Set of eight Black and White photograph of Bendigo trams late 1950's to 1960 prior to the installation of dash canopy lighting. .1 - No. 26 at Quarry Hill with the crew standing either side of the tram - grey album remnants on the rear .2 -18 at Eaglehawk, showing Depot as the destination .3 - 5 in Arnold Street, 4/1960, showing Special. Note the white bumpers. .4 - 18 at Quarry Hill .5 - 14 at Quarry Hill - has remnants of album mounting on the rear and "Ex 86 PMTT" in pencil - not in Bob's hand writing. Has crews standing by the front of the tram. .6 - 10 at Charing cross, with a large "Plume" sign in the background with The Beehive building, chemist and cafe. .7 - 30 at Bendigo Depot .8 - 10 at Charing Cross, with the destination of Quarry Hill. Photograph from the Bob Lilburn Collection. Inscription in Bob's handwriting.On rear in ink are details of the location and tram number and some dates.trams, tramways, bendigo, quarry hill, crews, eaglehawk, birney, charing cross, arnold st, tram 26, tram 18, tram 5, tram 8, tram 18, tram 14, tram 10, tram 30

Strong Association with Bob Lilburn - a BTM member - celebrating a 21st by hiring a Ballarat tram.Black and White photograph of Ballarat No. 39 - side on view during a tour to celebrate Bob Lilburn's 21st. Early 1950's? Bob Lilburn standing in centre doorway. Three other people in the photo. Location to be determined.On rear of photograph in Dave Macartney's handwriting - "Bob Lilburn 21st birthday celebrations".tramways, trams, charters, maximum traction, tram 39

Black and White photograph of Geelong 31 at the North terminus Photograph from the Bob Lilburn Collection. Inscription in Bob's handwriting.On rear in ink "31 at Nth Geelong"trams, tramways, north, geelong, tram 31

Black and White photograph of Bendigo 4 at the depot, with the destination of "Rly Station" Photo presumably taken by Bob Lilburn, before the painting of chevrons during 1960.trams, tramways, bendigo, depot, tram 4

Yields information about an ex Geelong tram at the SEC depot, possibly soon after it entered service in Ballarat.Black and white photograph of SEC tram 43 in the depot yard, November 1956, prior to the tram entering service. Photograph from the Bob Lilburn Collection. Inscription in Bob's handwriting. Based on the 2nd print, photo taken 11/1956.On rear in ink "43 at Ballarat Depot, Ex Geelong 40, Ex 40 MMTB PMTT" Has stamped on the rear "Print by Vergolia" and date stamp "17.2.70". Two copies held. In the second print, has "Ballarat 43 at depot prior entering service" and "Ex Geelong 40 Ex 40 MMTB, PMTT".trams, tramways, sec depot, bogie trams, tram 43

Yields information about tram operations on the 2nd last day of the Victoria St line.Photograph of Ballarat trams (from the rear), 42, 11, and 12 at the Victoria St terminus, 21-8-1971. Has Meagher's hotel in the background with an Abbots Lager sign. No. 12 has the destination of Gardens via Sturt St. Photo by Bob Lilburn. Last weekend of Victoria St line. appears to be Roderick Smith on the left hand side of the print. Has in red ink on rear - "42, 11, 12 Victoria St 21-8-71" and in blue ink "R. Lilburn"trams, tramways, victoria st, closure, tram 42, tram 11, tram 12

Yields information about an ex Geelong tram at Gardens loop.Black and white photograph of SEC tram 42 at Gardens Loop, side on photo prior to the dash canopy lighting mid to late 1950's. Photograph from the Bob Lilburn Collection. Inscription in Bob's handwriting.On rear in ink "42 at the Gardens, Ballarat"trams, tramways, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 42

Yields information about tram 34 and the city terminus early 1971.Photograph of Ballarat 34 at Sturt St with the Town Hall and other shops including Gemmola's Pharmacy in the view. Tram has the destination of Sebastopol. Dated 15-1-71, photo by Bob Lilburn. Has in blue ink on rear - "SEC 34 Sturt St" and "R. Lilburn Photo Ballarat 34 15-1-71"trams, tramways, sturt st, city, town hall, tram 34

Black and White photograph of Geelong 39 at the East Geelong terminus, 11/1955 (Melbourne Cup Day) with the driver standing alongside. Photograph from the Bob Lilburn Collection. Inscription in Bob's handwriting.On rear in ink "39 at East Geelong 11/1955 Cup Day"trams, tramways, east, geelong, crews, tram 39

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 37 at the Mt Pleasant terminus. Tram has destination of "Gardens via Drummond Nth.", roof advertisement for the SEC "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen". Shop on the left hand side of the photo has Robur Tea company, Coca Cola and Women's Weekly advertisements. High Res image added 8/5/2019 from Peter Lambert. 2nd print - dates the photo as 17-1-1969 a photo by Bob Lilburn.On rear of 2nd image - "2nd Ballarat 37, Mt Pleasant, Ex Bendigo 1, Ex Geelong 35" and "ex MMTB 119, 17-1-69"trams, tramways, mt pleasant, barkly st, tram 37

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No.42 at the Sebastopol terminus c1965. Photograph has large white light patch in front of the photograph. Tram showing destination of Lydiard St. North, white on black prior to replacement with black on white blinds and has a Briquette roof ad.trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st., tram 42

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 35 northbound in Drummond St. leaving Urquhart St. loop (trolley wire and signal contactor). Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. Nth" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen." Two copies held.trams, tramways, sebastopol, drummond st. sth, urquhart st., tram 35

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 37 at Gardens terminus, standing on the loop track at the terminus. Tram has destination of "City" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen." trams, tramways, gardens, gardens loop, wendouree parade, tram 37

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 43 crossing Albert St. northbound from the Sebastopol terminus. Tram has destination of Mt Pleasant and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen."trams, tramways, sebastopol, albert st., tram 43

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 36 at Lydiard St. North terminus. Tram has destination of "Sebastopol" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen."trams, tramways, lydiard st. north, tram 36

Yields information about the nature of tram operations for a tour (AETA) and the appearance of Grey St loop in 1955.Black and white photograph of trams (from the rear) 21, 38, 31 and 12 crossing at the Grey St Loop Sebastopol, while on an AETA tour?, 8/1955. Photo by R. Kelly. Printed on Ilford paper. Reg Item 4176, on an AETA tour 20/3/1955 at Sebastopol terminus.On rear in ink. "/8/55; 21, 38, 31,12; R. Kelly".tramways, trams, sebastopol, grey st loop, aeta tour, tram 12, tram 31, tram 38, tram 21

Black and white photograph of two single truck trams (No. 26 being the rear tram nearest to the photographer) at the City terminus in Sturt St. at the intersection with Lydiard St. Robert Burns statue in the background. Both trams in the intermediate scheme of lights but no large white strip under the dash canopy lights. This places the photog as being taken during the early 1961's onwards. Both trams have Briquettes roof advertisements. A bogie tram is on the other side of the road. No. 26 showing "Gardens via Sturt St. W". Two copies held.trams, tramways, sturt st., city terminus, tram 26

Black and white photograph of Ballarat No. 35 at the City terminus, with the short tram stop pole at the front of the tram c1970. Has the tram driver standing by the front door, with sleeves rolled up. Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. North" and a SEC roof ad, "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen." Town Hall building in the background.trams, tramways, sturt st., city terminus, tram stops, tram 35

Yields information about tram 34 and the Sebastopol line.Photograph of Ballarat 34, south bound in Albert St at the Grey St Loop, with the destination of Sebastopol. Photo by Bob (R) Lilburn 15-1-1971. Has in blue ink on rear - "SEC 34 Gray St loop Sebastopol" and "R. Lilburn photo Ballarat 34 15-1-71"trams, tramways, albert st, grey st, sebastopol, tram 34

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 39 at Sebastopol terminus. Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. Nth" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen."trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 39

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 36 at Sebastopol terminus. Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. Nth" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen."trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 36

Black and white photograph of Ballarat tram No. 35 at Sebastopol terminus. Tram has destination of "Lydiard St. Nth" and SEC Roof advertisement "Everything's under control in my all electric kitchen."trams, tramways, sebastopol, tram 35

Yields information about the construction of the access track across Wendouree Parade, the methods used and some of the people who undertook the work.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of the laying the BTPS depot access track across Wendouree Parade. Photo taken 25/11/1974? published 26/11/1974. Has Bob Prentice, Rolf Jinks, Peter Winspur and others in the photograph. Copy of newspaper clipping photo appeared in, not held by Museum at date of cataloguing. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. See Reg Item 6834 for the newspaper cutting.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, ballarat, access track, btps, track laying, depot junction

Yields information about the reconstruction of Horse tram No. 1, following the construction of the new underframe for the tramcar, with Peter Winspur posed for the photograph.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Peter Winspur standing on the underframe of No. 1 Photo posed for publication. Published 15/9/1987 in a supplement or advertising feature or an article on the Museum. (Note have seen the photograph in a newspaper clipping, but can't find it on the system) Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, btps, horse tram, tram 1

Set of three black and white photographs of activities around the tramway during November 1998 sent to the Editor of Trolley Wire - used in the February 1999 issue of Trolley Wire. All photos by Richard Gilbert. Photos taken early November 1998. 1145.1 - photo of the old fare signs with caption on the rear "Retirement at last for the Museum's original tram ride signs, in service for over twenty years, and looking like it. With the fare rise to $2 / $1 new signs were introduced." 1145.2 - Photo of crew in front of tram 26 with caption on the rear "On Springfest Day in early November, Motorman O'Neil and Conductor Giles on car 26, ready for the onslaught." - photo taken 1/11/1998. 1145.3 - photo equipment on trolley being moved around with caption on the rear - "The motor cases of car 33 are currently residing on the trolley for cleaning. Here they are being relocated to the bottom of 3 road by Al and Dave, with assistance from our youngest and keenest worker, Danny Edwards." All have captions written on back in blue ink (as noted in description) and "Richard Gilbert" in bottom right hand corner, and cropping marks in blue ink on rear.trams, tramways, trolley wire, springfest, btm, volunteers, tram ride signs, tram 26

Yields information about the BTPS volunteers constructing the Trackwork at the BTPS depot in 1973 and who was undertaking the work.Black and white photograph of the BTPS workers boring a hole in the rail for a fish plate in the rails on No. 1 Road, 14 Oct. 1973. Featured in photograph are Bill Kingsley, Peter Reece, Richard Gilbert, Louis Melli and Peter Winspur. Photographer not known.In red ink on rear of photograph "Bill Kingsley, Peter Reece, Richard Gilbert, Louis Melli and Peter Winspur prepare the rail boring machine to bolt and plate the first rail on 1 road to the depot fan. Sun. 14 October 1973." tramways, trams, btps, depot, track laying

Black and white photograph of Horse Tram No. 1, photographed at the front of the depot about June 1989. Saloon body framing, with panels in position, end windows and sliding doors have been fitted ate both ends, no side windows or internal panels. Dave Macartney photographed by the end of the tram.trams, tramways, horse tram no. 1, btps, tramcars, reconstruction , tram 1

Yields information about the way the BTPS in its early days went about collecting materials / sleepers for its work at the depot from track being excavated. Has track demolition in the background.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Collecting sleepers from Sturt St West (left-right) Graham Evans, Noel Forster, Richard Gilbert, Hal Cain, Gavin Young, Warren Doubleday with track demolition work in the background. Photo taken 1/7 or 2/7/1972, published 3/7/1992. See Reg. Item 2211 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and "80%" in the top left hand corner.tramways, trams, btps, demolition, track removal, sleepers

Yields information about the arrival back in Ballarat of No. 13 from Lake Goldsmith, prior to unloading.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of No. 13 unloaded at BTM depot (left-right) Peter Winspur, Garry Wood, Peter Allen, Warren Doubleday. Photo taken 5/12/1983, published 6/12/1983. See Reg Item 825 for the newspaper clipping the photograph was used in and further details.. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details. .1 - Duplicate print of the same photograph.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." and a label with "Front cover, 6 5/8" x 4 1/2". .1 - stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited." on rear.tramways, trams, tram recovery, 13, btps, tram 13

Yields information about the construction of the Trackwork on the depot fan and some of the people who undertook the work.Black and White copy photograph of a newspaper photograph taken by The Courier of Trackwork on BTPS depot fan (left-right) Richard Gilbert, Stuart Lodington, Warren Doubleday. Photo taken 24/12/1972, published 26/12/1972. See Reg. Item 1041 for the photo used in the newspaper clipping. Collected by Alan Bradley from the Ballarat Courier early 1980's. See Excel file "Record of Ballarat Courier Photos BTM era" (Archive Documents) for source of details.On rear stamped "Copyright, The Ballarat Courier Proprietary Limited."tramways, trams, ballarat, access track, btps, begonia festival