Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of No. 34 northbound in Lydiard St. Nth early 1961. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips. The tram is about to use the crossover in Lydiard St. North. Has the George Hotel and Hoyts theatre 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 12" in penciltramways, trams, lydiard st. nth, crossover, tram 34

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) with a photo of No. 39 at Sebastopol terminus, with No. 1 end facing. Photo taken early 1961. Tram is in the process of being fitted with dash canopy lights and tiger strips. Has the Royal Hotel Sebastopol in the background. Note differences between tram in depot which has been fitted with step and access door at this end. 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 14" in penciltramways, trams, sebastopol, royal hotel, tram 39

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. 36? Lydiard St Nth, before Provincial Hotel. Photo taken c1962. Has S.F. Motors (Mercedes Benz) dealership, the front verandah of the Provincial Hotel, ?? Commercial college and the Union Fidelity Trustees building in the background. Tram has a roof advertisement for the SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 37" in penciltramways, trams, lydiard st north, sf motors, tram 36?

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 30 turning from Lydiard St. North into Sturt St. Has the National Mutual building, Craigs Hotel and MLC building in the background. Note tram stop on the pole adjacent to the Post Office and the policemen standing on the corner near the City terminus. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 45" in penciltramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st nth, tram 30

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 43 southbound in Lydiard St Nth entering the double track section. Photo taken late 1960's. Has the Provincial Hotel, Reid's Coffee Palace and the rail level crossing gates and Victoria House in the background. Tramcar has an "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen" roof advertisement. Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 48" in penciltramways, trams, railway station, lydiard st nth, tram 43

Yields information about the people who attended the 30anniversary reunion of the closure of the Ballarat Tramway system. Has a strong association with these people.Colour photograph of the former SEC Ballarat Tramway Employees photographed at the Queens Head Hotel on the occasion of the "Ballarat Tramways Past Employees' Reunion to mark 30 Years Closure of the Ballarat Tramways" on September 15, 2001. Photograph mounted within a white cardboard folder with the names of the attendees and period of service listed underneath. On the front cover has printed image of Ballarat 40 at Sebastopol with the name and date of the event printed on it. Folder prepared by Speilvogel Photographic, P.O. Box 1004, Ballarat Mail Centre, Vic. 3354. Featured in the photograph are: Babe Domaschenz, Austin Domaschenz, Han Van Oorschot, Brian Melville, P Carter, Jim Maher, Kevin Butler, Kevin Brookman, Norm Hamilton, John Everett, Howard Reynolds, Allan Meaney, John Truscott, Ron Knight, Neil Robe, Ian Wallis, Noel Kleine, Max Green, Ray Hall, George Gray, Michael Mahoney, Les Mark. 2nd copy of 1968 - ex Kevin Brookman, added 1/6/2009.trams, tramways, employees, reunions, tram crews

Single sheet of paper that appears to have been either taken from a book or was printed as a pamphlet to advertise the routes that Ballarat Tramways (ESCo) ran. On the reverse side is an advertisement for Craig's Hotel, Lydiard St. Ballarat. See image files as well. The sheet has numerous tears on the left side (when viewed from Craigs Hotel) and marks possibly from gluing into a book and pieces of paper missing at about the position where it could have been stapled. Also two pin holes in top corners. The details for Ballarat Tramways notes the use of Fare Boxes, the Electric Supply Company offices being near the Coliseum, and the various colours used on the various routes and points of interest for visitors along the route. Request people to "Enter front end of cars and move right through". The advertisement for Craig's shows a photo of the hotel, motorcars outside , that it has been renovated and sewered throughout, that T.F. McManamny was proprietor. On top and bottom of the photograph, "J. Hesse" has been handwritten in using black ink. A letter "A" is on the lower left hand side of the sheet. Possibly c1920, though the cars could date this more accurately and when T.F. McManamny was the Proprietor. On top and bottom of the photograph, "J. Hesse" has been handwritten in using black ink.trams, tramways, routes, route indicators, esco, craig's hotel

Yields information about the vicinity of the Victoria St terminus and the bridge over the Buninyong Railway line.Black and White photograph mounted on heavy cardboard backing. Photo of Ballarat No. 31, just after leaving Victoria St. terminus, late 1960's or early 1970s crossing over the Eureka siding railway bridge. Taken by John Phillips. Tram has destination of Gardens via Sturt St. West, Twin Lakes advertisement on the front. In the background is Meagher's Hotel with Abbots Lager and Victoria Bitter sign. On the bridge is graffiti "Smash US Imperialism". On the Ballarat side of the bridge is a sign directing travellers to the "Eureka Caravan Park". Has 6 Velcro dots on rear and marks where mounting devices have been removed on the rear. Note image scanned in two runs through a scanner, resulting in the shading in the image file. .1 - Second copy with 4 black Velcro squares and 4 dots on rear - wider view on the right hand side with an additional pole - not scanned.trams, tramways, victoria st, eureka, twin lakes, tram 31

Photo of SEC Ballarat Tram No. 27 west bound at Lyons St. with the city in the background, including the Golden City Hotel and St. Patricks cathedral. Tram has "Twin Lakes" advertisement on front panel and destination of "Gardens via Sturt St. W". Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses August 1971.On back of both slides in blue ink "Jan. 1966, Lydiard St. Tram / 125 f11." and in bottom left hand corner "P. Moses".tramways, trams, lyons st, sturt st, st patricks, tram 27

Series of four photographs featuring the Special trains on the occasion of the ARHS special train on Saturday 21/8/1971 to undertake the last tour of Ballarat Tramways, prior to the closure of the system. The first line closure (Victoria St.) took place the following day. .1 - R761 just arrival in platform 2 of the Special train. .2 - ditto .3 - R761 shunting across the Lydiard St. with the Victoria Hotel in the background. .4 - R761 leaving Ballarat station (note slide from a different roll of film). Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses 21 August 1971. Note: Train/tram tour operated in conjunction with the TMSV.On back of slide: .1 - In black ink "Ballarat / R761 Station" and "P. Moses" in bottom left hand corner. .2 - In black ink "Ballarat / R761 ARHS Train / Ballarat Station" and "P. Moses" in bottom left hand corner. .3 - In blue ink "Ballarat / R761 shunting" and in upper left hand corner "P. Moses". .4 - In red ink "Ballarat / ARHS Train departs" and on other side of slide "P. Moses" in black ink.tramways, trams, arhs, lydiard st north, ballarat railway station

Photo of No. 42 waiting to turn from Lydiard St. North to Sturt St. on 21/8/1971, while running the ARHS/TMSV special trams. Has National Mutual, Town Hall and Craigs Hotel in the background. Tram is showing "Special" and is fitted with SEC roof advertisement "Everything's is under control in my all electric kitchen". Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses 21 August 1971.On the rear of the slide in black ink "Ballarat / ARHS special from Lydiard St into Sturt St." and "P. Moses" in the bottom right hand corner.tramways, trams, arhs, lydiard st north, sturt st.

Photo of SEC Ballarat No. 30 west bound in Sturt St. crossing Drummond St., with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background and a bogie car northbound in Drummond St. South. Probably No. 39 as next photo in sequence - See Reg. item 2079. Location known as Hospital Corner. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969.On the rear of the slide "P. Moses" along bottom left hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st, tram 30

Photo of SEC Ballarat No. 39 turning from Drummond St. South into Sturt St., with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Location known as Hospital Corner. Note the two tone FC Holden. Also has Rimmington Bros Butchers and J. A. Malpass shops in the photograph. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969.On the rear of the slide "P. Moses" along bottom right hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st, tram 39

Photo of SEC Ballarat No. 41 turning from Sturt St into Drummond St. South., with the Southern Cross Hotel in the background. Location known as Hospital Corner. Note the SEC/ ESCo electrical section isolator box in the median strip by the pole. Tram has a SEC roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all-electric kitchen." Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969.On the rear of the slide "P. Moses" along bottom right hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, hospital corner, sturt st, drummond st, tram 41

2059.1 - Photo of SEC Ballarat No.41 passing through the railway gates at Ballarat Railway Station, Lydiard St. North, with the destination of "Sebastopol". Tram has a SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Reid's Coffee Palace is the background. Photo shows the Ballarat Railway station clock tower, part of the train shed and the signals on the station side of the gates and another bogie tram waiting at the end of the double track in Lydiard St. for No. 41 to pass. 2059.2 - ditto, but with the two trams passing each other. The Provincial Hotel is also in the photograph. Kodak cardboard mount slide, taken by Peter Moses assumed Jan. 1969, dated only "Jan", but date lines up with Bendigo slides and type of numbering. Could be 1970.On the rear of the slides in black ink "P. Moses" along bottom left hand corner in black ink.tramways, trams, railway crossing, lydiard st, railway station, reid's coffee palace, provincial hotel, tram 41

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

Black and white photograph of the SEC Ballarat No. 41, rear half, passing the ornate gateway opposite the Lake View Hotel, on the View Point route.trams, tramways, ballarat, view point, lake view, wendouree parade , tram 41

Black and white reproduction of photographs used to illustrate the closure of the SEC Ballarat System, published in Association of Railway Enthusiast's (ARE) Dec 1971 issue of their magazine. Centre page photo shows tram 40 at Hospital corner, prior to running into the depot, while on rear pages are night photos of tram 35 at Sebastopol terminus (Royal Mail Hotel in background) and No. 41? at the Lydiard St. north terminus. trams, tramways, ballarat, closure, last tram , tram 40, 35 and 41?

Black and white photo of W2 516 at the Moonee Ponds terminus of route 82, Moonee Ponds to Footscray. Tram has destination "Footscray", all blinds drawn and a Ramset? ad on the drivers cab dash panel. In background are the buildings at the intersection of Puckle St and Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds. The hotel on the SE corner has a large ad for "SHELL" and a message underneath "Shop in Puckle St." and also in background a large ad for "Phillips".On rear in blue biro "W2 516 / 12/2/66 / Moonee Ponds Junc."trams, tramways, melbourne, moonee ponds , tram 516

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 18 using the Dawson St Crossover, the wrong way, to its normal expected use. Appears to be on a tour special with passengers in the tramcar. Has the Golden City Hotel in the background. Photo taken early 1960's. Tramcar has an SEC "Use Electricity for Cooking" roof advertisement and an Age newspaper advertisement on back dash panel. Note the lining of No. 18, using the wide gold lining. The slide appears to be a copy slide, given the nature of the colour and the additional number WP413. Photographer could be Bill Pearce (WP). Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 54 in penciltramways, trams, dawson st, tours, sturt st, tram 18

Agfa plastic mount (blue base, white cover) of a photograph of No. 14, en route to the View Point terminus in Wendouree Parade. Photo take late 1960's. Tram has destination of View Point and has a Twin Lakes sign on the front end. Has Morris's Lake View Hotel in the background. The hotel has a "Fosters Lager" symbol on the front of the building and a banner "Ballarat Regatta / February 2" banner on verandah balcony fence. The slide appears to be a copy slide, given the nature of the colour and the additional number WP403. Photographer could be Bill Pearce (WP). Slide rescanned at 3200 dpi 25-10-2020, jpg replaced, tiff file retained. This file was scanned in 2003 and may show colour changes."BAS 59 and "Tram 14" in pencil.tramways, trams, view point, wendouree parade, lake view hotel, tram 14

Negative No. N375 and black and white print made by a laser printer (stored in folder) of Ballarat No. 12 in City or Grenville St Loop with Grenville St and Bridge St. in the background. Date thought to be 12/12/1958. Tram has destination of City. Can see the Bucks Head Hotel in the background and the full length of Bridge St., with Victoria St. hill as well. W. Gribble & Co. building on the right hand side of the photograph. Although folder dated 23/2/62, the photo is taken before 12/1960, as tram has not been fitted with dash canopy lights, so date taken as for photograph BA1, Reg. No. 2381 - note angle of shadow. hi res scan made and image updated 23/5/2020. Paper folder that contained the negative had "NR64A" in red ink, "BA2" in pencil, date stamp of "23 Sep 62" on front, and on rear date stamps "26 Sep 1962" and "6 Oct 1962".trams, tramways, city loop, grenville st, bridge st, sturt st, tram 12

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

Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 41 leading No. 21 around the South East (SE) curve from the bottom end of Sturt St. into Lydiard St. North. Would appear to be on a tram tour, given the various people on both trams taken photographs. Possibly the AETA Easter 1958 tour - see Reg. Item No. 122 for a set of tour notes. Taken by John Alfred. Has the Commonwealth Bank, Craigs Hotel and MLC buildings in the background. On rear written in blue ink "Ballarat / Lydiard and Sturt Sts. (S.E. Curve) and stamp "Photo by John Alfred / No." in purple ink.tramways, trams, sturt st, lydiard st, aeta, tram 41, tram 21

Yields information about the way the SEC repair overhead failures on the Ballarat Tramway system - shows the trucks and the crews involved.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of repairs to damaged overhead wire, Lydiard St North, just to the north of the Railway level crossing. Tram services were disrupted as a result. Photo taken 23/4/1965, published 24/4/1965. Shows three SEC vehicles in use, including the tower truck. By the front of the truck, the overhead wire and a set of ears can be seen. The Victorian Railways Institute building is in the background. In the far background is the North Star hotel. The types of truck, from the left hand side are Ford (Tower Truck), International and a Bedford. 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 in the top left hand corner.tramways, trams, lydiard st nth, overhead, secv, repairs

Demonstrates the evolution of public transport in Ballarat, from tram to bus with the first of the replacement buses adjacent to a tram about to be phased out.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier - photo taken 17/8/1971 and published in the Courier Supplement of 20/9/1971, showing first tramway replacement bus near Grenville St loop, August 1971 (another pic of the bus was published on 18/8/1971). Shows a Davis Bus with four drivers standing along side with three single truck trams in the loop - No. 13 at the rear. Has the Camp Hotel and the Ballarat Courier Offices in the background. See Reg Item 3720 also for another use of this photograph. 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." with "88%" in blue ink.tramways, trams, closure, buses, davis bus lines, sturt st, tram 13

Yields information about the early use of the Ballarat horse trams and condition of the roadway - lots of rocks on the road surface. Also shows an all male loading of passengers.Black and White copy photograph of a State Library of South Australia SLSA B34585 of an well loaded, only male passengers on a Ballaarat Horse Tram - Grenville and Sturt St. Two horse with many men, Wilson's Bucks Head Hotel in background. Condition of the road surface very rough - can't see the rails. Photo taken in early days, as no modesty boards on upper deck - say 1887. Possibly a trial trip. Collected by Alan Bradley from the State Library of South Australia early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - page 28.tramways, trams, sturt st, grenville st, bucks head hotel, horse tram

Black and White scan or Bromide copy of a photograph of Ballaarat Tramway Company horse tram No. 5 outside the Vine Hotel in Macarthur St, Ballarat on the corner with Creswick Road. Has A. Ronald's Vine Hotel in the background with a Vine Hotel advertisement on the modesty board of the tramcar. Has a number of passengers, including ladies on the top deck and around the tramcar and hotel. Original of photograph from Harris House of Photography. Collected by Alan Bradley from the State Library of South Australia early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - page 29. 3792.1 - black and white photograph print of above - added 29/7/2007, ex Alan Bradley collection of photographs 5/2007.tramways, trams, horse trams, vine hotel, macarthur st, advertisements, tram 5

Yields information about the opening configuration and early passengers of the tramways in Ballarat, with the Sturt and St Grenville St buildings behind. Shows uniforms and clothing styles.Black and White copy photograph of a Ballarat Municipal library (No. 911) postcard at the time of the opening of the Electric tramway in Ballarat. Tram has destination of Gardens, with four crew/inspector in uniforms, a number of well dressed passengers including ladies and children and some boys at the rear. Shows arrangements of steps lining etc. In the background is the Bucks Head Hotel, a Confectioner (J.M. Kiln?) and other buildings. Photo taken in 1905. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Municipal library early 1980's. Used in The Golden City and its Tramways - front covertramways, trams, sturt st, electrification, grenville st, opening