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Orbost & District Historical Society
bloomers, Burton, Marjorie, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...This item was made and worn by Marjorie Burton. This item was wornduring summer holidays in Croyde,a village on the west-facing coastline of North Devon, England. Marjorie Burton ( nee Whiteman), born 12 June, in Birmingham, England came to Orbost in 1995. In England she did office work – typing, shorthand and secretarial work - in accountants’ offices and also trained as a comptometrist with Burroughs in London. She came from middle-class working church-going family. Her mother was a milliner who mademanyof Marjorie’s clothes, hats and outfits. Marjorie married in 1938 to a salesman who later became a mechanic in the R.A.F. during WW11This item is an example of ahome-madepiece of clothing and reflects the needlework skills of women in the mid twentieth century.A pair of lime green cotton bloomers - home-made. They faste with a zip on the right-hand side. They are probably part of a set meant to wear with a bikini bra top.bloomers women's-clothing swimwear burton-marjorie -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s - set of 2, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Black and White photograph of the Geelong scrubber at the depot, possibly during an AETA tour, c1955. .1 - tram outside the building on No. 2 road - good view of the truck. .2 - tram inside the building on No. 2 road. Both printed on a printed postcard heavy cardtrams, tramways, geelong, scrubber tram, geelong depot, scrubber -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Amendment Sheet - fares, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), mid 1950's?
... mid 1950's? ...Demonstrates documentation and methods used to advise of changes to fare tickets and bylaws in both Ballarat and Bendigo.Amendment sheet - with adhesive backing detailing changes to Tourist tickets, fare sections (3d and 2d), children fares. Applies to both Ballarat and Bendigo. Undated - c1950's? tramways, trams, bendigo, ballarat, tickets, fares -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Digital Image from a coloured postcard of Geelong 34 in Mercer St between Corio and Bayley St, just where the railway line to Cunningham Period went underneath. Tram has destination of Belmont. In the background are a building for Robley Engineering and the Sydney Hotel. trams, tramways, geelong, mercer st, bogie trams, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Digital image, Peter Lambert, "Tramway Celebration Day", mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Digital Image of a full colour poster, titled "Tramway Celebration Day" produced by Peter Lambert for the Museum to promote the celebration of the 50 years since closure of the SEC operated tramways for 19/9/2021. Features tram 38 and some of the Museum members. Event was cancelled due to a COVID-19 lookdown. Used in some pre-marketing materials Both pdf and jpg versions held..trams, tramways, btm, covid-19, posters, events, closure -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lee A Ratten, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's
... late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. ...Black and white photograph of Geelong No. 34 turning from Ryrie St into Moorabool St. Tram has the destination of West. In the background is the Union Bank of Australia building and a set of bar traffic lights. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, traffic lights, tram 34 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Lee A Ratten, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's
... late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. ...Yields information about tram operations in Ballarat using City Loop.Black and white photograph of Ballarat 25 and another single trucker at the City Loop. Tram 25 has the destination of City. In the background are the building on the west side of Sturt St and an advertisement for Penfolds Wines. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, ballarat, sturt st, city loop, tram 25 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Black and White photograph of Geelong No. 38 (Destination West), in Pakington St Geelong, near Hope St just past the Autumn St loop. Has buildings of the shopping centre in the view. Two copies held - two different sizes.trams, tramways, geelong, pakington st, west, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Black and White photograph of Geelong No. 38 (Destination West), in Pakington St Geelong, entering the Autumn St loop. Has buildings of the shopping centre in the view, including Hambrook Milliner. Two copies held - two different sizes.trams, tramways, geelong, pakington st, west, tram 38 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's. ...Photograph of ex Geelong No. 6 with destination of Eastern Park turning from Aphrasia St into Pakington St Geelong. Shows the condition of the trackwork and the road surface. Tram ex Newtown. Two prints held - one large and one small. trams, tramways, geelong, newtown, aphrasia st, pakington st, tram 6 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's. ...Photograph of ex Geelong No. 39 in Ryrie St at Moorabool St looking west. Tram has the destination of West. Shows the centre poles and the shops in the street. Two prints held - one large and one small. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, tram 39 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets Geelong with the Bank of New South Wales building - three trams can been seen in the view. shows the bar type traffic lights. Also in the view are Dickins and Dickins store and other shops. Two prints held - one large and one small. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, traffic lights -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of No. 17 with the destination of Beach in Pakington St at the junction with Aphrasia St. Shows the nature of the layout of the junction and has signs indicating a tram stop and "End of Section". Two large prints held - and one small one, with a vertical frame. trams, tramways, geelong, signs, aphrasia st, pakington st, tram 17 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of a Geelong single trucker, leaving the loop in Pakington St, outside the Newtown Town Hall, heading north. Two copies held - one large and one small print. (location advised by Dave O'Neil 31-12-2016 by e-mail)trams, tramways, geelong, signs, newtown, pakington st -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets Geelong looking West along Ryrie St, showing the bar type traffic lights and that right hand turns were done from the left lane. Note the Safety zone sign. Two prints held - one large and one small in a vertical form with the traffic lights featured.. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, traffic lights, safety zone -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets Geelong looking south along Moorabool St, showing the bar type traffic lights and two bogie trams in Ryrie St, one with safety or hazard stripes. Has the Bank of NSW in the view. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, traffic lights -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of a bogie tram with destination of East and hazard stripes and dash canopy lighting turning from Pakington St (from West) into Aberdeen St at Pakington St junction. In the background is the Shell service station. Note the metal tram stop sign on the left. Two copies of the print held. trams, tramways, geelong, aberdeen st, east, west, tram stops -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Charles Craig, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Photograph of the intersection of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets Geelong looking south along Moorabool St, with two bogie trams in Ryrie St, both with safety or hazard stripes. Trams have the destination of Belmont and North. Has the Bank of NSW in the view, E. A. O'Meara Chemist advertising Kodak film and the Geelong Nursery Nook. Adjacent to the tram for Belmont is the safety zone sign. trams, tramways, geelong, ryrie st, moorabool st, traffic lights -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - B&W print of donated negative, John Webster, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Yields information about Geelong Depot and tramcar No. 1, Yields information about Geelong Depot and tramcar No. 1Black and white digital print from scan of a donated negative showing Geelong No. 1 leaving the Geelong depot entrance with a number of motors cars on either side with the Melbourne Electric Supply Company logo above the doorway. The tram has the destination of North. Photographed by John Webster given the markings on the side of the negative, early 1950's. Black and White print made from scan of negative. Original Negative stored with Negatives. Negative scanned at hi res 2/6/2020 and image updated.On left hand side of the negative in ink is "EH35".tramways, trams, geelong, depot, tram 1 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC 3d City Section, mid 1950's?
... mid 1950's? ...Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented.Block of about 2 tickets - orange ink on off white paper, denomination 3d, over printed "CITY SECTION" in black ink, numbered A010598 - 10599, headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways. Originally a block of 200 tickets been stapled onto a heavy cardboard back with a heavy metal staple and a small cardboard retaining strip at the top of the ticket. The ticket number is in black ink while the "A" prefix is in orange. On rear in orange ink is a diagonal criss cross or tartan pattern. See Alan Bradley's notes "Fares in Ballarat"trams, tramways, secv, tickets -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC 3d, mid 1950's to early 1960's
... mid 1950's to early 1960's ...Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented.Block with one remaining ticket - black ink on off white paper, denomination 3d, numbered E383399, headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways. Originally a block of 200 tickets been stapled onto a pink coloured cardboard back with a heavy metal staple and a small green coloured cardboard retaining strip at the top of the ticket. The ticket price is in orange ink while the ticket number itself is in black ink. The rear of the ticket is blank. The cardboard rear has been trimmed and punched with a ticket punch. Ticket is different to other 3d tickets, could have been printed earlier than these. See also Reg Item 5668 for a stand alone ticket. See Alan Bradley's notes "Fares in Ballarat"trams, tramways, secv, tickets -
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Drawing, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), Standard Rail Sections - SECV, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Provides details of the rails used by the SEC and ESCo in Ballarat.Yields information about the rails used by the SEC.Heavy cardboard folder with advertisement for Yeaston yeast tablets on outside of both covers, containing eight SEC drawings, Ballarat Branch, of rail cross sections and dimensions. Secured into binder with metal folding clips. Cannot be removed without dismantling the folder. Brown tape covers the edge of the folders and the centre. Rail size Drg No. Date 1. 70lb Tee BA6756 23/3/1953 2. 80lb Tee BA6748 27/6/1951 BHP Section 801 3. 80lb Tee BA6755 18/3/1953 BHP Section 803 4. 83lb Tram BA6759 8/4/1953 Has been taped together at about 3/4 length. 5. 87lb Tram BA6760 9/4/1953 6. 90lb Tram BA6758 31/3/1953 7. 90lb Tram BA6746A 29/7/1955 BSS No. 1 Rail 8. 96lb Tram BA6761 21/4/1953 1c rail Drawings all finally signed off 3/8/1955 by Ballarat Branch Manager, H. W. Linaker.tramways, trackwork, rails, yeaston -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong No. 8 at Newtown terminus, just after arrival. Tram has the destination of Newtown. Dave O'Neil notes remark about the sign on the left hand side of the road, partly obscured by the tram. Sign says way to Queens Park - was taken down during 2002. "G 11" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, newtown, tram 8 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 16 at the Beach terminus - Bellarine St and Corio Tce (now Brougham St). Photo taken after 1951. Dave O'Neil notes remark that the corner is virtually unchanged, except for traffic lights. "G 14" and "1 -14" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, beach, corio tce, tram 16 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at East Terminus. Photo shows a crewman boarding the front end of the tram. Possibly taken on the last day of the Chilwell - East West line, 8/1/1956. See Reg. Item 476.5 for a similar photograph taken by Geoff Grant and 2610 for another copy of the slide. Photographer unknown. "G 15" and "1 -15" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, east, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Yields information about the Geelong tramway system and one of the terminus and the appearance at the time.Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at East Terminus Ormond and Boundary Roads. Photo shows a child walking away from the tram. Tram has the destination of East. Photographer unknown. Taken on the last day of the first closures, 8/1/1956. See also Reg Item 4389 for a print of this slide. "G 16" and "1 -16" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, east, closure, last day, tram 18 -
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Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a colour slide of Geelong Pengelley No. 18 at West Terminus. Tram destination part way between "East" and "West". Photographer unknown. Taken after 1951, probably near time of closure. "G 17" and "1 -17" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, west, tram 18 -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Slide - 35mm slide/s, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Agfachrome Professional plastic mount (blue base, white cover) reproduction slide of a black and white photo of Geelong No. 35, at Pakington and Aberdeen St turning towards Chilwell. Photo taken early 1950's. Photographer unknown. Tram has the destination of Chilwell. Tramcar number can just be seen in the image - appears to be No. 35 - which fits the tram type. See also Reg item 4212 for the same photo - of Wal Jack. "G 20" and "1 -20" in pencil.tramways, trams, geelong, chilwell, pakington st, tram 35 -
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Ephemera - Ticket/s, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), SEC 3d - Wal Jack Collection, mid 1950's to early 1960's
... mid 1950's to early 1960's ...Yields information about the style and printing of tickets used in Ballarat and Bendigo tramways and how they were presented.Ticket - black ink on off white paper, denomination 3d, numbered E105305, headed State Electricity Commission of Victoria, Provincial Tramways. The ticket price is in orange ink while the ticket number itself is in black ink. The rear of the ticket is blank. Ticket is different to other 3d tickets, could have been printed earlier than these. See also Reg Item 3983 for the last ticket in a block for this type of ticket. Contained originally within Reg Item 5623 at the front of this note book. For items see btm5623 loose items list.pdf.trams, tramways, secv, tickets -
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Document - List, Wal Jack, M & MTB Rolling stock", mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Handwritten list on Lined or ruled foolscap paper, both sides titled "M & MTB Rolling stock", listing class, Cars Nos, Type, seats, HP and Motors and remarks. Remarks give notes such as "class withdrawn", "still running" and conversions. Written in ink and ruled with red colour pencil. Extends to W7 class trams and lists Services cars including Ballast trailers. Document c1956.mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, lists