Newspaper clipping from the Courier, 20/11/2017 of BTM Conductor / Driver Hugh McKelvey holding a trombone following a performance of the Ferdinard David concerto, c2016. Concert review by Bronislaw Sozanski. Clipping dated from The Courier Website.btm, volunteers, personnel, music

Newspaper clipping from the Courier, 15/12/2018 titled "Oh, what fun it is to ride on a tram", reporting on the Santa Tram, a three year old Ivy with Roger Salen dressed as Santa in front of 40 at Depot Junction. Quotes Peter Waugh Photo by Kate Healy, story by Melanie Whelan.btm, volunteers, personnel, santa tram, christmas

Gambling at Tram Depots was common and resulted in the loss of wages. See attached document with notes by Peter Bruce. The MMTB tried to restrict it, but it still took place. W Aird was the Board Secretary.Yields information about gambling at depots by MMTB staff.Sign - blue paint background with white letters stencil cut painted onto a sheet of Masonite, with 3 drilled holes along each of the top and bottom edges with the words "Gambling on the Boards Premises Strictly Prohibited, signed "W. Aird Secretary". Has the word "Masonite" stencilled on the rear.trams, tramways, mmtb, depot, signs, personnel, crews, mess rooms, rules

Digital image of a Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board MMTB No. 15 truck or bogie photographed at Preston Workshops. Note the motor suspension bearing oil caps are opened. Marked for possible use under No. 1 end of tram 747.trams, tramways, bogies, trucks, mmtb, preston workshops

Yields information about trams running to View Point outside the View point hotel and a tram that was destroyed in an accident just prior to the closure of the SEC tram system in 1971.Digital image of Ballarat No. 20 passing the View Point Hotel, Wendouree Parade, 21/12/1967 image by Mal Rowe. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign, destination of View Point. Hotel advertising the Ballarat Lake Wendouree Regatta to be held on 24/2/1968. Tram has a SEC Roof Advertisement. There are a number of Holden motor cars in the view.trams, tramways, view point, twin lakes, wendouree parade, tram 20

Newspaper or magazine clipping from the City of Ballarat Summer 2018-19 issue of my Ballarat with an article titled "On the Right Track", featuring an interview with Peter Waugh as Marketing Manager standing on the footstep of No. 27. Peter talks about the history of the tramway in Ballarat, the time a tram derailed and hit the Bucks Head Hotel, the Museum, the depot and the collection, Cuthberts 939 and when the Museum operates.trams, tramways, btm, marketing, bucks head hotel, city of ballarat

Newspaper clipping from The Ballarat Times, 20 December. 2018 with an article titled "Santa on the tracks despite weather" featuring a story on the Museum's Santa Tram on Saturday 15 December 2018. Written by Carol Saffer reporting on the event and interviews with a passenger - Sonya White and children. Has a photo of No. 40 with the Santa Tram banner and Roger Salen. Also notes the making of flowers for a flower tram during the 2019 Begonia Festival.santa tram, btm, passengers

Black and white photograph of Geelong (Birney) 14 and 4, unconverted at the Geelong Railway Station, 21/2/1927; Tram 14 has the destination of South. Photo Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.On rear in pencil (very faint) - "Geelong, Car 14, Railway Station, 21/2/1927"trams, tramways, geelong, railway station, birney, south, tram 14, tram 4

Black and white photograph of Geelong (Pengelly) 21 at the Geelong Railway Station, 21/2/1927; Tram has the destination of West. Has the funnel of a steam locomotive in the rear. The station canopy has not been built at this time. Two copies held. Photo Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.On rear in pencil (very faint) - "Geelong, Car 21, Railway Station, 21/2/1927"trams, tramways, geelong, railway station, pengelly, west, tram 21

Yields information about the appearance of an ESCo Ballarat tram late 1920's.Black and white photograph of Ballarat ESCo No. 10 at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St with the Town Hall and the National Mutual building in the background. The tram has the open compartment completely covered. Has a Sutton's roof advertisement. Dated 8/6/1928. Track brakes have been removed. Photo Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.On rear in pencil (very faint) - "Ballarat Car 10, 4 wheel comb, Sturt St, 8/6/1928.trams, tramways, esco, sturt st, tram 10

Black and white photograph of Geelong 36, destination North and the intersection of Ryrie and Moorabool Streets with the Union Bank of Australia building in the background. Early to mid 1950's. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, geelong, north, ryrie st, moorabool st, tram 36

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 12 in possibly Mitchell St. Photograph, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's, Destination not able to be read. Has a building with the word "Gas" in the background. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, bendigo, mitchell st, tram 12

Black and white photograph of Bendigo 12 in Pall Mal, the stop before Charing Cross. Tram stop has a safety zone sign and two crew members at the front of the tram. Photograph late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. Tram has the destination of Golden Square. Photo possibly Lee A Ratten - see related document and Reg Item 7185.trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, safety zone, tram 12

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

Yields information about tram operations in the Gardens following the introduction of bogie trams and before the scrapping of No. 25Black and white photograph of Ballarat 24 and 34? at Gardens Loop, Wendouree Parade, late 1940's to early to mid 1950's. Tram 24 has the destination of City. On the rear has the photo stamp of Lee A Ratten of 51 Cotham Road Kew.trams, tramways, ballarat, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 24, tram 34

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

Black and white photograph of Bendigo No. 9 Pall Mall 6/6/1928 at the intersection with Mitchell St, Charing Cross with the City Club Hotel in the background. Behind No. 9 is No. 12 or 18? No. 9 has a roof advertisement for Lyric Lightning. On the left hand side is a horse drawn cart and shows a verandah on the building on the North East corner of the intersection. On the rear of copy 1 has the photo stamp of Lee A Ratten of 51 Cotham Road Kew. On the second print is a hand written note which matches the writing of Lee Ratten. trams, tramways, bendigo, pall mall, charing cross, tram 9

Newspaper clipping from The National Times, mid 1972 about the securing of a Birney tram by The Bendigo Trust following the attempt by the Adelaide based Australian Electric Transport Museum (called Tramway Society) to remove the tram. Cutting not dated. Quotes Dennis O'Hoy. This had large political overtones, as the tram had been given to the AETM by the SEC. Another Birney which was rebuilt from a scrapped one by the Trust was later given to the AETM.bendigo, birney, aeta, loading trams

Yields information about one of the timetable boards provided in the Tramway Centre or city shelter.Black and white photograph of the timetable board showing first and last cars and short running for the Lydiard St North and Sebastopol lines in the shelter (Tramway Centre) at the corner of Sturt and Lydiard St North. Gives times for Saturdays and Sundays. Note the spelling of Grey St. trams, tramways, ballarat, timetables, shelters, tramway centre, city, sturt st, lydiard st

Yields information about tramway operations at the Ballarat station level crossing.Black and white photograph of tram 36? crossing the Lydiard St railway crossing with signal box and Provincial Hotel in the background. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. c1970. trams, tramways, lydiard st north, level crossings, railway station, tram 36?

Yields information about tram 18 after it was placed in Victory Park Sebastopol.Colour print of 18 at Victory Park with Merry Christmas in lights on a board fixed to the roof December 1971 or 1972? Colour print has rounded edgestrams, tramways, victory park, sebastopol, tram 18

Yields information about depot trackwork from Wendouree Parade prior to its closure in 1971.Black and white photograph of the SEC depot entry trackwork from Wendouree Parade looking towards the depot. Photo c1971. trams, tramways, depot, secv, wendouree parade, trackwork

Yields information about appearance of the SEC depot building and tram No. 20 c1970.Colour print / photograph of the No. 20 on the SEC Depot fan, Wendouree Parade prior to 16/9/1970 when it was "destroyed" in a collision at Victoria St. Tram has a Twin Lakes sign. trams, tramways, depot, sec, wendouree parade, trackwork

Set of three adhesive label or car sticker with images of 1 -- Shoulder patch of the United States Marine Corps - made by Mitchell 2 - ditto - 1st Marine Division - with the word "Guadalcanal" vertically - made by Mitchell 3 - ditto - 11th Marines - The Cannon cockers - made by Vanguard of California. Donated to the Museum by the son of US Marine whose father was at Victoria Park, July 2018, - noting that they were badges or insignia of the units that were in Victoria Park during 1943. Refer to https://www.ozatwar.com/usmc/1stmarinedivision.htm - accessed 18/1/2019 which confirms the items being at Victoria Park. tramways, trams, world war i, victoria park, ballarat

Yields information about Ballarat tram tickets used by the SEC and has a strong association with the SEC Technical Office who collected the tickets.Box of tickets contained within a Kameyama candles (Japan) cardboard box. 1 - Merchandise Delivery Docket - dated 14/10/1971 - No. 160471, listing individual tickets issued. 2 - Block of Parcel tickets - 13c - A007326 to 50 3 - individual tickets - as listed on the delivery docket - all ending in "16" - and Parcel ticket - 13c 7489 Ticket blocks - each of 200 stapled to a cardboard back. 4 - 4c red C359000 5 - 5c yellow B622000 6 - 5c City Section - orange - A374600 7 - 7c green - C892600 8 - 7c City Section - purple - A063800 9 - 8c green - A935800 10 - 10c - black - C802600 11 - 13c - black - B280400 12 - 15c - brown - A386200 13 - 16c - yellow - A560400 trams, tramways, tickets, secv, ballarat, closure

Yields information about tramway operations possibly at the time of closure at the Sebastopol terminus.Black and white photograph of a crowded No. 42 at the Sebastopol terminus with the Royal Mail hotel in the background. Possibly taken on the last day of operations 19/9/1971. trams, tramways, sebastopol, closure, tram 42

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 and demonstrates the use of the railway line that connected the Phoenix Foundry and the railway yards at Ballarat and how it crossed the tram line.Photocopy of a Black and white photograph of a Phoenix Foundry AA class 4-4-0 locomotive, 1893c, crossing Sturt St at Armstrong St from the locomotive works om the way to be painted at a siding near the railway station. Has the Snows store in the background and the Poet Thomas Moore statue in the background. Photo from the Butrims and Macartney book on the Phoenix Foundry. trams, tramways, phoenix foundry, locomotives, sturt st, statues, armstrong st

Photograph - commercial print of the "Victorian Tramways Union Popular Conductresses Competition" entrants ball in 31/8/1944. Features 12 ladies standing or seated for a formal photograph at the ball. Has the name of the ladies, underneath. Back Row Miss J Lake Miss J McCurdy Mrs. S. Mitchell - Ballarat Mrs G. Morrison Mrs. M Berry Mrs R. Bale Front Row Mrs L. Pickup Mrs. M. Holmes Mrs D. Rosewarne Miss M. Pelly Mrs. W. Gibson - Preston Depot, mother of donor. Miss B, Campara list on the photo are: Preseident - R. Broadby - Essendon Depot Hon Secretary - H. Nott - Malvern Depot See Item 8818 for the Ball Programme.Yields information about the Most Popular Conductress Competition entrants.Photograph - mounted on a sheet of heavy card with nail marks on the rear from being in a frame.most popular conductress, tramways, red cross, event, conductresses

Contains a detailed article on both the VR lines by Jim Seletto, featuring photos of 39, 30, 53, 49, MMTB 675 and a colour photo of VR 49 on the rear. Contains maps and diagrams of St Kilda Station. Includes Sandringham and Black Rock line. Published by the ARE.Provides a light hearted record and view of the VR Railway trams with plenty of stories..Magazine - "Australian Railway Enthusiast - Vol 31, No. 1, March 1993", 24 pages, centre stapled,vr trams, st kilda - brighton tramway, sandringham, black rock, maps, st kilda, tramways, railways