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Ballarat Tramway Museum
Document - List, NSWGT - list of steam tram motors, 1950's
... 1950's ...A 5 page typed (foolscap) listing of steam tram motors, NSWGT, Newcastle and Sydney, builders dates, renumbering, builder Nos. scrapping dates. stapled on side in 3 places. Pages numbered 1A, !. 2,3, and 4.Inscription "Return to Wal Jack"newcastle, sydney, nswgt, steam tram motors -
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Document - List, List of Baldwin Steam motors, 1950's
... 1950's ...Two pages of listing of Baldwin built steam tram motors - handwritten, giving builder numbers, type and 'date turned out' - ink and ball point pen. List of steam trams used in NSW government operated tramways. See 132.1 for ARHS Bulletins 4, 7, and 8/1944.baldwin steam tram motors, sydney, nsw -
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Map, Ken McCarthy, Map of Proposed National Park Line - SPER, mid 1950's
... mid 1950's ...Hand drawn plan on plain foolscap paper of proposed tram line from Loftus to View Point within National Park for South Pacific Electric Railways - with notes, proposed destination roll.trams, tramways, sper, national park line, loftus, destination roll -
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Document - Annual report extracts, Dunedin Tramways, Reports from PWD Annual Reports, 1950's
... 1950's. ...Two page typed (blue carbon copy) on 1 sheet of pink foolscap paper, extracts from NZ public works department Annual reports for period 1912 - 1938 and 1910. Image of document added 25/8/2013.tramways, trams, dunedin tramways -
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Document - Annual report extracts, New Plymouth Tramways - extracts from PWD, 1950's
... 1950's. ...Two page carbon copy typed extracts from NZ public works department, Annual Reports, blue carbon copy on pink foolscap paper - for period 1914-1939. Image of document added 25/8/2013.tramways, trams, new plymouth tramways -
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Document - Annual report extracts, Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Co - Public Works Annual Reports, 1950's
... 1950's. ...Single page (blue carbon copy on pink paper), typed extracts from NZ Public Works Department Annual Reports. Image of document added 25/8/2013.tramways, trams, takapuna tramways -
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Document - Annual report extracts, Wanganui Tramways - Notes from the Public Works Annual Reports, 1950's
... 1950's. ...Two page (single sheet, black carbon copy on pink paper), typed extracts from the NZ Public Works Department Annual Reports 1908 - 1937. Image of document added 25/8/2013.tramways, trams, tramways -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Malvern Depot", 1950's
... 1950's ...Destination roll that was used in Malvern Depot trams, Melbourne, until the late 1960's. Roll on linen, with white letters on black background. Has stencilled words "STOP" on top and bottom of rolls, stencilled miniature destination on rear to assist driver to locate the destination. Letters approx. 140 high. Roll consists of an unpainted section 535 long at top and 360 long unpainted section at base. Painted section approx. 7.2m long. Roll has oil and dirt stains in the middle portion, but the last three destinations are very worn with the black paint in a deteriorated condition. Image information - btm1747i1 to 1747i6 - photos of various sections of roll from top to bottom - shows level of damage and nature of the last three destinations on the roll. For listing of destinations - see images.tram, trams, melbourne, malvern depot, destination roll, mmtb -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Kew Depot", 1950's
... 1950's ...Destination roll that was used in Kew Depot trams, Melbourne, until the late 1960's. Roll on linen, with white letters on black background. Has stencilled words "STOP KEW" on bottom of roll, generally stencilled, though a few handwritten, miniature destination on rear to assist driver to locate the destination. Letters approx. 140 high. Roll consists of an unpainted section 140 long at top and 330 long unpainted section at base. Painted section approx. 7.6m long. Image information - btm1748i1 to 1747i7 - photos of various sections of roll from top to bottom - shows level of damage. btm1748i8 shows handwritten and stencilled miniature destination and btm1748i9 - "STOP KEW" at bottom of roll. For listing of destinations - see images.tram, trams, melbourne, kew depot, destination roll, mmtb -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board (MMTB), "Camberwell Depot", 1950's
... 1950's ...Destination roll that was used in Camberwell Depot trams, Melbourne, until the late 1960's. Roll on linen, with white letters on black background. Has stencilled words "STOP CAMB" on bottom of roll, generally stencilled, though a few handwritten, miniature destination on rear to assist driver to locate the destination. Letters approx. 140 high. Roll consists of an unpainted section 525 long at top and 165 long unpainted section at base. Painted section approx. 9.9m long. Has on the bottom of the roll, a section which has been added to the roll or repaired by adding a new section. Some repainting of the old destinations also apparent. The middle of three "CITY" destinations and other parts adjacent have been repaired. Image information - btm1748i1 to 1747i9 - photos of various sections of roll from top to bottom - shows level of damage. btm1749i10, shows repair to the middle of the three "CITY" destinations. btm1749i4 shows the damage from the main side. For listing of destinations - see images.tram, trams, melbourne, camberwell depot, destination roll, mmtb -
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Functional object - Destination Roll, State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), " Geelong" (black background), 1950's
... 1950's ...Yields information and demonstrates aspects about Geelong's destination rolls used in trams up to 1956 when the system closed.Destination roll - white lettering on black background used in Geelong until 1956. Painted on white linen. Missing at least two destinations (Station and Beach) and top over run of roll. Side destination roll or narrow roll fitted to Butter box cars and similar. See image for destination list. See Reg Item 4122 for a bogie car roll, full length and has more destinations.tram, trams, geelong, destination roll -
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Document - Manuscript, "Ballarat Tramways", 1950's
... 1950's. ...Each copy consists of a chapter, one page titled "Early History", five pages titled "Part 1 - Horse Trams - Ballarat 1887 - 1905, Sebastopol 1893 - 1912, Ballarat East Nil" Notes on the construction of the tramway, opening, personalities, Julien Battery tram, and half a page titled "Bits of Interest". The 3rd chapter, 3 pages, titled "Part 2 - Electric Trams - Ballarat 1905, Ballarat East, Sebastopol 1912". Notes the early power supply history in Ballarat, opening of the electric routes, (conversion of horse trams to electric), and the purchase of new trams ex Melbourne 1930. Chapter ends with 3 short paragraphs notes on the SEC taking over, Conductresses during the war and reconstruction. Author - unknown - possibly the SEC, Les Denmead and others - notes the scrubber car still in service in 1969? See also item 106 and 6419 for similar documents.Yields detailed information about the history of Ballarat's tramways.Three copies of a typed manuscript titled "Ballarat Tramways" - 18 foolscap pages. Each document has been typed, 1.5 line spacing on foolscap paper, 2nd and 3rd copies are carbon copies.On front cover of copy 1 hand written in black ink "BTPS No. 419". Copy 3 has "Incomplete" on the top right hand corner.trams, tramways, manuscript, ballarat tramways, ballarat, horse trams, esco, statistics -
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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 -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, "M&MTB" No. 1, 1950's
... 1950's ...Includes pages on Cable trams, MMTB A, C, G, L, T, U&V, SW2, W2, W3, W4, W5, CW5, SW5, SW6, X1, X2, Y, Y1, works cars, depots, NMETL, horse trams, Box Hill tram and battery tram photo. For details of each photograph and layouts see - Wal Jack Melbourne Album Reg Item 5000 listing.pdf Scanned individual photos and book in four parts as a pdf file.Has a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features M&MTB Melbourne Trams.Light brown, cloth covered photograph album with dark grey pages bound into the album containing MMTB Photographs. Marked "Scraps" in gold block on top left hand corner. Has the title "M&MTB" on top of fist page. Captions for photos held in with photo corners, generally white ink, some black ink and red pencil. Comprises Eight Pages plus inside of covers, some 353 black and white photographs with some colour postcards. trams, tramways, mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, MMTB No. 2, 1950's
... 1950's ...Includes pages on 980, decorated trams, Birney, PMTT, HTT works, S, T, Footscray, AETA Tours, Q, U, W's, Works cars, opening of Bourke St, Essendon, Flinders St overpass, Kingsway, Point Ormond, G class bodies. For details of each photograph and layouts see - Wal Jack Melbourne Album Reg Item 5001 listingHas a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features M&MTB Melbourne Trams.Dark brown binder cloth covered folder, brass screw binders (2 of 3 in position), grey paper inside covers holding some 44 manila cover foolscap size sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in black ink. Has a colour illustration of Flinders St station with three trams on inside front cover. de of covers, some 157 black and white photographs.. trams, tramways, mmtb, tramcars, melbourne, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Victorian Railway Tramcars, 1950's
... 1950's ...Includes photos of VR St Kilda - Elwood trams, Sandringham and Black Rock to Beaumaris horse tramway/ For details of each photograph and layouts see Media files for: Wal Jack VR Album listing.pdf Has a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Victorian Railway TramcarsBlack "Riven" Spring back folder with brown insert folder containing 37 grey coloured foolscap sheets, of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in black or blue ink. Has some 72 black and white photographs.. trams, tramways, victorian railways, tramcars, melbourne, horse trams, st kilda, sandringham, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Bendigo and Geelong, 1950's
... 1950's ...An album of photographs with some postcards compiled by Wal Jack, a Ballarat tram and rail enthusiast of Bendigo and Geelong tram photographs. Some photographs are duplicated in the Museum's holdings.Has a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments until 1964. Given their extent are of particular significance to the Museum and the Provincial tramways. Features Bendigo and Geelong tramcars. Black binder cloth covered folder, two brass screw binders with grey paper inside covers holding some 40 grey colour foolscap size sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in blue or black ink. Some 111 Bendigo and 94 Geelong black and white photographs with some postcards. For details of each photograph, layouts and BTM Reg Item Nos. see - Detail description of photos in Reg Item 5003 - listed.pdf trams, tramways, sec, tramcars, geelong, bendigo, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, NSWT Steam Trams, 1950's
... 1950's ...Some 143 black and white photographs of steam trams in Sydney, Newcastle, Broken Hill and Maitland. Also has some photos of Toronto, Burrinjuck, Bryon Bay, and Kurri Kurri For details of each photograph and layouts see file - WJ Sydney steam trams listing - btm5004.pdfHas a strong association with Wal Jack and his collecting of tramway history/developments until 1964.Light brown folder with a red binding strip brown coloured heavy paper inside covers holding some 25 brown colour sheets of light card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white ink. trams, tramways, steam trams, sydney, newcastle, maitland, tramcars, wal jack, broken hill -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, NSWT Sydney System, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features NSW Sydney and Newcastle System tramcars.Black loose folders holding some 49 black coloured sheets of light card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white ink. Some 241 black and white photographs of trams in Sydney and Newcastle. Includes works cars, horse trams, some depots and location and coloured postcards. Contains a newspaper clipping titled "Tram Dive in Harbor: Four hurt", from the Sydney Sun newspaper dated 21/7/1952. trams, tramways, sydney, newcastle, tramcars, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Sydney TramsDark brown binder cloth covered folder, 3 brass screw binders brown paper inside covers holding some 50 manila cover foolscap size sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners so various types, captions in black ink. Folder supplied Norman Bros Melbourne. Has photos of various locations and lines within Sydney including some works trams. trams, tramways, sydney, tramcars, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Brisbane, 1950's
... 1950's ...Has photos of various locations and lines within Brisbane and Rockhampton, Brisbane Trolley buses, Nambour, Mossman, For details of each photograph and layouts see Wal Jack Brisbane and Rockhampton Album list.Has a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent are of particular significance. Features Brisbane and Rockhampton trams. Light grey covered folder, loose leaf covers held with grey cord, light grey paper inside covers holding some 28 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in blue or black ink. Has some 172 black and white photographs including some photographs. Inside front cover is a type copy of a paper by GR Steer, General Manager Brisbane Tramways, "Brisbane Tramways, Their History and Development". Has Keith Kings name on cover sheet, and date Jan. 1951. Paper for meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland, 26 Aug. 1943. trams, tramways, brisbane, rockhampton, tramcars, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Adelaide, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features South Australian trams. Brown leather covers, over heavy board, tied together with a black shoe lace, light grey paper inside covers holding some 63 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in blue or black ink. Has some 392 black and white photographs including some postcards. Has photos of various locations and lines within Adelaide, includes works trams, buses, trolley buses, arranged by tramcar class in some places. Includes horse trams at Goolwa and Victor Harbor, Port Adelaide steam tram. Album Scanned Dec. 2019 prior to forward 7 packets of negatives to the collection of the AETM via John Radcliffe. Refer to dbtext\Archive Document files\Reg Item 5009. Each page scanned as a hi res (1200 dpi) jpg file using the Fujitsu Scan Snap Scanner SV600. Advised 3/4/2020, that the negs will be held by the National Railway Museum. All photos scanned 12/2022. See Related documents regarding the negatives -trams, tramways, adelaide, victor harbor, tramcars, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, West Australia, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features West Australian trams.Grey covered photograph album with word "Snapshots" on front cover, tied together with a grey cord, light brown paper inside covers holding some 19 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in blue or black ink. Has some 126 black and white photographs including some postcards. Has photos of various locations and lines within Perth, includes works trams, trolley buses, arranged by tramcar class in some places. Also has some Kalgoorlie and Leonora electric trams and Derby horse tram. Includes some tickets and one newspaper clipping re the closure of the Perth system. For details of each photograph and layouts see - /dbtext/Archive Document Files/Reg Item 5010 including a full scan of each page and associated documentation. The Negatives transferred to PETS 9/2021 along with a copy of the files.trams, tramways, perth, kalgoorlie, leonora, tramcars, wal jack -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Tasmania, New Zealand and other locations, 1950's
... 1950's ...Has some 142 black and white photographs and some colour photographs. Some of the photographs are loose. Sheets have been cut out at the front of the album. Has photos of various locations and lines within Launceston, Hobart, Zeehan, Queenstown, Hiroshima, Kure Japan, Tokyo, Singapore, Bombay, Karachi, Takapuna, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth Wellington, Christchurch, Kelburn, Dunedin, Invercargill, Gisborne and Napier. For details of each photograph and layouts see - /Archive Document files/Reg Item 5011 for letters and details of the album scan sent and images of the negatives. Letters in each sub-directory.Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Tasmanian, New Zealand and some foreign country tramcars.Grey covered photograph album with word "Photographs on front cover, with large blue band binding, light brown paper (including one blue sheet of paper) inside covers holding some 21 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white, blue or black ink. trams, tramways, launceston, hobart, new zealand, japan -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, United Kingdom, South Africa and Europe, 1950's
... 1950's ...Compiled from photos sent to Wal Jack from various correspondents of various locations and lines within Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Coventry, Bath, Sheffield, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, Aberdeen, Dundee, Belfast, Bolton, Blackpool, Johannesburg, Calcutta, Durban, Pretoria, java, Heliopolis, Cairo and Cape Town. Each photo has been scanned and detailed. Has a strong association with Wal Jack and tramway developments until 1964 and given their extent it is of particular significance. Features United Kingdom and South African trams.Grey covered photograph album with word "Photographs on front cover, with large blue band binding, light brown paper inside covers holding some 27 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white ink. Has some 176 black and white photographs and some colour photographs / postcards. Includes some loose illustrations of trams cut from magazines etc. trams, tramways, uk trams, south africa -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, Germany and Europe, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features Continental Europe trams.Brown covered bound album with word "Scrap Album on front cover, with dark brown paper inside covers holding some 15 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in black ink with some labels pasted under the photos in black ink. The album originally started as a the Geelong album and remnants of photos hinges and notes left on the sheets. Has some 101 black and white photographs. Included a last day of tram cover of Sydney trams posted 19 Feb. 1961 - to Reg item 5016. Has photos of various locations and lines within Europe, mainly Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, and Spain. For details of each photograph and layouts see -trams, tramways, europe -
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Album - Photo Album, Wal Jack, USA and Canada, 1950's
... 1950's ...These notes are based on a report prepared for the Board re the donation of materials collected by Wal Jack and donated to the BTM in 2011. The following notes are general across the collection unless written for a specific Ballarat item. Has proven association with Wal Jack and tramway developments within Australasia until 1964 and given their extent particular significance. Features US and Canadian tramcars.Floor pattern covered album with black paper inside covers holding some 21 sheets of card on which photos have been mounted using photo corners of various types, captions in white ink. Has punched holes on the left hand side but was not bound with cord at the time of acquisition. Parts of the album originally started as a the Melbourne album and remnants of photos hinges and notes left on the sheets. Has some 142 black and white photographs. Has some loose photographs. Has photos of various locations and lines within USA and Canada, Chicago, Vancouver, Le High Valley, Montreal, Los Angeles, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Connecticut, Lake Shore, New York, Brooklyn, San Diego, Pittsburgh, South Bend, Sacramento & Northern, Little Rock, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Jamestown, Monongahela, Atlantic City, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Gary and North Shore. For details of each photograph and layouts see -trams, tramways, usa -
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Ephemera - Ticket/s, Wal Jack, Australia Worldwide tickets - Wal Jack Collection, 1950's
... 1950's ...Has tickets from:, ESCo Ballarat, Form TYE 1-37 re acceptance of breach of regulations - to Reg Item 5017, Geelong tramways – 1, Bendigo ESCo – 3, SEC – weekly, tourist and parcel / newspaper, scholars, SEC – various, also for Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong and small packet of loose tickets., Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust, MTT Adelaide including a small packet of loose tickets, MMTB – 2 sheets including two loose sheets with tickets and a Pensioners Fare Concession Certificate for 61 – 62 with some loose tickets, NSW – Sydney two pages, NSW – Newcastle one page + 2 tickets, and four tickets for the Yass to Yass Junction tram Brisbane – two pages with one Rockhampton ticket, VR St Kilda Brighton, Parramatta steam tram – Sydney ferries limited, Hobart, Launceston, Wellington NZ – two pages, Christchurch, Wanganui, Auckland, New Plymouth - 1, Invercargill - 1, Johannesburg, Cape town, Pretoria – 1, Liverpool, Sheffield, London – 3 pages + loose 7 day go as you please issued in 1963 to Wal Larsen, Manchester, Newcastle and Gateshead, Bolton, South Lancashire Transport – 1, Oldham, Barry Corporation – Lancs, Birmingham, Llandudno, Salford, Stockport, Sunderland, South shields, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Darwen Corporation – 1, Dublin, Belfast, Blackpool – 1, South Wales – 1, Bradford, Dundee, Southampton, Plymouth, Leicester, Douglas, Southend on Sea, Croydon, Naples and other Italian ones, Antwerp – 1, Istanbul, St Quentin, Vevey Switzerland, Dusseldorf, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Bangkok, Penang, Milwaukee Electric Railway, Los Angeles Railway – loose on page was a Tram pass for American Fleet celebration, 2/9/1908 to Eaglehawk - to Reg Item 5017, Market St Railway, Loose San Francisco Municipal railway, Puget Sound, St Louis Public Service Co., Sandwich, Tacoma Railway, Capital Transport Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Connecticut – New Haven, Twin City Lines, Chicago and West Towns, Chicago Aurora and Elgin, Elgin and Belvidere, Chicago Rapid Transits, Chicago Surface, ClevelandFeatures tickets from Australian and Overseas tramway systems. Collected by Wal Jack. Light brown paper covered album with dark red binding band, with off-white paper inside covers holding some 40 sheets of card on which tickets have been mounted using stamp hinges, captions in blue or black ink. Three supplementary sheets have been glued in as well. Has some 750 tickets including loose tickets. Reg Items 5017 (ESCo Employee Report outcome) and 5018 (Bendigo Tramways ticket for the visit of the personnel from the American Fleet - 1908) were loose in the album and have been separately collected. Some tickets in envelopes of clipped into the sheets.Individual captions for each group of tickets from a city.trams, tramways, tickets, ballarat, melbourne, usa, uk trams, esco -
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Ephemera, Wal Jack, Wal Jack note book, 1950's to 1963
... 1950's to 1963 ...Notebook - comprising heavy card covers, with preprinted (18) sheets for use as a wages sheets. Use by Wal Jack to record notes of people, events and negatives and photographs. The sheets have been side stapled and then were bound within the heavy brown cardboard sheets with a blue cloth binding on the left hand side. Book was made by 'F. W. Wright Print Ballarat" Has notes from Murray Hood of the Chief Civil Engineers Office WAGR about events and happenings in Perth, WA. Diagrams of stations on the Benalla to Yarrawonga rail line - dated 14/10/1954. Photos received dated 1953 - 1954 - steam. Photos sent to Norm De Pomeroy and received back Photos sent or received from John Radcliffe Wal Larsen - SAR Photos Notes on Wal Larsen's UK, Europe to India trip - 1963 - daily mileage and towns visited - likely to link to albums of photographs. List of Alwyn Marshall photos - Nov. - Dec 1960 - Asia, India Wal Larson photos - 1961 - QR, VR, CR etc - 1957 as well. All hand written notestrams, tramways, europe, uk, notebooks, diary -
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Ephemera - Timetable, Wal Jack, notes on the Ballarat Tramways overhead, 1940's - 1950's
... 1940's - 1950's ...Yields information about the Ballarat overhead, track layouts, terminals and the Sebastopol type cars.Three hand written foolscap pages with notes on the Ballarat Tramways overhead, the Sebastopol tramcars axle boxes, double ended sidings at Victoria St and Lydiard St North, possible track extensions, Viewpoint terminus, Forest City signs, View Point Loop and Bridge St relaying in 1957. Contained within Reg Item 5507 - Foolscap binder with green covers, black binding edge and metal clips. overhead, terminus, view point, signals, sebastopol type