Yields information about tramway operations possibly at the time of closure of trams used and interior views.Set of four Black and white photograph of trams at night, possibly one of the closures Sept. 1971. .1 - Tram 39 with the destination of City .2 - Tram 37 with the destination of View Point - likely to have been shown for historic purposes. .3 - Interior view of a internally painted tram - No. 39? .4 - Interior view of No. 43 with a conductor. trams, tramways, night photo, closure, conductors, interiors, view point, tram 39, tram 37, tram 43

Yields information about the appearance of the City tram terminus during the early 1960's.Digital images scanned from 35mm slides, possibly a copy slide obtained by John Theodore from the BTPS Sales of tram 21 at the City Terminus. Has the destination of Mt Please and an SEC Electric Cooking advert. In the background is the Town Hall. In front of the tram is the short tram stop pole and a conductor? standing by the front door.trams, tramways, sturt st, city, tram stops, tram 21

Digital Image of Ken Wilson's (a BTM Volunteer worker) father, George Wilson boarding a Geelong tram on his first day of school late 1920's. The family lived in Corio St, near the North Terminus. Three school children and possibly a Conductor boarding a tram with the driver in rear cab. Tram has destination of Belmont. trams, tramways, geelong, schools, belmont, north

Printed form titled "Lost Luggage Label", has heading "State Electricity Commission of Victoria / Provincial Tramways". Printed on heavy card, with left hand edge partly tapered and central hole with protective card rings glued on either side of label. Has space for date, Route, Tram No, Conductor's No, Time, Trip No (In or Out) and Card No. trams, tramways, luggage, lost luggage, conductors

Yields information about the appearance of one of Geelong's trams prior to closure and entry to the depot building.Black and white photograph of Geelong No. 34 leaving the depot with the conductor leaning out front door. The tram has the destination of "Belmont" Photographed by John Webster, 21/8/1955. The "Stripped Horror" Actual print part of the whole negative, see btm 4197i3.. Negative scanned at hi res 4/6/2020 and image updated.On rear in ink "Stripped Horror, / Tram 34, Geelong Vic" and in top right hand corner "EH 34 / 21-8-55 JR" On Negative in ink "EH36"tramways, trams, geelong, depot, tram 34

Yields information about the Sebastopol terminus, the tram liveries in 1963.Black and white print on heavy matt photographic paper of No. 35 at the Sebastopol terminus with the conductor pulling the pole down. The tram has the destination of Sebastopol. In the background are homes. 2nd copy - laser print - with date etc on rear - added 22/2/2010, copy from Ron Hann. Printed on Fujifilm, Fujicolour Crystal Archive for Frontier"On rear in pencil "35 Sebastopo1963", 2nd copy has label "Reference 6/113/8 Photo by Ron Hann" and another label "Ballarat 01.63"tramways, trams, sebastopol, tram 35

One page foolscap size typed (carbon copy) instruction sheet titled with Questions and Answers for Acting Inspectors. Dated 28/6/1966. Asks 9 questions of a varied nature Asks questions re duties, derailments, track obstructions, ticket irregularities, pedestrian accidents, traffic, drunken crews, passenger complaints conductor honesty.In black ink in top right hand area of instruction, "Acting Inspector 1966 / 28th June", "BTPS 324." Changes to question 1 - additional sub-question and answers. trams, tramways, sec, instructions, traffic staff, inspectors, accidents

Has a strong association with an ESCo Employee, Jim Morgan who provided some details of his work and names of people in photographs. Yields information about Ballarat and the Sebastopol line.Two pages, photocopy of interview notes with Jim Morgan, Ballarat ESCo employee, 27-7-1984 by Alan Bradley. Discusses Jim's work on the trams, people in photographs, Sebastopol cars, Sebastopol line, Inspectors, managers, conductors, tokens, tram shelter. See also Reg Item 4288 for other notes on Jim Morgan.trams, tramways, esco, sebastopol, employees, photo notes

Possibly has a strong association with SEC Ballarat tram crews.Colour print of driver or motorman - R.Segrave (34) and Conductor A Morris? (cap badge 58) standing in front of a tram with the destination of Sebastopol at corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets. Photo printed on Kodak Paper. See btm6576i1.jpg for a colour slide of this photo. Two copies held. Names based on list given in Reg Item 3425in ink on rear "With my compliments Lilian Butler".trams, tramways, crews, motormen, conductors, city

Has a strong association with the Ballarat tram crews and yields information about the shunting of trams in Bridge St and the hazards in doing this.Quarto typed instruction, titled "Important Instruction to Motormen and Conductors Shunting of Trams in Bridge Street" about not shunting trams in Bridge St due to traffic hazard when turning the pole on trams. Trams to use Main St. Prepared by Les Denmead. Dated 17/3/1965 and signed by F.K. White as SEC District Manager.has handwritten note in ink in top left hand corner "Depot Foreman Please Post"trams, tramways, instructions, bridge st, police

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 25, at Eaglehawk terminus with the driver and conductor alongside the tram. Has the Eaglehawk Town Hall in the background. Note the fire training stand on the right hand side of the photograph. Photographer unknown - see history of object. See Keith Kings, The Bendigo Tramways, re the fitting of reflective tape in 1956, page 59.In the rear in ink "Bendigo"trams, tramways, eaglehawk, tram 25

Bible Christian schools were Sunday schools that were operated primarily by the Methodist church but there is some evidence that the Salvation Army may also have played a part. A new schoolroom was built in 1884.A4 Sheet printed both sides of page, Bible Christian Sunday School Long Gully, Anniversary February, 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1893 - list the conductor Mr F Williams and the Organists Misses L M Vercoe and M Penreath. Morning, Afternoon and Evening Order of Prayers and Hyms. Printed by Bolton and Sons, Printers Bendigo.religion, lydia chancellor collection, history, church

Cloth bag - sewn brown canvas with a metal ring and cloth strip attached to one side and stencilled "16" on both sides of the bag. Used by Conductors to pay in their cash at depots following the introduction of ticket machines on the Z class trams. 2nd copy - "19" added 3/7/2019 from donation of Hugh Waldrontrams, tramways, tickets, cash handling, depots, revenue clerks, conductors

Negative of tram 822 in Swan St Richmond, at Bendigo St. Tram has destination Wattle Park - Elgar Rd and Route No 70. Photo shows driver on road talking to conductor who is leaning out of doorway. Tram stop has a bundy clock. On the side of the bundy clock could be a point bar clipped to the clock case.Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR14A" written in red ink, "M14" written in pencil, "14A" written in blue ink, "P Ormond" written in purple ink and date stamped as 1 Dec 1959.trams, tramways, w5 class, swan st, crews, bundy clock, tram 822

News paper clipping from The Age, March 1998 titled "A Melbourne Love Song", Saturday Essay written by Paul Bateman about the love affair with Melbourne trams, W class trams, ticket machines, how Melbourne people used them, conductors, passengers. Has a drawing by Spooner and mentions Roberto D' Andrea.trams, tramways, ticket machines, conductors, melbourne, behaviour, passengers

Memorandum, Gestetner duplicated on a foolscap sheet, titled "Revenue Sharing scheme for Gripmen and Conductors" detailing the method of sharing the increase in earnings between 30/8 and 26/12 1919 and noting that the new Tramway Board will assume control on 1/11/1919 and that the scheme may not continue. Dated 9/10/1919. two copies held.trams, tramways, tramway board, mmtb, personnel, wages, passengers

Form - 3/36 July 1988, folio sheet with two large holes on left hand side, ruled in blue and red ink, titled "Conductors School Appearance Book and Training Register", listing the persons name, Cap No., Depot, Signature of Trainee, Address, listing various dates, results and probation dates. 3 copies heldtrams, tramways, conductors, training, records

Newspaper clipping from "The Emerald Hill, Sandridge and St Kilda Times", dated 8 September 1988, Employment section of the paper for The Met, calling for Tram conductors at South Melbourne, Glenhuntly, Malvern and Kew and a second advertisement for Trade Vacancies, Tradesman Assistant, Electrical Fitters, Electrical Mechanic and Fitter and Turner - mostly at Preston Workshops.trams, tramways, preston workshops, conductors, employment, advertisements, the met

Journal or ticket record wallet, consisting of two very heavy and hard pieces of brown coloured leather joined by a sewn (brown cotton) lighter piece of leather to form foldable wallet. The outside covers have been polished. Used to hold the ticket records or trip journals of a conductor. See also Reg Item 125 and 1206See images for stamps into the leather.trams, tramways, mmtb, tickets, conductors, outfits

Duplicated foolscap 4 sheets, stapled in the top left hand corner titled "Questions that could be asked at the final examination", provides 42 Questions and Answers. Used when Carolyn was training as a conductor at Malvern Depot in 1980. 237.1 - ditto, but provides 37 questions and answers. Used by Lindsay Rickard - Brunswick depot late 1970's?trams, tramways, tickets, mmtb, conductors, training

Group at the Railway station,this is taken at the Powelltown Mill, you can see the very tall chimney stack in the background, this would be a weekend, with a special train put on for the workers, possibly going to a dance ,races, cricket or football in Yarra Junction, going by the way everyone is dressed in their Sunday Best, the conductor is 4th from the right. Group at the Railway station Black and White negative scanned at 600 dpirailway station powelltown dance passenger carriage sandy ross

No. 40 prior to departure from Lydiard St North - Greg Triplett. The destination showing depot is incorrect - the tram ran through to Sebastopol. Two conductors are standing in the front of the tram, with many photos being taken at the time. 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, lydiard st nth, tram 40

The travel pass was used by Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board to ascertain that the bearer was indeed a blind person and entitled to free travel. This example was numbered 1641 and was issued in the name of Mr N.L. Walker. It outlines that the Pass is issued on the condition that the holder opens and shows same to the Conductor on each trip whether requested to do so or not.1 near square travel pass with pale green cloth cover and black text On the rear is the symbol of the MMTBmelbourne and metropolitan tramways board, association for the blind

Photograph shows X1 class tram 460 with destination Railway Station at the corner of Ballarat Rd and Summerhill Rd. The road is busy with cars and trucks and a number of men and women are walking from the curb to board the tram. The single male crew member (driver/conductor) is swinging the single trolley pole to the rear of the tram.Yields information about MMTB X1 and the final years of the short Footscray lines before their closure in 1962Black and white with photograph's note on rearIn biro on rear: '460 Ballarat Rd, J Seletto Photo JSE 11'trams, ballarat rd, footscray, x1 class, tram 460, one man operations, tramways

MMTB bus No. 16, Thornycroft J chassis, body by James Motors. For details of the chassis see MMTB Drawing R1912, Has the driver, an Inspector and Conductor standing alongside the bus on the Melbourne to Elsternwick via High Street route. Note the solid tyres and the small windscreen providing some limited protection to the driver. Yields information about the second MMTB Thorncroft buses.Black and white photograph of the MMTB No. 16 with an Inspector and crew. Smaller print held as well.tramways, buses, mmtb, thornycroft, crews, inspectors

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

Yields information about the streetscapes of Stones Corner to Mt Pleasant route and in particular buildings and people that crewed the trams.Set of seven Colour 27 x 27 mm slide in a Kodachrome cardboard mount. .1 - Tram turning onto the Mt Pleasant line at Stones Corner - Bridge St, Main Road .2 - Main Road looking south with Inland Body Works building on the left and Ampol Service Station .3 - Mt Pleasant terminus with the butcher shop on the left and the diary on the right - shows the terminating tram track .4 - Conductor changing pole. .5 - Putting pole on the overhead .6 - Conductor (D O'Leary - No. 38) standing in front of tram and Motorman or driver (N. Hall - No. 43) .7 - ditto with number visible. See Reg item 3425 for crew lists. Slide mount date September 1971. Photo from the collection of Lilian Butler.ballarat, tramways, trams, stones corner, main road, mt pleasant, crews, drivers, conductors, trolley poles, tram 41

Yields information and demonstrates the tickets used to transport parcels on the SEC tramway operations.Set of five packs or blocks of 25 SEC 10c Parcel Tickets. Two part printed and perforated ticket, using red or orange ink on white paper with a gummed back - used 1966 to 1969. Form No. TYE-3-590 The upper portion has a gummed strip on the rear, with price and ticket number printed onto the lower edge. The lower portion was retained by the sender, was to be initialled by the conductor, organisation name, "Parcel Ticket 10c", conditions of use, ticket number and a space where to be initialled by the conductor. The 1966 Schedule of Fares and Charges gives the conditions of the use of these tickets. See Reg. Item No. 705. .1 - A023850 to 74 .2 - A023650 to 74 .3 - A 023900 to 24 .4 - A023625 to 49 .5 - A023500 to 24 trams, tramways, secv, tickets, parcels

Set of 10 tram crew number badges, engraved into a layered plastic backing - black plastic with a white underlay, used by tram crews to indicate their assigned personal employee number. Used by MMTB drivers and conductors. .1 - No. 700 with a retained clothing pin on the rear. .2 - No. 399 - with brass clip on rear - eg a large tie clip or dress collar clip. .3 to .9 - same clip as .2 .3 - No. 1572 .4 - No. 1893 .5 - No. 2320 .6 - No. 2716 .7 - No. 3431 .8 - No. 3747 .9 - No. 5400 .10 - No. 6408 See Reg Item 3777.2 for another example. .11 - No. 1043 .12 - No. 1110 .13 - No. 1112 .14 - No. 1419 .15 - No. 1420 .11 to .15 advised by the donor that these were used for Student Conductors.trams, tramways, mmtb, badges, crews, drivers, conductors, personnel, employees

Set of three black and white photographs of the Melbourne Zoo Horse tram. .1 - view of tram with horses, a conductor, and a well dressed family in front of the tram. Photo taken at the Sydney road terminus. Has the note under the photo "Zoo Horse Tram Mr Richardson of W. Brunswick, driver." .2 - Side of view of the horse tram - No. 42 with "Royal Park" on the side. .3 - View of the zoo terminus, from the rear of the tram with "Zoological Gardens" on the rear dash panel of the tram. The conductor appears to be applying the hand brake. Note the signage on the right side of the photo. Photos c1900 to 1910. 2nd copy of .2 and .3 added from the Keith Kings collection - 14-8-2021 - see also Reg Item 5993 for another copy.On the rear of .3 -"M. G. R? collection" On rear of 2nd copy of .2 is the MMTB Stamp.trams, tramways, horse trams, royal park, zoo tram, tram 42