Yields information about one of the first two maximum traction bogie trams in Ballarat in October 1945 after it had been repainted for use in Ballarat by the SEC and the Lake / depot area at the time.Black and white photograph of SEC No. 15 in Wendouree Parade just to the south of St. Aidans Drive. Photo taken looking south with the trolley pole to the camera in the raised position. Appears to be a new trolley rope. Tram has destination of "Gardens via Drummond Nth". Possibly taken soon after receipt and repainting in Ballarat in 1945. "The Ballarat Tramways" notes that No. 15 arrived in Ballarat October 1945 and was renumbered to No. 36 in 1953. Print made by John Phillips c1995. Print used in the interpretation panel at Gardens Loop - believed to be an SEC photo. 2135.1 - as above by wider to the left, shows more the lake. Added 13/4/2009. See The Ballarat Tramways. Additional large print added 21/3/2021.2135.1 - on rear "Delivered from Melbourne in 1945" "Car 15, renumbered 36 in 1953 in order to consolidate the bogie cars from car 34 onwards." and "William F Scott:" address label.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, bogie trams, tram 15

Photograph of official launch of 'City of Ballarat' tram, 671 by the BTM on 4-12-1995. Photo appeared on page 21 of Feb. 1996 issue of Trolley Wire. See Trolley Wire caption for details of people in photograph. See also Reg item 4065.1 > 4065.3 for other photos of the same event.On rear in blue and black in, '15 4.12.95' and 'Photo page 21, same size' and cropping markingsballarat, 671, city of ballarat, btm, tram 671

Yields information about one of the first two maximum traction bogie trams in Ballarat in October 1945 after it had been repainted for use in Ballarat by the SEC and the Lake / depot area at the time.Black and white photograph of SEC (bogie No. 22), in Wendouree Parade passing depot junction, has destination of Victoria St. Tram later renumbered to 37 in 1951. (See Destination Eaglehawk, p7) Original of photograph, SEC held by Alan Bradley has been cropped. Had a canoe on the right hand side, which is referred to in the interpretation panel at the Gardens Loop 474.1 - shows the canoe. Additional copy of .1 added 21/3/20201,trams, tramways, ballarat, secv, bogie trams, depot junction. , tram 22, 37

Black & White photo of M&MTB tram No, 988, just after testing a crossover in either Smith St. Fitzroy or High St. Preston, has "Dan Robinson Furniture" building in background. Tram does not have destination roll. Two people leaning out of front cabin. Taken 19/6/1955. Negative on file and scanned as 492i1 - print has been cropped. Negative scanned hi res and imaged updated 21/5/2020.On rear, in typed paper, "988 testing a crossover on the Bourke St. Route, 19 June 1955" and "Geoff Grant" stamp in btm rh corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st, commissioning , tram 988

Black & white photo out of rear cabin of M&MTB tram No. 988, running "bang road" or wrong line in Bourke St. on Sunday, 19 June 1955 while testing overhead. Good view of Bourke St. buildings looking towards GPO. Some motor cars in the street. Negative No. 315 on file. Scanned image of negative btm497i1 shows a wider image than the print. Geoff Grant's notes on the envelope that contained the negative - says that this was the first tram to run on the Bourke St. route. Negative scanned at hi res 21/5/2020.On typed paper on rear "View out of the rear cabin of 988 as it came up Bourke St. on Sunday the 19 June 1955" and "Geoff Grant" stamp in btm rh corner.trams, tramways, melbourne, bourke st., commissioning , tram 988

Black & white photograph of Ballarat trams 18 and 28 at the intersection of Drummond St and Sturt St with Southern Cross Hotel in background. Close up photo of 18 with Lydiard St. Nth destination and 21 with Sebastopol destination. Photo shows complex of trackwork at this location. 531.1 - same photo, but differently framed, building more central. Held in 01-01-70. Added 10/11/2005.trams, tramways, ballarat, sebastopol, drummond st , tram 18, tram 28

Set of six 35mm white plastic colour slides of BTM tram No. 671 (City of Ballarat livery) on depot fan and access track by Alan Bradley on 1/7/97. Slide Nos 18 - 21, 23-24. Slide 22 to the Lake Pavilion 19/7/97 for publicity purposes.tramways, trams, btm, w4 class, 671, city of ballarat, tram 671

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 13 entering the King St. loop in Victoria St. with the destination of Sturt St. West and No. 27? waiting in the loop. No. 27 has a Twin Lakes sign on the front panel. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971. Has St. Alipius church in the background.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/13" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.king st, victoria st, st alipius, tram 13, tram 27

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 43 and 37 in Lydiard St. North, at the intersection with Sturt St. No. 43 northbound, No. 37 about to turn into Sturt St (north side - See Reg. Item 2421). Both trams have the SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". In the background is the ANZ bank, the AMP buildings and other buildings along the west side of Lydiard St. Nth. Also a number of pedestrians in the photograph. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/14" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.lydiard st nth, sturt st, anz, amp, tram 43, tram 37

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 37 turning from Lydiard St. North, into Sturt St. north side by the Post Office with the destination City. Tram has the SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". In the background is the ANZ bank, a single truck tram at the City terminus and two buses east bound in Sturt St. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/15" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.lydiard st nth, sturt st, anz, tram 37

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 37 showing Special and a single truck car crossing at Depot or Tramsheds loop in Wendouree Parade. Single truck car appears to have destination of Gardens via Drummond Nth. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/16" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.depot loop, wendouree parade, tram 37

Colour photograph of the SEC Wendouree Parade depot, taken possibly from the window of a tram passing the site. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/17" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.sec depot

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 27 at the Victoria St. terminus, prior to returning to the City with passengers boarding the tram. Shows end of double lane highway from Melbourne. Tram has destination Gardens via Drummond Nth and SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/18" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.victoria st, tram 27

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 17 at the intersection of Dawson St and Sturt St. inbound to the City terminus. Pole adjacent to the tram has a compulsory stop sign and a "End of Section Tram". Tram has destination Mt Pleasant and SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/19" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.sturt st, dawson st, tram stops, end of section sign, tram 17

Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 39 westbound in Sturt St. at Dawson St. with the Golden City Hotel in the background. Tram has destination Sebastopol and SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Note red post box on corner and tram stop signage. Photo on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/20" in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.sturt st, dawson st, tram stops, golden city hotel, post box, tram 39

Series of three Colour photograph of Ballarat No. 37 using the Dawson St. crossover in Sturt St. Photos on Agfa Paper and taken on Friday 21 August 1971. Tram has the destination of Lydiard St. North and two roof advertisements for the SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" on either side of the tram. 2427.1 - Photo of tram about to use the crossover with St. Patricks Cathedral in the background. 2427.2 - as above, but with tram on crossover. Bottom right hand corner appears to have a sleeve from someone else in the photograph. 2427.3 - after tram has completed the use of the crossover and continuing along Sturt St. to the City terminus. Photo has end of film marks on the right hand edge. Note H.P. Stevens Furriers shop on left.Stamps with faded green ink: "Photo by Chris Jeffrey / Number" with number "104PC/21" ("22" an "23") in blue ink and date stamp "Friday 21 August 1971" also in faded green ink.sturt st, dawson st, st patricks, tram 37

Yields information about the appearance of Geelong's trams in particular ex Melbourne J class trams after receipt in Geelong. This tram later became Ballarat No. 11.Black and white print from a Geoff Grant negative of a Geelong bogie tram entering Corio Terrace from the Geelong depot on 8/1/1956, while Pengelley 19 waits in the siding. The bogie tram (37) has destination of "Special", 19 - "Chilwell". Has the Geelong SEC depot/powerhouse building in the background with part of the Blakistons' sign visible. Photo used in Trolley Wire, Feb. 1999, page 11, article on Geelong tramways. Pencil marks on the rear of the photo indicate proposed used of the photo in the article. 2472.2 - As above but with the rear of the motor vehicle edited from the photograph. Produced by William Scott for his book, 2008. Two copies. Added 21/7/2009. 2472.3 - large format print from Lloyd Rogers collection via Robert Green 2/2014. Added 4-4-20192472 - On rear in red ink "Geelong Depot 8-1-56" in top left hand corner and in bottom left hand corner "G.A. Grant" 2472.1 - on rear of copy 1 in ink in top left hand corner "40) Geelong 8.1.1956 / G. Grant pic / modified image (background only). Last day of Chilwell Route in 1st closures. Single truck car being changed over about mid afternoon for a bogie car to cater for increased traffic / Cars 19 and 37." copy 2 - "Geelong 8.1.1956 / G. Grant pic / cars 19 & 37." copy 3 - "Geelong tram depot / 8th Jan 1956"trams, tramways, geelong, geelong depot, corio terrace, chilwell, tram 19, tram 37

Yields information about BTPS and BTM personnel and their issued kits.Two Sets of lined sheets, punched on left hand side with a plastic edge protection strip, ruled in red ink and completed in blue or red ink, recording staff numbers for the various volunteers for either the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society or the Ballarat Tramway Museum. Records staff number, name, outfit issued, punch and key and notes. .1 - 21 Quarto sheets, prepared annually from 1.7.1974 to 30.6.1985 (See image btm2480i1 and i2) .2 - 16 A4 sheets, prepared annually from 17.7.1986 to 30.6.1996 (See image btm2480i3 to i6) See Reg item 4972 for 1/7/1996 to 31/12/2007.trams, tramways, tickets, staff numbers, records, btm

ESCo Employee Hours Work Record book that has been used by an ESCo/SEC inspector, H. P. James as a record / note book for his personal collection or papers or journal titled "In Other Days". Book sewn with string in 36 page sections, blank end papers, board covers with stipple paper out sides and Rexene cloth binding. Comprising plain paper end papers and 104 printed pages (52 leaves), with each sheet printed in black on feint ruled paper for recording the hours worked and other details of drivers and conductors employed by ESCo. Printed for daily use, with Day and date page headings - made out for the 1930's. Text generically printed feint ruled paper. Images: Book - i1 Inside front cover - i2 Members Certificate - i3 Photo of H.P. James and index page - i4 Has been used to gather mementos such as photos, articles, newspaper clippings, letters and other miscellaneous documents on Ballarat local history. Newspaper cuttings etc often have side notes written by Mr. James. Inside front cover has certificate recording Mr. James membership to the Ballarat Historical Society (on Australasian Historical Record Society paper) for 1937 - 1938. A side note records Mr. James elected as Vice President in 1939. Receipt signed by Edward Crimmins (See Reg. Item 2486) Has a table of contents for pages 1 to 65. Opposite is a photograph of Mr. James dressed for the Ballarat Tramways Social Club function - See Reg. Item No. 506 Primary items are: 1 - Newspaper cutting "A stroll along Bridge St. 50 years ago" - Nathan F. Speilvogel. 3 - Newspaper cutting "What I Remember of Early Ballarat" - James Sainsberry. 4 - Newspaper cutting "Magnet that Made Ballarat - New Monument Marks Gold Discovery" 7 - Newspaper cutting "Romance of a Ballarat Street Block" - Speilvogel 9 - Newspaper cutting "Sixty years of Dana St. School"- Speilvogel 11 - Newspaper cutting "The White Flat - its Transitions of Service - Historical Review" - J. Hargreaves 15 - Newspaper cutting "Memories of Russell Square - Fireman's Carnivals" - James 16 - Notes on the Alfred Hall 17 - Newspaper cutting - "Alfred Hall" - James 21 - Letter re Russell Square dated 24/2/38, J. McLeish 23 - Newspaper cutting "The First Train to Ballarat" 25 - Newspaper cutting "Story of Ballarat's Horse Trams 1887 to 1913", James - see Reg. Item 2489. 27 - Photos and Newspaper cutting of items re horse trams, and photo of ESCo No. 18 - See Reg. Items 2490, 2491 and 2492. 28 - ESCo opening ticket (See other Reg. Items 608 for examples of this) ticket No. 1595. 29 - Newspaper cutting "Story of Ballarat's Electric Trams", James, See Reg. Item 2493. 30 - Poster - SEC - Ballarat "The New System of Fares and Sections" - 3/10/1997 - See Reg. Item 2494. SEC - Tourist Ticket - See Reg. Item 2495 ESCo - 3d check ticket - See Reg. Item 2496 31 - Tickets and handwritten notes - with reference to page 51 ESCo 1d - See Reg. Item 2497 (2 No.) ESCo/SEC? - lunch hour weekly ticket - See Reg. Item 2498 ESCo/SEC? - Morning and evening weekly ticket - See Reg. Item 2499 ESCo/SEC? - 3d Adult Transfer - See Reg. Item 2500 ESCo/SEC? - 2d child Transfer - See Reg. Item 2501 ESCo - 1.1/2 child ticket - See Reg. Item 2502 ESCo - 3d Adult ticket - See Reg. Item 2503 Extract of an item titled "History of Ballarat Tramways", SEC Magazine, Feb. 1939 - See Reg. Item 2504 2d ESCo token (See other reg items 1794 and 1943 for details of this object) - sewn into page. 33 - Handwritten notes "Alfred Hall" 35 - Handwritten notes "Russell Square" 36, 37 - miscellaneous cuttings from the Courier for 1939 and 1940 39 - Newspaper cutting "South Street Band Contests" - cutting dated 27/10/1932. (See images - i5 to 41, 43, - ditto - contest results 44 - Photo of the Tramway Shelter in Sturt Street being removed - Courier dated 18/12/1923 - see Reg Item 2523. 45 - Extract of April 1938 from SEC Magazine, photos of the launch of the illuminated Ballarat Centenary tram - see Reg Item 2524. 47 - Newspaper cutting "Peeps into the Past" 48 - Listing of "Members of Returned Soldiers Band", Ballarat, dated 18/11/1919. 49 - Newspaper cutting "Ballarat, The Home of the Band Contests", dated 27/10/1932. 51 - Handwritten notes - "Tram Fares methods of collection" - See Reg. Item 2505. 53 - Newspaper cutting "100 years ago", Port Phillip Herald for 1840. 54 - Black and white photo of a gathering of people (tramway?) at the Showgrounds - See Reg. Item 2506 55 - Six black and white photos with handwritten notes ESCo 19 or 20 - See Reg. Item 2507 Group of ESCo employees by ESCo tram - See Reg. Item 2508 Photo of ESCo employee, Si Barker - See Reg. Item 2509 Photo of ESCo company bus - See Reg. Item 2510 (See also Reg Item 3813) Photo of No. 25 - Barkly St - See Reg. Item 2511 Photo of two ESCo employees - See Reg. Item 2512 56 - Loose newspaper cutting "San Francisco Struggle Buggies" - cable trams - The Age 15/3/1947 57 - Letter from Mr. Pringle of ESCo to Inspector James and Handwritten notes on ESCo management - See Reg. Item 2513 Handwritten notes on the token systems - See Reg. Item 2514 59 - Page titled "Bundy clocks and meters" but no notes 61 - Hand drawn map of Ballarat tramways with notes on tracks - horse, SEC and ESCo and loops - See Reg. Item 2515. 63 - Miscellaneous newspaper cuttings and photo of the Arch of Victory 64 - Photo of W. J.K. Dunstan ??? (has notes written on back, but difficult to read)* - Notes on rear of photo p64. "49 years in service W.J.K. Dunstan Office Manager Ballarat Branch Retired 18/3/46" 65 - Newspaper cutting "Old Victorian Schooldays, letters and reminiscences by past scholars". 67 - Newspaper cuttings - photo of Ballarat Choral Union and Urquhart St. school 69 - Newspaper cutting "Saint with a top hat" 71, 73 - Newspaper cutting "District Mining Disasters of By-Gone Days" - John Hargreaves 75 - Newspaper cutting "The Ballarat Courier" banners for 2/9/1939 - outbreak of World War Two - normal and a special edition. 77, 79 - Newspaper cutting "My Youth in Ballarat" - T.P. Long. 81 - Two photos and handwritten notes showing trams in Sturt St and the line up of horse trams - See Reg Item 2516. 83 - Newspaper cutting "Theatrical History - The Charlie Napier" - Speilvogel 85, 87 - Newspaper cutting "Story of the Eureka Stockade Monument" - Speilvogel 89 - Newspaper cutting "The Beginning of Buninyong" - Speilvogel 91 - Newspaper cutting "St. David's Day" 93, 95 - Newspaper cutting "From 1856 to 1894, Ballarat's Foremost Citizen Major (William Collard) Smith Recalled - J. Hargreaves. 97 - Newspaper cutting "All Electrical Exhibition / Ballarat's Electric Supply, its development" - 1936, See Reg. Item 2517. 98 - Loose photo of the ESCo Power station chimney and steeplejacks - See Reg. Item 2518. 98 - Loose sheet of paper about the origin of the ESCo trams - See Reg. Item 2525. 99 - Newspaper cutting - about Electricity in Ballarat and tramway services, and handwritten notes on ESCo Inspectors - See Reg. Item 2519 100, 101 - Newspaper cuttings - "Mr. Melbourne Day by Day" cartoon series and the artist's death notice dated 22/8/1939. 102 - Poster - Dana Street School Jubilee Re-union, has N. Speilvogel and H. James as joint secretaries. 103 - Newspaper cutting of various photos and a scene of a gold train at Bendigo 104 - Newspaper cuttings - Bob Menzies and Adolph Hitler and backs of Melbourne tram tickets - "School Boy Howlers". 105 - Letter in an envelope to H.P. James dated 11/10/1937, by a person about the building of the tram sheds at Wendouree - See Reg. Item 2520. Newspaper cutting of the opening of the tramway to Lydiard St. North from Gregory St. - See Reg. Item 2521 Loose item - 1/- SEC Tourist Ticket No. A2676 - See Reg. Item 2522.Many in pencil and inktrams, tramways, h.p. james, esco, horse trams, ballarat, civic history

Handwritten notes loose that were within Reg. Item 2488, opposite page 99, titled "Notes re old trams" written on a piece of paper about the origin of the original ESCo tramcars: "Number of trams in 1905 - 20 Nos. 2, 3, 7, 9 came from Sydney with two 35HP Gen Elec motors and leads connected The bodies of some were those of the saloon carriages used by a cable tramway concern Sydney (cable) Saloon 21 22 23 Brush" (item within plastic folder within book container)Written notes in pencil.trams, tramways, esco, tramcars, sydney trams, cable trams

White cardboard mount, 35mm slide, from the Association of Railway Enthusiast's film strip titled "Provincial Tramway Film Strip" of No. 21 or could be 27 taken from the Ballarat (Ballarat East) Fire Station tower. Photo taken Nov. 1970. Has the sign of the AMPOL service station in the foreground. Has destination of Special. Tram at the intersection of Main and Barkly Streets. The film strip notes (Reg. Item 2560), provided the following caption details: "Another 1/2 mile or so saw the "Mt PLEASANT" line turn sharply from the Midland Highway and head towards its terminus in the southern suburbs. - Nov. '70 (Glen Mills)" See image btm2564p.tif for high level scan of image. Stamped on base of slide "11772" and written in ink on top edge "12 Mt Pleasant Line Ballarat"tramways, trams, are, film strip, mt pleasant, barkly st

Yields information about the people involved in the retirement of a particular tram driver in 1954, gives names of people in positions at the time, music providers, the style of retirements at the time and a brief history of Ballarat Tramways.Typed copy with handwritten corrections of a report on the retirement ceremony of Mr Herb Preston November 1954, written by T.E. Carter - dated 21/11/1954. Herb Preston retired after 42 years service as a Motorman. Other people noted are: Mr. Roy Courtney - President of the Tramway Social Club Les Denmead - Superintendent Mr. Geo Hall of the Tramways Employees Association Alf Ellis - Motorman Arthur Hugo - Senior Traffic Inspector Don McLachlan Mr. M.H. Pinkard, President of the Employees Association Mr. O.Dwyer Mr. T. Brittian Mr. G. Allen 2nd page dated 28/6/1954 written by T.E. Carter - short one page history of Ballarat Tramways. Written for a publication - SEC magazine or local newspaper? Various corrections in ink.trams, tramways, crews, sec, ballarat, retirements

Twelve page document titled "A preliminary evaluation report for Proposed Reinstatement of The Ballarat Tramway System", prepared by Don Gibson of the West Coast Railway, dated 21/4/1998. Gives assumptions, discusses Business Objectives, suggested structure of the tram system, tram types and marketing plan. City Tramway. Document fully scanned 2/9/12. trams, tramways, ballarat city tramway, reports, west coast railway

Yields information about the track maintenance activities of the track gang in Ballarat, the work they did, notes, names and other information.1958 Woods' Australian Diary, No. 21, 3 days on a page, John Andrew and Co. red Rexene binding, card covers, sewn sections with ruled sheets providing a diary for 1958. Has "useful information" sheets at from the diary, including a ruler along the side of the sheet. Used by the SEC Ballarat track gang to record their daily work, leave, welding, track cleaning, truck driver etc Rear pages - has notes on materials used and a list of Track gang for 1958. (December Cash Account) E. A. Goldsmith W. H. Goldsmith E. J. Davis G. McQuinn H. Hoy A. W. Cunningham N. McVitty C. Edwards E. Lakey H. Lancaster S. Chibnall H. Smith Loose contents 21/7/1958 - SEC Safety Officers Newsletter, Feb. 1958 - inside has notes and sketches where joints welded and the dates. Inside rear cover - Daily time sheet - with the addresses of the track gang on the rear. - list of materials - rails by type and sleepers on hand - Reg Item 3705 - Rules Governing Depot Employees with notes and sketches where joints welded and the dates on the rear. (Item to be stored in a separate envelope - note was folded in half and stored in the rear section)tram, trams, sec, ballarat, depot, trackwork, rails

Yields information about the day to day nature of the operations in Ballarat, especially derailments at points of maximum traction bogie trams and the way people behaved at such times.Black and White photograph of Ballarat No. 34 derailed, Sturt & Drummond St corner (south side), causing disruption to tram services. Photo published by The Courier 20/7/1960, published on 21/7/1960. Three single truck trams are banked up behind the tram. Note the lady passengers remained on board while the Gentlemen watched from the street in their overcoats. Tram has two Admiral roof advertisements, advertising Televisions (TV), about the time of the introduction of TV into Ballarat. 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. High Res Images added 5/3/2011.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, sturt st, hospital corner, drummond st, derailments, accidents, tram 34

Demonstrates nature and size of gang undertaking road repairs during 1962 in Bridge St. Lesser significance because quality of photograph - taken from a published photograph.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier 21/11/1960, published on 22/11/1962 of track repairs in Bridge St during Ballarat Cup half-holiday.(copied from newsprint). Shows the nature of the work, but difficult to identify people. 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, road works

Yields information about the events that can happen to a operating tramway - broken overhead wire. Lesser significance account quality of photograph.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier 21/11/1960, published on 22/11/1962 of No. 37 near broken wire, Hamilton Avenue (copied from newsprint) - with conductor "guarding the fallen wire" 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. Possibly Charles Wilkie - daughter of Deanne Robbins, 0488 135 137 - see file "Letter to D. Robbins re Charles Wilkie.doc", 22/8/2008 - with worksheet and other notes. Confirmed by Deanne Robbins 12/10/08 as Charlie Wilke - still alive and 89 years old at the time - see worksheet for copies of correspondence and notes.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, overhead, accidents, safety, tram 37

Demonstrates nature and size of gang undertaking road repairs during 1966 in Bridge St and the buildings on the south side of the street.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier, taken 20/9/1966, published 21/9/1966 of track repairs in Bridge St. Shows the nature of the work, and the level of the traffic in the streets at the time. Eight men working in the view. In the background are the buildings on the south side of Bridge St, including Magnin, a Disposal Variety store, Faull's Foot rest, and Dickins. In the far distance are two trams parked in the loop. 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." and "85%" in ink.tramways, trams, bridge st, road works

Yields information about the despatch of the scrubber tram to the TMSV at Bylands and how arrangements were made to lift the overhead in order to move the truck out of the depot yard.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 21/9/1971, published 22/9/1971 of the Scrubber car being loaded for the TMSV site at Bylands. Shows how the tram was loaded onto the truck, and the overhead raised to clear the truck. See Reg Item 3334 for the actual Newspaper cutting. Second Copy as the Ballarat Courier stamp on rear.tramways, trams, tmsv, scrubber tram, transport, tram disposal, depot, tram scrubber

Yields information about one of the first two maximum traction bogie trams in Ballarat in October 1945 after it had been repainted for use in Ballarat by the SEC and a little photographed single truck tram No. 24. Also has pedestrians in view.Black and White photograph, No. 15 and 24 at the city stop, corner of Lydiard and Sturt Sts, with the Town Hall in the background. No 15 has the destination of Mt Pleasant. Two ladies are sitting on a seat with Reid's mens wear shop in the background. Two other ladies are walking in front of the trams. See also Reg item 3805 for a similar photograph from another angle. No. 15 2nd bogie tram to arrive, 10/1945. Renumbered to No. 36 in 1953. Presumed photo taken during 1940's. See Keith Kings, The Ballarat Tramways, page 36 and The Golden City and its tramways. Additional large prints added 21/3/2021.tramways, trams, bogie trams, town hall, city, tram 15, tram 24