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Melbourne Tram Museum
Newspaper, The Herald, Alan Dearn, "Melbourne's 100 years of trams", 11/11/1985 12:00:00 AM
Pages 12, 13 and 14 of The Herald, Melbourne newspaper, Herald special advertising feature - compiled by Alan Dearn, Monday 11/11/1985 celebrating 100 years of trams in Melbourne - "Melbourne's 100 years of trams", since the opening of the Melbourne cable tramway to Richmond. Includes statement by the Minister of Transport, Mr. Roper, stories from a former MMTB depot Master, Eric Hobday. Articles headed - "Designs from A to Z and back, cable trams, moving people on tracks, uniforms and catch a vintage tram at Bylands. Advertisements from Myrina M oil, Comeng, Sands and McDougall, James Hardies, Union Steel, The Mettrams, tramways, 100 years of trams, melbourne, mmtb, cable trams, uniforms, the met, bylands, tmsv -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Scancolor, "Melbourne Trams - Past and Present", mid 1980's
Postcard - four panel, colour, titled "Melbourne Trams - Past and Present", featuring trams: Royal Park horse tram 256 Richmond cable tram W7 class tram - 1022 Z3 class tram 116 On rear is TMSV image, details of the TMSV Bylands, produced by Scancolor, Melbourne, CS1482. Has 33 cent stamp, postmarked for the Centenary of Cable Car Services, 11/11/1985 with a grip included and stamped "100 years of Melbourne trams carried on Commemorative official trip from Flinders St, Melbourne to Richmond Town Hall, November 11, 1985" in blue ink in the bottom right hand corner.trams, tramways, postcards, centenary, cable trams, stamps, horse tram, w7 class, z3 class, tram 256, tram 1022, tram 116 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black & White Photograph/s, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), c1975
Black & White Photograph of a postcard made by the TMSV Sales consisting of two postcards showing cable trams in Elizabeth St, looking north from the Flinders St clock tower and Bourke St looking east from Swanston St. The first shows a bogie trailer being shunted. The second has the Myer store in the view. The first photo is dated between 1933 and 1935 based on the construction of the building next door to Hosies in 1933 and the closure of the cable lines in 1935. See 7-9 Elizabeth St - see https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/hdp.au.prod.app.com-participate.files/8215/9494/3548/PROPERTY_103166_7TO9_ELIZABETH_ST.pdf - accessed 7-5-2022Has "TMSV 332 Flinders St Melbourne 3000" stamp on the rear.trams, tramways, cable trams, shunting, elizabeth st, bourke st, bogie cable trailers -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Radio Transcript, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Draft Wireless Report 28th May 1926", May. 1926
Radio transcript - 11 foolscap sheets, typed, titled "Draft Wireless Report 28th May 1926" of a talk possibly by the Manager Mr. Murdoch as it mentions the Assistant Manager Mr. Young. Document is a draft with pencil alterations and figures or numbers outstanding, some have been written in. Provides notes on running control, tickets, employment, training of both cable and electric drivers, driver training, Hawthorn school, braking, conversion from cable to electric driving, conductor training, monitoring of the services, rosters preparation, fare collection, speed of services, tram stops, passenger behaviour, issues with motor vehicles, collisions, accidents, safety and costs of extensions.In blue pencil in top right hand corner appears to be "Assist Mgr"trams, tramways, traffic staff, operations, training, radio stations, drivers, conductors, rosters, tickets, behaviour, accidents, safety -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, "Town Hall Melbourne", c1900
Coloured postcard of the Melbourne Town Hall, Swanston, and Collins Sts. Has three cable car sets in the view, one with two trailers southbound in Swanston St. In the bottom right-hand corner can be seen a shelter and signalman for the control of the intersection. The card was printed in Germany.Yields information about the Melbourne Town Hall and a signal box.Colour postcard, divided back unused. Has number "09 871" in bottom right hand corner.tramways, collins st, swanston st, signalmen, trailers, cable trams, melbourne town hall -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - cable trams, "Route Numbers and Signs"
Handwritten notes, appears to have been copied from a guide or book, such as Bradshaws. Provides notes on route numbers, connecting electric trams, a round trip by cable and electric trams (9d), penny sections, through fares and details of 15 different through routes. c1918?Demonstrates copying historic information from publications.Document - 7 quarto sheets - ruled, handwritten, stapled in top left hand corner.cable trams, electric trams, melbourne, round trips, guide books, penny sections -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Sign, Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co (MTOCo), "Please have fare ready for Conductor", c1890
Used on the inside of the doors of a Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Cable tram saloon trailer along with item 7439. See also item 2906 for another example. Recovered by the donor from a trailer that was in a yard in Dromana shortly before it disappeared. See image 2 of the locations of the signs. Demonstrates a MTOCo sign from a cable tram trailer and the style of signage.Sign - metal strip, with folded edges, 8 countersunk screw holes, painted cream back with black letters "Please have fare ready for Conductor".trams, tramways, conductors, cable trams, signs, trailers, fares -
Port Melbourne Historical & Preservation Society
Photograph - Bay Street, Port Melbourne, Rose Stereograph Co, 1917
STATE LIBRARY acknowledgement required. Image of Bay Street Port Melbourne in 1917. Photo taken near intersection of Bay and Liardet Streets and looks towards the Bay. Shows Port Melbourne Theatre on left and Burns Bros on right and cable trams. Used in the PMHPS calendar for 2015 (May)Image H32492/4606. Rose postcard series 3334built environment - commercial, transport - tramways, recreation, burns brothers - grocers, port melbourne theatre, bay street -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Guide Book, Compiled by Charles Taylor with authority of MMTB, "Melbourne Tram Route Guide" - c1929, 1929?
A 40 pp booklet and covers - guide to Melb Tram and bus Routes, with listing of routes, numbers, times of first and last, with some amendments sheets, with list of cable trams, buses and railway trams. Record reviewed and scanned images of cover and inside pages added 5/9/13.Re priced by over stamp from 1/- to 6d and correction by stamp on p2.trams, tramways, mmtb, buses, routes, times -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Drawing - Illustration/s, Albert Collins - Original artwork, King St. Sydney Cable trams
Colour print of a water colour by Albert Collins (1945) of a King St. Sydney with a Sydney cable tram set, titled "Another link with the past - King St. in the nineties", mounted onto textured card, lined on outer edges, with a piece of paper detailing the work attached to rear and an inscription.On rear "Compliments from Roy Field"trams, tramways, sydney, cable trams, king st -
Glenelg Shire Council Cultural Collection
Equipment - Equipment - Diving amplifier, n.d
Port of Portland CollectionFront: Diving amplifier equipment/TYPE 957 SERIAL No 260/ Navy Department Bureau of Ships/ date 11-4-43/ GUIDED RADIO CORPORATION NEW YORK N.Y.port of portland archives -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Functional Object - Tramcar component, Hand brake pawl, c1900
Hand brake pawl, possibly from a cable or horse tram, smaller than an electric tram version consisting of a cast or forged pawl with a forged, turned and threaded bolt, steel washer and nut. Components have been removed from very rotten wooden floor. Possibly c1900tramcars, brakes, handbrakes -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Report, Public Transport Corporation (PTC), "AVM - Centre", c1990
Report or introduction to the Public Transport Corporation "AVM Centre", single page A4 photocopied sheet, giving details of the Centre, history, staffing, facilities, wages, computer equipment and power supply back ups. Notes the history of the building. Automatic Vehicle Monitoring, Cable trams, Nicholson St.trams, tramways, ptc, avm, automatic vehicle monitoring, nicholson st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Form/s, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Accident Report Form", 1920's
Form, single sheet - light brown paper - titled "Accident Report Form", 4249-4/27 Form 115, MMTB, with detailed instructions for drivers and conductors seeking extensive details of the event, people involved. Has the date of "192..." Has detail for both cable or electric trams.trams, tramways, accidents, forms, cable trams, mmtb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Notice, Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), MMTB Act 1918 - By-Law No. 1", 20/02/1920 12:00:00 AM
Notice - printed foolscap sheet titled MMTB Act 1918 - By-Law No. 1" detailing the sections of cable tram routes that a cash fare of 1d would be charged for - details 14 such points. Dated 13/2/1920, to come into effect on 15/3/1920 2 copies held.trams, tramways, mmtb, by laws, acts of parliament, fares, cable trams -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - Re typed article, "Cable and rope traction", c1950
Three page typed copy of an article appeared in Engineering 1887 on Melbourne cable tramways construction. Carbon copy of typing on both sides of 1 sheet and 1 sheet of pink paper with hand drawn copy of a map in 4 colours. Image of document added 25/8/2013.trams, tramways, melbourne, cable trams, construction -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Ephemera - Ticket/s, Tramway Board, Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type, late 1910's or early 1920's
Ticket - Trip Slip - cable tram Bell Punch type - orange card, 3d fare, unused. Printed for the Tramway Board. Has space for 15 journeys. On the up fare side, has space for name Line, Date, Badge, car, time of starting and signature if a student conductor.trams, tramways, tickets, cable trams, bell punch, clifton hill, tb -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Postcard, Leedon Printing, cable tram set No. 1, displayed in the glass case at Russell St, c1980
Postcard - cable tram set No. 1, displayed in the glass case at Russell St at the then Science Museum of Victoria, c1980. Postcard by Leedon Printing, possibly for the Science Museum. Rear is a divided back with a caption, location of Leedon Printing, location for stamp and address and an image of the Science Museum and its address.trams, tramways, cable trams, science museum, mto co, displays, tram 1 -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Tour Notes, Tramway Museum Society of Victoria (TMSV), "Cable Tram Commemorative Tour", Nov. 1975
Gestener duplicated five page tour notes for TMSV (64th Special Tour - 8/11/1975) titled "Cable Tram Commemorative Tour", held in conjunction with the Royal Historical Society of Victoria. Gives details of vehicles used and the routes used. Stapled in the top left hand corner.trams, tramways, tmsv, tours, cable trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Negative, Wal Jack, c1937
Negative of cable tram set shunting South Melbourne Beach tram at terminus in Market St City. The grip car has the destination of Collins St, while the tailer, South Melbourne Beach. Note the conductor on board the trailer and a 3rd man by the trailer, possibly the shunter. Photo c1937Written on rear of album print "Shunting South Melbourne Beach tram at terminus in Market St City."trams, tramways, cable trams, market st, shunting, collins st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Black and White photograph, c1900
Black and white photograph of Collins St looking at the intersection with Swanston St. A number of cable trams in the view, including one with a Port Melbourne destination. Has the Town Hall and many other buildings in the view. In the photo are signs for Baker & Rouse Pty Ltd, Kodak and Coles Book Arcade.Has "1900" on the rear in ink.trams, tramways, cable trams, swanston st, collins st -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Document - Envelope/s, Melbourne Tramway & Omnibus Co. Limited, c1920?
Envelope - brown paper, for returning tickets or paperwork item to the depot or head office for each cable tram line. Has space for the line itself, date, badge number, trip no and table starting time along with space for the Conductor to sign. Purpose not fully understood. three copies held.trams, tramways, cable trams, stationery, conductors -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.
Tool - CAST IRON DETACHING HOOK FOR MINING CAGE CABLE
Detaching Hook used in a gold mine. Used to detach the cage from the cable if the winder doesn't stop winding as the cage is being brought up Previously labelled #146 from mechanics Institute Eaglehawk. Consists of three large steel leaves bolted together. 35cm x 20cmcottage, miners -
Puffing Billy Railway
Hand Winch
Imported by Cameron, Sutherland & Seward Ltd. Machinery Merchants, Melbourne & Sydney, this example is of the type of hand winch used by the Australian Industries and timber workers in the Australian bush. The central rotating drum is operated by three interacting cog wheels. The metal cable is wound onto the central drum.Historic - Hand Winch type of hand winch used by the Australian Industries and timber workers in the Australian bush.Hand Winch made of wrought iron, metal and ironhand, winch -
Melbourne Legacy
Magazine, Anzac Bulletin. London September 27 1918, 1918
A magazine published for Australian servicemen during World War One. It contains news for the soldiers. Including news cabled from Australia, some of the news is political and about sports. There are photos of troops and presentations of medals. It is 16 pages long, with a 4 page supplement of names of wounded and killed. Photos from World War One that would have been significant to the founding legatees.A magazine containing black and white photos from World War One. Full title is Anzac Bulletin: issued to members of the Australian Imperial Forces in Great Britain and France by authority of the High Commissioner for Australia. Handwritten on cover 'Os Gawler' in blue ink. He was a president of Legacy in 1943.world war one, soldiers -
Parks Victoria - Mount Buffalo Chalet
Skis, boots and stocks
'The collections of winter sports equipment in Australian museums are small and few in number... The pair currently displayed on the Lounge wall has cable binding, a characteristic of skis from the c1930's to 50's and still popular today for cross country and telemark skis.' (Pg 143. Historica) Listed in Draft Inventory of Significant Collection ItemsPair of wooden skis with black leather straps, black leather boots and bamboo stocks."Kandahar Patent Gresvig" -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Slide - Colour - reproduction postcard - Bourke St - GPO
Reproduction slide of a hand coloured postcard showing the intersection of Bourke and Elizabeth Streets, featuring the General Post Office - GPO - looking east along Bourke St, prior to the construction of the Myer store. Has the London store on the bottom right hand side. There are cable trams in the view.Yields information about Bourke St prior to the construction of the Myer store and the GPO.Kodachrome cardboard duplicate slide - Colour - reproduction postcard - Bourke St - GPO c1900 "CB19" in penciltrams, tramways, cable cars, cable trams, bourke street, elizabeth sreet, london stores, gpo, post office, myer -
Ballarat Tramway Museum
Photograph - Set of four photographs of the motorised cable tram set - Wendouree Parade, Andrew Howlett, 20-3-1988
Photographs show the Motorised cable tram set built by Newton Williams and Darryl Hawksworth operating in Wendouree Parade during the 1988 Begonia Festival. The set operated in the 1987 Festival as well. See Reg Item 771 for further details. Grip car 593 and trailer 171.Yields information about the operation of the cable tram set in Wendouree Parade by the BTPS during the 1988 Begonia FestivalSet of four colour prints placed in an album sheet with date label.trams, ballarat, cable trams, grip car, trailers, begonia festival, btps -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Cable trams Collins and Swanston Sts, 1908
Black and white photograph of Collins St near the intersection of Swanston St with a Victoria Bridge cable tram in the view. Shows the buildings on both sides of the street, street lights, horse drawn vehicles and people. Not known how the photo was dated to 1908. Photo possibly from a postcard.Yields information about Collins St from Swanston St, 1908.Black and white print with notes on the rear.In ink "Collins St at Swanston St corner 1908"tramways, collins st, victoria bridge, cable trams, trams -
Melbourne Tram Museum
Photograph - Set of 3 Colour Print/s, Jeff Bounds, 11/03/1991 12:00:00 AM
Set of three colour prints of TMSV operating the motorised cable tram set and Royal Park tram 256 11/3/1991. The rear of each photograph gives the details. Photos by Jeff Bounds. 1 - "Cable tram dummy 593 being pushed along Kingsway along Kingsway, side South Melbourne Depot after breaking chain drive in Park St when turning from St Kilda Road." SW 5, 777, route 64 following along with another tram. 2 - "Cable tram set 593 and 171 in Swanston St, looking north to Franklin St, as TMSV Exhibit in Moomba Parade in conjunction with the Villa Maria Society." 3 - "Horse tram 256 waiting alongside tracks in Swanston St (north) for Met Tram service to allow for it to enter The Moomba Parade as part of The Met exhibit." 256 is alongside W6 964, running a South Melbourne Beach route 1, followed by a W7 St Kilda Beach, route 15. Has the Royal Women's Hospital in the background.All have above details written in ink, along with "TMSV" and "11/3/91".trams, tramways, tmsv, moomba, events, swanston st, kingsway, w6 class, cable trams, w7 class, sw5 class, route 1, route 15, route 64, w6 class, tram 593, tram 171, tram 593, tram 777, tram 964