Yields information about Ballarat Tramways and trams prior to the closure of the tramway system.Set of 10 digital images of Ballarat trams prior to closure, scanned from original slides by Tony Smith, 1971 prior to closure of the system. .1 - 13 at the Parker St loop, Sturt St west waiting for another tram to arrive - Mercedes Benz car pull out around the stationary tramcar. .2 - 13 and another single trucker at the City terminus, north side of Sturt St. Note the conductor in the distance with a point bar about to hop onto the tram turning into Lydiard St North. Has the Post Office in the background. .3 - 26 arriving at the City stop, with the Mechanics Institute and Cooks Provide Hotel in the background. Tram has destination of Gardens via Drummond St North. .4 - 33 and 12 in Lydiard St Nth at Sturt St. 33 (Lydiard St Nth), 12 (Sebastopol). Has the post office and other buildings in the background .5 - 12 and 26 at city stop, south side with Town Hall and Myers in the background. 12 has destination of Sebastopol. .6 - 12 at intersection of Drummond St and Sturt St with Mobil petrol station in background and ad for Marshall batteries. Has the tram stop sign on the left hand side. Tram has destination of Sebastopol and a Twin Lakes sign. .7 - 30 northbound in Drummond St south at Sturt St about to turn into Sturt St. Has destination of Lydiard St Nth. Has the Southern Cross hotel in the background. .8 - 31 turning from Drummond St North into Sturt St, en route to Victoria St with the Shell service station in the background. Hospital Corner. Tram has roof advertisements for Johnnie Walker whisky. .9 - 30 and 31 (from above photos) in Sturt St. .10 - Tony Smith standing on the doorstep of 26 at Mt Pleasant terminus. Has the store in the background with The Sun and Robur tea adverts. trams, tramways, parker st loop, sturt st west, sturt st, conductors, drummond st, hospital corner, mt pleasant, tram 13, tram 26, tram 12, tram 30, tram 33

Has a strong association with Tony Smith of the MTPA who assists the BTM in its work.News paper clipping from the Herald Sun, Melbourne 3 April 2014, titled "Old Rattlers still on the rails", with a top heading of - "Tony's love affair with trams keeps alive city's history". Has a photo of Tony (Anthony) Smith of the Melbourne Tramcar Preservation Association holding a spanner with VR 41 in the background. Gives details of Tony's work at Haddon and the conservation of Melbourne trams. Article written by Aaron Langmaid, with photo by Tim Carrafa. mtpa, melbourne, haddon, vr

Yields information about the storage of tramcars in the City Loop during a week day.Colour slide - 35mm - of five (one bogie tram and four single truckers) in City Loop, with the Woolworths Big W store in the background. Trams in photograph are 43, 31 and others. Photo Chas Bevan. No. 43 has an advertisement for Bliss Bombs (To read pack: Tilt Tram")"Ballarat trams 1971"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 43, tram 31

Yields information about the storage of tramcars in the City Loop during a week day.Colour slide - 35mm - of Ballarat bogie tram No. 43 parked in the City Loop with buildings of Sturt St south side in the background. Tram has the destination of City and an SEC roof advert "Everything's fine in my all electric kitchen""Ballarat trams 1971"tramways, trams, sturt st, city loop, tram 43

Has a strong association with the founders of the tramcar building firm in Adelaide - Duncan and Fraser.Photocopy or reproduction photograph from a book of the photograph of the founders of Duncan and Fraser - James Duncan and James Fraser. Printed on HP photograph paper. Not known who made the image.trams, tramways, duncan fraser, tram 29

Black and white photograph / postcard of a collision, accident, between SEC Ballarat No. 14 and a motor truck at the intersection of Drummond St. North and Webster St. May or June 1939. Official SEC photo, there are other photos of this collision in the collection. See Reg Items 580, 1019, 1365 and 1366 and 3904 for larger prints of these photographs of these photographs and further details. See also Reg Item 6211 for a fridge magnet version. Printed in Ballarat by???. On the rear has the words "Ballarat Tramway Museum / Historic Collection No. 1, Photo copyright Wal Jack 1962" Has a divided back with a 8mm thick black line on the right hand side. The tramcar body card shows it was repaired following an accident June 1939. (Note added 2-2-19). trams, tramways, ballarat, drummond st nth, accidents, tram 28

Fridge magnet with a photograph of a collision, accident, between SEC Ballarat No. 14 and a motor truck at the intersection of Drummond St. North and Webster St. May or June 1939. Official SEC photo, there are other photos of this collision in the collection. See Reg Items 580, 1019, 1365 and 1366 and 3904 for larger prints of these photographs of these photographs and further details. See also Reg Item 6211 for a fridge magnet version. The tramcar body card shows it was repaired following an accident June 1939. (Note added 2-2-19). trams, tramways, ballarat, drummond st nth, accidents, fridge magnet

Brass sign with the words "To stop Car pull left hand cord ONCE" engraved into the base metal with an engraved border and four screw holes in the corners. Used on MMTB tramcars. 2nd copy added 8/1/2016 from donation of Kathy Stanley.trams, tramways, signs, mmtb, tramcars

Album compiled by Wal Jack of Ballarat Tram photographs. Yields information about the development of the Ballarat Tramway system through photographs, postcards, assembled by a well known Ballarat Identity - Wal Jack. Brown album marked "Photographs" on the front cover with a tooled vinyl cover, held by brass screws, containing 66 pages (including inside of covers and two blank pages) of paper (black, off white, light green, orange and brown paper) containing some 277 photographs, postcards, including some coloured postcards of Ballarat, including horse trams, ESCo and SEC trams. Each photo page has been scanned to a TIFF file with photo corners. Each photo has been scanned to a high resolution For all scans and other materials, photograph and layouts see - Collection/Archive Document Files/Reg Item 5100 including a full scan of each page and associated documentation.Individual captions for each photo.trams, tramways, ballarat, tramcars, esco, secv, wal jack

Yields information about the Ballaarat Tramway Company tramcars.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a horse tram travelling from Grenville St into Sturt St. Image re-photographed from a black and white postcard - see Reg Item btm2437 - a coloured postcard. Note the person in the top right hand corner walking across the track. trams, tramways, horse trams, sturt st, grenville st

Photograph of Ray Pearson standing on ESCo No. 15, in the driving position, at the Nerrina Tennis Club, 10-12-1943. Tram has been used as a shelter. Also images btm5106 and 5109 for the same tram at Nerrina. Windscreen has been removed. The controls - actual controls or something else? See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeHas a strong association with a well known for his time tramway enthusiast, Ray Pearson and yields information about disposals of ESCo tramcars and their reuse.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album and negativeSee image i2 for details of inscriptions on back of photograph.trams, tramways, esco, disposal, nerrina, tram 15

Black and white photograph of Wal Jack standing on ESCo No. 15, in the driving position, at the Nerrina Tennis Club, 10-12-1943. Tram has been used as a shelter. Also images btm5106 and 5118 for the same tram at Nerrina. Windscreen has been removed. The controls - actual controls or something else? See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeHas a strong association with a well known for his time tramway enthusiast, Wal Jack and yields information about disposals of ESCo tramcars and their reuse.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album and negative.trams, tramways, esco, disposal, nerrina, tram 15

Shows the buildings, vehicles and trams c1923 at the east end of Sturt St - photo has been coloured.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a coloured print of Sturt St looking west from Grenville St with an ESCo tramcar standing along side the old tram shelter - c1923. Note the advertisement on normally what is a Suttons advert and the Indian - along side the horse drawn cart. High resolution image scanned at 2400dpi.No details on back of photo - see image i2trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, grenville st

Poster advertising Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd, for people seeking loans - "Dial a question about money". Features a red phone on the post. From a Melbourne tramcar. trams, tramways, advertisements, posters

Yields information about the reuse of tramcars as buildings at community facilities - cheap buildings.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photo of former ESCo No. 15 being used as a shelter at the Nerrina Tennis Club. Assume photo taken at the same time as 5105, 10-12-1943. High resolution image scanned at 2400dpi. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativetrams, tramways, esco, disposal, nerrina, tram 15

Yields information the recycling of tramcar bodies for alternative uses.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photo of former ESCo No. 10 being used as a sleep out at Warrenheip. Possibly taken c1940's No details on the rear of the photograph - see image i2. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative trams, tramways, esco, disposal, warrenheip, tram 10

Yields information on the decorations and tramcars and street scenes at the time of the Queens visit to Ballarat.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a series of four small black and white photographs taken during the Queen Elizabeth II visit to Ballarat, March 1954. Captions under each photograph in ink. 1 - No. 37 at Pleasant St, looking east along Sturt St. - see Neg 993 2 - No. 25 at Lydiard St with the National Mutual Building in the background - see Neg 991. 3 - No. 21 - Sturt St at Dawson St with Golden City Hotel in the background - see Neg 992 4 - No. 17 Lydiard St taken from the railway station car park - see also Reg Item 5300 for a better photograph and Wal's notes on rear which says No. 17, not 11 - see Neg 994 All photographs include some of the decorations for the Royal Visit. Photographer - not stated, but sheet in Wal's handwriting. May not be Wal Jack based on the negative size, smaller than 120 which Wal used at the time. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative N993 See image i5 for hi res scan of negative N994 See image i6 for hi res scan of negative N995 See image i7 for hi res scan of negative N996 On rear of the Manila sheet which has been cut from another sheet are "No. 11 Victoria St terminus 25-6-57".trams, tramways, royal visit, lydiard st, pleasant st, sturt st, tram 37, tram 25, tram 21, tram 17

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tram depot in July 1938 and one of the tramcars.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a the front of the SEC Ballarat Tram depot after refurbishment with No. 26 just in side the doorway on No. 3 road. Has a wooden fence alongside. Wal has dated the photo as 3/7/1938. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photo in pencil "3rd July 1938".trams, tramways, depot, sec, tram 26

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 23, which was often decorated in 1949 and the streetscape.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of trams No. 23 in Sturt St climbing the hill enroute to Gardens. Shows how the barrier rails were arranged. In front of the tram area a number of angle parked cars. In the rear are Patersons Furniture, Taylor and Taylor Chemists, Ballarat Fish Supply, Ritzy Cafe and Grill Rooms and a book store. The tram itself is looking shabby. Photo taken 20-3-1949. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 23, in Sturt St, Ballarat 20-3-1949" and in top right hand corner Wal Jack copyright stamp with number "T99" written.trams, tramways, sturt st, city loop, tram 23

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 21, and the Victoria St landscape in 1957.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of trams No. 21 outbound in Victoria St before arriving at the terminus and crossing over the Buninyong Rail bridge. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St west. In the background is the bridge brickwork. Photo taken 25 June 1957. See image i2 for rear of photograph.on rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 21 ex Adelaide No. 10, in Victoria St near terminus, 25 June '57" and "W.Jack photo Neg. to D. Colquhoun"trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 21

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 21, and the south east corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in 1958 and an AETA tour.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of trams No. 21 turning from Lydiard St into Sturt St while on an AETA tour special, 5 April 1958. Has the AETA sign on the rear of the tram. In the background are the Commonwealth Bank, the MLC building. Includes a number of cyclists in the photograph. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 21 as AETA Special turning into Sturt St from Lydiard St Nth, 5-4-58." in the top right hand corner is the Wal Jack stamp with number "T246" written intrams, tramways, sturt st, lydiard st, aeta, tram 21

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 11 and the Victoria St terminus in mid 1950's.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 11 at the Victoria St terminus, 26-5-1957. Has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. In the background is Meaghers Hotel. See image i2 for rear of photograph.on rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 11 Victoria St terminus, 25 June '57" and "W. Jack photo Neg. to D. Colquhoun"trams, tramways, victoria st, tram 11

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 30 and the Mt Pleasant tram terminus during the reconstruction of the bridge over Canadian Creek.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 30 at the Barkly St terminus, Mt Pleasant, 29-6-1955. Wal has the album notes of "standby car". Was provided to enable the service in Barkly St during the reconstruction of the Canadian Creek bridge during June-July 1955, see Reg Item 5157 as well and 5301, 5302 and 5305. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "SEC Ballarat, No. 30 at Barkly St terminus (out of use). Mt Pleasant 29-6-55" In the top right hand corner is the W.Jack stamp but no negative number.trams, tramways, mt pleasant, barkly st, canadian creek, tram 30

Yields information the appearance of the SEC tramcar No. 21, and the south east corner of Sturt and Lydiard Streets in 1958 and an AETA tour.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 32 at the Barkly St terminus, Mt Pleasant, 1-1-1945. Has the corner of the milk bar in the photograph. Note the clock in the photograph on the left hand side of the print. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeon rear of photo in ink, "Ballarat, No. 32. Mt Pleasant terminus. 11.20am, 1/1/45. Note plate on trolley wire". In the top right hand corner is the W. Jack stamp and has the negative number T68.trams, tramways, mt pleasant, barkly st, tram 32

Yields information SEC 3rd 22, one of the ex Adelaide tramcars and the streetscape late 1930's. at the City tram terminus.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of No. 22 at the City terminus, south side, with the Post Office in background. Tram has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St West. Not dated, late 1930s. Note very similar image to Reg item 1373. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See Reg Item 1373 for a poor print and Reg Item 7540 for the original negative.on rear of photo in ink, "Ballarat Tramways 3rd No. 22 ex Adelaide 92 / smashed up July 1944 tram" and in bottom right corner "W. Jack"trams, tramways, sturt st

Yields information about one of the tramcars in the Museum's collection and its operation. Also yields information about a Melbourne level crossing that has been replaced.Digital image of W3 661 as Elsternwick level crossing in Glen Huntly Road, 9/4/1958, taken by Ian Brady. Shows the overhead arrangements, level crossing gates posts, signal box and the disc signal for the catch points. Has an Advertisements for Best Biscuits in the photograph. Glenhuntly road. See emails in the worksheet files - see re use and acknowledgement conditions. See Reg item 4162 for a John Alfred photograph after level crossing replacement works commenced featuring 661.trams, tramways, level crossings, tram 661

Yields information about Ballarat 's 23, then 69, ex Adelaide when decorated for the 1938 state celebrations.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a tram No. 23 or Adelaide 69, decorated with waxed flowers for the centenary of settlement in the Ballarat district in 1938, floral tram at Redan. Has a number of people looking at the tramcar and a crew member standing on the rear step. Dated in Wal's album notes as 12-3-38, which could be indicative that he took the photograph. See image i2 for rear of photograph. Hi Res scan of the original negative added 13/1/2019 - see image btm5186i3.jpgtrams, tramways, floral tram, decorated trams, centenary, tram 69, tram 23

Yields information about the arrangements made to transport visitors to Ballarat on the day of the Queen Mothers visit in 1958 and some of the trams used.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of MMTB No. 41 being delivered to Ballarat, to become No. 38, on a Yellow Express truck in Ballarat East. A Courier Photograph. See image i2 for rear of photograph - no details on rear. Item 5551 gives the arrival date of 1/5/1951 and the photograph.trams, tramways, bogie trams, transport, delivery of tramcars, tram 38, tram 41

Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of MMTB No. 35, later to become Ballarat 40, at the rear of the depot after delivery to Ballarat on 30-6-1951. Photo by Wal Jack. Still has white bumpers and steps from war time blackout period. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negative 5205.1 - another view of the tram at the depot - see image i5 5205.2 - possibly the tram being delivered. The negative was located adjacent to 5205.1. Out of focus - see image i6. 5205i3 - similar photograph to i1 at the rear of the depot, on size 125 negative - see image i7.On rear of photograph in ink "SEC Ballarat No. 35 (ex MMTB C35) on new line rear of depot Wendouree 30-6-51. Stored outside until it was altered and repainted No."trams, tramways, bogie trams, delivery of tramcars, depot, tram 35, tram 40

Yields information about the streetscape in Lydiard St North 1958 and the tramcar used by the AETA on a tour.Digital image from the Wal Jack Ballarat Album of a photograph of No. 41 travelling north in Lydiard St North on an AETA special tram, Easter Saturday 5/4/1958. Has the Provincial Hotel and other Lydiard St buildings in the background. See image i2 for rear of photograph. See image i3 for hi res scan of print. See image i4 for hi res scan of negativeOn rear of photograph in ink "SEC Ballarat No. No. 41 as AETA Special, Lydiard St North Easter Saturday 5/4/58" with number "T246" in top right hand corner.trams, tramways, lydiard st north, aeta, special trams, tram 41