand side of the photograph. In the background is Rimmington Bros Butchers, J A Malpass and a sign for Marshall batteries. Shows the driver looking back through the windows for traffic. Taken by A T Miles 30/1/1968.Yields information about the intersection of Sturt St and Drummond St - Hospital Corner.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, tram 41, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st south -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black and White - tram 36 Bridge St, A T Miles, 27/11/1969
Black and White - tram 36 (Victoria St), at Stones Corner, picking up 6 passengers. The man is carrying a Gladstone bag. The photo is looking west and has a Top 4 dry cleaners shop sign in the background. Taken by A T Miles 27/11/1969. The photo likely to have been taken before a 48-hour strike by SEC workers that commenced on that day. See item 8774. Yields information about services to Victoria St.Photograph - black and white print with notes on rear. A T Miles stamp and location and date notes.tramways, trams, stones corner, victoria st, bridge st, passengers -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital Image, Peter Knife, SEC 28 Westbound in Sturt St, 14/8/1965
Digital image of SEC 28 Westbound in Sturt St at Armstrong St with the Ballarat Town Hall in the background. The tram has a Castrol oil and SEC cooking roof advert. On the front are a Twin Lakes and dancing at Civic Hall signs. Photo by Peter Knife 14 Aug 1965,Yields information about Ballarat's trams in August 1965.Digital image of a black and white negativetramways, tramcars, ballarat, sturt st, town hall, tram 28 -
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Photograph, Destination "Depot via Drummond Nth"
Close up of a single trucker - Destination sign "Depot via Drummond Nth", shows the layout of the sign.Demonstrates the layout of a Ballarat tramcar destination.Black and white photograph printOn rear in ink "Ballarat"trams, tramways, ballarat, destinations, depot, drummond st nth -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Doug Colquhoun, Tram 40 in Sturt St with Town Hall in background, 23/03/1959
No 40 in Sturt St with destination of Sebastopol. In the background is the Town Hall with a large sign advertising the Begonia Festival. Photo by Doug Colquhoun 23-3-1959.Yields information about the appearance of the No. 40 and the Town Hall in 1959.Black and white photograph with photographer's stamp on rear.On rear is Douglas A Colquhoun photo stamp, giving details of the photograph - see image i2.trams, tramways, tram 40, sturt st, town hall -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, Keith Caldwell, Tram 14 Wendouree Parade, 12/03/1962
Photo by Keith Caldwell on 12/3/1962 of tram 14 in Wendouree Parade at Depot Junction. Note the compulsory stop sign on the east side or the left hand side of the pole. The tram has the destination of Victoria St and has a Electricity Cooking roof advertisement. Lake Wendouree in the background.Yields information about the nature of tram services in Wendouree Parade.Agfa colour slide, white cardboard mount.In ink "Ballarat 12.3.62"tramways, trams, tram 14, wendouree parade, depot junction, lake wendouree -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Illustration, "Sturt Street (looking west), c1907
Illustration titled - "Sturt Street (looking west) with an ESCo tram turning from Sturt St into Lydiard St North from the Grenville St terminus. The tram has the destination box above the driver, c1907. A horse-drawn cart is in the view along with the Town Hall, the National Mutual building with the Jeweller's sign C Marks visible. On the left hand side is the Robbie Burns statue.Yields information about Sturt St and the associated buildings and ESCo operations.Illustration cut from a magazine or publicationballarat, illustrations, sturt st, esco, lydiard st, ballarat town hall, statues -
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Photograph - Illustration, "Sturt Street Ballarat, c1907
Illustration titled - "Sturt Street Ballarat" Image is of an ESCo tram (No. 5) just to the west of the Armstrong and Sturt St. intersection with the Ballarat Town Hall, the National Mutual building in the background. Tram traveling east. Tram has a destination box on the roof, but no driver's windows, say 1906 - 1912 or 1910c. Some horse-drawn vehicles in the image. Snows has a "Summer Clearance" sign on the building. See also items 5129, 8414 and 837 for other postcards using this image.Yields infomation about Sturt St and ESCo tramsIllustration cut from a magazine or publicationballarat, illustrations, sturt st, esco, ballarat town hall, tram 5, armstorng st, town hall, -
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Photograph - Tram 17 and Tram 33 - Gardens, 11/1/1954
Photograph of Ballarat Tramcars 17 & 33 at Gardens, parked very close to each other.Yields information about SEC tramway operations.Black and white photograph on plain paper"6/3. 41." "cars 17 & 33 at gardens, Ballarat, Victoria." "(Destination signs show, 17, 'Victoria St'., 33, 'special'.)."ballarat, gardens, tram 17, tram 33 -
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Certificate - MMTB - Service, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), 9/1965
MMTB Certificate of Service for Byran Emery, for service as a Conductor and Driver from Jan. 1965 to Sept. 1965. Signed by the person and the Acting Board Secretary. Bryan, a Ballarat resident, advised that he retired from being a tram driver after a collision with a truck full of water melons in St Kilda Road.Demonstrates a MMTB Certificate of Service for a tram driver.Quarto sheet -preprinted form with typed details.mmtb, certificates, drivers -
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Postcard, Murray Views, "Murray Views No. 50 Bridge Street Ballarat Vic", 1948
Photo shows the view looking east along Bridge St from Grenville St. Bogie tram 35 is in the shadows. A bus is entering Bridge St, In the view are Dickins Self service grocery, Morseheads store, CTA Hotel, and the Bucks Head Hotel. On the rear, Wal Jack to Ken Magor of Newcastle has written "No. 35 bogie to Victoria St, 1948. Bridge St from Sturt and Grenville Sts. Note two green lights on the span pole under neon sign which guards the Bridge St (bottom light) and Victoria St single track. Mt Pleasant light is on opposite side pole. No. 35 is standing at the old city terminus up to 1937."Yields information about Bridge St Ballarat and its various buildings.Postcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, bridge st, tram 35, buses, dickins, bucks head hotel -
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Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Bridge Street, Ballarat Vic.", late 1930s
The photo shows tram 12 in Bridge St Ballarat on its way to Mt Pleasant. The photo is of Bridge St looking west from Peel St. In the photo are a butcher, a newsagent, a sign "Join ANA Today", along with two ladies with prams crossing the road. Wal Jack on the rear of the photo notes it is about 1940. Based on the cars in the photo, late 1930s. Item 5463 has a poor quality negative of this postcard. Yields information about Bridge St Ballarat during the late 1930sPostcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, bridge st, tram 12 -
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Postcard, Rose Stereograph Co, "Panorama showing Sturt Street, Ballarat Vic.", 1940s
The photo is a Panorama showing Sturt Street, taken from the Town Hall, looking north east with Mount Warrenheip and Black Hill in the view. Shows the buildings east of Lydiard St, including Bridge St, Camp St and part of Victoria St. One tram is westbound, about to cross Lydiard St. Rose Series P4500. Has signs for the "Mail Echo", Plume petrol, ANA, the Mechanics Institute, and Longhurs Bread. On the rear Wal Jack has written extensive notes for Ken Magor noting the streets in the view and the Ballarat East loco depot and Goods shed. Wal has dated the photo 1940 to 1944, though the trams do not have white bumper bars that featured from 1941 to 1945.Yields information about Ballarat during the 1940sPostcard black and white, divided back, with a handwritten note on rear.See image 2 for details of the handwritten note by Wal Jack on the rear. tramways, trams, bridge st, sturt st, ballarat east, rose postcards