Black and white photograph mounted onto heavy cardboard. Image is an ESCo tram near the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling west along the south side of Sturt Street. Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tramway is well paved compared to the rest of the street which shows vehicle tracks etc. Small horse drawn vehicle crossing in front of the photograph. Shows buildings along the north side of Sturt St. and the building at the SE corner of Doveton St. ESCo tram has destination board on the front dash of the tram. Has title printed on photograph of "Sturt St. Ballarat". See Reg. No. 834 and btm834i for image scanned from postcard for this photograph.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, doveton st

Black and white photograph of Sturt St. looking west from Town Hall 1906. Shows a ESCo tram hauling an ex-horse trailer . Has some other horse drawn vehicles in photo and a number of pedestrians. Shows the newly formed tramway road surface, poles etc. Has "Snows" store sign on left hand side of photograph and buildings along the north side of the Sturt St. Other buildings shown are William Day & Son, Walter Connell, Anderson & Morse coach builders. On the top of the item is the words "Two Views of Sturt St.". See also Reg Item No. 888 for the same item, but with a typed caption note stuck on the top edge. See Reg Item No. 2784 for the other "Two Views of Sturt St." image.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st., ballarat

The article provides historical and then current information about the Ballarat system, including operations and car details. The author notes the assistance of Inspection James. Features a photo of an electric tram towing a well loaded horse tram trailer in Sturt St.Gives a short history of Ballarat's tramways.Photocopy of an article written by Wal Jack for the November 25, 1939 issue of Transportation on page 28, titled "Ballarat Electric Tramways, Past and Present". trams, tramways, ballarat, wal jack, articles, transportation

Book - 28 pages, colour covers with colour and black white photos titled "Ballarat's Heritage Tramway", Tells the story of the Ballarat Tramways and the Ballarat Tramway Preservation Society. Written by W. F. Scott for the BTPS in 1993. Was an update of previous versions. Covers the history of the horse trams, the electrification by the Electric Supply Co. of Victoria, (ESCo) the takeover by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), closure in 1971, the formation of the BTPS and the operation of the tramway. Includes a list of the Museum tramcars at the time, details of the trams, many photos and a map of the system, depot layouts. Images of each page included in the image file. See Reg item 1967 for proofs of sheets.trams, tramways, btps, btm, history

Copy of a letter and associated documents written to the Town Clerk, City of Ballaarat, dated Aug 1, 1985 seeking the support of the Council in attaining the body of the tramcar in Ballarat East. (Tram was actually obtained in December). Signed by the Secretary, Richard Gilbert. Mentions Frank Hanrahan as President for further information. Enclosed within letter is a two page note on BTPS Letter head outlining the history of the tramcar, its restoration, current condition, possible operation and value of the restoration. Attached as well is a folded drawing out an Adelaide double deck horse tram (Reference Reg. Item No. 706.1 ) and a photocopy of the builders of the first horse tram at the depot in 1887 (Reference Reg. Item No. 765 ). See Reg item No. 821 re date of acquiring the tramcar.trams, tramways, horse trams, collection, horse tram no. 1, city of ballaarat

Photo appears to be taken soon after opening of the electric trams, as the tramway is well paved compared to the rest of the street which shows vehicle tracks etc. Small horse drawn vehicle crossing in front of the photograph. Shows buildings along the north side of Sturt St. and the building at the SE corner of Doveton St. ESCo tram has destination board on the front dash of the tram.Yields information about the appearance of Sturt St soon after the opening of the electric tram service in Ballarat.Printed colour postcard of an ESCo tram near the intersection of Doveton St. and Sturt St. travelling west along the south side of Sturt Street. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" in the top left-hand corner and overprinted, embossed in gold, with the words "Christmas Greetings". On the rear of the postcard is a letter to Miss Hancock, Pitt St. Rockdale NSW, from a W.H. Nicholls. Message in pencil, address in ink. Postcard made by "WTP" Has a "Victoria One Penny" stamp. Does not appear to have been cancelled. Assumed used in 1905. On the rear of the second copy is a note to Miss Gibbs of Mole Creek Tasmania, dated 22/12/1907, sent from South Melbourne. See Reg. Item 834 for a scanned copy of another version of this postcard.Handwritten letter on card.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, doveton st

Printed colour postcard of the east end of Sturt St from the Town Hall tower, with the Post Office on the left hand side, looking down to Bridge St. Has Black Hill in background. Shows tram tracks, but no horse tram. Titled "Ballarat from the Town Hall, looking East" in top left hand corner. On rear of postcard is a letter to a Miss Lily Saw, Mair St. Ballarat from a person in Melbourne. Has a "Victoria One Penny" stamp, cancelled on Nov ?0, 1905. Handwriting has been carried over on the top of the front of the card. Handwritten letter on card. Has been carried over on the top of the card. $7.27trams, tramways, horse trams, sturt st, postcards, post office

Made by Duncan and Fraser for fitting to horse-drawn tramcars and possibly other products of their Adelaide workshops. See 565 and 8744 for other examples.Demonstrates Duncan and Fraser's workshop practice of putting their name on some fittings.Duncan and Fraser, Adelaide SA window lifter or bracket to enable a horse tram window to be lifted in the window frame. Cast brass, about 40mm in diameter with a right angle lug to enable a person to lift the window. Words "Duncan & Fraser" cast around the outside of the device and the words "Adelaide S.A." cast into the centre. Has been drilled with three countersunk holes. Has brown paint on the lifting portion. On the rear, possibly the letters "5L", scratched into the metal. If this is the case, could have indicated the fifth left hand window as an identification of location. Given to the BTM 1995 by Doug Prosser, of the TMSV, said to be from Ballarat Horse Tram No. 1 horse trams, duncan & fraser, window furniture, tramcar component, tramcars, tramways

Bell portion of a tramcar conductor's bell. Approximately. 100mm diameter, about 35mm deep with a raised or bossed hole at the top 4.5mm at the top. Bell possibly cast or pressed brass, appears to have been damaged or repaired due to excess brass in portion of the bell and on the underside where signs of brass welding are apparent. If from a horse tram, would have most likely been made by Duncan and Fraser of Adelaide SA. Given to the BTM 1995 by Doug Prosser, of the TMSV, said to be from Ballarat Horse Tram No. 1. horse trams, duncan & fraser, conductors bell, tramcar component

Newspaper clipping from The Courier, Ballarat, of Monday 20/9/1971, titled "Last trip by man who was on the first" in the Outlook profile Section of the newspaper about Mr. Charles Rollan who was a passenger on the last Sebastopol tram and rode on the horse trams on the Sebastopol line. Noted that a photo of Mr. Rollan was in the supplement Section of the newspaper. See Reg. Item 269. Mr. Rollan, 91, who was a compositor for the Evening Echo newspaper, retold stories about the horse tram days. One of a large group of newspaper cuttings from John Bainbridge, 7/4/02. Item has been folded for inclusion within a scrap book. Has a piece of plain paper Secured to the back of the portion that was not Secured to the scrap book itself.horse trams, sebastopol, last tram

Printed colour postcard of an ESCo tram west bound at the intersection of Sturt and Lydiard St. Ballarat, c1905. Has a number of horse drawn vehicles and pedestrians in the picture. Taken from the Post Office tower looking south west, with buildings on the south side of Sturt St., west of Lydiard St in the view. Has the Robert Burns statue in the bottom left hand corner. Titled "Sturt Street, Ballarat" along the bottom edge. On rear of postcard are the words "Post Card", and guidance where the message may be written and space for the address. In the stamp section, details for Inland 1/2d stamp needed, and for Foreign 1d. On the bottom of the space for the stamp, has the words "Printed in Britain" See Reg Item 3151 for the same photo (slightly different position and different cloud effects), but different manufacturer. trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards, lydiard st.

Set of three colour photographs of possibly the former stables at the rear of the former Canberra Hotel, corner Macarthur St and Creswick Road. Was known in the horse tram days as the Vine Hotel. Attached to the worksheet notes is an item prepared by Alan Bradley for the Jan. 2003 issue of Fares Please! The first paragraph notes the visit to the premises, now a Bed & Breakfast known as "A Special Occasion". Thought that the stables were used to stable horses during the horse tram days.horse trams, canberra hotel, vine hotel, stables

Thirty Two page book, A4 landscape format, saddle stapled, titled "100 years of Melbourne's Trams", published by the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees Association in 1985. Colour cover featuring drawings of Melbourne trams from cable trams to articulated electric trams. Has foreword by Tom Roper, Minister for Transport. Book published to celebrate the centenary of the opening of the first cable tram in Melbourne, 11/11/1885. Reviews the history of trams in Melbourne, cable trams, horse trams, Clapp, municipal tramways, electric trams, MMTB, buses, Preston Workshops, Wattle Park and the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Notes the MTA winning the tender to building the Kowloon - Canton Light Rail system and Melbourne's Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System. Has colour photos and sepia toned (black and white) photos throughout.trams, tramways, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, mta, horse trams

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 26 at City terminus, inbound. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips and White Horse Whiskey advertisement on the back dash panel. Tram has destination of Sturt St. West on rear of tram which is probably where it came from. Has a crewman talking to two ladies standing between the seats at the City Terminus and the tram. Has Post Office and ANZ bank in the background. Photo taken early 1961. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes. "BAS 16" in penciltramways, trams, city terminus, sturt st, post office, tram 26

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 26 at the junction of Bridge and Victoria St. turning pole, with destination of Haddon St, with the Verna Cake shop, State Savings Bank of Victoria and Caltex Service station in the background.. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips and White Horse Whiskey advertisement on the back dash panel. Photo taken early 1961. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 18" in penciltramways, trams, bridge st, haddon st, victoria st, tram 26

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 30, Wendouree Parade, View Point terminus. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips. Tram has destination of View Point, has a SF Motors Pty Ltd, roof advertisement and an advertisement for White Horse Whiskey on the front dash panel. Note terminal markings on road, timetable and section insulator box on pole. Photo taken early 1961. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes. "BAS 20" in penciltramways, trams, view point, terminus, wendouree parade, tram 30

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 27 turning from Sturt St into Drummond St Nth Tram has been fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips. Tram has destination of Haddon St, has a "Cook with Electricity" roof advertisement and an advertisements for White Horse Whiskey and The Age on the front dash panel. Photo taken between 1961 and 1964. Note the SEC electrical section control box on the corner by No. 27. Has Southern Cross Hotel and Rimmington Bros. Butchers in the background. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes. "BAS 21" in penciltramways, trams, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st, tram 27

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 27 and 20 at View Point, junction with Macarthur St. and Wendouree Parade. No. 27 has destination of City, has a "Cook with Electricity" roof advertisement and an advertisements for White Horse Whiskey and The Age on the front dash panel. No. 20 has dash panel advertisement for The Age. Photo taken between c1962. Photo of Reg. Item 395, of No. 20 has The Age advertisement in the same style and place - this photo was taken 7/4/1962. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 24-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 22" in penciltramways, trams, wendouree parade, view point, macarthur st, tram 27, tram 20

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of Nos. 36 and 27, trolley rope problems, Sturt St. West – Russell St or Victoria Park loop. Four crewman in photo, one on roof of tram using the emergency rope. Tram 36 has destination of Mt Pleasant, 27 has Sturt St. West. The Age and White Horse Whiskey ads on front panel of No. 27. Photo taken c1962. "BAS 23" in penciltramways, trams, accidents, sturt st. west, russell st., victoria park, tram 27, tram 36

Black and white photograph of Jacqui Edwards and Bob Prentice looking at the roof of the Horse Tram No. 1 in the depot. Roof has been split from the tram and is sitting on trestles. Photo used in document to seek funds from sponsors. See Reg. Item No. 1159. Photo taken early 1986 by Richard Gilbert. Jan. 93 Fares Please! has part of the photograph, following the passing of Bob Prentice. Photo is dated 1987, but May 86 Fares Please! report on the submission being prepared and sent out. May 1986 issue of Fares Please! notes the positioning of a donation box to gather donations. This box is in the photograph. Has W4 671 in the background. On Kodak paper. High Res image added 20-8-2016. See May 1986 Fares Please!trams, tramways, horse trams, btps, depot, tram 1

B&W postcard of an ESCo tram at the east end of Sturt St. Ballarat, with the Grenville St. shelter in the background. Shows buildings along both sides of Sturt St. Has a few pedestrians in the photo and some horse drawn vehicles in the background. Tram in style with destination box/lights at back of drivers canopy. Has title "Sturt Street - looking West, Ballarat" in top left hand corner. On rear "H.J. Summerscales, next Post Office, Ballarat - Printed in Germany" on left hand edge vertically. Post card dated 29/12/10 (1910), from E.H. Colson? at 49 Webster St. wishing the recipient a happy new year. Recipient - Mr. A. Steer, Glen Eira Rd. Elsternwick. Has a Ballarat Post office and stamp and Victorian 1d stamp (red). As well in pencil, a price "$15". See also scanned image file and prints from negative at Reg. Item 833. Image cropping is slightly different at the bottom to that of Reg. Item 833. Used in postcard display 2017-2018trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, postcards

Colour photograph taken of BTM Horse Tram No. 1 road at the rear of No. 2 road, October 1993 inside the BTM depot.Initials of "WAD and c1994" on rear in ink.btm, horse trams, btm depot, tram 1

Newspaper clipping from The Age, Melbourne Tuesday March 12, 2002, titled "Connies return as Moomba monarchs for a day" with a story written by Suzanne Carbone about the previous day's Moomba Tram Parade and the Connies. Features a photo of BTM Horse Tram No. 1 in the parade. Photo by Wayne Taylor. The same photograph appeared on The Age's web site in colour. See btm2010i2 for this photo.moomba, melbourne, btm, horse trams

Set of 28 photographs of the operation of the BTM during the Begonia Festival, including the loading of the Horse Tram for Melbourne on Sunday 10/3/2002, operation in Melbourne on 11/3/2002 and reloading in Bourke St. Taken by Warren Doubleday, on Kodak paper. 2013.1 - Tram 671, Wendouree Parade, 10/3/2002 at Depot Junction .2 - 33 at Loop .3 - 40 and 33 south of the loop, heading for Carlton St. .4 - ditto .5 - 671 returning to the loop from St. Aidans Drive .6 - 40 returning to the loop from Carlton St. .7 - 33 ditto .8 - Loading horse tram at Depot Junction - Alastair Reither .9 - ditto .10 - in St. Kilda Road, 11/3/2002 at about 7.30am .11 - ditto .12 - Tram in Moomba parade, 11/3/2002 - Reg Smith, Len Millar - horse Bear. .13 - ditto .14 - ditto .15 - ditto, after passing with the Ned Kelly's. .16 - ditto - and John Clowes on rear platform .17 - the line up near Bourke St. with V214 behind the horse tram - "Tram Stop Ahead" sign .18 - the line up from Bourke St. with Hawthorn 8 alongside. .19 - Being photographed - Arthur Cook, Roma Cook, Merle Clowes and John Clowes with other visitors .20 - ditto .21 - Malcolm tram, and BTM ten in the background .22 - BTM and Sydney Tramway Museum tent in the City Square area. .23 - Pushing the horse tram across Bourke St. - John Clowes. .24 - Loaded back on the Crane Heavy Haulage (Associated Towing) truck, looking north along Swanston St. .25 - ditto .26 - ditto, general scene in Swanston St. .27 - The towing truck and tram .28 - Hawthorn 8 and Milan 1692 crossing Bourke St. Negatives held on file with documents list.horse trams, depot junction, moomba, gardens loop, swanston st, tram 1, tram 33, tram 40, tram 671, tram 8, tram 214, tram 1692

Set of three photos of SEC Ballarat tram No. 42 and a horse drawn milk cart in Wendouree Parade. All photos have Lake Wendouree in the background. .1 - Tram No. 42 at the Martin Ave. stop in Wendouree Parade. Tram has a SEC Briquette roof advertisement. .2 - Looking along Wendouree Parade towards Forest St and the SEC Depot area, shows tram 42 and the horse drawn milk wagon in the distance. .3 - Close up of the horse drawn milk wagon -Modern Dairy, with the delivery man or milk man stepping from the wagon. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of slides: .1 -"N42 Ballarat / Wendouree Pde & Lake" and "P. Moses" in black ink. .2 - "N42 Ballarat / Wendouree Pde & Lake" in red ink and "P. Moses" in black ink. .3 - "Ballarat / Horse Milk Van" in red ink.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, milk cart, horse drawn vehicle, tram 42

Photo of SEC Ballarat trams during a visit to the SEC Wendouree Parade depot during the ARHS/TMSV tours prior to closure of the Ballarat Tramway system. .1 - visitors at the depot with trams in the photo. .2 - that horse drawn milk cart again, taken near Barrett Ave. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses 21 August 1971.On the rear of the slides in black ink .1 - "Ballarat / ARHS special / Depot" and "P. Moses" in the bottom right hand corner. .2 - "Ballarat / Dairy Cart / Wendouree Pde / ARHS Special" and "P. Moses" near the top right hand corner.tramways, trams, wendouree parade, depot, milk cart, horse drawn vehicle

Letters, e-mails concerning tickets held by Max Bennett of Horsham comprising: 1. Letter from Max Bennett with photocopy of the tickets of interest. 2. Letter to Max Bennett from BTM 3. E-mails to and from Alan Bradley of the BTM concerning the tickets 4. Print of the photo images made on the day of the tickets, front and back. Tickets: ESCO 1 1/2d ticket with a horse tram - No. 38910 SEC 1d strip ticket - No. AA 321407 - see also Reg. Item No. MT&O Co. Ticket 1 1/2d (cable tram ticket) See file btm 2134 notes.doc for word document with the images contained.trams, tramways, tickets, esco, sec, mt&o co.

Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 32 soon after arrival at the Lydiard St. terminus on 23/7/1961. Tram showing SPECIAL on a Victorian School Railway Clubs Association Tour (VSRCA). Photo taken by Dave Macartney. Date was shown as 25/7, but later corrected - 12/2006 Tram has Cinzano roof advertisements and advertisements for White Horse Whiskey and The Age newspaper on the front dash panel. In the background is the shelter at the terminus. Photo also shows the trolley pole pan placed at a terminus to assist with the location of the trolley pole at night. See Reg Item 7092 for a report and 6668 for the tour booking form.tramways, trams, lydiard st north, vsrca, trolley poles, tram 32

Laminated A4 sheet of paper, to act as an interpretive sign on Ballarat Horse Tram No. 1, prior to the reconstruction of the tram being completed. A new sign was made upon completion in late 1992. Sign or sheet gives details of the history of the horse tram and when it was acquired by the Museum.trams, tramways, horse trams, btps, signs, interpretation